Babson Capital Corporate Investors, Sasol Ltd., Another 7 Companies Have A High Estimated Dividend Yield

(VIANEWS) – Babson Capital Corporate Investors (MCI), Sasol Ltd. (SSL), Himax Technologies (HIMX) have the highest dividend yield stocks on this list.

Almost 2K companies listed in the Nasdaq and NYSE pay out dividends to its shareholders. The dividend yield is a dividend to price ratio showing how much a company pays out in dividends each year.

1. Babson Capital Corporate Investors (MCI) – Dividend Yield: 8.51%

Babson Capital Corporate Investors’s last close was $18.17, 5.56% below its 52-week high of $19.24. Intraday change was -1.25%.

Babson Capital Corporate Investors trust is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Barings LLC. It invests in fixed income markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in securities of companies operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in a portfolio of privately placed, below-investment grade, long term corporate debt obligations. The fund also invests in marketable investment grade debt securities, other marketable debt securities, and marketable common stocks. It was formerly known as Babson Capital Corporate Investors. Babson Capital Corporate Investors trust was formed in 1971 and is domiciled in the United States.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, Babson Capital Corporate Investors has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.76.

PE Ratio

Babson Capital Corporate Investors has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 10.32. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $10.32 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 11.01%.

Revenue Growth

Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 22%, now sitting on 41.19M for the twelve trailing months.

Yearly Top and Bottom Value

Babson Capital Corporate Investors’s stock is valued at $18.17 at 10:15 EST, below its 52-week high of $19.24 and way above its 52-week low of $14.54.

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2. Sasol Ltd. (SSL) – Dividend Yield: 7.74%

Sasol Ltd.’s last close was $8.12, 42.53% below its 52-week high of $14.13. Intraday change was -2.4%.

Sasol Limited operates as an integrated chemical and energy company in South Africa. It offers alumina, such as battery materials, catalyst supports, abrasives and polishing, and polymer additives; cobalt fischer-tropsch; carbon-based products; recarburiser; graphite electrodes; mono-ethylene glycol, ethylene, propylene, sasfroth blends, sodium cyanide, caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, calcium chloride, chlorine, alcohols, aromatic blends, methyl alcohol, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, cresols, xylenols, phenols, limestone ammonium nitrate, ammonium nitrate solution, and nitric acid. The company also provides linear alkyl benzene, sulfonate, fatty alcohols, alkoxylates, ether sulfates, solvents, dispersants, diluents esters, macrogol/PEG, AHA esters, waxes, dispersants, diluents, ethanol, isopropyl, acetone, MIBK and ethyl acetate, C6-C20+ and guerbet alcohols, ethoxylates, propoxylates, carboxylates, sulfates, sulfonates, LAS salts, paraffins, and ethylene oxide. In addition, it offers alcohols, esters, ethers, carboxylic acids, surfactants, oil and water soluble polyglycols, formulation and surface modifiers, solvents and coalescents, wax cuts, blends and forms, FT hard waxes, waxes and blends, lubrication packages, plasticizers, nucleators, release agents, emulsifiers, dispersants, wetting agents, tank-mix adjuvant components, fertiliser additives, specialty solvents, specialty grade acetone, MEK, various ethanol blends, n and i-propanol and butanol, various C4+ alcohols, ethyl and butyl acrylate monomers, octene, hexene, and pentene. Further, it explores, develops, produces, markets, and distributes natural oil and gas, and associated products; markets fuels and lubricants; develops lower-carbon energy solutions; operates coal mines; trades and transports oil, petrochemicals, and chemical products and derivatives; and provides engineering services. Sasol Limited was founded in 1950 and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, Sasol Ltd. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.73.

PE Ratio

Sasol Ltd. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 10.86. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $10.86 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 negative -25.36%.

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3. Himax Technologies (HIMX) – Dividend Yield: 4.91%

Himax Technologies’s last close was $5.91, 32.3% under its 52-week high of $8.73. Intraday change was 0.34%.

Himax Technologies, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, provides display imaging processing technologies in China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Korea, Japan, Europe, and the United States. The company operates in two segments, Driver IC and Non-Driver Products. It offers display driver integrated circuits (ICs) and timing controllers that are used in televisions, laptops, monitors, mobile phones, tablets, automotive, digital cameras, car navigation, virtual reality devices, and other consumer electronic devices. The company also designs and provides controllers for touch sensor displays; in-cell touch and display driver integration single-chip solutions; active matrix organic light-emitting diode ICs; light-emitting diode driver and power management ICs; and liquid crystal on silicon microdisplays for augmented reality (AR) devices and head-up displays for the automotive industry. In addition, it offers complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor image sensors and wafer-level optics for AR devices, 3D sensing, and ultra-low power WiseEye smart image sensing, which are used in various applications, such as mobile phones, tablets, laptops, TV, PC camera, automobile, security, medical devices, home appliance, artificial intelligence and Internet of Things (AIoT), etc. The company markets its display drivers and display-related products to panel manufacturers, agents or distributors, module manufacturers, and assembly houses or end customers; and non-driver products to camera module manufacturers, optical engine manufacturers, television/AIoT system manufacturers, and various AIoT system integration companies. Himax Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Tainan City, Taiwan.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, Himax Technologies has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.43.

PE Ratio

Himax Technologies has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 13.74. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $13.74 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 8.99%.

Stock Price Classification

According to the stochastic oscillator, a useful indicator of overbought and oversold conditions, Himax Technologies’s stock is considered to be oversold (<=20).

Revenue Growth

Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 2%, now sitting on 913.36M for the twelve trailing months.

Growth Estimates Quarters

The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is a negative 50% and a negative 15.4%, respectively.

Dividend Yield

As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Jun 28, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.29 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 4.91%.

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4. Escalade (ESCA) – Dividend Yield: 4.29%

Escalade’s last close was $13.98, 36.48% below its 52-week high of $22.01. Intraday change was -1.76%.

Escalade, Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, imports, and sells sporting goods in North America, Europe, and internationally. The company provides various sporting goods brands in basketball goals, archery, indoor and outdoor game recreation, and fitness products. It offers archery products under the Bear Archery, Trophy Ridge, Whisker Biscuit, Cajun Bowfishing, Karnage, SIK, BearX, and Bear Traditional brand names; table tennis products under the STIGA and Ping-Pong brands; basketball goals under the Goalrilla, Goaliath, Silverback, Hoopstar, and Goalsetter brand names; and pickleball under the Onix, DURA, and Pickleball Now brands. The company also provides play systems under the Woodplay, Jack & June, and Childlife brands; fitness products under the STEP, Lifeline, Kettleworx, Natural Fitness, USW, and PER4M brand names; safety products under the USWeight brand; hockey and soccer game tables under the Triumph Sports, Atomic, American Legend, Air Hockey, and HJ Scott brands; and billiard tables and accessories under the American Heritage Billiards, Brunswick Billiards, Gold Crown, Centennial, Cue&Case, Lucasi, Mizerak, PureX, Rage, Players, Minnesota Fats, and Mosconi brand names. In addition, it offers darting products under the Unicorn, Winmau, DMI, Prodigy, Arachnid, Accudart, and Nodor brands; water sports products under the RAVE Sports brand; and outdoor game products under the Victory Tailgate, Triumph Sports, ACL, and Zume Games brand names. The company provides its products through sporting goods retailers, specialty dealers, online retailers, direct-to-consumer, e-commerce, traditional department stores, and mass merchants. Escalade, Incorporated was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Evansville, Indiana.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, Escalade has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.84.

PE Ratio

Escalade has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 16.64. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $16.64 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 7.25%.

Volatility

Escalade’s last week, last month’s, and last quarter’s current intraday variation average was 0.94%, 0.24%, and 2.27%.

Escalade’s highest amplitude of average volatility was 2.13% (last week), 2.65% (last month), and 2.27% (last quarter).

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5. Safety Insurance Group (SAFT) – Dividend Yield: 4.07%

Safety Insurance Group’s last close was $88.55, 1.02% below its 52-week high of $89.46. Intraday change was -0.29%.

Safety Insurance Group, Inc. provides private passenger and commercial automobile, and homeowner insurance in the United States. The company's private passenger automobile policies offer coverage for bodily injury and property damage to others, no-fault personal injury coverage for the insured/insured's car occupants, and physical damage coverage for an insured's own vehicle for collision or other perils. It also provides commercial automobile policies that offer insurance for commercial vehicles used for business purposes, including private passenger-type vehicles, trucks, tractors and trailers, insure individual vehicles, and commercial fleets; and homeowners policies, which provide coverage for homes, condominiums, and apartments for losses to a dwelling and its contents from various perils, and coverage for liability to others arising from ownership or occupancy. In addition, the company offers business owners policies that cover apartments and residential condominiums, restaurants, office condominiums, processing and services businesses, special trade contractors, and wholesalers. Further, it provides personal umbrella policies, which provide personal excess liability coverage over and above the limits of individual automobile, watercraft, and homeowner's insurance policies; and commercial umbrella and business owner policies, as well as underwrites dwelling fire insurance for non-owner-occupied residences. Additionally, the company offers inland marine coverage for homeowners and business owner policies, and watercraft coverage for small and medium sized pleasure crafts. It distributes its products through independent agents. The company was formerly known as Safety Holdings Inc and changed its name to Safety Insurance Group, Inc. in April 2002. Safety Insurance Group, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, Safety Insurance Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.45.

PE Ratio

Safety Insurance Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 25.67. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $25.67 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 6.35%.

Moving Average

Safety Insurance Group’s value is above its 50-day moving average of $81.26 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $79.89.

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6. ChoiceOne Financial Services (COFS) – Dividend Yield: 3.93%

ChoiceOne Financial Services’s last close was $27.47, 14.53% under its 52-week high of $32.14. Intraday change was 0.37%.

ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for ChoiceOne Bank that provides banking services to corporations, partnerships, and individuals in Michigan. The company offers various deposit products, including time, savings, and demand deposits, safe deposit, and automated transaction machine services. It also provides commercial lending products, such as business, industry, agricultural, construction, inventory, and real estate loans; and consumer loans comprising direct and indirect loans to consumers and purchasers of residential and real properties. In addition, the company offers alternative investment products, which include annuities and mutual funds; and sells insurance policies, such as life and health for commercial and consumer clients. Further, it provides trust and wealth management services. ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Sparta, Michigan.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, ChoiceOne Financial Services has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.99.

PE Ratio

ChoiceOne Financial Services has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 9.19. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $9.19 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 11.5%.

Yearly Top and Bottom Value

ChoiceOne Financial Services’s stock is valued at $27.47 at 10:15 EST, way below its 52-week high of $32.14 and way above its 52-week low of $15.84.

Growth Estimates Quarters

The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 8.8% and 12.9%, respectively.

Moving Average

ChoiceOne Financial Services’s worth is above its 50-day moving average of $27.12 and higher than its 200-day moving average of $26.38.

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7. CenterPoint Energy (CNP) – Dividend Yield: 2.99%

CenterPoint Energy’s last close was $26.77, 15.2% below its 52-week high of $31.57. Intraday change was -0.63%.

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. operates as a public utility holding company in the United States. The company operates through Electric, Natural Gas, and Midstream Investments segments. The Electric segment includes electric transmission and distribution services to electric customers and electric generation assets, as well as assets in the wholesale power market. The Natural Gas segment provides natural gas distribution services, as well as home appliance maintenance and repair services to customers in Minnesota; and home repair protection plans to natural gas customers in Texas and Louisiana through a third party. This segment also sells regulated intrastate natural gas, as well as natural gas transportation and storage services for residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation customers. The Midstream Investments segment provides natural gas and crude oil gathering, and natural gas processing services to its producer customers, as well as crude oil, condensate, and produced water gathering services to its producer and refiner customers; and interstate and intrastate natural gas pipeline transportation and storage services to its producer, power plant, local distribution company, and industrial end-user customers. As of December 31, 2020, it served approximately 2.6 million metered customers; owned 239 substation sites with a total installed rated transformer capacity of 69,915 megavolt amperes; operated approximately 99,000 linear miles of natural gas distribution mains, as well as 77,000 linear miles of natural gas transmission mains; and owned and operated 264 miles of intrastate pipeline in Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma. CenterPoint Energy, Inc. was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, CenterPoint Energy has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.62.

PE Ratio

CenterPoint Energy has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 16.52. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $16.52 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 10.15%.

Moving Average

CenterPoint Energy’s worth is below its 50-day moving average of $28.62 and below its 200-day moving average of $28.52.

Dividend Yield

As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Aug 15, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.8 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 2.99%.

Revenue Growth

Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 1.6%, now sitting on 8.57B for the twelve trailing months.

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8. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) – Dividend Yield: 2.52%

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store’s last close was $39.75, 52.41% below its 52-week high of $83.52. Intraday change was 0.18%.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. develops and operates the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store concept in the United States. The company's Cracker Barrel stores consist of a restaurant with a gift shop. Its restaurants serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner, as well as dine-in, pick-up, and delivery services. The company's gift shops comprise various decorative and functional items, such as rocking chairs, seasonal gifts, apparel, toys, cookware, and various other gift items, as well as various candies, preserves, and other food items. As of September 14, 2022, it operated 664 Cracker Barrel stores in 45 states. The company was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Lebanon, Tennessee.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.7.

PE Ratio

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 14.75. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $14.75 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 13.38%.

Yearly Top and Bottom Value

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store’s stock is valued at $39.82 at 10:15 EST, way below its 52-week high of $83.52 and higher than its 52-week low of $37.21.

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9. MDU Resources Group (MDU) – Dividend Yield: 2.06%

MDU Resources Group’s last close was $25.24, 7.55% under its 52-week high of $27.30. Intraday change was 0.16%.

MDU Resources Group, Inc. engages in regulated energy delivery, and construction materials and services businesses in the United States. The company's Electric segment generates, transmits, and distributes electricity for residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Its Natural Gas Distribution segment distributes natural gas for residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming; and offers supply related value-added services. The company's Pipeline segment provides natural gas transportation, underground storage, and gathering services through regulated and nonregulated pipeline systems primarily in the Rocky Mountain and northern Great Plains regions; and cathodic protection and other energy-related services. Its Construction Materials and Contracting segment mines, processes, and sells construction aggregates; produces and sells asphalt mix; and supplies ready-mixed concrete. This segment is also involved in the sale of cement, liquid asphalt, finished concrete products, and other building materials and related contracting services. The company's Construction Services segment designs, constructs, and maintains electrical and communication wiring and infrastructure, fire suppression systems, and mechanical piping and services; and overhead and underground electrical distribution and transmission lines, substations, external lighting, traffic signalization, and gas pipelines, as well as engages in the utility excavation activities. This segment also manufactures and distributes transmission line construction equipment; and constructs and maintains renewable energy projects. It serves manufacturing, commercial, industrial, institutional, and government customers, as well as utilities. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, MDU Resources Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.01.

PE Ratio

MDU Resources Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.56. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $12.56 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 14.34%.

Yearly Top and Bottom Value

MDU Resources Group’s stock is valued at $25.24 at 10:15 EST, below its 52-week high of $27.30 and way above its 52-week low of $18.04.

Growth Estimates Quarters

The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is a negative 7.9% and a negative 1.8%, respectively.

Dividend Yield

As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Sep 12, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.52 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 2.06%.

Volume

Today’s last reported volume for MDU Resources Group is 884151 which is 18.9% below its average volume of 1090240.

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