Here is a current sheet stocks from the consumer goods sector. Fifteen stocks have a high yield of which eight have a market capitalization of less than USD300 million. In order to eliminate the risk of low-capitalized stocks, I screened only stocks with a market capitalization above the mentioned level.

Here are the three top dividend stocks by market capitalization:

Altria Group (MO) employs 10,000 people, generates revenues of $24,363.00 million and has a net income of $3,907.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $6,504.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 26.70% (operating margin 25.56% and the net profit margin finally 16.04%).

The total debt representing 32.60% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 234.86%. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 84.01%. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $1.67 of which $1.46 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.63, P/S 2.34 and P/B ratio 11.18. Dividend Yield: 5.90%. The beta ratio is 0.43.

Reynolds American (RAI) has a market capitalization of $22.68 billion. The company employs 5,700 people, generates revenues of $8,551.00 million and has a net income of $1,329.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,570.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 30.05% (operating margin 28.29% and the net profit margin finally 15.54%).

The total debt representing 24.01% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 63.00%. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 20.43%. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $2.28 of which $1.84 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.09, P/S 2.65 and P/B ratio 3.48. Dividend Yield: 5.76%. The beta ratio is 0.59.

Koninklijke Philips Electronics (PHG) has a market capitalization of $18.69 billion. The company employs 124,218 people, generates revenues of $34,951.26 million and has a net income of $1,971.76 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,794.64 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 13.72% (operating margin 8.12% and the net profit margin finally 5.64%).

The total debt representing 14.43% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 30.96%. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 9.76%. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $-0.62 of which $1.03 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, P/S 0.57 and P/B ratio 0.91. Dividend Yield: 5.60%. The beta ratio is 1.40.

Take a closer look at the full table of 7 consumer goods high yields. The average P/E amounts to 15.2 while the forward P/E is 13.5. The dividend yield has a value of 6.3%. P/B is 4.7 and P/S 1.4. The operating margin amounts to 15.2%.

Related stock ticker symbols:
VGR, PBI, MO, RAI, PHG, PLOW, AVP

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