12 Dividend Contenders Below Book Value To Consider

Cheap Dividend Contenders In Terms Of Reproduction Value Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Contenders are stocks with a history of rising dividends of more than 10 years in a row but less than 25. Exactly 178 companies fulfilled these growth criteria but many are highly priced.

In order to find some opportunities, I screened all Dividend Contenders with a very low price to book ratio. Especially in times of heavy crises, the reproduction value or the market value of properties, machines and equipments is an award lowmark for investors. If the price of the whole company falls below the value of the equity, you should get real bargains from the value site. 12 Dividend Contenders have a current P/B ratio of less than one. Two of them are high-yields and eight are recommended to buy.

The Best Yielding S&P 500 Dividend Stocks Below Book Value

S&P 500 With Low Price-To-Book Ratios And Highest Yields Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. The amount of equity is very important in order to identify the companies’ values. Often, there is a great difference between the market capitalization and the book value of a company. The gap is explainable with a high profitable business that doesn’t need much money to finance the business operations. Otherwise, the market expects better future perspectives and market conditions of which the company should benefit.

No rarity, but there are also stocks below book value. In this case you get for a dollar of your investment more than a dollar in the company’s assets if there is no asset bubble.

I screened the S&P 500 by stocks below book value and yields over two percent inflation target rate. 56 stocks fulfilled these criteria but only 17 have a yield of more than two percent. Three of the results are high yields and ten are currently recommended to buy.

8 Large Capitalized High Yield Stocks Below Book Value

Large Capitalized High Yield Stocks Under Book Value Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. High yield stocks, companies with a dividend yield of more than five percent, are often an attractive investment class especially in times of low short-term interest rates. 927 stocks with a yield over five percent are available at the market. In order to find some opportunities, I screened the investment category by stocks with a P/B ratio below one and a market capitalization of more than USD 10 billion. If you buy a stock below the book value, you get for a dollar of your cash more than a dollar in assets.

Eight companies remained of which four have a double-digit yield. Four stocks are recommended to buy and two have a strong buy rating. All of the results are from the financial and telecom sector.

11 High Yield Stocks With Cheap Free Cash Flow Ratios

Cheap High Yield Stocks In Terms Of Free Cash Flow Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. High earnings are good but they are nothing worth if the company needs the money for investments, growth or debt reductions. A figure that measures the real income of the company is the free cash flow. The ratio shows the operating cash flow less changes in working capital and capital expenditures.

I screened the market by high yield stocks with a current cheap price to free cash flow ratio of less than 15. Out there are 59 companies with such a high yield and low price ratio but most the results are dominated by stocks with a lower capitalization. That’s why I screened only stocks with a market capitalization of more than USD 2 billion. Exactly eleven stocks remained or which seven are recommended to buy.

13 Dividend Challengers For Less Than Book Value

Cheap Dividend Challengers In Terms Of Price To Book Value Researched by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current overview of Dividend Challengers, stocks that have raised dividends for 5-9 consecutive years, with a price to book ratio below one. The ratio shows that the company is currently priced under the reproduction value. Cheap or not? To answer this question, we need additional ratios. The screen matched 13 stocks of which 3 yielding over 4 percent. American Equity Investment Holding (AEL) is the only stock with a strong buy recommendation.

Here are my favorite stocks:

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American Greetings (NYSE: AM) has a market capitalization of $528.00 million. The company employs 7,400 people, generates revenues of $1,592.57 million and has a net income of $87.02 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $215.75 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 13.55 percent (operating margin 10.97 percent and the net profit margin finally 5.46 percent).


The total debt representing 15.04 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 30.47 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 12.30 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.99. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.56 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 6.92, Price/Sales 0.31 and Price/Book ratio 0.73. Dividend Yield: 4.35 percent. The beta ratio is 1.74.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of American Greetings Corp. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term History of Dividends from American Greetings Corp. (NYSE: AM) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of American Greetings Corp. (NYSE: AM) (Click to enlarge)

The Travelers Companies (NYSE: TRV) has a market capitalization of $24.51 billion. The company employs 32,000 people, generates revenues of $25,112.00 million and has a net income of $3,216.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $8,496.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 33.83 percent (operating margin 17.15 percent and the net profit margin finally 12.81 percent).


The total debt representing 6.29 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 25.95 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 12.09 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.78. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.41 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.69, Price/Sales 0.98 and Price/Book ratio 1.02. Dividend Yield: 2.76 percent. The beta ratio is 0.70.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of The Travelers Companie... (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term History of Dividends from The Travelers Companie... (NYSE: TRV) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of The Travelers Companie... (NYSE: TRV) (Click to enlarge)

National HealthCare Corp. (NYSEAMEX: NHC) has a market capitalization of $585.92 million. The company employs 12,760 people, generates revenues of $715.50 million and has a net income of $52.70 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $88.84 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 12.42 percent (operating margin 8.55 percent and the net profit margin finally 7.36 percent).


The total debt representing 1.21 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 1.78 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 11.80 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.99. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.10 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.61, Price/Sales 0.82 and Price/Book ratio 1.48. Dividend Yield: 2.83 percent. The beta ratio is 0.55.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of National HealthCare Corp. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term History of Dividends from National HealthCare Corp. (NYSEAMEX: NHC) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of National HealthCare Corp. (NYSEAMEX: NHC) (Click to enlarge)

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

14 Dividend Challengers For Less Than Book Value

Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 15.08 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 8.29. The dividend yield has a value of 2.63 percent. Price to book ratio is 0.80 and price to sales ratio 0.77. The operating margin amounts to 9.05 percent.

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10 Industrial Goods Stocks For Less Than Book Value

Industrial Goods Stocks Under Book Value by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of dividend stocks from the industrial goods sector with a market capitalization of more than USD 300 million as well as a market capitalization that is under the accounted book value. 10 stocks fulfilled these criteria of which 4 are high yields with a dividend yield of more than 5 percent.

Here are the 3 top dividend stocks by dividend yield:

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Veolia Environnement (NYSE:VE) has a market capitalization of $5.94 billion. The company employs 287,043 people, generates revenues of $47,389.96 million and has a net income of $1,194.33 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $5,285.06 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 11.15 percent (operating margin 6.06 percent and the net profit margin finally 2.52 percent).


The total debt representing 40.98 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 265.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 7.84 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $-0.63 of which $1.65 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, Price/Sales 0.13 and Price/Book ratio 0.54. Dividend Yield: 14.25 percent. The beta ratio is 1.71.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Veolia Environnement (... (Click to enlarge)

M.D.C. Holdings (NYSE:MDC) has a market capitalization of $864.98 million. The company employs 1,119 people, generates revenues of $958.66 million and has a net income of $-64.77 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $-53.42 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is -5.57 percent (operating margin -6.17 percent and the net profit margin finally -6.76 percent).


The total debt representing 49.78 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 128.94 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to -6.35 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $-2.36 of which $1.00 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, Price/Sales 0.89 and Price/Book ratio 0.86. Dividend Yield: 5.57 percent. The beta ratio is 1.06.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. (Click to enlarge)

CRH PLC (NYSE:CRH) has a market capitalization of $12.68 billion. The company employs 76,418 people, generates revenues of $23,394.86 million and has a net income of $598.05 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,061.17 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 8.81 percent (operating margin 4.06 percent and the net profit margin finally 2.56 percent).


The total debt representing 24.98 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 51.91 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 4.33 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $0.94 of which $0.85 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.03, Price/Sales 0.57 and Price/Book ratio 0.93. Dividend Yield: 4.77 percent. The beta ratio is 1.13.

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

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

10 Industrial Goods Stocks For Less Than Book Value (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table of industrial goods stocks under book value. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 21.9 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 12.6. The dividend yield has a value of 4.4 percent. Price to book ratio is 0.8 and price to sales ratio 0.4. The operating margin amounts to 3.0 percent.

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18 Cheap High Yield Stocks By Price-To-Free Cash Flow

Cheap High Yield Shares With Low Price to Free Cash Flow Ratios by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of 18 stocks with a dividend yield of more than 5 percent (high yield stocks) as well as a price-to-free cash flow ratio of less than 10. In addition, all stocks have a market capitalization of more than USD 300 million.

The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 11.24 while the average price to free cash flow ratio is 6.07. The dividend yield has an average value of 7.63 percent. Price to book ratio is 1.50 and price to sales ratio 10.17. The average operating margin amounts to 35.86 percent.

Here is the table of high yield stocks with low price to free cash flow ratios:

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Cheap High Yield Stocks By Price to Free Cash Flow (Click to enlarge)

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