In order to find the cheapest Dividend Achievers, I screened the investment category by companies with a P/S ratio of less than one, a P/B ratio lower than two and finally a current P/E ratio below 15. Thirteen companies remained of which six are recommended by investment firms.
Here are my favorite
stocks:
ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) has a market capitalization of $68.96 billion. The company employs 29,700 people, generates revenues of $251,226.00 million and has a net income of $12,502.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $31,891.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 12.69 percent (operating margin 9.16 percent and the net profit margin finally 4.98 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 14.76 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 34.69 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 18.59 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $9.15. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.64 in form of dividends to shareholders. The company raised dividends over 12 consecutive years.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 5.96, P/S ratio 0.27 and P/B ratio 1.07. Dividend Yield: 4.85 percent. The beta ratio is 1.13.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of ConocoPhillips (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of ConocoPhillips (COP) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) (Click to enlarge) |
AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) has a market capitalization of $19.17 billion. The company employs 8,562 people, generates revenues of $22,171.00 million and has a net income of $1,964.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $6,761.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 30.49 percent (operating margin 13.50 percent and the net profit margin finally 8.86 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 2.81 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 24.32 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 15.99 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.03. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.23 in form of dividends to shareholders. The company raised dividends over 29 consecutive years.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 8.15, P/S ratio 0.86 and P/B ratio 1.41. Dividend Yield: 3.24 percent. The beta ratio is 1.83.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of AFLAC Incorporated (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of AFLAC Incorporated (AFL) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) (Click to enlarge) |
Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) has a market capitalization of $19.19 billion. The company employs 30,000 people, generates revenues of $80,676.00 million and has a net income of $2,018.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,651.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 4.53 percent (operating margin 3.74 percent and the net profit margin finally 2.50 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 24.46 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 54.86 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 12.19 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.99. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.62 in form of dividends to shareholders. The company raised dividends over 36 consecutive years.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.65, P/S ratio 0.24 and P/B ratio 1.04. Dividend Yield: 2.42 percent. The beta ratio is 0.45.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Archer Daniels Mi... (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Archer Daniels Mi... (ADM) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Archer Daniels Mi... (NYSE: ADM) (Click to enlarge) |
Take a closer look at the full table of the cheapest Dividend Achievers. The average price to earnings
ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 9.45 and forward P/E ratio is 9.68. The dividend
yield has a value of 3.02 percent. Price to book ratio is 1.34 and price to
sales ratio 0.56. The operating margin amounts to 10.46 percent and the beta
ratio is 1.18.
Here is the full table with
some fundamentals (TTM):
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| Cheapest Dividend Achievers (Click to enlarge) |
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