Services Dividend Stocks With Highest Stock Performance - And Which Of Them Are Still Cheap

Services dividend stocks with highest year-to-date performance originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. The more I discover the best performing stocks from the recent half year, the better the performance gets. 

Today I would like to discover stocks from the services sector with the highest year-to-date performance. The sector is the second best performer behind the healthcare segment but the performance is more unequal distributed: The best dividend stocks on the top 20 list have a price performance between 60 percent and 247 percent. Service is a place to be for investors.

In order to reduce some extraordinary companies and to get better results, I decided to exclude all stocks with a lower market capitalization (below USD 300 million). Small cap stocks have normally a higher performance ratio, also in this screen: More than half of the results have a market cap below a billion dollars. The average market cap of the top 20 stocks after my limit rule amounts to USD 2.6 billion.

Despite the strong stock price growth; twelve shares still have a buy or better rating. Broadcasting and TV companies are very hot and dominating the screening results. There is some rumor in the market about takeovers and mergers.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On May 28, 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 May 28, 2013. In total, 11 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 63 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 2.39%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation	SIX	3.71B	11.14	8.92	3.40	4.63%
CNOOC Ltd.	CEO	79.93B	7.73	1.58	1.98	4.14%
Great Plains Energy	GXP	3.57B	14.99	1.06	1.50	3.75%
United-Guardian Inc.	UG	121.92M	23.67	8.47	8.78	3.32%
Cott Corporation	COT	811.60M	19.34	1.37	0.36	2.82%
Etablissements Delhaize Freres	DEG	6.60B	40.70	0.97	0.22	2.09%
Harley-Davidson, Inc.	HOG	12.43B	18.73	4.72	2.17	1.52%
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.	GS	72.77B	10.92	0.95	1.75	1.26%
Lender Processing Services, Inc.	LPS	2.80B	33.32	4.71	1.43	1.21%
Expedia Inc.	EXPE	7.98B	47.61	3.70	1.89	0.88%
La-Z-Boy Inc.	LZB	993.60M	21.33	2.11	0.76	0.84%

13 Highest Dividend Paying Grocery Stores

High dividend paying grocery store stocks originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". A very interesting investment field is to buy chains. Every company has a chain but I don’t talk about the relationship structures of a company when they buy commodities, manufacture products and sell them in the end to customers. I talk about store systems like McDonalds or Wal-Mart. For sure, these are two very successful chains with strong brands and lot’s of value. Normally a smaller chain has no big values.

To buy a store system is a way to make fast money because a profitable concept can be copied all over the world in a very short time. All you need is the right location to expand your selling space. Think about Starbucks and how they work. The critical point is if your business concept will be accepted by different cultures and if your customers are loyal to your products when competition rises. All will be measured in the ratio “Same Store Sales”. That’s a figure which counts the percentage sales increase of older stores space (because a new opened store has higher sales in the first six month).

Today I like to look at the grocery stores industry. The average dividend yield of grocery stores is 1.46% and the P/E ratio is around 35. Linked is a small list of the highest dividend paying grocery store concepts which you can buy at the market.

13 grocery stores pay dividends of which one is a High-Yield. Six of the results are recommended to buy.

16 Really Cheap International Dividend Achievers

Bargains from the International Dividend Achievers Index originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". If you like to make money with dividend stocks or you are a dividend growth investor, you should have a quiet overview of the best dividend paying stocks from abroad.

Sure, I know that you can enumerate all Dividend Achievers from the United States. Those stocks have raised their dividends over a period of more than 10 consecutive years. But if you should do the same with European stocks, you would fail.

What is different compared to U.S. Dividend Achievers? The effort in dividend growth is lighter. Stocks need to increase dividends uninterrupted over 5 years or more. In additon, the stocks must be incorporated outside the U.S. but must be listed on a U.S. or U.K. Stock Exchange.

Why is dividend investing so important? I am a private trader and made most of my wealth through trading of high-quality dividend growth stocks. Over the recent 10 years, around 1/3 of my performance was made with dividend payments.

Today I try to find some really cheap stocks below the International Dividend Achievers Index. The forward P/E should be under 10. Only 16 of 51 stocks meet these criteria. Eleven of them are currently recommended to buy.

The Cheapest Mid-Capitalized Dividend Stocks With Highest Yield

Cheapest Dividend Midcap Stocks With Highest Dividend Yield Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Midcap stocks, stocks with a market capitalization of more than USD 2 billion but less than USD 10 billion, are not in focus of mainstream investors. In comparison to large cap stocks, they are cheaper and they offer a higher yield. The price for this bargain is also  a higher risk.

I screened all mid-capitalized stocks with a dividend yield over five percent (high yield) and a single P/E ratio of less than ten. Thirteen stocks fulfilled these criteria of which five have a double digit yield; five are recommended to buy. The highest yield comes from YPF S.A. (YPF), an Argentina oil and gas refining and marketing company. The company is in process to be taken over by the government and lost half of its worth over the past year.

11 Service Dividend Stocks With Buy Or Better Rating

The Best Yielding Services Shares With Buy Or Better Recommendation Researched by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current overview of stocks from the services sector with a market capitalization of more than USD 2 billion (mid capitalized), a dividend yield of more than 3 percent and finally a buy or better analyst rating. 11 companies from the services sector fulfilled these criteria of which 2 are high yields. One stocks has a strong buy rating.

Here are my favorite stocks:

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American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) has a market capitalization of $2.53 billion. The company employs 6,900 people, generates revenues of $2,967.56 million and has a net income of $181.93 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $456.51 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 15.38 percent (operating margin 10.65 percent and the net profit margin finally 6.13 percent).


The total debt representing 0.00 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 0.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 12.42 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.95. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.43 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.71, Price/Sales 0.85 and Price/Book ratio 1.88. Dividend Yield: 3.36 percent. The beta ratio is 1.01.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of American Eagle Outfitters (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term History of Dividends from American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) (Click to enlarge)

Pearson PLC (NYSE: PSO) has a market capitalization of $15.46 billion. The company employs 36,317 people, generates revenues of $8,674.54 million and has a net income of $802.66 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,413.84 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 16.30 percent (operating margin 13.12 percent and the net profit margin finally 9.25 percent).


The total debt representing 21.67 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 41.75 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 10.71 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.00. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.59 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.00, Price/Sales 1.79 and Price/Book ratio 1.79. Dividend Yield: 3.38 percent. The beta ratio is 0.78.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Pearson PLC (ADR) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term History of Dividends from Pearson PLC (ADR) (NYSE: PSO) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Pearson PLC (ADR) (NYSE: PSO) (Click to enlarge)

Watsco (NYSE: WSO) has a market capitalization of $2.26 billion. The company employs 4,000 people, generates revenues of $2,844.60 million and has a net income of $111.72 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $176.34 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 6.20 percent (operating margin 5.82 percent and the net profit margin finally 3.93 percent).


The total debt representing 0.82 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 1.32 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 10.11 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.66. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.04 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 25.72, Price/Sales 0.79 and Price/Book ratio 2.91. Dividend Yield: 3.62 percent. The beta ratio is 0.93.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Watsco, Incorporated (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term History of Dividends from Watsco, Incorporated (NYSE: WSO) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Watsco, Incorporated (NYSE: WSO) (Click to enlarge)

Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) has a market capitalization of $5.72 billion. The company employs 180,000 people, generates revenues of $7,500.20 million and has a net income of $478.70 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,057.60 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 14.10 percent (operating margin 8.63 percent and the net profit margin finally 6.38 percent).


The total debt representing 30.16 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 85.16 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 25.00 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.26. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.28 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.66, Price/Sales 0.76 and Price/Book ratio 3.10. Dividend Yield: 3.86 percent. The beta ratio is 0.87.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Darden Restaurants, Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term History of Dividends from Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) (Click to enlarge)

H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) has a market capitalization of $4.79 billion. The company employs 7,900 people, generates revenues of $3,774.30 million and has a net income of $419.40 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $787.27 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 20.86 percent (operating margin 17.63 percent and the net profit margin finally 11.11 percent).


The total debt representing 20.70 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 74.38 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 28.95 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.33. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.60 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.29, Price/Sales 1.27 and Price/Book ratio 3.45. Dividend Yield: 4.89 percent. The beta ratio is 0.65.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of H&R Block, Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term History of Dividends from H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE: HRB) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE: HRB) (Click to enlarge)

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

11 Service Dividend Stocks With Buy Or Better Rating (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 14.92 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 12.61. The dividend yield has a value of 4.20 percent. Price to book ratio is 2.39 and price to sales ratio 0.77. The operating margin amounts to 8.77 percent.

Related stock ticker symbols:

TGP, RRD, HRB, CNK, DEG, DRI, TAM, WSO, SMS, PSO, AEO

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