Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment

Sleep Easy With 3 Debt-Free Dividend Payers By Fool. Today, I'm going to offer you three stocks from the latter group that can shepherd your retirement portfolio over the coming decades, while helping you sleep better at night.

Here are some high yield stocks paying too much dividends:

Company	Dividend Yield	Payout Ratio
Himax Technologies (Nasdaq: HIMX )	6.30%	343%
PDL BioPharma (Nasdaq: PDLI )	9.70%	98%
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL )	7.80%	97%
Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN )	8.20%	182%

These are better stocks with lower payout ratios:

Company	Dividend Yield	Payout Ratio
Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI )	1.40%	38%
Resources Connection (Nasdaq: RECN )	1.30%	30%
Cognex (Nasdaq: CGNX )	1.10%	17%

Related Stock Ticker:
HIMX, PDLI, CTL, ATVI, RECN, CGNX

Source: Fool.com

Dividend Yield Analysis Dow Jones And NASDAQ As Of August 2011

Best Yielding Stocks from Dow Jones and NASDAQ By Dividend Yields – Stock, Capital, Investment. For investors it is necessary to get an overview of yields from major indices in order to allocate capital flows and adjust risk-weighting. I screened stocks from the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 Index and NASDAQ 100 by dividend yields and dividend structure.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a stock market index and one of several indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company co-founder Charles Dow. The index shows how 30 large, publicly owned companies based in the United States have traded during a standard trading session in the stock market. The Dow Jones Index is price weighted.

Here are the best yielding Dow Jones 30 stocks:

1. AT&T (T) is acting within the telecom service industry. The company has a market capitalization of USD 174.7 billion, generates revenues in an amount of USD 125.7 billion and a net income of USD 19.6 billion. It follows Price/Earnings ratio is 8.9 and forward price to earnings ratio 11.6, Price/Sales 1.4 and Price/Book ratio 1.54. Dividend Yield: 5.8 percent. Years of Consecutive Dividend Increasing: 6 Years. 5-Year Dividend Growth: 5.4 percent. The company paid dividends since 1881.

2. Verizon Communications (VZ) is acting within the telecom service industry. The company has a market capitalization of USD 101.8 billion, generates revenues in an amount of USD 107.4 billion and a net income of USD 6.4 billion. It follows Price/Earnings ratio is 16.1 and forward price to earnings ratio 13.8, Price/Sales 1.0 and Price/Book ratio 2.6. Dividend Yield: 5.4 percent. Years of Consecutive Dividend Increasing: 6 Years. 5-Year Dividend Growth: 3.8 percent. The company paid dividends since 1984.

3. Pfizer (PFE) is acting within the major drug industry. The company has a market capitalization of USD 142.5 billion, generates revenues in an amount of USD 67.6 billion and a net income of USD 8.5 billion. It follows Price/Earnings ratio is 17.2 and forward price to earnings ratio 7.9, Price/Sales 2.1 and Price/Book ratio 1.6. Dividend Yield: 4.4 percent. Years of Consecutive Dividend Increasing: 0 Years. 5-Year Dividend Growth: 0.5 percent. The company paid dividends since 1901.

Take a close look at the full yield table of the Dow Jones. In average, dividend stocks from the Dow Jones have a yield of 2.96 percent. All 30 Dow Jones stocks pay dividends.

The NASDAQ 100 Index includes 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial securities listed on The NASDAQ stock market is based on market capitalization. The Index reflects companies across major industry groups including computer hardware and software, telecommunications, retail/wholesale trade and biotechnology. It does not contain securities of financial companies including investment companies.

Here are the best yielding NASDAQ 100 stocks:

1. Seagate Technology (STX) is acting within the data storage industry. The company has a market capitalization of USD 5.5 billion, generates revenues in an amount of USD 11.0 billion and a net income of USD 511.0 million. It follows Price/Earnings ratio is 11.7 and forward price to earnings ratio 5.4, Price/Sales 0.5 and Price/Book ratio 2.2. Dividend Yield: 5.6 percent. Years of Consecutive Dividend Increasing: 0 Years. 5-Year Dividend Growth: 0 percent. The company paid dividends since 2003.

2. Vodafone (VOD) is acting within the telecom service industry. The company has a market capitalization of USD 148.5 billion, generates revenues in an amount of USD 75.3 billion and a net income of USD 13.1 billion. It follows Price/Earnings ratio is 11.4 and forward price to earnings ratio 9.3, Price/Sales 2.0 and Price/Book ratio 1.02. Dividend Yield: 5.1 percent. Years of Consecutive Dividend Increasing: 1 Year. 5-Year Dividend Growth: 0 percent. The company paid dividends since 2006.

3. Garmin (GRMN) is acting within the scientific and technical instruments industry. The company has a market capitalization of USD 6.0 billion, generates revenues in an amount of USD 2.8 billion and a net income of USD 642.8 million. It follows Price/Earnings ratio is 9.6 and forward price to earnings ratio 13.0, Price/Sales 2.2 and Price/Book ratio 1.9. Dividend Yield: 5.2 percent. Years of Consecutive Dividend Increasing: 0 Years. 5-Year Dividend Growth: 82.0 percent. The company paid dividends since 2003.

Take a close look at the full yield table of the NASDAQ stocks. In average, dividend stocks from the NASDAQ have a yield of 2.19 percent. 58 stocks from the index don’t pay dividends. The average yield of the full index amounts to 0.92 percent.

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· Dividend Yield Analysis Of The S&P 500 As Of July 2011

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15 Best Performing Dividend Growth Stocks

3 Market-Leading Dividend Growth Stocks By Scott's Investments. Equity markets have felt like a roller coaster this spring and summer, with major US indices bouncing between technical highs and lows. While we continue to trade in a broad range, I thought it would be helpful to identify dividend stocks that have bucked the trend and have show relative strength over the past three, six, and 12 months. Below are the top 15 stocks based on the average of their three-, six-, and 12-month returns.

Here are the shares:

Company	Ticker	Average 3,6,12 Mo Return	Yield	Payout

Polaris Industries	PII	55.76%	1.52%	31.97%
CARBO Ceramics	CRR	41.95%	0.62%	0.00%
VF Corp.	VFC	36.21%	2.16%	24.74%
Royal Gold Inc.	RGLD	33.44%	0.67%	35.50%
Helmerich & Payne Inc.	HP	30.38%	0.41%	7.29%
Flowers Foods	FLO	27.38%	2.73%	53.04%
Bank of the Ozarks Inc.	OZRK	26.30%	1.44%	12.79%
Hingham Institution for Savings	HIFS	24.03%	1.82%	23.62%
Nu Skin Enterprises Inc.	NUS	23.63%	1.71%	26.42%
Gorman-Rupp Company	GRC	23.42%	1.09%	24.59%
Raven Industries	RAVN	22.93%	1.37%	27.51%
Ross Stores Inc.	ROST	22.86%	1.15%	14.21%
W.P. Carey & Co. LLC	WPC	22.77%	5.71%	92.01%
1st Source Corp.	SRCE	21.91%	2.76%	37.35%
Albemarle Corp.	ALB	21.73%	0.99%	13.99%

Related Stock Ticker:
PII, CRR, VFC, RGLD, HP, FLO, OZRK, HIFS, NUS, GRC, RAVN, ROST, WPC, SRCE, ALB

Source: Seeking Alpha

High Yield Marketing Service Small Cap Stocks To Consider

Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Marketing Services Industry With The Highest Dividend Yield By Benzinga. Below are the top small-cap marketing services stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of dividend yield:

Here are the stocks with yield figures:

National CineMedia Inc (NASDAQ: NCMI) has a dividend yield of 5.40%.

Harte-Hanks Inc (NYSE: HHS) has a dividend yield of 3.90%.

Arbitron Inc (NYSE: ARB) has a dividend yield of 1.00%.

Marchex Inc (NASDAQ: MCHX) has a dividend yield of 0.90%.

Related Stock Ticker:
NCMI, HHS, ARB, MCHX

Source: Benzinga

Best Yielding BRIC Stocks For Your Global Diversification

Best Dividend Yielding BRIC Dividend Shares For Your International Diversification by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. For investors, it is important to have investments in different sectors, industries and currencies. Some big home companies like Procter and Gamble (PG) or General Electric are well diversified and fulfill these criteria. But these companies also have a weakness: They generate only little revenues in emerging markets. In order to eliminate this deficit, investors could buy stocks direct from these regions.

I screened the market by stocks with home base in one of the well known BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China. These huge countries will benefit mostly fom the globalization. However, 289 stocks with home base in a BRIC country are listed on America’s stock exchanges. I decided to discover those stocks with a market capitalization of more than $10 billion (large capitalized stocks) as well as stocks with a dividend yield of more than 2 percent. 11 stocks meet these criteria; most came from China and Brazil.

Bruce Berkowitz - Fairholme Fund Portfolio Q2/2011

Bruce Berkowitz - Fairholme Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Bruce Berkowitz - Fairholme’s portfolio movements as of Q2/2011 (May 31, 2011). In total, he held 20 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 14,466,833,000.

Bruce Berkowitz - Fairholme’s fund positions as of Q2/2011 with actual share movements:

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11 Cheapest Healthcare Stocks To Consider

Cheapest Healthcare Stocks to Consider by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Cheap stocks are necessary for good total returns. If the company is in a sector with rosy perspectives too, there could no better investment.

I screened the healthcare sector by stocks with 3 pricing ratios. At first, I selected the forward price to earnings ratio and chose a value of less than 15. This ratio considers the future growth and is in my view a better indicator than the current price to earnings ratio. Second, I used the price to sales ratio with a value of under 1. This ratio shows me how many stocks are cheaper than the actual market capitalization. It also delivers me many low margin stocks, such stocks have in my view margin upside potential. Finally, I sorted my results by highest dividend yield.

As result, I had 59 interesting stocks of which 11 pay dividends. Nearly half of my results came from the healthcare plans industry.

Here are my 3 most promising stocks from the screening results:

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1. WellPoint (WLP) is acting within the healthcare plans industry. The company has a market capitalization of USD 23.6 billion, generates revenues in an amount of USD 59.2 billion and a net income of USD 2.9 billion. It follows Price/Earnings ratio is 8.7 and forward price to earnings ratio 8.5, Price/Sales 0.4 and Price/Book ratio 0.9. Here are additional dividend information: Dividend Yield: 1.53 percent | Years of Consecutive Dividend Increasing: 0 Years | 5-Year Dividend Growth: 0 percent | Dividends Since 2011 |

2. Universal Health Services (UHS) is acting within the hospitals industry. The company has a market capitalization of USD 4.5 billion, generates revenues in an amount of USD 6.1 billion and a net income of USD 271.8 million. It follows Price/Earnings ratio is 16.7 and forward price to earnings ratio 10.2, Price/Sales 0.7 and Price/Book ratio 2.2. Here are additional dividend information: Dividend Yield: 0.4 percent | Years of Consecutive Dividend Increasing: 2 Years | 5-Year Dividend Growth: 4.8 percent | Dividends Since 2003

3. Unitedhealth Group (UNH) is acting within the healthcare plans industry. The company has a market capitalization of USD 52.0 billion, generates revenues in an amount of USD 98.4 billion and a net income of USD 4.9 Billion. It follows Price/Earnings ratio is 10.8 and forward price to earnings ratio 10.1, Price/Sales 0.5 and Price/Book ratio 1.9. Here are additional dividend information: Dividend Yield: 1.4 percent | Years of Consecutive Dividend Increasing: 1 Year | 5-Year Dividend Growth: 132.69 percent | Dividends Since 1990 |

Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of the list amounts to 12.35 while the average forward price to earnings ratio is 10.15. The dividend yield has an average value of 1.29 percent. Price to book ratio is 1.69 and price to sales ratio 0.62. The average operating margin amounts to 8.78 percent.