7 High-Yield Stocks With Falling Prices

Companies with a high dividend yield but negative momentum

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Oct 25, 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.

Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings Ltd’s (BCRH, Financial) dividend yield is 8.71% with a payout ratio of 49%. Over the past 52 weeks, the stock price has declined 8.71%. The stock is trading with a price-earnings (P/E) ratio of 7.5 and a price-sales (P/S) ratio of 2.9.

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The insurance company has a market cap of $120.91 million and enterprise value of $117.11 million.

The profitability and growth rating is 4 of 10. While the return on equity (ROE) of 8.87% is underperforming the sector, the return on assets (ROA) of 7.76% is outperforming the industry and is ranked higher than 87% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 9 of 10 with no debt. The equity-asset ratio of 0.86 is above the industry median of 0.30.

The company's largest shareholder among the gurus is Donald Smith (Trades, Portfolio) with 6.08% of outstanding shares, followed by Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.59% and Chuck Royce (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.32%.

Capitala Finance Corp.’s (CPTA, Financial) dividend yield is 17% with a payout ratio of 461%. Over the past 52 weeks, the stock price has declined 22.2%. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 26.2 and a P/S ratio of 2.3.

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The investment management company has a market cap of $141.59 million and enterprise value of $384 million.

The profitability and growth rating is 7 of 10. The ROE of 2.19% and ROA of 0.93% are underperforming the industry and are ranked lower than 68% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 4 of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.24 is underperforming 87% of competitors. The equity-asset ratio of 0.42 is below the industry median of 0.85.

Hallador Energy Co.’s (HNRG, Financial) dividend yield is 3% with a payout ratio of 59%. Over the past 52 weeks, the stock price has fallen 36.6%. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 19.1 and a P/S ratio of 0.6.

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The coal mining company has a market cap of $158.94 million and enterprise value of $368.53 million.

The profitability and growth rating is 7 of 10. The ROE of 3.75% and ROA of 1.55% are underperforming the industry and are ranked lower than 59% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 4 of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.05 is underperforming 90% of competitors.

Simons is the company's largest shareholder among the gurus with 1.14% of outstanding shares, followed by Royce with 0.15% and Charles Brandes (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.04%.

Reis Inc.’s (REIS, Financial) dividend yield is 3.75% with a payout ratio of 680% Over the past 52 weeks, the stock price has declined 7.5%. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 181.5 and a P/S ratio of 4.5.

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The business services company has a market cap of $208.95 million and enterprise value of $190.07 million.

The profitability and growth rating is 7 of 10. The ROE of 1.19% and ROA of 0.92% are underperforming the industry and are ranked lower than 73% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 8 of 10 with no debt. The equity-asset ratio of 0.76 is above the industry median of 0.50.

Gold Resource Corp.’s (GORO, Financial) dividend yield is 0.54% with a payout ratio of 40%. Over the past 52 weeks, the stock price has fallen 35.1%. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 62.1 and a P/S ratio of 2.5.

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The gold miner has a market cap of $212.01 million and enterprise value of $195.61 billion.

The profitability and growth rating is 5 of 10. The ROE of 2.99% and ROA of 2.67% are outperforming the industry and are ranked higher than 72% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 9 of 10 with no debt. The equity-asset ratio of 0.86 is above the industry median of 0.58.

With 1.71% of outstanding shares, Simons is the company's largest guru shareholder, followed by Paul Tudor Jones (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.06% and Brandes with 0.04%.

Evolution Petroleum Corp.’s (EPM, Financial) dividend yield is 4.09% with a payout ratio of 98%. Over the past 52 weeks, the stock price has declined 7.6%. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 32.6 and a P/S ratio of 6.6.

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The petroleum producer has a market cap of $225.41 million and enterprise value of $202.36 million.

The profitability and growth rating is 7 of 10. The ROE of 9.68% and ROA of 8.88% are outperforming the industry and are ranked higher than 80% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 9 of 10 with no debt. The equity-asset ratio of 0.78 is above the industry median of 0.55.

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