(VIANEWS) – ADT Corporation (ADT), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Saga Communications (SGA) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
We have collected information regarding stocks with the highest payout ratio up to now. 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. ADT Corporation (ADT)
73.68% Payout Ratio
ADT Inc. provides security and automation solutions for homes and businesses in the United States and Canada. It provides a range of fire detection, fire suppression, video surveillance, and access control systems to residential, commercial, and multi-site customers. The company primarily offers monitored security and automation solutions, including the installation and monitoring of security and premises automation systems designed to detect intrusion, control access, sense movement, smoke, fire, carbon monoxide, flooding, temperature, and other environmental conditions and hazards; and address personal emergencies such as injuries, medical emergencies, or incapacitation. It also provides interactive solutions that allow customers to use their smart phones, tablets, and laptops to arm and disarm their security systems, adjust lighting or thermostat levels, view real-time video of their premises, and program customizable schedules for the management of a range of smart home products. In addition, the company offers professional monitoring of third-party devices by enabling other companies to integrate solutions into its monitoring and billing platform. It provides its products under the ADT, ADT Pulse, Protection 1, ADT Commercial, and Blue by ADT names. As of December 31, 2019, ADT Inc. operated through a network of approximately 200 sales and service offices, 9 underwriter laboratories listed monitoring centers, 13 customer and field support locations, two national sales call centers, and two regional distribution centers. The company was formerly known as Prime Security Services Parent, Inc. and changed its name to ADT Inc. in September 2017. ADT Inc. was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, ADT Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.19.
PE Ratio
ADT Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 37.42. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $37.42 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 5.17%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for ADT Corporation is 1952690 which is 25.26% below its average volume of 2612760.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is 900% and 133.3%, respectively.
Sales Growth
ADT Corporation’s sales growth is 6.8% for the current quarter and 4.7% for the next.
Moving Average
ADT Corporation’s worth is way under its 50-day moving average of $8.10 and way under its 200-day moving average of $8.08.
2. Darden Restaurants (DRI)
63.72% Payout Ratio
Darden Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates full-service restaurants in the United States and Canada. As of May 29, 2022, it owned and operated 1,867 restaurants, which included 884 under the Olive Garden brand, 546 under the LongHorn Steakhouse brand name, 172 under the Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen brand, 85 under the Yard House brand name, 62 under The Capital Grille brand, 45 under the Seasons 52 brand name, 42 under the Bahama Breeze brand, 28 under the Eddie V's Prime Seafood brand name, and 3 under the Capital Burger brand; and franchised 60 restaurants comprising 35 under the Olive Garden brand, 18 under the LongHorn Steakhouse brand name, 4 under the Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen brand, 2 under The Capital Grille brand name, and 1 under the Bahama Breeze brand.Darden Restaurants, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is based in Orlando, Florida.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Darden Restaurants has a trailing twelve months EPS of $7.65.
PE Ratio
Darden Restaurants has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 20.15. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $20.15 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 39.91%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Darden Restaurants’s stock is valued at $154.13 at 02:23 EST, under its 52-week high of $155.90 and way above its 52-week low of $110.96.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Darden Restaurants is 723964 which is 43.7% below its average volume of 1286130.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 9.4%, now sitting on 9.98B for the twelve trailing months.
3. Saga Communications (SGA)
56.58% Payout Ratio
Saga Communications, Inc., a broadcast company, acquires, develops, and operates broadcast properties in the United States. The company's radio stations employ various programming formats, including classic hits, adult hits, top 40, country, country legends, mainstream/hot/soft adult contemporary, pure oldies, classic rock, and news/talk. As of February 28, 2022, it owned seventy-nine FM, thirty- four AM radio stations, and seventy-nine metro signals serving twenty-seven markets. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Saga Communications has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.52.
PE Ratio
Saga Communications has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 15.76. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $15.76 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 4.9%.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Mar 16, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 4.26%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Saga Communications’s EBITDA is 15.73.
4. Progressive Corporation (PGR)
42.37% Payout Ratio
The Progressive Corporation, an insurance holding company, provides personal and commercial auto, personal residential and commercial property, general liability, and other specialty property-casualty insurance products and related services in the United States. It operates in three segments: Personal Lines, Commercial Lines, and Property. The Personal Lines segment writes insurance for personal autos and recreational vehicles (RV). This segment's products include personal auto insurance; and special lines products, including insurance for motorcycles, ATVs, RVs, watercrafts, snowmobiles, and related products. The Commercial Lines segment provides auto-related primary liability and physical damage insurance, and business-related general liability and property insurance for autos, vans, pick-up trucks, and dump trucks used by small businesses; tractors, trailers, and straight trucks primarily used by regional general freight and expeditor-type businesses, and long-haul operators; dump trucks, log trucks, and garbage trucks used by dirt, sand and gravel, logging, and coal-type businesses; and tow trucks and wreckers used in towing services and gas/service station businesses; as well as non-fleet and airport taxis, and black-car services. The Property segment writes residential property insurance for homeowners, other property owners, and renters, as well as offers personal umbrella insurance, and primary and excess flood insurance. The company also offers policy issuance and claims adjusting services; and acts as an agent to homeowner general liability, workers' compensation insurance, and other products. In addition, it provides reinsurance services. The company sells its products through independent insurance agencies, as well as directly on Internet through mobile devices, and over the phone. The Progressive Corporation was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in Mayfield, Ohio.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Progressive Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $11.
PE Ratio
Progressive Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 13.59. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $13.59 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 4.23%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth declined by 69.2%, now sitting on 49.59B for the twelve trailing months.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is 51.8% and 60.4%, respectively.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Progressive Corporation’s stock is valued at $149.43 at 02:23 EST, above its 52-week high of $146.50.
Previous days news about Progressive Corporation (PGR)
- According to Zacks on Tuesday, 11 April, "The Progressive Corporation (PGR Quick QuotePGR – Free Report) is slated to report first-quarter 2023 earnings on Apr 13, before the opening bell. ", "The Progressive Corporation price-eps-surprise | The Progressive Corporation Quote"
