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19 Dividend Stocks With A Cash Return Yield Over 10%

Dividends and share buybacks help increase value for people holding a stock, and there's a lot of money to be had as companies shovel record amounts of cash back to shareholders.

We recognize activist investors often agitate for firms to return excess cash to shareholders via buybacks. However, while repurchases may lift share prices in the near term, they are a questionable use of cash at the current time when the median S&P 500 multiple is so high. In our view, acquisitions – particularly in the form of stock deals – represent a more compelling strategic use of cash than buybacks given the current stretched valuation of US equities.


I've compiled a list of the top 19 stocks, all with a total cash return yield of more than 10%. Below include how much of the return is from dividends or buybacks. You'll also find a comment about cash returns from company executives on the during their latest quarterly earnings call.


Check out the 19 stocks here...


KLA-Tencor -- Yield: 4.13%

KLA-Tencor (NASDAQ:KLAC) employs 5,880 people, generates revenue of $2,814.05 million and has a net income of $366.16 million. The current market capitalization stands at $7.94 billion.

KLA-Tencor’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $774.98 million. The EBITDA margin is 27.54% (the operating margin is 18.82% and the net profit margin 13.01%).

Financials: The total debt represents 66.11% of KLA-Tencor assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 757.03%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 17.90% was realized by KLA-Tencor.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.21. Last fiscal year, KLA-Tencor paid $2.00 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 22.29, the P/S ratio is 2.82 and the P/B ratio is finally 18.88. The dividend yield amounts to 4.13%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
Long-Term Stock Price Chart of KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of KLA-Tencor (KLAC)

LyondellBasell Industries -- Yield: 3.64%

LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE:LYB) employs 13,100 people, generates revenue of $45,608.00 million and has a net income of $4,172.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $39.92 billion.

LyondellBasell Industries’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $6,749.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 14.80% (the operating margin is 12.46% and the net profit margin 9.15%).

Financials: The total debt represents 29.27% of LyondellBasell Industries assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 85.48%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 40.07% was realized by LyondellBasell Industries.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $9.28. Last fiscal year, LyondellBasell Industries paid $2.70 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.35, the P/S ratio is 0.88 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.02. The dividend yield amounts to 3.64%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of LyondellBasell Industries (LYB)
Long-Term Stock Price Chart of LyondellBasell Industries (LYB)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of LyondellBasell Industries (LYB)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of LyondellBasell Industries (LYB)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of LyondellBasell Industries (LYB)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of LyondellBasell Industries (LYB)

Darden Restaurants -- Yield: 3.17%

Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) employs 148,892 people, generates revenue of $6,764.00 million and has a net income of $196.40 million. The current market capitalization stands at $8.86 billion.

Darden Restaurants’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $789.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 11.66% (the operating margin is 5.44% and the net profit margin 2.90%).

Financials: The total debt represents 24.48% of Darden Restaurants assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 62.88%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 8.75% was realized by Darden Restaurants.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.54. Last fiscal year, Darden Restaurants paid $2.20 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 45.48, the P/S ratio is 1.31 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.77. The dividend yield amounts to 3.17%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Darden Restaurants (DRI)
Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Darden Restaurants (DRI)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Darden Restaurants (DRI)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Darden Restaurants (DRI)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Darden Restaurants (DRI)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Darden Restaurants (DRI)

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