Monthly High Yield Shares Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. High yield investing is popular especially just before the next dividend payout. In order to receive the next dividend, investors must take a look at the ex-dividend date. If you own a share or fund before this day, you will receive the next dividend. I screened interesting high yielding stocks going ex-dividend within the next month – October 2012. As result, we found 43 stocks with an average dividend yield of 5.19 percent. Five stocks have a double-digit yield and twenty-one a buy or better recommendation.

Here are my favorite stocks:

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) has a market capitalization of $56.83 billion. The company employs 27,000 people, generates revenue of $21,244.00 million and has a net income of $5,260.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $7,555.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 35.56 percent (operating margin 32.86 percent and net profit margin 24.76 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 16.65 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 34.41 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 23.37 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.08. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.33 in form of dividends to shareholders. The ex-dividend date is on October 03, 2012 with pay date on November 01, 2012.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.24, P/S ratio 2.66 and P/B ratio 3.55. Dividend Yield: 4.04 percent. The beta ratio is 0.45.

ConAgra Foods (CAG) has a market capitalization of $11.24 billion. The company employs 26,100 people, generates revenue of $13,262.60 million and has a net income of $429.40 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,201.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 9.06 percent (operating margin 4.71 percent and net profit margin 3.24 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 25.67 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 66.15 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 10.24 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.51. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.95 in form of dividends to shareholders. The ex-dividend date is on October 29, 2012 with pay date on December 04, 2012.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.22, P/S ratio 0.84 and P/B ratio 2.53. Dividend Yield: 3.63 percent. The beta ratio is 0.67.

Darden Restaurants (DRI) has a market capitalization of $7.21 billion. The company employs 181,468 people, generates revenue of $7,998.70 million and has a net income of $476.50 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,088.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 13.60 percent (operating margin 7.98 percent and net profit margin 5.96 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 35.68 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 115.13 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 25.22 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.66. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.72 in form of dividends to shareholders. The ex-dividend date is on October 05, 2012 with pay date on November 01, 2012.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.27, P/S ratio 0.90 and P/B ratio 3.91. Dividend Yield: 3.59 percent. The beta ratio is 0.85.

Take a closer look at the full table of the 43 high yielding stocks with Ex-Dividend Date in October 2012. The average yield amounts to 5.19 percent.Stocks from the screen are valuated with a P/E ratio of 22.53. The average P/S ratio is 3.68 and P/B 2.22.

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