(VIANEWS) - One Liberty Properties (OLP), Village Super Market (VLGEA), CenterPoint Energy (CNP) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
We have collected information regarding 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 distribute 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. One Liberty Properties (OLP)
96.26% Payout Ratio
One Liberty is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust incorporated in Maryland in 1982. The Company acquires, owns and manages a geographically diversified portfolio consisting primarily of industrial, retail, restaurant, health and fitness and theater properties. Many of these properties are subject to long term net leases under which the tenant is typically responsible for the property's real estate taxes, insurance and ordinary maintenance and repairs.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, One Liberty Properties has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.88.
PE Ratio
One Liberty Properties has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.5. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $12.5 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 12.86%.2. Village Super Market (VLGEA)
54.35% Payout Ratio
Village Super Market, Inc. manages a network of grocery stores in the United States. The stores have specialty sections such as a bakery on site, a expanded delicatessen and a variety of natural and organic food, prepared foods and ethnic foods. It operates 30 ShopRite grocery stores, five Fairway Markets and three Gourmet Garage specialty markets in New Jersey and New York. Village Super Market, Inc. is located in Springfield, New Jersey.
Earnings per Share
Village Super Market's trailing 12 month EPS is $1.84.
PE Ratio
Village Super Market's trailing 12-month price-to-earnings ratio is 12.25. The purchaser of the shares is investing $12.25 per dollar in annual earnings.
For the 12 trailing months, the company's return-on-equity, which is an indicator of the business' profitability relative to shareholders' equity, was 7.52%.3. CenterPoint Energy (CNP)
48.25% Payout Ratio
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
CenterPoint Energy's trailing 12 months EPS is $1.43.
PE Ratio
CenterPoint Energy's trailing 12 months earnings to price ratio is 21.25. The purchaser of the shares is therefore investing $21.25 per dollar in annual earnings.
For the 12 trailing months, the company's return-on-equity, which is an indicator of the business' profitability relative to shareholders' equity, was 10.9%.Sales Growth
CenterPoint Energy's sales growth is negative 14.3% for the ongoing quarter and negative 0.3% for the next.
Growth Estimates Quarters
For the current quarter, the company expects a decline of 16.7% in growth and an increase of 8.5% the following quarter.4. Axis Capital Holdings Limited (AXS)
42.16% Payout Ratio
AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides various specialty insurance and reinsurance products worldwide. It operates through two segments, Insurance and Reinsurance. The Insurance segment offers property insurance products for commercial buildings, residential premises, construction projects, and onshore energy installations; marine insurance products covering offshore energy, cargo, liability, recreational marine, fine art, specie, and hull war; and terrorism, aviation, credit and political risk, and liability insurance products. It also provides professional insurance products that cover directors' and officers' liability, errors and omissions liability, employment practices liability, fiduciary liability, crime, professional indemnity, cyber and privacy, medical malpractice, and other financial insurance related coverages for commercial enterprises, financial institutions, not-for-profit organizations, and other professional service providers. In addition, this segment offers accidental death, travel, and specialty health products for employer and affinity groups. The Reinsurance segment offers reinsurance products to insurance companies, including catastrophe reinsurance products; property reinsurance products covering property damage and related losses resulting from natural and man-made perils; professional lines; credit and surety; and motor liability products. This segment also provides agriculture reinsurance products; coverages for various types of construction risks and risks related to erection, testing, and commissioning of machinery and plants during the construction stage; marine and aviation reinsurance products; and personal accident, specialty health, accidental death, travel, life and disability reinsurance products. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Axis Capital Holdings Limited has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.08.
PE Ratio
Axis Capital Holdings Limited has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 14.01. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $14.01 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 7.84%.