The fear of an economic slowdown mainly caused by
China’s slowing growth is the main reason behind.
Investors can benefit from a falling stock price
via short selling. Today I like to look at the basic material dividend stocks with
the highest float short ratio. I excluded all companies with a market capitalization
below USD 2 billion.
The top 20 results have a float short ratio between
6 percent and 32.62 percent. Eight of the results still have a current buy or better
rating.
These are the basic material dividend stocks with highest float short ratio:
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Western Refining (NYSE:WNR) has a market capitalization of $2.57 billion. The company employs 3,800 people, generates revenue of $9.503 billion and has a net income of $398.88 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $806.91 million. The EBITDA margin is 8.49 percent (the operating margin is 7.49 percent and the net profit margin 4.20 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 20.56 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 56.10 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 45.66 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.40. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.74 in the form of dividends to shareholders. WNR has a float short ratio of 32.62 percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 5.75, the P/S ratio is 0.27 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.93. The dividend yield amounts to 1.57 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.99.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Western Refining (WNR) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Western Refining (WNR) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Western Refining (WNR) |
United States Steel (NYSE:X) has a market capitalization of $2.62 billion. The company employs 39,000 people, generates revenue of $19.328 billion and has a net income of $-125.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.071 billion. The EBITDA margin is 5.54 percent (the operating margin is 1.28 percent and the net profit margin -0.65 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 25.88 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 113.26 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of -3.55 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.06. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.20 in the form of dividends to shareholders. X has a float short ratio of 28.72 percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 315.32, the P/S ratio is 0.13 and the P/B ratio is finally 0.71. The dividend yield amounts to 1.16 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 2.50.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of United States Steel (X) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of United States Steel (X) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of United States Steel (X) |
Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE:CLF) has a market capitalization of $2.88 billion. The company employs 7,589 people, generates revenue of $5.872 billion and has a net income of $-757.70 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.266 billion. The EBITDA margin is 21.57 percent (the operating margin is -5.26 percent and the net profit margin -12.90 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 29.87 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 87.53 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of -17.96 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $-8.51. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.16 in the form of dividends to shareholders. CLF has a float short ratio of 27.16 percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, the P/S ratio is 0.45 and the P/B ratio is finally 0.53. The dividend yield amounts to 3.45 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 2.48.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF) |
Take a closer look at the full list of the basic material dividend stocks with highest float short ratio. The average P/E ratio amounts to 16.92
and forward P/E ratio is 12.39. The dividend yield has a value of 1.69 percent.
Price to book ratio is 2.42 and price to sales ratio 1.40. The operating margin
amounts to 11.67 percent and the beta ratio is 1.58. Stocks from the list have
an average debt to equity ratio of 0.67.
Here is the full table with
some fundamentals (TTM):
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| Most Shorted Basic Material Dividend Stocks (Click to enlarge) |
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