I screened the index with its 500 companies by the best dividend yields. The index has twenty-eight high yields and the highest yield amounts to 11.11 percent, paid by Pitney Bowes (PBI). In order to focus on the cheapest high yields, I decided to select only those stocks with a current P/E ratio of less than 15. Exactly thirteen companies remained of which seven have a buy or better recommendation.
Here are my favorite stocks:
Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) has a market capitalization of $31.28 billion. The company employs 19,267 people, generates revenues of $18,924.00 million and has a net income of $2,495.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $5,815.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 30.73 percent (operating margin 23.67 percent and the net profit margin finally 13.18 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 24.49 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 93.79 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 17.86 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.03. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.10 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.12, P/S ratio 1.65 and P/B ratio 1.69. Dividend Yield: 5.72 percent. The beta ratio is 0.54.
Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Exelon Corporation (Click to enlarge) |
Long-Term Dividends History of Exelon Corporation (EXC) (Click to enlarge) |
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) (Click to enlarge) |
ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) has a market capitalization of $64.73 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.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 5.59, P/S ratio 0.26 and P/B ratio 1.01. Dividend Yield: 5.16 percent. The beta ratio is 1.12.
Long-Term Stock History Chart Of ConocoPhillips (Click to enlarge) |
Long-Term Dividends History of ConocoPhillips (COP) (Click to enlarge) |
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) (Click to enlarge) |
NYSE Euronext (NYSE:NYX) has a market capitalization of $6.02 billion. The company employs 3,079 people, generates revenues of $4,552.00 million and has a net income of $603.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,130.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 24.82 percent (operating margin 18.67 percent and the net profit margin finally 13.25 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 15.87 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 31.53 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 9.25 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.10. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.20 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.29, P/S ratio 1.32 and P/B ratio 0.93. Dividend Yield: 5.06 percent. The beta ratio is 1.63.
Long-Term Stock History Chart Of NYSE Euronext (Click to enlarge) |
Long-Term Dividends History of NYSE Euronext (NYX) (Click to enlarge) |
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) (Click to enlarge) |
Take a closer look at the full table of cheap S&P 500 High Yields. The average P/E ratio amounts to 10.35
and forward P/E ratio is 9.58. The dividend yield has a value of 5.81 percent.
Price to book ratio is 4.45 and price to sales ratio 1.16. The operating margin
amounts to 19.35 percent.
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