I screened all Dividend Champions by the safest stocks (beta ratio below
0.5). Those companies have a volatility which is half as strong the market. In order
to get attractive valuated stocks, the P/E ratio should below twenty. Exactly seventeen Dividend Champions fulfilled these criteria of which nine have a dividend yield
of more than three percent and eight are currently recommended to buy.
Here are my favorite
stocks:
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 34.48 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 127.24 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 28.50 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.31. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.80 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.49, P/S ratio 1.58 and P/B ratio 6.33. Dividend Yield: 3.52 percent. The beta ratio is 0.31.
Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Kimberly Clark Corp (Click to enlarge) |
Long-Term Dividends History of Kimberly Clark Corp (KMB) (Click to enlarge) |
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Kimberly Clark Corp (NYSE: KMB) (Click to enlarge) |
McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) has a market capitalization of $90.02 billion. The company employs 420,000 people, generates revenue of $27,006.00 million and has a net income of $5,503.10 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $9,766.70 million. The EBITDA margin is 36.16 percent (operating margin 31.58 percent and net profit margin 20.38 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 37.89 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 86.87 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 37.92 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.35. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.53 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.55, P/S ratio 3.33 and P/B ratio 6.29. Dividend Yield: 3.16 percent. The beta ratio is 0.43.
Long-Term Stock History Chart Of McDonald's Corpor... (Click to enlarge) |
Long-Term Dividends History of McDonald's Corpor... (MCD) (Click to enlarge) |
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of McDonald's Corpor... (NYSE: MCD) (Click to enlarge) |
Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) has a market capitalization of $19.09 billion. The company employs 30,000 people, generates revenue 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. The EBITDA margin is 4.53 percent (operating margin 3.74 percent and net profit margin 2.50 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 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.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.58, P/S ratio 0.24 and P/B ratio 1.04. Dividend Yield: 2.41 percent. The beta ratio is 0.45.
Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Archer Daniels Mi... (Click to enlarge) |
Long-Term Dividends History of Archer Daniels Mi... (ADM) (Click to enlarge) |
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Archer Daniels Mi... (NYSE: ADM) (Click to enlarge) |
Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) has a market capitalization of $8.05 billion. The company employs 19,500 people, generates revenue of $7,895.09 million and has a net income of $479.20 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $849.17 million. The EBITDA margin is 10.76 percent (operating margin 9.40 percent and net profit margin 6.07 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 5.89 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 9.41 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 18.75 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.75. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.51 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.50, P/S ratio 1.02 and P/B ratio 3.04. Dividend Yield: 1.96 percent. The beta ratio is 0.43.
Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Hormel Foods Corp... (Click to enlarge) |
Long-Term Dividends History of Hormel Foods Corp... (HRL) (Click to enlarge) |
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Hormel Foods Corp... (NYSE: HRL) (Click to enlarge) |
Take a closer look at the full table of the safest Dividend Champions with acceptable price ratios. The average price to earnings
ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 17.00 and forward P/E ratio is 15.14. The dividend
yield has a value of 2.88 percent. Price to book ratio is 3.01 and price to
sales ratio 1.49. The operating margin amounts to 15.09 percent and the beta
ratio is 0.37.
Here is the full table with
some fundamentals (TTM):
Safest Dividend Champions With Acceptable P/E Ratios (Click to enlarge) |
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