20 Highest Yielding Asian ADR's

The search for yield is increasingly difficult, with interest rates around the world now close to record lows. This could push investors toward Asian high dividend stocks.

I recently started looking more closely at Asian ADRs I know well. Many names have come up enough, or have increased their dividend payout enough, that they may now be attractive to US investors looking for yield. 

These yields are, in most cases, a bit lower than what one would find in the US. However, I think they possess some advantages from which an investor looking for a high-yield portfolio of securities might benefit.

Investors should still remain selective in the Asian high dividend space, focusing on those with stable cash flow and a track record of sustainable dividends. Within traditional Asian high dividend sectors, I like Singapore and Hong Kong real estate investment trusts, and select telecom stocks.

Attached you will find a selection of the highest yielding, higher capitalized Asian dividend stocks, listed as a ADR. 

Here are the results...

20 Stocks With Over 10% Dividend Yield And Positive Return On Assets

For those investors who love very high yields, I've created a screen of the highest yielding dividend stocks with cheap P/E'S and profitable positive earnings growth for the future.

These are my criteria in detail:

- Forward P/E under 15
- Dividend Yield Over 10%
- 5 Future EPS Growth Positive
- Positive ROA
- Debt to Equity Under 1

Attached you will find the 20 top yielding results.

Shipping stocks are still dominating the list. They are very small and suffer from a weakness in China - Shipping rates are very low and hit recently All-Time Lows. Since then, they strongly recovered.

Another good represented industry is the Mortgage Investment and REIT industry. 

Here are the results...

20 Potentially Undervalued Dividend Stocks

One of the most common pitfalls for investors is their tendency to chase returns in the market; that is to say, many investors are prone to being lured by “hot” names on Wall Street that are making big gains, as opposed to focusing on the “out of favor,” high-quality companies that may be due for a rebound. But it's risky to follow market gurus or to go with the trend.

Maybe a better approach could be buying, fundamentally-sound dividend stocks that seem to be underpriced at the moment. Make no mistake, like many feats in the investing world, this one is also easier said than done. 

As such, below we’ve tried to discover a few undervalued stocks that might be interesting for income investors. We've used a tool with data from CapitalIQ, a Standard&Poors Company. 

These stocks pay at least 2% dividend and are available at a discount to their share price.

The following criteria have been used to create this view:

- Modest dividend of at least 2%

- Potentially undervalued Discount > 10%)

- An acceptable financial position.

- No 'warning' companies

The forward P/E from most of the results are close to 10 or below.

These are the results:

20 Potentially Undervalued Dividend Stocks
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