17 High-Yield Oil And Gas Pipeline Stocks

Oil & gas pipeline operators with highest dividend yields originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Stocks from the basic material sector could complement your portfolio and hedge it against strong commodity price increases. One industry from the basic material sector with the highest yielding stocks is the oil and gas pipeline industry.

39 companies are linked to the industry of which 37 pay dividends. Combined they have a total market capitalization of USD 800 billion. Nearly 60 percent of the industry players have a yield over 5 percent and some have a really great dividend history. Thanks to the share gas boom it’s now possible that more pipeline infrastructure is needed. The average industry yield amounts to 4.72% and the P/E ratio is 33.40.

You should have seen some interesting pipeline companies on my blog in the past. Normally I am no fan of real estate companies because of the huge amounts of money they need for growing. But pipeline operators look different. They pay huge dividends and have the ability to grow dividends year over year. Their business model works but I don’t know how long. Pipeline operators are better than real estate stocks but it could be possible that the time brings some changes, especially when the energy demand and supply is changing.

Oil and gas pipeline stocks are real asset companies and they have a huge leverage on their balance sheet. The average industry long-term debt to equity ratio is over 123 percent but as long as revenue and cash flow streams are stable, this figure is still healthy.

Linked is a list of all higher capitalized oil and gas pipeline operators (over USD 2 billion market cap) with a yield over 5 percent. Seventeen stocks fulfilled these criteria of which eight have a current buy or better recommendation.

Best Dividend Paying Ex-Dividend Shares On January 29, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks January 29, 2013. In total, 44 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 35 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 5.58%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Prospect Capital Corporation	PSEC	2.38B	6.49	1.05	6.11	11.62%
Atlantic Power Corporation	AT	4.35B	4.75	1.82	0.50	9.11%
Hospitality Properties Trust	HPT	3.21B	27.62	1.16	2.53	7.24%
Omega Healthcare Investors Inc.	OHI	2.92B	25.83	2.86	8.81	6.90%
Copano Energy LLC	CPNO	2.64B	-	2.81	1.92	6.88%
El Paso Pipeline Partners	EPB	8.83B	19.04	4.45	5.83	5.96%
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners	KMP	32.48B	53.94	2.87	3.76	5.80%
Baytex Energy Corp.	BTE	5.55B	19.38	4.18	5.14	5.80%
National Retail Properties	NNN	3.53B	32.12	1.54	11.06	4.92%
ONEOK Partners, L.P.	OKS	13.14B	16.43	2.94	1.26	4.75%
Enterprise Products Partners LP	EPD	50.08B	19.52	3.89	1.16	4.74%
Alliant Energy Corporation	LNT	5.08B	16.30	1.53	1.58	4.10%
Kinder Morgan, Inc.	KMI	38.62B	40.93	2.89	3.87	3.97%
Brookfield Office Properties CA	BOXC	2.73B	-	3.35	5.40	3.72%
ConAgra Foods, Inc.	CAG	13.42B	19.96	2.84	0.97	3.09%
ONEOK Inc.	OKE	9.70B	28.74	4.70	0.74	3.04%
Texas Instruments Inc.	TXN	36.76B	21.72	3.32	2.87	2.56%
Eldorado Gold Corp.	EGO	8.18B	26.05	1.41	7.43	1.22%
AO Smith Corp.	AOS	3.23B	20.00	2.71	1.67	1.14%

The Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks On October 29, 2012

The Best And Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex-dividend dates. The ex-dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex-dividend date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on October 29, 2012. In total, 44 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend - of which 33 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 5.05%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized Ex-Dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Atlantic Power Corporation	AT	5.12B	5.59	2.16	0.59	7.90%
Omega Healthcare Investors Inc.	OHI	2.57B	25.42	2.73	8.09	7.45%
Copano Energy LLC	CPNO	2.31B	-	2.63	1.69	7.21%
El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P.	EPB	8.06B	18.05	3.88	5.42	6.30%
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP	KMP	29.79B	18.55	2.73	3.66	5.87%
Baytex Energy Corp.	BTE	5.63B	17.87	4.12	5.05	5.77%
National Retail Properties, Inc.	NNN	3.47B	33.79	1.55	11.45	4.92%
Enterprise Products Partners LP	EPD	48.63B	19.74	3.91	1.11	4.81%
Kinder Morgan, Inc.	KMI	36.35B	29.46	2.81	4.12	4.11%
Brookfield Office Properties	BOXC	2.73B	-	3.41	5.61	4.08%
Alliant Energy Corporation	LNT	4.94B	17.38	1.53	1.47	4.05%
Western Gas Partners LP	WES	5.00B	33.22	3.08	6.46	3.83%
NiSource Inc.	NI	7.28B	23.22	1.43	1.38	3.76%
ConAgra Foods, Inc.	CAG	11.54B	18.75	2.52	0.85	3.53%
Texas Instruments Inc.	TXN	32.01B	20.53	2.87	2.40	2.99%
Eaton Vance Corp.	EV	3.23B	16.68	5.86	2.70	2.85%
AO Smith Corp.	AOS	2.74B	18.23	2.30	1.45	1.35%
Morgan Stanley	MS	33.89B	-	0.55	1.10	1.17%

Recently Overbought Dividend Stocks With High Yields

Dividend Stocks With Fast Stock Price Increase By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Stocks with a strong increase in its share price, especially in the case of unjustifiably pushes, are overbought if the fundamentals don’t support the price change. Here are the best yielding stocks with strong signals to be overbought. Investors should be careful to buy stocks with an overbought signal.

Ex-Dividend Date Reminder For January 24, 2012

Here is a current overview of best yielding stocks that have their ex-dividend date on the next trading day. If your broker settles your trade today, you will receive the next dividend. A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks On January 24, 2011. In total, 6 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 4 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.20 percent.

The ex-dividend date is a major date related to the payment of dividends. If you purchase a stock on its ex-dividend date or later, you will not receive the next dividend payment. Instead, the seller gets the dividend. If you purchase before the ex-dividend date, you get the dividend. It is important that your broker settle your trade before the ex-dividend date.

These are the results of the best yielding stocks:

Government Properties Income Trust (GOV) has a market capitalization of USD 1.13 Billion and operates within the “REIT - Office” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:


P/E Ratio: 25.65,
Forward P/E Ratio: 24.60,
Price/Sales Ratio: 6.94,
Price/Book Ratio: 1.26,
Dividend Yield: 6.97%.

1-Year Chart Of Government Properties Income Trust (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Government Properties Income Trust (GOV) (Click to enlarge)

Copano Energy LLC (CPNO) has a market capitalization of USD 2.47 Billion and operates within the “Oil & Gas Pipelines” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:


P/E Ratio: -,
Forward P/E Ratio: 38.04,
Price/Sales Ratio: 1.98,
Price/Book Ratio: 2.53,
Dividend Yield: 6.64%.

1-Year Chart Of Copano Energy LLC (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Copano Energy LLC (CPNO) (Click to enlarge)

Royal Bank of Canada (RY) has a market capitalization of USD 76.49 Billion and operates within the “Money Center Banks” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:


P/E Ratio: 12.10,
Forward P/E Ratio: 10.52,
Price/Sales Ratio: 4.09,
Price/Book Ratio: 1.86,
Dividend Yield: 4.01%.

1-Year Chart Of Royal Bank of Canada (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Royal Bank of Canada (RY) (Click to enlarge)

The Clorox Company (CLX) has a market capitalization of USD 9.23 Billion and operates within the “Housewares & Accessories” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:


P/E Ratio: 33.65,
Forward P/E Ratio: 15.87,
Price/Sales Ratio: 1.75,
Price/Book Ratio: -,
Dividend Yield: 3.43%.

1-Year Chart Of The Clorox Company (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of The Clorox Company (CLX) (Click to enlarge)

Progressive Corp. (PGR) has a market capitalization of USD 12.93 Billion and operates within the “Property & Casualty Insurance” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:


P/E Ratio: 13.10,
Forward P/E Ratio: 12.18,
Price/Sales Ratio: 0.83,
Price/Book Ratio: 2.20,
Dividend Yield: 1.95%.

1-Year Chart Of Progressive Corp. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Progressive Corp. (PGR) (Click to enlarge)

Wipro Ltd. (WIT) has a market capitalization of USD 26.84 Billion and operates within the “Information Technology Services” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:


P/E Ratio: 24.82,
Forward P/E Ratio: 19.50,
Price/Sales Ratio: 3.78,
Price/Book Ratio: 4.90,
Dividend Yield: 1.23%.

1-Year Chart Of Wipro Ltd. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Wipro Ltd. (WIT) (Click to enlarge)