(VIANEWS) – Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), JOYY (YY), Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
We have gathered information concerning stocks with the highest payout ratio so far. The payout ratio in itself isn’t a promise of good investment but it’s an indicator of whether dividends are being paid and how the company chooses to issue them.
When researching 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. Stanley Black & Decker (SWK)
300% Payout Ratio
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. engages in the tools and storage and industrial businesses in the United States, Canada, rest of Americas, France, rest of Europe, and Asia. Its Tools & Storage segment offers professional products, including professional grade corded and cordless electric power tools and equipment, and pneumatic tools and fasteners; and consumer products, such as corded and cordless electric power tools primarily under the BLACK+DECKER brand, as well as corded and cordless lawn and garden products and related accessories; home products; and hand tools, power tool accessories, and storage products. This segment sells its products through retailers, distributors, dealers, and a direct sales force to professional end users, distributors, dealers, retail consumers, and industrial customers in various industries. The company's Industrial segment provides engineered fastening systems and products to customers in the automotive, manufacturing, electronics, construction, aerospace, and other industries; sells and rents custom pipe handling, joint welding, and coating equipment for use in the construction of large and small diameter pipelines, as well as provides pipeline inspection services; and sells hydraulic tools and performance-driven heavy equipment attachment tools. This segment serves oil and natural gas pipeline industry and other industrial customers. It also sells automatic doors to commercial customers. The company was formerly known as The Stanley Works and changed its name to Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. in March 2010. Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. was founded in 1843 and is headquartered in New Britain, Connecticut.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Stanley Black & Decker has a trailing twelve months EPS of $9.84.
PE Ratio
Stanley Black & Decker has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 7.91. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $7.91 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 1.6%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth declined by 2%, now sitting on 16.95B for the twelve trailing months.
Previous days news about Stanley Black & Decker (SWK)
- According to Zacks on Tuesday, 28 March, "Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 18.2, so we one might conclude that Stanley Black & Decker is trading at a premium comparatively.", "Digging into valuation, Stanley Black & Decker currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 91.89. "
2. JOYY (YY)
128.3% Payout Ratio
JOYY Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates social media platforms that offer users engaging and experience across various video and audio-based social platforms. The company operates Bigo Live, a live streaming platform that allows users to live stream specific moments, such as live talk with other users, make video calls, and watch trend videos; Likee, a short-form video social platform that focuses on enabling users to create short-form video; Hago, a casual game-oriented social platform; and imo, a chat and instant messaging application with functions, including video calls, text messages, and photo and video sharing. It operates in the People's Republic of China, the United States, the Great Britain, Japan, South Korea, Australia, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia and others. The company was formerly known as YY Inc. and changed its name to JOYY Inc. in December 2019. JOYY Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Singapore.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, JOYY has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.59.
PE Ratio
JOYY has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 18.35. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $18.35 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 1.68%.
3. Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)
81.03% Payout Ratio
Main Street Capital Corporation is a principal investment firm that primarily provides equity capital to lower middle market companies and debt capital to middle market companies. Main Street's portfolio investments are typically made to support management buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings, refinancings and acquisitions of companies that operate in diverse industry sectors. Main Street seeks to partner with entrepreneurs, business owners and management teams and generally provides "one stop" financing alternatives within its lower middle market portfolio. Main Street's lower middle market companies generally have annual revenues between $10 million and $150 million. Main Street's middle market debt investments are made in businesses that are generally larger in size than its lower middle market portfolio companies.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Main Street Capital Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.45.
PE Ratio
Main Street Capital Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 88.28. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $88.28 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 12.54%.
Moving Average
Main Street Capital Corporation’s worth is below its 50-day moving average of $39.75 and above its 200-day moving average of $38.91.
4. Nike (NKE)
35.45% Payout Ratio
NIKE, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, markets, and sells men's, women's, and kids athletic footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessories worldwide. The company provides athletic and casual footwear, apparel, and accessories under the Jumpman trademark; and casual sneakers, apparel, and accessories under the Converse, Chuck Taylor, All Star, One Star, Star Chevron, and Jack Purcell trademarks. In addition, it sells a line of performance equipment and accessories comprising bags, socks, sport balls, eyewear, timepieces, digital devices, bats, gloves, protective equipment, and other equipment for sports activities under the NIKE brand; and various plastic products to other manufacturers. The company markets apparel with licensed college and professional team, and league logos, as well as sells sports apparel. Additionally, it licenses unaffiliated parties to manufacture and sell apparel, digital devices, and applications and other equipment for sports activities under NIKE-owned trademarks. The company sells its products to footwear stores; sporting goods stores; athletic specialty stores; department stores; skate, tennis, and golf shops; and other retail accounts through NIKE-owned retail stores, digital platforms, independent distributors, licensees, and sales representatives. The company was formerly known as Blue Ribbon Sports, Inc. and changed its name to NIKE, Inc. in 1971. NIKE, Inc. was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Nike has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.14.
PE Ratio
Nike has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 56.32. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $56.32 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 37.32%.
Moving Average
Nike’s worth is under its 50-day moving average of $123.18 and above its 200-day moving average of $110.07.
Sales Growth
Nike’s sales growth is 5.4% for the current quarter and 2.9% for the next.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Dec 1, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.36 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.09%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 17.2%, now sitting on 49.11B for the twelve trailing months.
Previous days news about Nike (NKE)
- According to VentureBeat on Wednesday, 29 March, "Because context can dramatically change the meaning of an image – e.g., a football player in a Nike ad versus in a story about traumatic brain injury – contextual information is vital for crafting alt-text descriptions that are useful."
