Stocks With More Than 10% Dividend Yield And Buy Rating

Large- And Mid-Capitalized Stocks With Very High Yields And Buy Or Better Recommendation Researched by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. I researched the capital market by stocks with a market capitalization of more than USD 2 billion, a dividend yield of more than 10 percent as well as a buy or better recommendation. 10 stocks fulfilled my criteria of which two have a strong buy rating.

Stocks with very high yields are very interesting because in the cause of a double digit yield, your investment amounts paid off in less than 10 years. Take care that your stocks is healthy enough to pay dividends in the same amount all the time.

Ex-Dividend Date Reminder For Next Week January 30 - February 05 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 30 – February 05, 2012. In total, 144 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 80 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.39 percent.

The Best Yielding Gas Utilities

Best Dividend Yields From Gas Utility Industry by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current overview of the best yielding stocks from the gas utility industry. The complete industry has 32 companies, representing a total market capitalization of USD 144 billion. The industry average dividend yield is 4.1 percent and price to earnings amounts to 22.0. Here are the best yielding stocks with a market capitalization above USD 2 billion. The biggest yield was realized by Inergy (NRGY) with 16.27 percent yield.

15 Dividend Contenders With Buy Or Better Rating

The Best Yielding Dividend Contenders With Buy Or Better Recommendation Researched by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current overview of dividend growth stocks that have raised their cash contributions to shareholders over a period of 10-24 years without a break (Dividend Contenders). 140 listed companies realized this goal. Below, I summarized the best yielding stocks (more than 4 percent) from the investment category with a buy or better recommendation. Exactly 15 Contenders are recommended by brokerage firms. 9 of them are high yields.

Here are my favorite stocks:

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Avon Products (NYSE: AVP) has a market capitalization of $7.70 billion. The company employs 42,000 people, generates revenues of $10,862.80 million and has a net income of $595.20 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,267.90 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 11.67 percent (operating margin 9.88 percent and the net profit margin finally 5.48 percent).


The total debt representing 39.83 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 189.33 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 40.02 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.70. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.88 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.53, Price/Sales 0.70 and Price/Book ratio 4.56. Dividend Yield: 5.23 percent. The beta ratio is 1.39.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Avon Products, Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term History of Dividends from Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP) (Click to enlarge)

Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS) has a market capitalization of $136.49 billion. The company employs 119,418 people, generates revenues of $51,561.00 million and has a net income of $9,969.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $14,941.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 28.98 percent (operating margin 22.35 percent and the net profit margin finally 19.33 percent).


The total debt representing 18.64 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 36.37 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 16.24 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.26. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.20 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.37, Price/Sales 3.01 and Price/Book ratio 2.06. Dividend Yield: 4.15 percent. The beta ratio is 0.54.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Novartis AG (ADR) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term History of Dividends from Novartis AG (ADR) (NYSE: NVS) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Novartis AG (ADR) (NYSE: NVS) (Click to enlarge)

Buckeye Partners (NYSE: BPL) has a market capitalization of $5.94 billion. The company employs 859 people, generates revenues of $3,151.27 million and has a net income of $43.08 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $338.70 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 10.75 percent (operating margin 8.87 percent and the net profit margin finally 1.37 percent).


The total debt representing 50.51 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 129.65 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 5.27 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.80. Last fiscal year, the company paid $3.82 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 79.67, Price/Sales 1.87 and Price/Book ratio 3.25. Dividend Yield: 6.47 percent. The beta ratio is 0.27.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Buckeye Partners, L.P. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term History of Dividends from Buckeye Partners, L.P. (NYSE: BPL) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Buckeye Partners, L.P. (NYSE: BPL) (Click to enlarge)

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

15 Dividend Contenders 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 22.05 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 15.73. The dividend yield has a value of 5.02 percent. Price to book ratio is 2.20 and price to sales ratio 3.78. The operating margin amounts to 26.89 percent.

Related stock ticker symbols:

NRGY, BPL, NHI, NNN, PAA, UBA, WPC, EPD, AVP, MDP, SCG, AROW, NVS, ARTNA, TSH

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