6 High-Yield Stocks With Declining Prices

Psychemedics, Medley Management top the list

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Oct 16, 2017
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According to GuruFocus' All-In-One Screener, the following stocks have high dividend yields but performed poorly over the past 12 months.

Psychemedics Corp.’s (PMD, Financial) dividend yield is 3.45% with a payout ratio of 44%. Over the past 52 weeks, the price has declined 8.1%. The stock is trading with a price-earnings (P/E) ratio of 13.2 and a price-sales (P/S) ratio of 2.3.

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The diagnostics and research company has a market cap of $97.86 million and an enterprise value of $96.51 million.

The profitability and growth rating is 8 of 10. The return on equity (ROE) of 50.35% and return on assets (ROA) of 30.18% are outperforming the industry and are ranked higher than 98% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 8 of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 1.85 is underperforming 56% of competitors, and the equity-asset ratio of 0.70 is above the industry median of 0.61.

The company's largest shareholder among the gurus is Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) with 8.32% of outstanding shares, followed by Chuck Royce (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.68%.

Medley Management Inc.'s (MDLY, Financial) dividend yield is 13.45% with a payout ratio of 400%. Over the past 52 weeks, the price has fallen 24.4%. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 31.6 and a P/S ratio of 0.5.

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The asset management company has a market cap of $178.18 million and an enterprise value of $198.82 million.

The profitability and growth rating is 7 of 10. While the ROA of 1.44% is underperforming the sector, the return on capital (ROC) of 624.21% is outperforming the industry and is ranked higher than 76% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 4 of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.38 is underperforming 84% of competitors, and the equity-asset ratio of -0.03 is below the industry median of 0.85.

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc.’s (ANW, Financial) dividend yield is 1.76% with a payout ratio of 12%. Over the past 52 weeks, the price has dropped 52.8%. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 6.5 and a P/S ratio of 0.03.Â

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The marine fuel logistics company has a market cap of $180.82 million and an enterprise value of $958.53 million.

The profitability and growth rating is 4 of 10. The ROE of 4.60% and ROA of 1.87% are underperforming the industry and are ranked lower than 58% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 5 of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.10 is underperforming 80% of competitors, and the equity-asset ratio of 0.37 is below the industry median of 0.48.

Arnold Schneider (Trades, Portfolio) is the company's largest guru shareholder with 4.82% of outstanding shares, followed by Simons with 0.18%, Charles Brandes (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.03% and Royce with 0.01%.

USD Partners LP’s (USDP, Financial) dividend yield is 11.64% with a payout ratio of 100% Over the past 52 weeks, the price has declined 6.5%. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 8.4 and a P/S ratio of 2.3.

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The railroad company has a market cap of $286.18 million and an enterprise value of $479.81 million.

The profitability and growth rating is 6 of 10. The ROE of 55.55% and ROA of 9.76% are outperforming the industry and are ranked higher than 90% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 4 of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.04 is underperforming 93% of competitors, and the equity-asset ratio of 0.25 is below the industry median of 0.45.

Natural Resources Partners LP’s (NRP, Financial) dividend yield is 6.99% with a payout ratio of 60%. Over the past 52 weeks, the price has fallen 6.5%. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 7.7 and a P/S of 1.0.

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The diversified natural resource company has a market cap of $314.36 million and an enterprise value of $1.14 billion.

The profitability and growth rating is 6 of 10. The ROE of 52.14% and ROA of 6.26% are outperforming the industry and are ranked higher than 71% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 4 of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.03 is underperforming 89% of competitors, and the equity-asset ratio of 0.14 is below the industry median of 0.43.

IDT Corp.’s (IDT, Financial) dividend yield is 5.86% with a payout ratio of 60%. Over the past 52 weeks, the price has declined 21.5%. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 37 and a P/S of 0.2.

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The telecommunication services company has a market cap of $321.91 million and an enterprise value of $182.11 million.

The profitability and growth rating is 4 of 10. The ROE of 5.94% and ROA of 1.70% are outperforming the industry and are ranked higher than 75% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 8 of 10 with no debt. The equity-asset ratio of 0.28 is below the industry median of 0.39.

With 5.31% of outstanding shares, Simons is the company's largest guru shareholder, followed by the Kahn Brothers (Trades, Portfolio) with 2.16%.

Disclosure: I do not own any shares of any stocks mentioned in this article.