Best Global Brands With Solid Dividend Yields

Big brands guarantee a high consumer loyalty and stable cash flows. Big brands and high dividends are no contradiction.

I screened public-listed companies that own a global portfolio and set a position of the top 20 global brands researched by Interbrand. Interbrand is a global branding consultancy, specializing in vast brand services, including brand analytics, brand strategy, brand valuation, corporate design, digital brand management and naming. Recently, Interbrand published the results of its 13th annual “Best Global Brands” report 2012 with the top 100 most valuable brands worldwide. Of the 20 best brand stocks below, 17 have positive dividend payments. One company is a high-yield and six yield over 3%

Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) has a market capitalization of $172.56 billion. The company employs 146,200 people, generates revenue of $46,542.00 million and has a net income of $8,634.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $12,596.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 27.06 percent (operating margin 23.06% and net profit margin 18.55%).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 35.72% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 90.31%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 27.37% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.89. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.94 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 20.29, P/S ratio 3.71 and P/B ratio 5.48. Dividend Yield: 2.66%. The beta ratio is 0.50.




Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has a market capitalization of $625.06 billion. The company employs 60,400 people, generates revenue of $108,249.00 million and has a net income of $25,922.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $35,582.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 32.87% (operating margin 31.22% and net profit margin 23.95%).

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 41.67% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $42.54. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.00 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.67, P/S ratio 5.77 and P/B ratio 8.09. Dividend Yield: 1.59%. The beta ratio is 1.20.



Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) has a market capitalization of $94.43 billion. The company employs 156,000 people, generates revenue of $40,893.00 million and has a net income of $5,258.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $9,642.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 23.58% (operating margin 19.67% and net profit margin 12.86%).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 19.78% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 38.16%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 12.84% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.02. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.60 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.40, P/S ratio 2.31 and P/B ratio 2.48. Dividend Yield: 1.14%. The beta ratio is 1.17.



Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) has a market capitalization of $153.70 billion. The company employs 115,899 people, generates revenue of $37,121.00 million and has a net income of $9,981.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $16,622.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 44.78% (operating margin 36.92 percent and net profit margin 26.89%).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 21.03% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 37.71%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 23.92% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.02. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.24 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.81, P/S ratio 4.14 and P/B ratio 3.58. Dividend Yield: 0.75%. The beta ratio is 1.11.



Take a closer look at the full table of the 20 global brand stocks and the best global brand report results 2012 by interbrand. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 16.63 and forward P/E ratio is 17.88. The dividend yield has a value of 2.71%. Price to book ratio is 4.34 and price to sales ratio 2.43. The operating margin amounts to 18.48% and the beta ratio is 1.03. The average stock has a debt to equity ratio of 0.84.

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