19 High-Yield Stocks Close To New 52-Week Highs

Dividend Stocks Close To New Highs By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Do you often feel that your dividend income is not high enough and grows to slow? I do. The main reason for this is my low portfolio dividend yield of around 3 percent pre-tax. I often look for higher yielding companies with low risk buy I don’t find many stocks. The results are mainly dominated by Altria. A good technical indicator to screen stocks with solid growth is the 52-Week High mark. Stocks that crossed this mark become in focus of main stream investors and they have normally a positive momentum.

In order to find the best investment opportunities to buy, I made a sheet of high yielding dividend stocks that are close to realize new 52-Week Highs (up to 3 percent below new high). In addition, the market capitalization should be over USD 300 million. Nineteen high dividend paying companies fulfilled these criteria of which 10 are recommended to buy.

Here are the 3 best recommended stocks:

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PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE:PMT) has a market capitalization of $1.45 billion. The company employs 429 people, generates revenue of $128.61 million and has a net income of $64.44 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $89.44 million. The EBITDA margin is 69.54 percent (the operating margin is 56.37 percent and the net profit margin 50.10 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 13.06 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 33.16 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 14.72 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.24. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.42 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 7.59, the P/S ratio is 11.34 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.29. The dividend yield amounts to 9.21 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.50.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT)

Long-Term Dividends History of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT)

KKR Financial Holdings (NYSE:KFN) has a market capitalization of $1.86 billion. The company employs people, generates revenue of $542.02 million and has a net income of $318.07 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $321.74 million. The EBITDA margin is 59.36 percent (the operating margin is 60.16 percent and the net profit margin 58.68 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 79.84 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 411.95 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 19.10 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.91. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.67 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 5.46, the P/S ratio is 3.44 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.11. The dividend yield amounts to 8.04 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 2.54.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of KKR Financial Holdings (KFN)

Long-Term Dividends History of KKR Financial Holdings (KFN)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of KKR Financial Holdings (KFN)

Energy Transfer Equity (NYSE:ETE) has a market capitalization of $13.30 billion. The company employs 2,477 people, generates revenue of $8.240 billion and has a net income of $528.25 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.846 billion. The EBITDA margin is 22.40 percent (the operating margin is 14.98 percent and the net profit margin 6.41 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 55.96 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 21,864.36 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 356.41 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.94. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.44 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 24.54, the P/S ratio is 1.62 and the P/B ratio is finally 200.44. The dividend yield amounts to 5.23 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.80.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Energy Transfer Equity (ETE)

Long-Term Dividends History of Energy Transfer Equity (ETE)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Energy Transfer Equity (ETE)

Take a look at the full table of high-yield stocks close to new 52-Week Highs. The average price to earnings ratio amounts to 17.25 while the average forward price to earnings ratio amounts to 20.42. The average dividend yield is 6.88 percent. Price to book ratio is 2.94 and price to sales ratio 7.19.

High Yield Dividend Stocks Close To 52-Week High (Click to enlarge)

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