3 Stocks Granting Superb Forward Dividend Yields

UPM-Kymmene Oyj tops the list

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Three securities are topping the S&P 500 index in terms of dividend yield. The dividend yield for the benchmark of the U.S. stock market was 1.94% as of Friday.

In addition, the following companies enjoy robust balance sheets and run profitable businesses that will likely stay so.

Shares of UPM-Kymmene Oyj (OTCPK:UPMKY) were trading around $25.84 on Friday. For the 52 weeks through May 24, the stock fell 28%, sending the forward dividend yield up to 5.73% versus the industry median of 2.45%.

GuruFocus rated the company's financial strength 7 out of 10 and its profitability and growth 8 out of 10.

UPM-Kymmene Oyj is a Finnish paper company. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.65 billion, a price-earnings ratio of 8.2 versus the industry median of 15.82 and a price-book ratio of 1.21 versus an industry median of 1.33. The price-sales ratio is 1.14 compared to the industry median of 0.87.

Shares are currently trading below the 200-, 100- and 50-day simple moving average lines. The 52-week range is $24.26 to $40.64.

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The 14-day relative strength index is 35, suggesting the stock is neither oversold nor overbought.

Shares of United Breweries Co. Inc. (CCU, Financial) were trading around $23.6 on Friday. After a 1% decrease for the 52 weeks through May 24, the forward dividend yield has risen to 5.03% versus the industry median of 1.96%.

GuruFocus issued a rating of 7 out of 10 for both the financial strength and for the profitability and growth of the company.

The Chilean beverage company has a market cap of approximately $4.84 billion, a price-earnings ratio of 11.32 versus the industry median of 25.64, a price-book ratio of 2.69 versus the industry median of 2.33 and a price-sales ratio of 1.89 versus an industry median of 2.23.

The share price is currently below the 200-, 100- and 50-day simple moving average lines. The 52-week range is $24.30 to $29.48.

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The 14-day relative strength index is 36, suggesting the stock is neither oversold nor overbought.

Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. (WDR, Financial) was trading around $16.97 per share on Friday. For the past year through May 24, the stock fell 13%, pushing the forward dividend yield up to 5.89% versus the industry median of 4.97%.

GuruFocus issued a rating of 8 out of 10 for the financial strength and a rating of 6 out of 10 for the profitability and growth of the company.

Overland Park, Kansas-based asset management company has a market capitalization of $1.27 billion, a price-earnings ratio of 7.89 versus the industry median of 12.95 and a price-book ratio of 1.49 compared to the industry median of 0.99. The price-sales ratio is 1.19 versus the industry median of 4.18.

GuruFocus issued a rating of 8 out of 10 for the financial strength and a rating of 6 out of 10 for the profitability and growth of the company.

The share price is below the 200-, 100- and 50-day simple moving average lines. The 52-week range is $16.01 to $21.63.

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The 14-day relative strength index is 40, indicating the stock is neither oversold nor overbought.

Disclosure: I have no positions in any securities mentioned.

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