10 S&P Stocks With The Lowest Cash To Debt Ratios

Apple has tons of cash, right, but the technology giant also owns massive debt. 

If you subtract those burdens from the cash account, you see that Apples cash is much smaller as many might think. A useful way to evalueate this problem is to calculate the cash-to-debt ratio.

Cash To Debt Ratio compares a company's operating cash flow to its total debt, which, for purposes of this ratio, is defined as the sum of short-term borrowings, the current portion of long-term debt and long-term debt. 

This ratio provides an indication of a company's ability to cover total debt with its yearly cash flow from operations. The higher the percentage ratio, the better the company's ability to carry its total debt.

Attached I've made the effort to select those stocks from the S&P 500 with the lowest cash to debt ratio. 

These are the 10 stocks with the lowest ratio...

Despite Market Sell-Off: 16 S&P 500 Stocks Close To Fresh 52-Week Highs

Stock markets are in correction mode but not all stocks declined within the past months. 

Not so surprisingly, they’re mostly defensive names like staples and utilities. 

After all, we’ll need to stock up on plenty of cans of Campbell soup and Hormel SPAM for our bunkers to ride out the market volatility (not to mention the 2016 elections!). 

Looking back at 2011, not only did most of these stocks perform respectably during the 2011 selloff, they participated in the rally back (although on a low beta).Attached you will find a selection of stocks near 52-Week Highs.

Only 16 companies from the S&P 500 have achieved this.

Here are the results...

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On July 30, 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 July 30, 2013. In total, 42 stocks go ex dividend - of which 17 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.13%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Realty Income Corp.	O	8.66B	62.39	1.94	14.31	4.92%
Bank of Montreal	BMO	41.57B	11.01	1.60	3.18	4.45%
People's United Financial Inc.	PBCT	4.77B	20.86	1.02	4.72	4.27%
Genesis Energy LP	GEL	4.18B	41.85	4.65	0.98	3.96%
Pinnacle West Capital	PNW	6.55B	15.74	1.63	1.95	3.65%
Paychex, Inc.	PAYX	14.32B	25.17	8.08	6.16	3.57%
Hasbro Inc.	HAS	6.14B	19.30	4.21	1.51	3.40%
MeadWestvaco Corporation	MWV	6.41B	37.09	1.91	1.17	2.75%
The Mosaic Company	MOS	22.41B	11.90	1.67	2.25	1.90%
NRG Energy, Inc.	NRG	8.94B	13.11	0.93	1.03	1.73%
Advanced Semiconductor	ASX	6.16B	14.03	1.64	0.92	1.72%
Brookfield Asset Management	BAM	23.29B	20.13	1.35	1.19	1.59%
CARBO Ceramics Inc.	CRR	2.02B	26.21	2.77	3.34	1.36%
The AES Corporation	AES	9.30B	-	2.01	0.52	1.28%
First Republic Bank	FRC	5.59B	13.75	1.80	4.26	1.13%
Casey's General Stores Inc.	CASY	2.57B	23.47	4.27	0.35	1.07%
Aon Corporation	AON	21.41B	21.64	2.83	1.84	1.04%
Zoetis Inc.	ZTS	15.22B	32.72	21.43	3.47	0.85%

38 High Yielding Stocks With Ex-Dividend Date In July 2013

Monthly high yielding shares researched by “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. I’m a dividend investor and I need every time a quick overview about the best ex-dividend stocks on the market.

Believe me, the ex-dividend date is no margin trade opportunity or something else. It’s more an information tool to get a quick cash return when buying dividend stocks.

Every month, I create a small list about interesting high yielding stocks with ex-dividend date for the next month. I think it could bring you some values to see what companies pay you cash next month with an attractive equity story.

As result, I found 37 stocks with an average dividend yield of 5.38 percent. Five stocks have a double-digit yield and ten a high yield. 17 stocks from the results have a buy or better recommendation.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On April 29, 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 April 29, 2013. In total, 38 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 17 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.31%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Cheniere Energy Partners LP.	CQP	5.44B	-	6.18	20.57	6.22%
People's United Financial Inc.	PBCT	4.46B	18.26	0.86	4.36	4.87%
Bank of Montreal	BMO	40.42B	10.52	1.43	3.07	4.64%
Realty Income Corp.	O	8.86B	65.14	2.74	18.63	4.38%
Genesis Energy LP	GEL	3.97B	40.13	4.34	0.98	4.06%
Pinnacle West Capital	PNW	6.68B	17.36	1.68	2.02	3.59%
Hasbro Inc.	HAS	6.18B	18.88	4.09	1.51	3.35%
TD Ameritrade Holding	AMTD	10.79B	18.54	2.45	4.07	1.83%
City National Corp.	CYN	3.07B	14.79	1.20	3.45	1.75%
Brookfield Asset Management	BAM	21.63B	19.15	1.10	1.16	1.60%
Burger King Worldwide, Inc.	BKW	6.33B	54.73	5.39	3.22	1.33%
NRG Energy, Inc.	NRG	9.04B	12.60	0.88	1.07	1.29%
First Republic Bank	FRC	4.89B	12.85	1.41	3.76	1.27%
The AES Corporation	AES	10.04B	-	2.20	0.55	1.19%
Brown & Brown Inc.	BRO	4.41B	22.88	2.37	3.58	1.17%
Casey's General Stores Inc.	CASY	2.26B	20.59	3.87	0.31	1.12%
Aon Corporation	AON	18.95B	20.50	2.46	1.65	1.03%
Zoetis Inc.	ZTS	15.77B	36.26	3.92	3.64	0.82%