I screened all stocks with home base in Europe and listing in America by a positive dividend yield as well as a beta ratio of less than 1 (lower volatility
than the market). In order to screen only highly liquid stocks, I decided to present
only those companies with a market capitalization above USD 10 billion. Twenty stocks remained of which sixteen are recommended to buy.
Here are my favorite
stocks:
British American Tobacco (NYSEAMEX:BTI) has a market capitalization of $98.72 billion. The company employs 87,813 people, generates revenues of $24,211.88 million and has a net income of $5,306.52 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $8,293.90 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 34.26 percent (operating margin 30.66 percent and the net profit margin finally 21.92 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 37.89 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 125.82 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 35.63 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.91. Last fiscal year, the company paid $3.98 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 20.52, P/S ratio 4.04 and P/B ratio 7.70. Dividend Yield: 4.03 percent. The beta ratio is 0.62.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of British American ... (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of British American ... (BTI) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of British American ... (NYSEAMEX: BTI) (Click to enlarge) |
Unilever (NYSE:UL) has a market capitalization of $91.86 billion. The company employs 169,000 people, generates revenues of $58,952.56 million and has a net income of $5,865.19 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $9,467.02 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 16.06 percent (operating margin 13.84 percent and the net profit margin finally 9.95 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 28.87 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 95.98 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 29.55 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.86. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.14 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.56, P/S ratio 2.58 and P/B ratio 5.10. Dividend Yield: 3.79 percent. The beta ratio is 0.76.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Unilever plc (ADR) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Unilever plc (ADR) (UL) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Unilever plc (ADR) (NYSE: UL) (Click to enlarge) |
Diageo (NYSE:DEO) has a market capitalization of $62.97 billion. The company employs 24,020 people, generates revenues of $15,622.40 million and has a net income of $3,171.33 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,572.26 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 29.27 percent (operating margin 26.12 percent and the net profit margin finally 20.30 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 42.26 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 159.33 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 41.07 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.17. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.54 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 24.08, P/S ratio 4.00 and P/B ratio 7.59. Dividend Yield: 2.64 percent. The beta ratio is 0.76.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Diageo plc (ADR) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Diageo plc (ADR) (DEO) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Diageo plc (ADR) (NYSE: DEO) (Click to enlarge) |
Syngenta AG (ADR) (NYSE:SYT) has a market capitalization of $30.07 billion. The company employs 26,300 people, generates revenues of $13,268.00 million and has a net income of $1,600.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,523.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 19.02 percent (operating margin 15.46 percent and the net profit margin finally 12.06 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 16.94 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 38.98 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 21.42 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.45. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.53 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.11, P/S ratio 2.33 and P/B ratio 4.04. Dividend Yield: 2.60 percent. The beta ratio is 0.67.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Syngenta AG (ADR) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Syngenta AG (ADR) (SYT) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Syngenta AG (ADR) (NYSE: SYT) (Click to enlarge) |
Take a closer look at the full table of the safest dividend stocks from Europe. The average price to earnings
ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 17.56 and forward P/E ratio is 12.51. The dividend
yield has a value of 3.90 percent. Price to book ratio is 4.48 and price to
sales ratio 3.07. The operating margin amounts to 22.22 percent and the beta
ratio is 0.73. The average stock has a ROI of 15.30 percent.
Here is the full table with
some fundamentals (TTM):
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FTE, AZN, NGG,
VOD, GSK, SNY, NVS, BTI, UN, UL, PSO, ACE, DEO, SYT, ACN, NVO, COV, FMS, ARMH, SHPGY
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next 72 hours.
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