20 Cheapest Healthcare Dividend Stocks

Healthcare dividend stocks with low forward P/E ratios originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Wow, the stock market rises from month to month. The negative thing is that stock prices rise faster than the earnings and stocks getting therefore more expensive. This is a development which is still healthy because of the low yielding bond market. But it’s not sustainable if the interest rates rise. Everybody can imagine what happens if the Fed hikes its rates.

So, my major screening focus goes to cheap stocks, stocks with a low price to earnings ratio. Below is a list of the 20 cheapest healthcare dividend stocks with a forward P/E of less than 15. Health care plans companies are currently the cheapest choice in the list. Two High-Yields are part of the results and fifteen companies are recommended to buy.

20 Of The Best Yielding Healthcare Growth Stocks For The Next Years

Healthcare dividend stocks with best yields and big growth perspectives originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". 

The healthcare sector is one of my favorite sectors behind the consumer goods sector. I love stocks from the medical equipment and appliances industry. Sure they offer a lower dividend but most of the stocks are major diversified in terms of international sales and they have a wonderful growth perspective.

Stocks from the whole healthcare sector have a total market capitalization of USD 66.298 billion. The average stock from the sector has a P/E of 26.63 and yield at 3.32 percent. These are very attractive figures from the earnings perspective. Debt is also high with a long-term debt to equity ratio of 88.63. As a result, the return on equity amounts to 17.61 percent.

Today I like to show you the best yielding healthcare growth opportunities at the market. I screened all healthcare stocks with a positive dividend payment and double-digit earnings per share growth for the next five years.

Nearly 40 companies fulfilled these criteria but some of them pay only very low dividends. Below is a small list of 20 stocks with the highest yield. Eleven of the results have a buy or better rating.

Best Dividend Paying Stocks As Of February 2013 | 25 Top Stock Buy List

Best Dividend Paying Stocks Lists By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Each month, I discover the best growth income picks with attractive dividend payments and growth figures. I’ve tried to summarize some significant fundamentals in order to screen the whole capital markets by interesting investment opportunities.

These are my criteria:

Market Capitalization: > 1 Billion

Price/Earnings Ratio: > 0 < 100

Dividend Yield: > 3 < 20

Return on Investment: > 10 < 100

Operating Margin: > 10 < 100

10 Year Revenue Growth: > 8 < 200

10 Year EPS Growth: > 10 < 100

The results from the screen are distinguished compared to the normal screens I made every day. Here is long-term growth a major aspect and some new names are on the list. The stocks are not typically Dividend Champions or stocks with a very long dividend growth history but they have managed a stronger growth of sales and income.

For me, the best equity investment is a stock with good fundamentals and a convincing equity story. If this stock is also attractive valuated with a P/E below 15 or even 20 if the debt is low, it could promise good returns. This month, 25 companies fulfilled my screening criteria of which six have a high yield.

The Best And Most Recommended Healthcare Stocks For 2013

Herbalife (HLF)
Best Yielding Healthcare Stock

Best Healthcare stocks with buy ratings originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". This month I like to discover the best recommended stocks from all sectors at the capital market. I like to start with the healthcare sector, one of the biggest ones. Here are some facts for our statistical lovers:

The healthcare sector has 540 companies with a health related business model. The total market capitalization of all stocks is 64.5 trillion. Stocks from the healthcare sector have an average P/E ratio of 20.78 and they pay in average a dividend yield of 3.37 percent. The best dividend paying industries are major drug manufactures and Biotechnology companies. Biotech’s are now the second best yielding category with an average industry yield of 2.13 percent.

Below is a small list with some fundamentals about the most recommended higher capitalized stocks from the healthcare sector. I excluded stocks with a market capitalization below USD 2 billion because I think the risk should be much higher as for mid-capitalized stocks.

These are the results: Nine of the 20 best rated stocks pay dividends. Half of the results are large caps and all stocks have positive expected mid-term earnings per share growth. Yes, healthcare is still a growth opportunity.

Best Dividend Paying Stocks As Of January 2013 | Top 30 Share Buy List

Best Dividend Paying Stocks Lists By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Happy new year fellow investors. I hope 2013 will become a great year for our asset allocation. 

Let's start the first post for this year with our regular best dividend paying stock list.

The best equity investment is a stock with good fundamentals and a convincing equity story. If this stock is also attractive valuated it could promise good returns. I’ve tried to summarize some significant fundamentals in order to screen the whole capital markets by interesting dividend stocks. 

Every month I create a quick dividend list (from low-yield to high-yield paying stocks) of stocks with interesting performance and valuation figures. Stocks from that list are mid- and large caps (market capitalization of more than USD 1 billion) with double-digit long-term earnings growth rates. The companies are traded at AMEX, NYSE, NASDAQ and part of the Dow Jones, S&P 500 or Nasdaq Composite. The list is selected by the following criteria and sorted by dividend yield.

Market capitalization: > 1 Billion

Price/Earnings Ratio: > 0 < 100

Dividend Yield: > 3 < 20

Return on investment: > 10 < 100

Operating Margin: > 10 < 100

10 Year Revenue Growth: > 8 < 200

10 Year EPS Growth: > 10 < 100

My Best Healthcare Stock Picks For 2013 | Last Year’s Picks Gained 31.55%

Last year at this time, I made a screen of some stocks from the healthcare sector with an interesting market valuation, a great past growth performance as well as good earnings situation. The stocks had a forward P/E of less than 15, a sales growth over the recent five years of more than 10 percent as well as an operating margin over 10 percent. Exactly seven stocks fulfilled these criteria at that time. Today I like to review these picks and try to discover a new list of potential stocks for next year, 2013. 

Over the recent year the Dow Jones Index is up 8.36 percent, the S&P 500 gained 13.82 percent and the NASDAQ is 14.58 percent higher. My seven healthcare picks from last year performed in average 31.55 percent while the healthcare sector summarized a total gain of 25.7 percent. Below is a current screen of the seven picks with performance figures.

Performance Review Of The Healthcare Picks 2012 (Click to enlarge)

The bad news for me is that I don't have invested in one of them. Now I try to make a similar screen with attractive price ratios. The only new restrictions are simple. I allow lower capitalized stocks (over USD 2 billion market capitalization) and introduce a new barrier in terms of earnings growth. I want mid-term (next five years) earnings per share growth of more than 5 percent. Thirteen companies remain.

The Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks On November 09, 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 November 09, 2012. In total, 22 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend - of which 13 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.97%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
SandRidge Mississippian Trust I	SDT	533.96M	-	1.94	-	14.33%
Sandridge Mississippian Trust II	SDR	970.73M	26.03	-	25.12	12.27%
Hercules Technology Growth Capital	HTGC	549.95M	12.53	1.10	7.07	9.23%
United Online, Inc.	UNTD	510.30M	13.73	1.04	0.59	7.10%
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.	INN	356.70M	-	0.98	2.17	5.49%
Duke Realty Corp.	DRE	3.76B	-	1.45	3.28	4.87%
Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.	ROIC	647.42M	74.35	1.41	9.21	4.43%
Consolidated Edison Inc.	ED	16.48B	15.58	1.31	1.32	4.30%
Wisconsin Energy Corp.	WEC	8.51B	15.32	2.04	1.98	3.25%
AFLAC Inc.	AFL	23.66B	8.36	1.48	0.95	2.77%
Herbalife Ltd.	HLF	5.10B	12.18	13.74	1.31	2.54%
Nu Skin Enterprises Inc.	NUS	2.74B	13.83	4.98	1.32	1.75%
Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.	FDP	1.48B	11.13	0.81	0.43	1.57%
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	HOMB	941.49M	15.76	1.85	5.42	1.56%
Brinks Co.	BCO	1.30B	13.69	2.67	0.33	1.47%
Buckeye Technologies Inc.	BKI	1.01B	9.51	1.60	1.18	1.41%
United States Steel Corp.	X	3.11B	-	0.81	0.16	0.93%
Cantel Medical Corp.	CMN	691.29M	22.36	2.50	1.79	0.43%

12 Healthcare Dividend Stocks With Highest Short Float Ratio

Healthcare Dividend Stocks With Highest Short Float Ratio Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. The healthcare sector is a major business. At the stock markets are 551 companies linked to the sector with a total market capitalization of USD 40.4 trillion. The average sector yield amounts to 3.93 percent and the average P/E ratio is 22.31.

I screened the sector by dividend stocks with the highest amount of short selling stocks, measured by the short float ratio. The ratio shows how many stocks are shorted by investors. Companies with a high ratio of short float have a little upside potential if investors need to close their short position. Twelve dividend stocks from the healthcare sector have a short float ratio of more than 5 percent and six are recommended to buy.

Stock Upgrades From May 02, 2012

Upgrades and downgrades are positive (negative) changes in the rating of a security. An upgrade is usually triggered by a steady improvement in the fundamentals and financials of the entity that has issued the security. Downgrade ratings are vice versa. Changes in the analyst rating could affect the company’s stock price significantly. Watch out the current upgrade rating decisions and their market ratios. Here is a detailed overview of the best yielding dividend stocks with current upgrade rating: 

12 Healthcare Dividend Stocks With Gaining Earnings Momentum

Healthcare Dividend Stocks With Accelerated Growth Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Growth stocks are wonderful especially if they are at the beginning of their growth path. Growth normally creates shareholder value and if the company doesn’t need much money to finance the growth, you can benefit already within the early stage.

I screened the healthcare sector by stocks with a recent earnings growth of more than ten percent (past five years). In order to catch up only those stocks with a gaining earnings growth, I observed only stocks with a quarter over quarter sales and earnings per share growth of more than 10 percent. Exactly twelve companies fulfilled these criteria. All of them are recommended to buy.