30 Best Yielding Dividend Stocks As Of July 2013

Though the recent market sell-off made stocks a little bit cheaper, some stocks remain very highly valued and only a few individual stocks have become more attractive.

Each month, I create a quick dividend list (from low-yield to high-yielding stocks) of shares with interesting performance and equally interesting valuation figures. Stocks from this list are mid- and large caps (market capitalization of more than USD 1 billion) with double-digit long-term earnings growth rates. The list is selected by the following criteria and sorted by dividend yield.

Market Capitalization: > 1 Billion
Price/Earnings Ratio: > 0 < 100
Dividend Yield: > 3 < 20
Return on Investment: > 10 < 100
Operating Margin: > 10 < 100
10 Year Revenue Growth: > 8 < 200
10 Year EPS Growth: > 10 < 100

Exactly thirty companies fulfilled the above criteria. The top pick is still the commodity stock Southern Copper (SCCO) with a 12.42 percent yield. Nearly half of the results come from the basic materials sector. Technology stocks are the second best investment category. Eighteen of the results have a current buy or better rating.

Here are the fastest growing stocks in terms of 10 year sales growth:

Williams Partners (WPZ) has a market capitalization of $20.53 billion. The company employs 3,658 people, generates revenue of $7,320.00 million and has a net income of $1,232.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,273.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 31.05 percent (the operating margin is 20.72 percent and the net profit margin 16.83 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 42.81 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 94.98 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 7.51 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.59. Last fiscal year, the company paid $3.20 in the form of dividends to shareholders. WPZ increased sales by 75.96 percent yearly over the recent decade.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 32.41, the P/S ratio is 2.92 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.98. The dividend yield amounts to 6.57 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.07.



Apple (AAPL) has a market capitalization of $372.78 billion. The company employs 72,800 people, generates revenue of $156,508.00 million and has a net income of $41,733.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $58,518.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 37.39 percent (the operating margin is 35.30 percent and the net profit margin 26.67 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 0.00 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 0.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 42.84 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $41.89. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.65 in the form of dividends to shareholders. AAPL increased sales by 39.17 percent yearly over the recent decade.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.47, the P/S ratio is 2.38 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.15. The dividend yield amounts to 3.08 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.98.



El Paso Pipeline (EPB) has a market capitalization of $9.64 billion. The company employs people, generates revenue of $1,515.00 million and has a net income of $589.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,044.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 68.91 percent (the operating margin is 56.96 percent and the net profit margin 38.88 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 65.93 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 218.37 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 10.93 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.19. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.25 in the form of dividends to shareholders. EPB increased sales by 36.19 percent yearly over the recent decade.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.92, the P/S ratio is 6.36 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.26. The dividend yield amounts to 5.68 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.18.



Vale (VALE) has a market capitalization of $67.77 billion. The company employs 70,785 people, generates revenue of $47,694.00 million and has a net income of $6,255.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $18,892.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 39.61 percent (the operating margin is 19.34 percent and the net profit margin 13.11 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 24.49 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 43.37 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 9.33 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.24. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.15 in the form of dividends to shareholders. VALE increased sales by 27.74 percent yearly over the recent decade.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.58, the P/S ratio is 1.43 and the P/B ratio is finally 0.91. The dividend yield amounts to 6.23 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.48.


Take a closer look at the full table of the best dividend paying stocks for July 2013. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 13.42 while the dividend yield has a value of 4.88 percent. Price to book ratio is 2.54 and price to sales ratio 2.51. The operating margin amounts to 26.95 percent. The earnings per share grew by 24.29 yearly over the past decade and sales by 20.49 percent.

Here is the best dividend paying stock list for July 2013

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