Best Dividend Paying High Yields

High Yields are stocks with a dividend yield of more than 5%. Some 857 listed companies have such a high yield but not all of them have a sustainable dividend and pay the best dividends at the market.

In order to find the best dividend paying growth stocks from the investment class High Yield stocks, I screened all companies with a five percent dividend yield, great earnings per share growth of more than 10% and an operating margin over 15%. To get the best results in terms of low debt and high cash, the debt-to-equity ratio should be under 0.5. Thirteen High Yields remained, of which nine are currently recommended to buy. The best recommended stock is City Telecom HK (CTEL) with a yield of 16.47 percent and a strong buy rating.

CTC Media (NASDAQ: CTCM) has a market capitalization of $1.50 billion. The company employs 1,183 people, generates revenue of $766.36 million and has a net income of $60.52 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $393.18 million. The EBITDA margin is 51.31 percent (operating margin 16.49% and net profit margin 7.90%).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 1.90% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 2.45%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 7.14% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.37. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.82 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 25.59, P/S ratio 1.95 and P/B ratio 2.14. Dividend Yield: 5.50 percent. The beta ratio is 2.52.



People's United Financial (NASDAQ: PBCT) has a market capitalization of $4.37 billion. The company employs 4,788 people, generates revenue of $1,052.10 million and has a net income of $198.80 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $402.60 million. The EBITDA margin is 38.27% (operating margin 24.01% and net profit margin 16.15%).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 2.48% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 13.09%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 3.78% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.63. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.63 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.83, P/S ratio 3.55 and P/B ratio 0.83. Dividend Yield: 5.14 percent. The beta ratio is 0.33.



Telecom Argentina (NYSE: TEO) has a market capitalization of $2.13 billion. The company employs 16,782 people, generates revenue of $3,972.80 million and has a net income of $544.33 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,288.01 million. The EBITDA margin is 32.42% (operating margin 20.79% and net profit margin 13.70%).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 1.06% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 2.02%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 34.84% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.70. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.00 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 4.01, P/S ratio 0.36 and P/B ratio 1.24. Dividend Yield: 8.54%. The beta ratio is 1.01.



Giant Interactive (NYSE: GA) has a market capitalization of $1.23 billion. The company employs 1,643 people, generates revenue of $283.83 million and has a net income of $144.84 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $183.32 million. The EBITDA margin is 64.59% (operating margin 60.19% and net profit margin 51.03%).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 0.00% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 0.00%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 19.80% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.80. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.30 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 6.50, P/S ratio 4.35 and P/B ratio 3.11. Dividend Yield: 5.76%. The beta ratio is 1.00.



Take a closer look at the full table of the best dividend paying stocks with high yields. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 17.69 and forward P/E ratio is 18.28. The dividend yield has a value of 10.14%. Price to book ratio is 2.29 and price to sales ratio 3.90. The operating margin amounts to 35.37% and the beta ratio is 1.38. The average stock has a debt to equity ratio of 0.15.

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

Related stock ticker symbols:
DCIX, CTEL, BMA, RNF, KCAP, PMT, CLCT, TEO, NGPC, AWC, GA, CTCM, PBCT