I screened the index with its 500 companies by a minimum dividend yield of 5 percent. The index has 23 high yields and the highest yield amounts to 13.61 percent, paid by Pitney Bowes (PBI). Eight high yields have a P/E ratio below 15 and nine are currently recommended to buy.
Here are my favorite stocks:
Altria Group (MO) has a market capitalization of $63.26 billion. The company employs 9,900 people, generates revenue of $23.8 billion and has a net income of $3.39 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $6.32 billion. The EBITDA margin is 26.56 percent (the operating margin is 25.5 percent and the net profit margin 14.26 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 37.04 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 371.98 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 76.13 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.92. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.58 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.27, the P/S ratio is 2.59 and the P/B ratio is 16.94. The dividend yield amounts to 5.77 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.42.
AT&T (T) has a market capitalization of $188.24 billion. The company employs 241,130 people, generates revenue of $126.723 billion and has a net income of $4.184 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $27.59 billion. The EBITDA margin is 21.78 percent (the operating margin is 7.27 percent and the net profit margin 3.3 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 23.95 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 61.36 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 3.63 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.77. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.73 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 42.99, the P/S ratio is 1.50 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.88. The dividend yield amounts to 5.39 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.55.
NYSE Euronext (NYX) has a market capitalization of $5.48 billion. The company employs 3,061 people, generates revenue of $4.552 billion and has a net income of $603.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.13 billion. The EBITDA margin is 24.82 percent (the operating margin is 18.67 percent and the net profit margin 13.25 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 15.87 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 31.53 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 9.25 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.69. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.2 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: the P/E ratio is 13.37, the P/S ratio is 1.2 and the P/B ratio is finally 0.88. The dividend yield amounts to 5.32 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.62.
Take a closer look at the full table of high-yield stocks from the S&P 500. The average P/E ratio amounts to 19.86 and forward P/E ratio is 12.42. The dividend yield has a value of 6.69 percent. Price to book ratio is 3.45 and price to sales ratio 1.41. The operating margin amounts to 16.45 percent.





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