Best Dividend Paying Stocks As Of September 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 that 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 at AMEX, NYSE, NASDAQ and part of the Dow Jones, S&P 500 or Nasdaq Composite. Date of the screen is September 01, 2012. The list of best paying stocks 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

Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) has a market capitalization of $27.62 billion. The company employs 12,145 people, generates revenue of $6,818.72 million and has a net income of $2,344.35 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,913.52 million. The EBITDA margin is 57.39 percent (operating margin 53.17 percent and net profit margin 34.38 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 34.05 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 68.38 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 59.11 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.80. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.43 in form of dividends to shareholders. The earnings per share grew 39.78 percent yearly over the past decade and sales 26.35 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.61, P/S ratio 3.99 and P/B ratio 6.78. Dividend Yield: 5.18 percent. The beta ratio is 1.65.






Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) has a market capitalization of $80.95 billion. The company employs 67,930 people, generates revenue of $60,537.00 million and has a net income of $6,775.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $17,081.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 28.22 percent (operating margin 22.05 percent and net profit margin 11.19 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 17.94 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 40.82 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 10.54 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.24. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.45 in form of dividends to shareholders. The earnings per share grew 14.85 percent yearly over the past decade and sales 22.20 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.55, P/S ratio 1.36 and P/B ratio 1.53. Dividend Yield: 3.82 percent. The beta ratio is 1.65.






General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) has a market capitalization of $23.11 billion. The company employs 93,500 people, generates revenue of $32,677.00 million and has a net income of $2,552.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,418.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 13.52 percent (operating margin 11.71 percent and 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 $6.85. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.88 in form of dividends to shareholders. The earnings per share grew 11.57 percent yearly over the past decade and sales 10.49 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.56, P/S ratio 0.71 and P/B ratio 1.76. Dividend Yield: 3.12 percent. The beta ratio is 1.25.






Take a closer look at the full table of the best dividend paying stocks. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 14.19 while the dividend yield has a value of 4.73 percent. Price to book ratio is 3.19 and price to sales ratio 2.81. The operating margin amounts to 28.46 percent. Earnings per share grew by 19.95 yearly over the past decade.

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