13 Cheap Stocks With Dividend Yields Over 3% And A Predictable Business

Cheaply valuated stocks with a predictable business and yields over 3% originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. It’s important not to overpay a stock. The first rule you need to follow is to pay acceptable prices for a growing business that is somehow calculable. I talk about a business model with nearly stable sales that grow over the long-run.

On my blog, I present often such companies with a low volatile business and good yields. Today I would like to use the gurufocus screener about predictable companies.

The screener gave me the opportunity to look for new, customized stock ideas which I would like to share with you here now. Below is a list of the best yielding cheaply valuated stocks with yields over 3 percent as well as a forward P/E under 15.

Eighteen stocks with a better than 4-Star gurufocus rating fulfilled the above mentioned criteria. Three of the results have a high yield and four are currently recommended to buy or even better.

100 Best Small Cap Stocks To Place Your Money

Small cap stocks with a strong growth and best dividends to buy, originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Everybody loves growth. If you own an investment and it starts to grow by double-digit rates over a few years, when the stock price explode and you feel like a bird in heaven. I felt a few times like this. But it is also necessary that you sell partly your position over the time. I personally reduce my stocks positions when they have doubled or more. Certainly you can’t get very rich with this rule but you hedge your stock gains and believe me by selling stocks with gains, nobody become poor.

I recently viewed a nice list at Forbes. The list was a research result of the 100 best small cap growth stocks in America. Stocks from the table are public and tradeable in America. They all have a total sales volume below the USD 1 billion mark and fantastic years of recent growth. As you can see at the list, the GDP growth is America is still weak but out there are still investment opportunities to discover.

I discovered the ten best dividend stocks from the small cap growth picks. I needed to screen more than 50 companies in order to find ten stocks with positive dividend payments. Most of the small cap growth stocks don’t pay dividends. But the debt situation is very comfortable. Most of them are free of debt and have bigger cash amounts to their balance sheets in order to finance future growth. The average stock grew in sales by 19 percent yearly. Earnings followd by 31 percent growth yearly and the average return on equity amounted to 20 percent. See the full list of the 100 best small cap growth stocks at the end of this post.

Best Ex-Dividend Stock List For November 21, 2012

The Best Yielding 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 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 21, 2012. In total, 8 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 3 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.39%. If you like to receive the next dividend you need to buy the dividend stocks now.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding ex dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
First Trust Specialty Finance a	FGB	115.24M	-	-	-	8.18%
Strayer Education Inc.	STRA	590.65M	7.54	9.10	1.03	8.04%
Atmos Energy Corporation	ATO	3.07B	16.12	1.30	2.32	4.12%
Assurant Inc.	AIZ	2.72B	4.96	0.53	0.32	2.43%
Robert Half International Inc.	RHI	3.81B	19.61	4.56	0.94	2.22%
National Interstate Corporation	NATL	537.35M	14.10	1.39	1.10	1.45%
Panhandle Oil and Gas Inc.	PHX	213.83M	21.99	2.55	4.29	1.08%
Vulcan Materials Company	VMC	6.25B	-	1.66	2.43	0.08%

16 Very Cheap Dividend Challengers With A Single P/E Ratio

Dividend Challengers With Very Low P/E Ratios Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Challengers are dividend growth stocks from the third category. They raised dividends over a period of more than five consecutive years but less than ten years. Behind Dividend Contenders (10-24 years) and Dividend Champions (>25 years) is this investment class the latest stage for dividend growth investments.

In order to find the cheapest Challengers, I screened all 184 companies by a very low P/E ratio of less than ten. Sixteen stocks fulfilled these pricing criteria of which five are high-yields and six are currently recommended to buy.

17 Oversold High-Yields With Growing Business

Oversold High-Yields With Growing Earning Per Share Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Stocks with a massive amount of sellers could fall very deep in a short period of time. Sometimes, the market overreacts and companies are traded at very low prices.

I screened the capital market by high-yields with positive earnings per share growth and signals to be oversold. A good indicator to measure the degree of oversold is the relative strength index (RSI). The RSI ranges from 0 to 100. An asset is deemed to be overbought once the RSI approaches the 70. If the RSI approaches 30, it is an indication that the asset may be getting oversold and therefore likely to become undervalued.

I listed all stocks with a RSI of less than 40. In order to exclude the risks of low capitalized companies, I decided to screen only such stocks with a market capitalization above USD 300 million. Seventeen companies remained of which seven have a double-digit yield and six a buy or better recommendation.

10 Most Profitable Dividend Challengers To Consider

Dividend Challengers With Highest Return On Investment Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend Challengers are stocks with a history of rising dividend of more than 5 years in a row but less than 10 years. Stocks with such a long dividend growth history have a high reliability but which one are currently the best in terms of profitability?

I screened the 189 Dividend Challengers by the highest return on investment (ROI) and observed only the stocks with the highest figures. Ten companies have currently the highest ROI of more than 25 percent.

13 Service Dividend Stocks With Highest Short Float Ratio

Dividend Stocks From The Service Sector With Highest Short Float Ratio Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. The services sector is the second basic stage of the economy behind the agricultural. Stocks from the sector are characterized by low margins and undercapitalized business models.

At the stock markets are 908 companies linked to the sector with a total market capitalization of USD 48.2 trillion. The average sector yield amounts to 1.92 percent and the average P/E ratio is 20.11. The highest dividend paying industries are consumer services, publishing and computer wholesale.

I screened the sector by dividend stocks with the highest amount of short selling stocks, measured by the float short ratio. The ratio shows how many stocks are shorted by investors. Companies with a high ratio of float short have a little upside potential if investors need to close their short position. Thirteen dividend stocks from the services sector have a float short ratio of more than 25 percent.

Best Dividend Paying Stock List As Of June 2012

Best Dividend Paying Stocks Lists By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current 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. Date of the screen is June 01, 2012. 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

Best Dividend Paying Stock List As Of May 2012

Best Dividend Paying Stocks Lists By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current 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. Date of the screen is May 01, 2012. 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

Best Dividend Paying Stock List As Of April 2012

Best Dividend Paying Stocks Lists By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current 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. Date of the screen is April 01, 2012. The list is selected by the following 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 Best Dividend Stocks From The Service Sector

Services Dividend Stocks With High Return On Investments And Big Operating Margins Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Service is characterized by hard work and low margins but there are some companies with wonderful business models that generate double digit margins within the service sector. I think about McDonalds or Starbucks. They created a huge shareholder value due to the global expansion of the brand and realized big economies of scale.

I screened the service sector by stocks with an operating margin and return on investment over 15 percent, a dividend yield over two percent and finally a market capitalization over USD 300 million. Thirteen companies fulfilled these criteria of which four are high yields and six are recommended to buy or better.

Best Dividend Paying Stock List As Of March 2012

Best Dividend Paying Stocks Lists By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current 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. Date of the screen is 2012-03-01. 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

Best Dividend Paying Stock List As Of February 2012

Best Dividend Paying Stocks Lists By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current 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 as well as Nasdaq Composite. Date of the screen is 2012-02-01. The list is selected by the following criteria’s and sorted by dividend yield:

15 Most Impressive Dividend Growth Stocks

Long-Term Dividend Income Stocks With Great Growth Figures by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current overview of dividend stocks with long-term double digit earnings and sales growth. In addition, the companies created value due to a return on investment of more than 10 percent over the past five years. These are the criteria in detail:

Dividend Yield: Over 2 percent

5-Year Return On Investment: Over 10 percent

10-Year Sales Growth: More than 15 percent

10-Year Earnings per Share growth: Above 20 percent

The results are impressive. There are five high yields available and 7 have a buy or better recommendation outstanding. The only stock with a strong buy rating is Mobile Telesystems (MBT). The company has a current yield of 6.41 percent and has also the biggest sales growth in our screen. The biggest income growth was realized by American Science & Engineering (ASEI) with an earnings per share growth of 43 percent yearly. However, the most profitable companies are Strayer Education (STRA) and Southern Copper (SCCO).

Here are my favorite stocks:

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Strayer Education (NASDAQ:STRA) has a market capitalization of $1.34 billion. The company employs 2,099 people, generates revenues of $636.73 million and has a net income of $131.26 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $233.08 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 36.61 percent (operating margin 33.89 percent and the net profit margin finally 20.61 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 0.00 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 0.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 71.76 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $9.25. Last fiscal year, the company paid $3.25 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.08, Price/Sales 2.23 and Price/Book ratio 8.95. Dividend Yield: 3.43 percent. The beta ratio is 0.72.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Strayer Education, Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Strayer Education, Inc. (STRA) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Strayer Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: STRA) (Click to enlarge)

Companhia de Bebidas das Americas (NYSE:ABV) has a market capitalization of $115.67 billion. The company employs 44,924 people, generates revenues of $14,337.10 million and has a net income of $4,329.09 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $6,497.78 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 45.32 percent (operating margin 39.72 percent and the net profit margin finally 30.20 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 15.87 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 27.80 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 32.61 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.50. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.88 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 24.81, Price/Sales 7.19 and Price/Book ratio 8.32. Dividend Yield: 4.01 percent. The beta ratio is 0.98.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Companhia de Bebidas d... (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Companhia de Bebidas d... (ABV) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Companhia de Bebidas d... (NYSE: ABV) (Click to enlarge)

Southern Copper Corp. (NYSE:SCCO) has a market capitalization of $30.28 billion. The company employs 11,126 people, generates revenues of $5,149.50 million and has a net income of $1,562.71 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,885.90 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 56.04 percent (operating margin 50.57 percent and the net profit margin finally 30.35 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 33.96 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 70.95 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 $2.70. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.68 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.32, Price/Sales 5.89 and Price/Book ratio 7.89. Dividend Yield: 6.96 percent. The beta ratio is 1.63.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Southern Copper Corp. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Southern Copper Corp. (SCCO) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Southern Copper Corp. (NYSE: SCCO) (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 10.91. The dividend yield has a value of 4.88 percent. Price to book ratio is 3.78 and price to sales ratio 4.88. The operating margin amounts to 28.81 percent.

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

15 Most Impressive Dividend Growth Stocks (Click to enlarge)

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Best Dividend Paying Stock List As Of January 2012

Best Dividend Paying Stocks Lists By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current 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 as well as Nasdaq Composite. Date of the screen is 2012-01-01. The list is selected by the following criteria’s 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

Here are the best yielding stocks from the list:

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YPF SA (NYSE:YPF) has a market capitalization of $13.64 billion. The company employs 13,370 people, generates revenues of $10,265.46 million and has a net income of $1,345.89 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,428.17 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 33.40 percent (operating margin 21.46 percent and the net profit margin finally 13.11 percent).


The total debt representing 16.72 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 40.91 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 25.51 percent. Twelve trailing months earnings per share amounts to $3.38. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.63 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.26, Price/Sales 1.49 and Price/Book ratio 3.08. Dividend Yield: 9.79 percent. The beta ratio is 0.79.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of YPF SA (ADR) (Click to enlarge)

Vale (NYSE:VALE) has a market capitalization of $105.39 billion. The company employs 70,785 people, generates revenues of $45,293.00 million and has a net income of $16,609.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $24,955.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 55.10 percent (operating margin 47.90 percent and the net profit margin finally 36.67 percent).


The total debt representing 20.01 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 37.51 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 27.46 percent. Twelve trailing months earnings per share amounts to $4.55. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.57 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 4.72, Price/Sales 2.45 and Price/Book ratio 1.63. Dividend Yield: 8.19 percent. The beta ratio is 1.56.

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

Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) has a market capitalization of $25.38 billion. The company employs 11,126 people, generates revenues of $5,149.50 million and has a net income of $1,562.71 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,885.90 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 56.04 percent (operating margin 50.57 percent and the net profit margin finally 30.35 percent).


The total debt representing 33.96 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 70.95 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 40.02 percent. Twelve trailing months earnings per share amounts to $2.70. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.68 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.17, Price/Sales 4.93 and Price/Book ratio 6.59. Dividend Yield: 8.15 percent. The beta ratio is 1.61.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Southern Copper Corp. (Click to enlarge)

Mobile TeleSystems (NYSE:MBT) has a market capitalization of $14.60 billion. The company employs 39,911 people, generates revenues of $11,293.24 million and has a net income of $1,548.44 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,735.06 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 41.93 percent (operating margin 24.21 percent and the net profit margin finally 13.71 percent).


The total debt representing 49.46 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 229.15 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 42.68 percent. Twelve trailing months earnings per share amounts to $1.23. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.99 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.92, Price/Sales 1.29 and Price/Book ratio 4.50. Dividend Yield: 7.13 percent. The beta ratio is 1.45.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Mobile TeleSystems OJS... (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 11.80 while the dividend yield has a value of 5.14 percent. Price to book ratio is 3.42 and price to sales ratio 2.17. The operating margin amounts to 32.22 percent. Earnings per share grew by 19.71 yearly over the past decade.

Best Dividend Paying Stock List As Of January 2012 (Click to enlarge)

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