20 Best Dividend Paying Stocks From The Industrial Sector

Dividend Paying stocks are one of my most wanted stocks. If they have a long payment history, my trust in future dividend increases and stable payouts is much higher vs stocks with an irregular payment history. Today, I'm going to focus on dividend stocks from the industrial sector.

There are many industrial goods companies with a buy or better rating and most of them also pay good dividends. I've screened for the twenty best yielding stocks from the sector with a higher market capitalization (over USD 2 billion). Among the results are many well known industrials such as Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Waste Management or even the cement producer CRH. Half of the results are currently recommended to buy.

Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) has a market capitalization of $17.81 billion. The company employs 71,000 people, generates revenue of $24.857 billion and has a net income of $1.897 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3.304 billion. The EBITDA margin is 13.29 percent (the operating margin is 11.49 percent and the net profit margin 7.63 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 17.81 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 56.29 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 20.82 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.83. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.72 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.27, the P/S ratio is 0.72 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.24. The dividend yield amounts to 3.70 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.71.






Emerson Electric (EMR) has a market capitalization of $35.01 billion. The company employs 133,200 people, generates revenue of $24.412 billion and has a net income of $2.024 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4.162 billion. The EBITDA margin is 17.05 percent (the operating margin is 12.76 percent and the net profit margin 8.29 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 22.22 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 50.69 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 18.89 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.68. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.60 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.98, the P/S ratio is 1.43 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.35. The dividend yield amounts to 3.41 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.23.






General Dynamics (GD) has a market capitalization of $21.94 billion. The company employs 93,700 people, generates revenue of $32.677 billion and has a net income of $2.552 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4.418 billion. The EBITDA margin is 13.52 percent (the operating margin is 11.71 percent and the net profit margin 7.81 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 11.27 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 29.70 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 19.23 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $6.72. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.88 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.24, the P/S ratio is 0.67 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.67. The dividend yield amounts to 3.28 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.25.






Take a closer look at the full table of top yielding industrial goods stocks. The average P/E ratio amounts to 20.67 and forward P/E ratio is 13.72. The dividend yield has a value of 3.84 percent. Price to book ratio is 9.84 and price to sales ratio 1.01. The operating margin amounts to 8.95 percent. The average stock has a debt to equity ratio of 1.07.

Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):


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