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The Best Yielding Stocks From The S&P 500 Dividend
Aristocrats Index Originally Published At "
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". The S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index is an index created
by the well-known credit rating agency Standard & Poor's. The
index measures the performance of large cap, blue chip companies
within the S&P 500 that have followed a policy of increasing
dividends every year for at least 25 consecutive years. In total,
51 companies are subject of the index and can be covered by several
exchange traded funds (
ETFs
). If you have bit cash on your trading account, you don't need to
look for a cheap index copy via ETF. You can buy directly some of
these wonderful dividend growth stocks for one dollar trading fee.
Below is a nice overview of the twenty best yielding Dividend
Aristocrats of which ten are currently recommended to buy.
Here are my favorite stocks:
McDonald's (
MCD
)
has a market capitalization of $84.45 billion. The company employs
420,000 people, generates revenue of $27.006 billion and has a net
income of $5.503 billion. The firm's earnings before interest,
taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $9.766
billion. The EBITDA margin is 36.16 percent (the operating margin
is 31.58 percent and the net profit margin 20.38 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 37.89 percent of
the company's assets and the total debt in relation to the equity
amounts to 86.87 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return
on equity of 37.92 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months
earnings per share reached a value of $5.31. Last fiscal year, the
company paid $2.53 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The
P/E ratio is 15.85, the P/S ratio is 3.13 and the P/B ratio is
finally 5.97. The dividend yield amounts to 3.66 percent and the
beta ratio has a value of 0.41.
Johnson & Johnson (
JNJ
)
has a market capitalization of $191.74 billion. The company employs
117,900 people, generates revenue of $65.030 billion and has a net
income of $9.672 billion. The firm's earnings before interest,
taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $15.993
billion. The EBITDA margin is 24.59 percent (the operating margin
is 19.01 percent and the net profit margin 14.87 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 17.27 percent of
the company's assets and the total debt in relation to the equity
amounts to 34.39 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return
on equity of 17.02 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months
earnings per share reached a value of $3.04. Last fiscal year, the
company paid $2.25 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The
P/E ratio is 22.73, the P/S ratio is 2.95 and the P/B ratio is
finally 3.30. The dividend yield amounts to 3.53 percent and the
beta ratio has a value of 0.55.
Air Products & Chemicals (
APD
)
has a market capitalization of $16.94 billion. The company employs
18,500 people, generates revenue of $9.611 billion and has a net
income of $1.025 billion. The firm's earnings before interest,
taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2.037
billion. The EBITDA margin is 21.20 percent (the operating margin
is 13.34 percent and the net profit margin 10.67 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 31.23 percent of
the company's assets and the total debt in relation to the equity
amounts to 81.83 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return
on equity of 16.30 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months
earnings per share reached a value of $4.65. Last fiscal year, the
company paid $2.50 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The
P/E ratio is 17.19, the P/S ratio is 1.76 and the P/B ratio is
finally 2.62. The dividend yield amounts to 3.20 percent and the
beta ratio has a value of 1.16.
Take a closer look at the full table of the best yielding
Dividend Aristocrats. The average P/E ratio amounts to 19.29 and
forward P/E ratio is 14.38. The dividend yield has a value of 4.21
percent. Price to book ratio is 3.89 and price to sales ratio 2.01.
The operating margin amounts to 14.01 percent. The average stock
has a debt to equity ratio of 0.72.
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