This article tries to discover a number of high quality stocks with big yields for income seeking investors. My focus was on long-term dividend growth and the limit time-line is 10 years. Each of the stocks must have increased dividends by more than 10 years without interruption.
In addition, the forward P/E must be under 15 while yields are over 4%. Exactly 6 stocks fulfilled these similar criteria.
These are the results...
Energy Transfer Equity LP -- Yield: 6.86%
Energy Transfer Equity LP (NYSE:ETE) employs 30,078 people, generates revenue of $42,126.00 million and has a net income of $1,093.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $17.59Billion.Energy Transfer Equity LP’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,792.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 11.38% (the operating margin is 5.59% and the net profit margin 2.59%).
Financials: The total debt represents 51.93% of Energy Transfer Equity LP assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to not calculable%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of not calculable% was realized by Energy Transfer Equity LP.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.10. Last fiscal year, Energy Transfer Equity LP paid $1.02 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.46, the P/S ratio is 0.41 and the P/B ratio is finally not calculable. The dividend yield amounts to 6.86%.
Stock Charts:
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Energy Transfer Equity LP (ETE) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Energy Transfer Equity LP (ETE) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Energy Transfer Equity LP (ETE) |
Spectra Energy Partners LP -- Yield: 5.53%
Spectra Energy Partners LP (NYSE:SEP) employs 2,400 people, generates revenue of $2,455.00 million and has a net income of $1,265.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $14.46Billion.Spectra Energy Partners LP’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,577.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 64.24% (the operating margin is 51.85% and the net profit margin 51.53%).
Financials: The total debt represents 35.03% of Spectra Energy Partners LP assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 61.07%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 9.33% was realized by Spectra Energy Partners LP.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.17. Last fiscal year, Spectra Energy Partners LP paid $2.43 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.78, the P/S ratio is 6.04 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.31. The dividend yield amounts to 5.53%.
Stock Charts:
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Spectra Energy Partners LP (SEP) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Spectra Energy Partners LP (SEP) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Spectra Energy Partners LP (SEP) |
AT&T -- Yield: 4.44%
AT&T (NYSE:T) employs 277,200 people, generates revenue of $146,801.00 million and has a net income of $13,687.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $267.68Billion.AT&T’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $49,599.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 33.79% (the operating margin is 16.88% and the net profit margin 9.32%).
Financials: The total debt represents 31.33% of AT&T assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 102.84%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 12.57% was realized by AT&T.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.32. Last fiscal year, AT&T paid $1.89 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.74, the P/S ratio is 1.81 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.16. The dividend yield amounts to 4.44%.
Stock Charts:
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart of AT&T (T) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of AT&T (T) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of AT&T (T) |
PPL Corporation -- Yield: 4.22%
PPL Corporation (NYSE:PPL) employs 12,799 people, generates revenue of $7,669.00 million and has a net income of $1,603.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $24.53Billion.PPL Corporation’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,773.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 49.20% (the operating margin is 36.91% and the net profit margin 20.90%).
Financials: The total debt represents 50.80% of PPL Corporation assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 201.27%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 13.62% was realized by PPL Corporation.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.60. Last fiscal year, PPL Corporation paid $1.50 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.98, the P/S ratio is 3.19 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.45. The dividend yield amounts to 4.22%.
Stock Charts:
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart of PPL Corporation (PPL) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of PPL Corporation (PPL) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of PPL Corporation (PPL) |
Verizon Communication -- Yield: 4.20%
Verizon Communication (NYSE:VZ) employs 162,700 people, generates revenue of $131,620.00 million and has a net income of $18,375.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $220.16Billion.Verizon Communication’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $46,567.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 35.38% (the operating margin is 25.12% and the net profit margin 13.96%).
Financials: The total debt represents 44.94% of Verizon Communication assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 667.94%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 124.48% was realized by Verizon Communication.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.54. Last fiscal year, Verizon Communication paid $2.23 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.23, the P/S ratio is 1.67 and the P/B ratio is finally 13.34. The dividend yield amounts to 4.20%.
Stock Charts:
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Verizon Communication (VZ) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Verizon Communication (VZ) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Verizon Communication (VZ) |
Flowers Foods Incorporation -- Yield: 3.96%
Flowers Foods Incorporation (NYSE:FLO) employs 10,900 people, generates revenue of $3,778.50 million and has a net income of $189.19 million. The current market capitalization stands at $2.81Billion.Flowers Foods Incorporation’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $433.85 million. The EBITDA margin is 11.48% (the operating margin is 7.88% and the net profit margin 5.01%).
Financials: The total debt represents 35.33% of Flowers Foods Incorporation assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 80.82%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 15.99% was realized by Flowers Foods Incorporation.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.88. Last fiscal year, Flowers Foods Incorporation paid $0.57 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.04, the P/S ratio is 0.88 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.76. The dividend yield amounts to 3.96%.
Stock Charts:
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Flowers Foods Incorporation (FLO) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Flowers Foods Incorporation (FLO) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Flowers Foods Incorporation (FLO) |
