Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment: Transportation

The Most Promising Dividends in Railroads By Fool. Dividend payers deserve a berth in any long-term stock portfolio. But seemingly attractive dividend yields are not always as fetching as they may appear. Let's see which companies in the railroad industry offer the most promising dividends.

Below, I've compiled some of the major dividend-paying players in the railroad industry (and a few smaller outfits), ranked according to their dividend yields:

Company	Recent Yield	Payout Ratio	5-Year Avg. Annual Div. Growth Rate
Guangshen Railway	3.50%	32%	-1.60%
Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC )	2.70%	32%	18.60%
CSX (NYSE: CSX )	2.50%	19%	23.80%
Canadian Pacific Railway(NYSE: CP )	2.30%	34%	10.70%
Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP )	2.20%	26%	20%
Canadian National Railway(NYSE: CNI )	1.90%	23%	14.90%
Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN )	1.50%	25%	10.60%
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies	0.20%	1%	24.60%

Related Ticker:
NSC, CSX, CP, UNP, CNI, TRN,

Source: Fool.com

Best Shipping High Yields by Dividend Yields - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of 13 stocks from the shipping industry with highest dividend yields. The companies have a minimum yield of 4 percent as well as a market capitalization of USD 300 million. The whole industry contains 58 stocks of which 16 have a market capitalization of more than a billion dollars.

The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 19.29. In average, the dividend yield of the best yielding stocks has a value of 7.88 percent. Price to book ratio is 1.67 and price to sales ratio 3.93. The average operating margin amounts to 30.25. Sales of the best stocks increased 16.08 percent over the past five years. Earnings per share decreased 5.88 percent.

Here is the table for a detailed view: