I screened public listed companies that own a
global portfolio and set a position of the top 20 global brands researched by
Interbrand. Interbrand is a global branding consultancy, specializing in vast
brand services, including brand analytics, brand strategy, brand valuation,
corporate design, digital brand management, and naming. Recently, Interbrand published
the results of its 13th annual “Best Global Brands” report 2012 with
the top 100 most valuable brands worldwide. Below the 20 best brand stocks are 17 with positive dividend payments. One company is a high-yield and six yield over three percent.
Here are my favorite stocks:
Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) has a market capitalization of $172.56 billion. The company employs 146,200 people, generates revenue of $46,542.00 million and has a net income of $8,634.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $12,596.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 27.06 percent (operating margin 23.06 percent and net profit margin 18.55 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 35.72 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 90.31 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 27.37 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.89. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.94 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 20.29, P/S ratio 3.71 and P/B ratio 5.48. Dividend Yield: 2.66 percent. The beta ratio is 0.50.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Coca-Cola (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Coca-Cola (KO) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) (Click to enlarge) |
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has a market capitalization of $625.06 billion. The company employs 60,400 people, generates revenue of $108,249.00 million and has a net income of $25,922.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $35,582.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 32.87 percent (operating margin 31.22 percent and net profit margin 23.95 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 41.67 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $42.54. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.00 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.67, P/S ratio 5.77 and P/B ratio 8.09. Dividend Yield: 1.59 percent. The beta ratio is 1.20.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Apple (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Apple (AAPL) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) (Click to enlarge) |
Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) has a market capitalization of $94.43 billion. The company employs 156,000 people, generates revenue of $40,893.00 million and has a net income of $5,258.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $9,642.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 23.58 percent (operating margin 19.67 percent and net profit margin 12.86 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 19.78 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 38.16 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 12.84 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.02. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.60 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.40, P/S ratio 2.31 and P/B ratio 2.48. Dividend Yield: 1.14 percent. The beta ratio is 1.17.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Walt Disney (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Walt Disney (DIS) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) (Click to enlarge) |
Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) has a market capitalization of $153.70 billion. The company employs 115,899 people, generates revenue of $37,121.00 million and has a net income of $9,981.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $16,622.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 44.78 percent (operating margin 36.92 percent and net profit margin 26.89 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 21.03 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 37.71 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 23.92 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.02. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.24 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.81, P/S ratio 4.14 and P/B ratio 3.58. Dividend Yield: 0.75 percent. The beta ratio is 1.11.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Oracle (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Oracle (ORCL) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) (Click to enlarge) |
Take a closer look at the full table of the 20 global brand stocks and the best global brand report results 2012 by interbrand. The average price to earnings
ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 16.63 and forward P/E ratio is 17.88. The dividend
yield has a value of 2.71 percent. Price to book ratio is 4.34 and price to
sales ratio 2.43. The operating margin amounts to 18.48 percent and the beta
ratio is 1.03. The average stock has a debt to equity ratio of 0.84.
Here is the full table with
some fundamentals (TTM):
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| 20 Best Global Brand Stocks (Click to enlarge) |
Here is the full list:
Related stock
ticker symbols:
KO, AAPL, IBM,
GOOG, MSFT, GE, MCD, INTC, TM, DIS, CSCO, HPQ, ORCL, NOK, AMZN, HMC, PEP, AXP, SAP,
NKE
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