20 Of The Best Dividend Paying Asset Management Stocks

The best dividend paying stocks from the asset management industry originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". 

Today I like to discover the asset management industry by the best dividend paying stocks. From the industry are 62 companies listed of which 51 pay dividends. All together have a total market capitalization of USD 10 trillion. The average dividend yield amounts to 2.97 percent and the average industry P/E is 23.0. Asset managers are good dividend payers. It's the thirteenth best yielding industry from the financial sector.

Linked is a list of the best dividend paying asset managers with a market capitalization over USD 2 billion and yields above the one percent mark.

Twenty companies remained of which thirteen have a current buy or better rating. On the list are some popular names with dominating leading CEO’s behind. Asset Management is a great people business. Please keep this in mind when you choose stocks from the industry.

Cheapest Asset Management Stocks With Best Dividend Yields

Best Yielding Asset Management Stocks With Cheap Forward Price to Earnings Ratios And Low Price to Book Ratios by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. The business of professional money management is an interesting investment field with growing market volumes in the long-run.

I screened the asset management industry by stocks with highest dividend yield and cheap pricing measures. As criteria, I selected the forward price to earnings ratio (a value of fewer than 15) and the price to book ratio (under 1). Finally, I sorted by results by dividend yield.

The asset management industry is a very competitive industry with low entry barriers. In total, 57 stocks are listed on American stock exchanges with total market capitalization of USD 2,933 billion. 15 stocks from the industry have a dividend yield of more than 5 percent (high yield). The average industry yield amounts to 2.1 percent.

Here are my 3 most promising stocks from our screening results:

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1. KKR Financial (KFN). The company has a market capitalization of USD 1.7 billion, generates revenues in an amount of USD 521.4 million and a net income of USD 332 million. It follows Price/Earnings ratio is 4.7, Price/Sales 3.25 and Price/Book ratio 0.98. Here are additional dividend information: Dividend Yield: 6.0 percent | Years of Consecutive Dividend Increasing: 1 Year | 5-Year Dividend Growth: 0 percent | Dividends Since 2007 |

2. BlackRock (BKCC). The company has a market capitalization of USD 633.0 billion, generates revenues in an amount of USD 103.2 million and a net income of USD 59 million. It follows Price/Earnings ratio is 9.4, Price/Sales 6.6 and Price/Book ratio 0.9. Here are additional dividend information: Dividend Yield: 12.0 percent | Years of Consecutive Dividend Increasing: 0 Years | 5-Year Dividend Growth: 0 percent | Dividends Since 2007 |

3. Bank of New York Mellon (BK). The company has a market capitalization of USD 31.17 billion, generates revenues in an amount of USD 3.58 billion and a net income of USD 2.66 billion. It follows Price/Earnings ratio is 11.6, Price/Sales 8.7 and Price/Book ratio 0.91. Here are additional dividend information: Dividend Yield: 2.1 percent | Years of Consecutive Dividend Increasing: 0 Years | 5-Year Dividend Growth: -10.47 percent | Dividends Since 1785 |

Take a closer look at the full table of the cheapest Asset Management stocks:

Cheapest Asset Management Stocks With Best Dividend Yields (Click to enlarge)

Related stock ticker symbols:

PSEC, MCGC, BKCC, TICC, PNNT, HRZN, KFN, BK, PFG, LM

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Disclosure:

I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.