20 Of Europe’s Best Recommended Dividend Stocks

Best yielding dividend stocks from Europe with buy rating published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Europe’s roof is on fire due to the debt crises. That was one of the major headlines in the press of the recent year. Sure, the fire still burns but the worst seems to be over.

Europe’s economy still has values. It’s also an export-driven mainland with a GDP of 13,076 billion, the second largest figure in the world. Certainly, the economy is weak, unemployment rates are at a high level of 11.8 percent and growth slows with a contracting GDP growth of -0.6 percent year over year.

But the currency market turns and reaches the highest value since the debt crises was debated. More and more money comes back to Europe mainly because the ECBs easing policy which is one of the most reserved below the leading industrialized national banks.

Europe is not dead and I like to show you the best yielding investment opportunities with a current buy rating and a listing in the United States. 162 companies with headquarter in Europe are listed on an American Stock Exchange. 102 of them pay dividends and 57 have a current buy or better rating. In order to exclude the stocks with a higher risk due to a small business model, I selected only stocks with a market capitalization over USD 10 billion. 41 stocks still remain.

You can find a list of the 20 most recommended stocks below. The list shows that Europe has still completive companies with a dominant market position. I think about Novo Nordisk or Anheuser Bush. Also Deutsche Bank and National Grid are leading players.

20 Highly Recommended Financial Dividend Shares | Stock Buy List

Financial dividend stocks with highest buy recommendation originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". One sector I’ve tried to avoid in the past was the financial sector. I have only stocks from financial services provider like Thomson Reuters or some Stock Exchange Operator like the NYX. Some major investors and hedge funds have started bets on the post financial recovery earlier with no greater success.

The whole financial industry is still in a crises and this should go on. I don’t know how long. Jobs in the industry are still degraded and as long as the interest rates are low and there will be more and more jobs degraded.

Despite the bad sector news, Last year, the financial sector was the top performing bet with a 27.5 percent gain. I missed this opportunity but as of today, I cannot evaluate all the risks within the sector. I have no idea what kind of risk assets banks have and how they manage them.

What do you think about the sector? Do you have some shares from banks or related industries? Let me know and leave a comment in the box below.

Today, I like to show you the 20 best recommended financial stocks with a higher capitalization (over USD 2 billion). Below the results are five with a high yield.

16 Cheapest High Yield Large Cap Stocks - An Overview

The Cheapest Large Capitalized Stocks With Highest Dividend Yield Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Now it’s time to get an updated overview of the cheapest high yield stocks from the large cap category. Three criteria are selected: Market capitalization over USD 10 billion, forward price-to-earnings ratio below 10 and dividend yield over five percent. Sixteen stocks fulfilled these criteria of which five have a double digit yield; eleven are recommended to buy or they have a strong buy rating.

8 Cheap High Yield Stocks With Buy Or Better Recommendation

Cheap High Yielding Shares With Buy Rating Researched by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current overview of large capitalized stocks (more than USD 10 billion market capitalization) with a dividend yield of more than 5 percent, a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) lower than 10 as well as a buy or better recommendation from brokerage firms. 8 stocks fulfilled these criteria of which 3 have a dividend yield of more than 10 percent. One of them has a strong buy rating.

Here are the 3 top dividend stocks sorted by yield:

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Annaly Capital Management (NYSE: NLY) has a market capitalization of $15.63 billion. The company employs 114 people, generates revenues of $2,683.13 million and has a net income of $1,267.28 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,349.56 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 50.30 percent (operating margin 48.55 percent and the net profit margin finally 47.23 percent).


The total debt representing 79.92 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 669.88 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 13.11 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.92. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.65 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 8.40, Price/Sales 5.82 and Price/Book ratio 1.05. Dividend Yield: 14.15 percent. The beta ratio is 0.30.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Annaly Capital Managem... (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term History of Dividends from Annaly Capital Managem... (NYSE: NLY) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Annaly Capital Managem... (NYSE: NLY) (Click to enlarge)

Telefonica S.A. (NYSE: TEF) has a market capitalization of $79.09 billion. The company employs 35,466 people, generates revenues of $78,593.43 million and has a net income of $13,033.13 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $33,355.33 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 42.44 percent (operating margin 27.12 percent and the net profit margin finally 16.58 percent).


The total debt representing 47.08 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 249.88 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 44.03 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.52. Last fiscal year, the company paid $5.05 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 4.92, Price/Sales 1.02 and Price/Book ratio 0.82. Dividend Yield: 12.27 percent. The beta ratio is 1.00.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Telefonica S.A. (ADR) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term History of Dividends from Telefonica S.A. (ADR) (NYSE: TEF) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Telefonica S.A. (ADR) (NYSE: TEF) (Click to enlarge)

Banco Santander (NYSE: STD) has a market capitalization of $63.64 billion. The company employs 191,350 people, generates revenues of $68,461.12 million and has a net income of $11,812.48 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $26,677.13 million.


The total debt representing 17.96 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 291.53 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 11.42 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.22. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.78 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 6.19, Price/Sales 1.19 and Price/Book ratio 0.65. Dividend Yield: 11.52 percent. The beta ratio is 1.71.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Banco Santander, S.A. ... (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term History of Dividends from Banco Santander, S.A. ... (NYSE: STD) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Banco Santander, S.A. ... (NYSE: STD) (Click to enlarge)

Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):

8 Cheap High Yield Stocks With Buy Or Better Recommendation (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 7.87 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 7.30. The dividend yield has a value of 8.54 percent. Price to book ratio is 1.22 and price to sales ratio 1.32. The operating margin amounts to 19.39 percent.

Related stock ticker symbols:

NLY, TEF, STD, SDRL, VIP, E, TOT, CS

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