Buybacks: 15 Top Yielding Stocks

I always talk about good dividends that grow over time but receiving big dividends from high quality stocks is only the half truth. A dividend payment is only one way to distribute earnings to shareholders. Another very effective way to pay money indirectly is to buy your own shares back.

Today I started a little screen about stocks that have repurchased at least around 5 percent of their own outstanding shares within the last twelve months. Only fifteen companies from the list have a current yield of more than 3 percent.

Here are the biggest stocks:

ConocoPhillips (COP) has a market capitalization of $88.01 billion. The company employs 17,500 people, generates revenue of $62.004 billion and has a net income of $7.481 billion. ConocoPhillips’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $22.309 billion. The EBITDA margin is 35.98 percent (the operating margin is 24.87 percent and the net profit margin 12.07 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 18.55 percent of ConocoPhillips’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 45.27 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 13.09 percent was realized by ConocoPhillips. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $6.17. Last fiscal year, ConocoPhillips paid $2.64 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.66, the P/S ratio is 1.42 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.83. The dividend yield amounts to 3.84 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.00.


CA (CA) has a market capitalization of $13.56 billion. The company employs 13,600 people, generates revenue of $4.643 billion and has a net income of $955.00 million. CA’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.924 billion. The EBITDA margin is 41.44 percent (the operating margin is 29.33 percent and the net profit margin 20.57 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 10.92 percent of CA’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 23.67 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 17.41 percent was realized by CA. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.30. Last fiscal year, CA paid $1.00 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.94, the P/S ratio is 2.92 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.45. The dividend yield amounts to 3.36 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.07.



Iron Mountain (IRM) has a market capitalization of $4.86 billion. The company employs 17,500 people, generates revenue of $3.005 billion and has a net income of $183.49 million. Iron Mountain’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $877.77 million. The EBITDA margin is 29.21 percent (the operating margin is 18.18 percent and the net profit margin 6.11 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 60.16 percent of Iron Mountain’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 332.62 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 15.06 percent was realized by Iron Mountain. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.68. Last fiscal year, Iron Mountain paid $5.12 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 37.53, the P/S ratio is 1.62 and the P/B ratio is finally 4.21. The dividend yield amounts to 4.24 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.01.



Take a closer look at the full list of the top yielding stocks from the Share Buyback Achievers Portfolio. The average P/E ratio amounts to 18.79 and forward P/E ratio is 21.59. The dividend yield has a value of 4.61 percent. Price to book ratio is 2.41 and price to sales ratio 1.96. The operating margin amounts to 16.88 percent and the beta ratio is 1.34. Stocks from the list have an average debt to equity ratio of 1.34.

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

Related Stock Ticker Symbols: MCGC, JAKK, RHP, TAL, CY, SEM, IRM, VCI, CMTL, COP, CVC, LXK, CA, WFD, ASEI

Disclosure: I am long CA. I receive no compensation to write about these specific stocks, sector or theme. I don't plan to increase or decrease positions or obligations within the next 72 hours.

For the other stocks: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I receive no compensation to write about any specific stock, sector or theme.