The Best Dividend Paying Apparel Stores

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Aug 11, 2012
Best Yielding Apparel Stores Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Apparel store concepts could generate big values for investors if the companies hit the desire of their customers. If so, they could tenfold revenues in a decade. Better if the stocks pay a little dividend and raise it continuously.

I screened the apparel store industry by the best yielding stocks. The whole industry includes 46 companies of which 21 pay dividends. The average industry dividend yield amounts to 1.63 with a P/E of 16.20.

Here are my favorite stocks:

Guess? (GES) has a market capitalization of $2.80 billion. The company employs 14,300 people, generates revenue of $2,688.05 million and has a net income of $270.65 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $476.52 million. The EBITDA margin is 17.73 percent (operating margin 14.78 percent and net profit margin 10.07 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 0.66 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 1.04 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 23.62 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.71. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.80 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.49, P/S ratio 1.04 and P/B ratio 2.37. Dividend Yield: 2.57 percent. The beta ratio is 1.67.

Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) has a market capitalization of $2.64 billion. The company employs 10,000 people, generates revenue of $4,158.06 million and has a net income of $126.86 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $422.99 million. The EBITDA margin is 10.17 percent (operating margin 4.57 percent and net profit margin 3.05 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 1.90 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 3.11 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 6.76 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.18. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.70 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 27.13, P/S ratio 0.64 and P/B ratio 1.47. Dividend Yield: 2.19 percent. The beta ratio is 1.65.

The Buckle (BKE) has a market capitalization of $1.85 billion. The company employs 2,300 people, generates revenue of $1,062.95 million and has a net income of $151.46 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $269.09 million. The EBITDA margin is 25.32 percent (operating margin 22.23 percent and net profit margin 14.25 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 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 42.74 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.28. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.80 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.76, P/S ratio 1.74 and P/B ratio 5.04. Dividend Yield: 2.07 percent. The beta ratio is 0.92.

Nordstrom (JWN) has a market capitalization of $11.31 billion. The company employs 56,500 people, generates revenue of $10,877.00 million and has a net income of $683.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,620.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 14.89 percent (operating margin 11.48 percent and net profit margin 6.28 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 42.95 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 186.45 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 34.35 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.15. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.92 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.79, P/S ratio 1.07 and P/B ratio 5.96. Dividend Yield: 1.92 percent. The beta ratio is 1.63.

The Gap (GPS) has a market capitalization of $16.74 billion. The company employs 132,000 people, generates revenue of $14,549.00 million and has a net income of $833.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,028.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 13.94 percent (operating margin 9.88 percent and net profit margin 5.73 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 22.43 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 60.44 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 24.37 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.64. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.45 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 20.81, P/S ratio 1.15 and P/B ratio 6.02. Dividend Yield: 1.46 percent. The beta ratio is 1.25.

Take a closer look at the full table of the best yielding apparel stores. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 20.53 and forward P/E ratio is 14.21. The dividend yield has a value of 2.19 percent. Price to book ratio is 3.20 and price to sales ratio 1.13. The operating margin amounts to 10.35 percent and the beta ratio is 1.34.

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CHKE, DEST, CATO, HOTT, GES, MW, ANF, FL, AEO, BKE, LTD, JWN, SSI, JNY, BEBE, GPS, CHS, CTAS, DSW, SCVL, ROST

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