The Best-Yielding Wireless Communication Stocks

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Aug 06, 2012
Attractive Dividend Stocks From The Wireless Communication Industry Researched by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Wireless communication is a more and more used communication standard thanks to smart phones and mobile phones. The attractiveness of the industry should offer investors opportunities for the long run. However, I screened the industry, which has 37 stocks, by the best yielding companies. As a result, 19 companies pay dividends of which four are yielding over 10 percent and 14 over three percent.


Here are my favorite stocks:


Telefonica Brasil (VIV, Financial) has a market capitalization of $27.00 billion. The company employs 21,542 people, generates revenue of $14,366.83 million and has a net income of $2,151.52 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $5,121.26 million. The EBITDA margin is 35.65 percent (operating margin 19.90 percent and net profit margin 14.98 percent).


Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 9.51 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 14.37 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 15.84 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.78. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.59 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.48, P/S ratio 1.81 and P/B ratio 1.26. Dividend Yield: 5.33 percent. The beta ratio is 0.66.


Vodafone Group (VOD, Financial) has a market capitalization of $146.35 billion. The company employs 86,373 people, generates revenue of $72,600.30 million and has a net income of $10,953.31 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $16,216.47 million. The EBITDA margin is 22.34 percent (operating margin 24.10 percent and net profit margin 15.09 percent).


Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 24.80 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 45.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 8.46 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.12. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.49 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.03, P/S ratio 2.00 and P/B ratio 1.23. Dividend Yield: 5.00 percent. The beta ratio is 0.76.


China Unicom (CHU) has a market capitalization of $35.56 billion. The company employs 297,210 people, generates revenue of $32,825.44 million and has a net income of $663.36 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $9,951.51 million. The EBITDA margin is 30.32 percent (operating margin 2.58 percent and net profit margin 2.02 percent).


Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 22.99 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 50.93 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 2.05 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.34. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.16 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 44.93, P/S ratio 1.06 and P/B ratio 1.10. Dividend Yield: 1.05 percent. The beta ratio is 0.73.


Take a closer look at the full table of the best yielding wireless communication stocks. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 16.17 and forward P/E ratio is 10.48. The dividend yield has a value of 7.62 percent. Price to book ratio is 2.93 and price to sales ratio 1.48. The operating margin amounts to 18.63 percent and the beta ratio is 0.87.


Related stock ticker symbols:

PTNR, CEL, PT, NTLS, SKM, MBT, VIP, VOD, WRLS, USMO, VIV, RCI, TU, CHL, TDS, TSU, IDCC, AMX, CHU


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