Dogs Of The S&P 500 - No Dividend Alternatives Are Cheaper!

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Feb 22, 2015

The S&P 500 is one of the most covered and popular indices in the world. The index also covers the best companies on this planet but most of them are highly expensive.

Today I've created a screen that show the most inexpensive stocks from the S&P 500 with solid dividend yields, double-digit earnings growth forecasts and a low forward P/E as well.

Attached is a list of the 20 highest yielding results. Which stocks would you buy from the DOGS of the S&P 500?

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Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW) has a market capitalization of $57.45 billion. The company employs 53,000 people, generates revenue of $58,167.00 million and has a net income of $3,839.00 million.

Dow Chemical's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $8,004.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 13.76 percent (the operating margin is 9.22 percent and the net profit margin 6.60 percent).

Financials: The total debt represents 28.76 percent of Dow Chemical's assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 88.23 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 16.61 percent was realized by Dow Chemical.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.87. Last fiscal year, Dow Chemical paid $1.53 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.21, the P/S ratio is 0.98 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.16. The dividend yield amounts to 3.40 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.67.

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General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) has a market capitalization of $60.02 billion. The company employs 216,000 people, generates revenue of $155,929.00 million and has a net income of $4,018.00 million.

General Motors Company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $7,745.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 4.97 percent (the operating margin is 1.11 percent and the net profit margin 2.58 percent).

Financials: The total debt represents 26.36 percent of General Motors Company's assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 132.11 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 7.48 percent was realized by General Motors Company.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.67. Last fiscal year, General Motors Company paid $1.20 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 22.33, the P/S ratio is 0.38 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.68. The dividend yield amounts to 3.23 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.75. - See more here: Dogs of the S&P 500 - No Dividend Alternatives Are Cheaper!...