Best Dividend Paying Stock List: July 2012

Here is a current dividend list (from low-yield to high-yield paying stocks) of stocks with interesting performance and 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 companies are traded on the AMEX, NYSE, NASDAQ and are part of the Dow Jones, S&P 500 or Nasdaq Composite. Date of the screen is July 02, 2012.

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

Garmin (NASDAQ:GRMN) has a market capitalization of $7.46 billion. The company employs 9,229 people, generates revenues of $2,758.57 million and has a net income of $520.90 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $641.60 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 23.26 percent (operating margin 20.07 percent and the net profit margin finally 18.88 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 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 16.52 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.63. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.60 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.58, P/S ratio 2.89 and P/B ratio 2.29. Dividend Yield: 4.70 percent. The beta ratio is 1.34.







Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) has a market capitalization of $208.12 billion. The company employs 61,000 people, generates revenues of $253,706.00 million and has a net income of $27,008.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $60,545.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 23.86 percent (operating margin 18.78 percent and the net profit margin finally 10.65 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 4.85 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 8.36 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 23.75 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $13.61. Last fiscal year, the company paid $3.09 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 7.75, P/S ratio 0.82 and P/B ratio 1.72. Dividend Yield: 3.41 percent. The beta ratio is 0.79.






PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP) has a market capitalization of $110.51 billion. The company employs 297,000 people, generates revenues of $66,504.00 million and has a net income of $6,462.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $12,242.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 18.41 percent (operating margin 14.48 percent and the net profit margin finally 9.72 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 36.73 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 130.04 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 30.66 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.03. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.02 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.53, P/S ratio 1.66 and P/B ratio 5.34. Dividend Yield: 3.04 percent. The beta ratio is 0.47.







Take a closer look at the full table of the cheapest dividend growth stocks. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 12.46 while the dividend yield has a value of 4.83 percent. Price to book ratio is 3.90 and price to sales ratio 2.65. The operating margin amounts to 30.38 percent. Earnings per share grew by 19.44 yearly over the past decade.

Here is the full table:



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