The Best Dividend Paying Apparel Stores

Best Yielding Apparel Stores Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Apparel store concepts could generate big values for investors if the companies hit the desire of their customers. If so, they could tenfold revenues in a decade. Better if the stocks pay a little dividend and raise it continuously.

I screened the apparel store industry by the best yielding stocks. The whole industry includes 46 companies of which 21 pay dividends. The average industry dividend yield amounts to 1.63 with a P/E of 16.20.

Here are my favorite stocks:

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Guess? (NYSE:GES) has a market capitalization of $2.80 billion. The company employs 14,300 people, generates revenue of $2,688.05 million and has a net income of $270.65 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $476.52 million. The EBITDA margin is 17.73 percent (operating margin 14.78 percent and net profit margin 10.07 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 0.66 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 1.04 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 23.62 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.71. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.80 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.49, P/S ratio 1.04 and P/B ratio 2.37. Dividend Yield: 2.57 percent. The beta ratio is 1.67.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Guess? (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Guess? (GES) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Guess? (NYSE: GES) (Click to enlarge)

Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) has a market capitalization of $2.64 billion. The company employs 10,000 people, generates revenue of $4,158.06 million and has a net income of $126.86 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $422.99 million. The EBITDA margin is 10.17 percent (operating margin 4.57 percent and net profit margin 3.05 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 1.90 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 3.11 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 6.76 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.18. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.70 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 27.13, P/S ratio 0.64 and P/B ratio 1.47. Dividend Yield: 2.19 percent. The beta ratio is 1.65.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Abercrombie & Fitch (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) (Click to enlarge)

The Buckle (NYSE:BKE) has a market capitalization of $1.85 billion. The company employs 2,300 people, generates revenue of $1,062.95 million and has a net income of $151.46 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $269.09 million. The EBITDA margin is 25.32 percent (operating margin 22.23 percent and net profit margin 14.25 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 0.00 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 0.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 42.74 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.28. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.80 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.76, P/S ratio 1.74 and P/B ratio 5.04. Dividend Yield: 2.07 percent. The beta ratio is 0.92.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of The Buckle (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of The Buckle (BKE) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of The Buckle (NYSE: BKE) (Click to enlarge)

Nordstrom (NYSE:JWN) has a market capitalization of $11.31 billion. The company employs 56,500 people, generates revenue of $10,877.00 million and has a net income of $683.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,620.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 14.89 percent (operating margin 11.48 percent and net profit margin 6.28 percent). 

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 42.95 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 186.45 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 34.35 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.15. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.92 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.79, P/S ratio 1.07 and P/B ratio 5.96. Dividend Yield: 1.92 percent. The beta ratio is 1.63.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Nordstrom (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Nordstrom (JWN) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) (Click to enlarge)

The Gap (NYSE:GPS) has a market capitalization of $16.74 billion. The company employs 132,000 people, generates revenue of $14,549.00 million and has a net income of $833.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,028.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 13.94 percent (operating margin 9.88 percent and net profit margin 5.73 percent). 

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 22.43 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 60.44 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 24.37 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.64. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.45 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 20.81, P/S ratio 1.15 and P/B ratio 6.02. Dividend Yield: 1.46 percent. The beta ratio is 1.25.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of The Gap (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of The Gap (GPS) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of The Gap (NYSE: GPS) (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table of the best yielding apparel stores. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 20.53 and forward P/E ratio is 14.21. The dividend yield has a value of 2.19 percent. Price to book ratio is 3.20 and price to sales ratio 1.13. The operating margin amounts to 10.35 percent and the beta ratio is 1.34.

Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):

The Best Dividend Paying Apparel Stores (Click to enlarge)

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CHKE, DEST, CATO, HOTT, GES, MW, ANF, FL, AEO, BKE, LTD, JWN, SSI, JNY, BEBE, GPS, CHS, CTAS, DSW, SCVL, ROST

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