According to GuruFocus' All-In-One Screener, the following stocks have high dividend yields but performed poorly over the past 12 months.
A-Mark Precious Metals Inc.’s (AMRK) dividend yield is 2.00% with a payout ratio of 30%. Over the past 52 weeks, the price has declined by 8.4%. The stock is trading with a price-earnings (P/E) ratio of 15.5.
The company has a market cap of $105.82 million and along with its subsidiaries is a full-service precious metals trading company. It offers products including gold, silver, platinum and palladium for storage and delivery in the form of coins, bars, wafers and grain.
The profitability and growth rating is 4 of 10. While the return on equity (ROE) of 10.58% is outperforming the sector, return on assets (ROA) of 1.45% is underperforming the industry and is ranked lower than 54% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 5 of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.03 is underperforming 99% of competitors, and the equity-asset ratio of 0.13 is below the industry median of 0.50.
Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.45% of outstanding shares is the largest investor among the gurus.
Salem Media Group Inc. Class A’s (SALM) dividend yield is 3.62% with a payout ratio of 0.7%. Over the past 52 weeks, the price has declined by 5.6%. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 20.0 and a price-sales (P/S) ratio of 0.7.
The company has a market cap of $187.36 million and is a domestic multimedia company with integrated operations consisting of radio broadcasting, digital media and publishing.
The profitability and growth rating is 7 of 10. While the ROE of 14.51% is outperforming the sector, ROA of 1.62% is underperforming the industry and is ranked lower than 51% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 4 of 10 with cash-debt ratio of 0.37 that is underperforming 70% of competitors and the equity-asset ratio of 1.84 that is below the industry median of 20.66.
The company’s largest shareholder among the gurus is Mario Gabelli (Trades, Portfolio) with 4.03% of outstanding shares followed by Simons with 0.84%.
GAIN Capital Holdings Inc.’s (GCAP) dividend yield is 3.64% with a payout ratio of 2.00%. Over the past 52 weeks, the price has dropped by 5.0%. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 57.7 and a P/S ratio of 0.9.
The company has a market cap of $304.93 million and is engaged in providing trading services and solutions in over-the-counter, or OTC, and exchange-traded markets. It offers financial products including foreign exchange, or forex, and precious metals.
The profitability and growth rating is 6 of 10. The ROE of 1.80% and ROA of 0.54% are underperforming the industry and are ranked lower than 66% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 6 of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 1.46 is underperforming 72% of competitors, and the equity-asset ratio of 0.18 is below the industry median of 0.50.
Simons with 1.36% of outstanding shares is the largest investor among the gurus followed by Chuck Royce (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.83%.
Bear State Financial Inc.’s (BSF) dividend yield is 1.19% with a payout ratio of 0.21%. Over the past 52 weeks, the price has dropped by 5.1%. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 18.6 and a P/S ratio of 4.0.
The company has a market cap of $349.76 million and is a community-oriented financial institution offers business deposit accounts, including noninterest bearing and interest-bearing checking accounts, among others.
The profitability and growth rating is 5 of 10. While the ROE of 8.23% is underperforming the sector, ROA of 0.94% is outperforming the industry and is ranked higher than 53% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 5 of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.39 is underperforming 79% of competitors, and the equity-asset ratio of 0.11 is above the industry median of 0.10.
The company’s largest shareholder among the gurus is Simons with 0.48% of outstanding shares.
Spok Holdings Inc.’s (SPOK) dividend yield is 2.88% with a payout ratio of 0.91%. Over the past 52 weeks, the price has dropped by 9.5%. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 30.9 and a P/S ratio of 2.0.
The company has a market cap of $355.18 million and is a provider of critical communication solutions for enterprises to the health care, government, public safety and other industries. It offers paging services and selected software solutions in the U.S. and abroad.
The profitability and growth rating is 5 of 10. While the ROE of 3.48% is underperforming the sector, the ROA of 2.94% is outperforming the industry and is higher than 55% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 9 of 10. A null cash-debt ratio is outperforming 98% of competitors while the equity-asset ratio of 0.84 is above the industry median of 0.40.
Simons with 7.57% of outstanding shares is the largest investor among the gurus followed by Joel Greenblatt (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.05%.
Donegal Group Inc. Class B’s (DGICB) dividend yield is 3.33% with a payout ratio of 0.55%. Over the past 52 weeks, the price has dropped by 5.0%. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 16.3 and a P/S ratio of 0.6.
The company has a market cap of $395.71 million and is a U.S.-based insurance holding company offering personal and commercial lines of property and casualty insurance to businesses and individuals. Its products include protection against automobile accidents, theft and other.
The profitability and growth rating is 4 of 10. The ROE of 5.48% and ROA of 1.49% are underperforming the industry and ranked lower than 68% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 6 of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.46 is underperforming 75% of competitors, and the equity-asset ratio of 0.27.
Entercom Communications Corp.’s (ETM) dividend yield is 3.07% with a payout ratio of 0.54%. Over the past 52 weeks, the price has dropped by 28.1%. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 17.5 and a P/S ratio of 0.9.
The company has a market cap of $398.98 million and is a radio broadcasting company in the U.S. It operates a nationwide portfolio more than 100 radio stations in over 20 markets in the U.S.
The profitability and growth rating is 7 of 10. The ROE of 5.86% and ROA of 2.37% are outperforming the industry and are ranked higher than 54% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 4 of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.01 is underperforming 98% of competitors, and the equity-asset ratio of 0.38 is below the industry median of 0.55.
Simons with 0.96% of outstanding shares is the largest investor among the gurus followed by Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss with 0.55%.
Disclosure: I do not own any shares of any stocks mentioned in this article.
