(VIANEWS) – IDACORP (IDA), Patterson Companies (PDCO), Oracle (ORCL) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
We have congregated information concerning stocks with the highest payout ratio so far. The payout ratio in itself isn’t a guarantee of good investment but it’s an indicator of whether dividends are being paid and how the company chooses to issue them.
When investigating a potential investment, the dividend payout ratio is a good statistic to know so here are a few stocks with an above 30% percent payout ratio.
1. IDACORP (IDA)
59.49% Payout Ratio
IDACORP, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, purchase, and sale of electric energy in the United States. The company operates 17 hydropower generating plants located in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon; three natural gas-fired plants in southern Idaho; and interests in two coal-fired steam electric generating plants located in Wyoming and Nevada. As of December 31, 2021, it had approximately 4,843 pole-miles of high-voltage transmission lines; 23 step-up transmission substations located at power plants; 21 transmission substations; 10 switching stations; 30 mixed-use transmission and distribution substations; 187 energized distribution substations; and 28,570 pole-miles of distribution lines, as well as provides electric utility services to approximately 604,000 retail customers in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon. The company serves commercial and industrial customers, which involved in food processing, electronics and general manufacturing, agriculture, health care, government, and education. It also invests in housing and other real estate tax credit investments. IDACORP, Inc. was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, IDACORP has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.11.
PE Ratio
IDACORP has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 19.9. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $19.9 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 9.46%.
Sales Growth
IDACORP’s sales growth is negative 14.8% for the ongoing quarter and negative 6.6% for the next.
Moving Average
IDACORP’s value is below its 50-day moving average of $105.09 and under its 200-day moving average of $105.77.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Feb 2, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 3.16 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 3.1%.
2. Patterson Companies (PDCO)
52.26% Payout Ratio
Patterson Companies, Inc. engages in distribution of dental and animal health products in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The company operates through three segments: Dental, Animal Health, and Corporate segments. The Dental segment offers consumable products, including infection control, restorative materials, and instruments; basic and advanced technology and dental equipment; practice optimization solutions, such as practice management software, e-commerce, revenue cycle management, patient engagement solutions, and clinical and patient education systems. It also provides a range of related services comprising software and design services, maintenance and repair, and equipment financing. The Animal Health segment distributes biologicals, pharmaceuticals, vaccines, parasiticides, diagnostics, prescription and non-prescription diets, nutritional's, consumable supplies, equipment, and software, as well as value-added services. This segment also provides private label portfolio of products to veterinarians, producers, and retailers under the Aspen, First Companion, and Patterson Veterinary brands. The Corporate segment offers customer financing services; and sells other miscellaneous products. It serves dentists, laboratories, institutions, other healthcare professionals, veterinarians, other animal health professionals, production animal operators, and animal health product retailers. The company was formerly known as Patterson Dental Company and changed its name to Patterson Companies, Inc. in June 2004. Patterson Companies, Inc. was founded in 1877 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Patterson Companies has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.96.
PE Ratio
Patterson Companies has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.94. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $12.94 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 18.18%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Patterson Companies’s EBITDA is 0.48.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 0.3%, now sitting on 6.39B for the twelve trailing months.
3. Oracle (ORCL)
40.25% Payout Ratio
Oracle Corporation offers products and services that address enterprise information technology environments worldwide. Its Oracle cloud software as a service offering include various cloud software applications, including Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP), Oracle Fusion cloud enterprise performance management, Oracle Fusion cloud supply chain and manufacturing management, Oracle Fusion cloud human capital management, Oracle Advertising, and NetSuite applications suite, as well as Oracle Fusion Sales, Service, and Marketing. The company also offers cloud-based industry solutions for various industries; Oracle application licenses; and Oracle license support services. In addition, it provides cloud and license business' infrastructure technologies, such as the Oracle Database, an enterprise database; Java, a software development language; and middleware, including development tools and others. The company's cloud and license business' infrastructure technologies also comprise cloud-based compute, storage, and networking capabilities; and Oracle autonomous database, MySQL HeatWave, Internet-of-Things, digital assistant, and blockchain. Further, it provides hardware products and other hardware-related software offerings, including Oracle engineered systems, enterprise servers, storage solutions, industry-specific hardware, virtualization software, operating systems, management software, and related hardware services; and consulting and customer services. The company markets and sells its cloud, license, hardware, support, and services offerings directly to businesses in various industries, government agencies, and educational institutions, as well as through indirect channels. Oracle Corporation was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Oracle has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.18.
PE Ratio
Oracle has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 21.04. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $21.04 for every dollar of annual earnings.
4. Gerdau S.A. (GGB)
38.68% Payout Ratio
Gerdau S.A., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a steel producer company in the Americas. The company operates through Brazil Business, North America Business, South America Business, and Special Steel Business divisions. It provides semi-finished products, including billets, blooms, and slabs; common long rolled products, such as rebars, wire rods, merchant bars, light shapes, and profiles to the construction and manufacturing industries; drawn products comprising barbed and barbless fence wires, galvanized wires, fences, concrete reinforcing wire mesh, nails, and clamps for manufacturing, construction, and agricultural industries; and special steel products used in auto parts, light and heavy vehicles, and agricultural machinery, as well as in the oil and gas, wind energy, machinery and equipment, mining and rail, and other markets. The company also offers flat products, such as hot-rolled steel coils and heavy plates; and resells flat steel products. In addition, it operates three mines that produce iron ore located in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The company sells its products through independent distributors, direct sales from the mills, and its retail network. The company was founded in 1901 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Gerdau S.A. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.25.
PE Ratio
Gerdau S.A. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 20.35. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $20.35 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 30.48%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Gerdau S.A. is 6550240 which is 34.4% below its average volume of 9985900.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Nov 21, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.7 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 12.83%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Gerdau S.A.’s stock is valued at $5.17 at 08:23 EST, way under its 52-week high of $6.66 and way above its 52-week low of $3.94.
