I made a screen of America’s cheapest large capitalized stocks with highest expected growth for the upcoming fiscal year. Stocks from the sheet have a market capitalization of more than USD 10 billion and earnings per share are expected to grow for at least 15 percent. Despite the strong growth, they still have a P/E ratio of less than 15 and a P/S and P/B ratio of less than two.
Thirteen companies fulfilled the mentioned criteria, of which ten companies have a buy or better recommendation. Eleven of the results pay dividends.
The Travelers Companies (TRV) has a market capitalization of $27.78 billion. The company employs 30,000 people, generates revenue of $25.446 billion and has a net income of $1.426 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $6.416 billion. The EBITDA margin is 25.21 percent (the operating margin is 5.31 percent and the net profit margin 5.60 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 6.31 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 26.98 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 5.67 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $7.00. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.59 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.40, the P/S ratio is 1.09 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.17. The dividend yield amounts to 2.53 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.69.
Bunge Limited (BG) has a market capitalization of $10.72 billion. The company employs 35,000 people, generates revenue of $58.743 billion and has a net income of $896.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.685 billion. The EBITDA margin is 2.87 percent (the operating margin is 1.60 percent and the net profit margin 1.53 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 17.53 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 34.86 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 8.05 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.87. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.98 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.50, the P/S ratio is 0.18 and the P/B ratio is finally 0.97. The dividend yield amounts to 1.47 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.19.
FedEx Corporation (FDX) has a market capitalization of $29.16 billion. The company employs 101,000 people, generates revenue of $42.680 billion and has a net income of $2.032 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $5.304 billion. The EBITDA margin is 12.43 percent (the operating margin is 7.46 percent and the net profit margin 4.76 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 5.57 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 11.32 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 13.55 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $6.22. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.52 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.91, the P/S ratio is 0.68 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.00. The dividend yield amounts to 0.60 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.24.
Take a look at the full list of cheap large capitalized stocks with highest expected earnings per share growth. The average P/E ratio amounts to 10.69 while the forward P/E ratio is 9.41. P/S ratio is 0.85 and P/B ratio 1.18. The expected earnings growth for next year amounts to 32.23 and 10.60 percent for the upcoming five years.
Here is the full table with several fundamentals:
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