(VIANEWS) – PIMCO Income Strategy Fund Shares of Beneficial Interest (PFL), Donegal Group (DGICA), Flowers Foods (FLO) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
Here’s the data we’ve collected of stocks with a high payout ratio at the moment. The payout ratio in itself isn’t a guarantee of a future 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 is a list of some companies with an above 30% payout ratio.
1. PIMCO Income Strategy Fund Shares of Beneficial Interest (PFL)
296% Payout Ratio
PIMCO Income Strategy Fund is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC. The fund is co-managed by Pacific Investment Management Company LLC. It invests in fixed income markets across the globe. The fund invests in a diversified portfolio of floating rate debt instruments with an average duration of around three years. It employs fundamental analysis with top-down approach to create its portfolio. The fund was formerly known as PIMCO Floating Rate Income Fund. PIMCO Income Strategy Fund was formed on June 19, 2003 and is domiciled in the United States.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, PIMCO Income Strategy Fund Shares of Beneficial Interest has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.33.
PE Ratio
PIMCO Income Strategy Fund Shares of Beneficial Interest has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 25.73. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $25.73 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 4.46%.
Moving Average
PIMCO Income Strategy Fund Shares of Beneficial Interest’s worth is higher than its 50-day moving average of $8.25 and higher than its 200-day moving average of $8.00.
2. Donegal Group (DGICA)
216.13% Payout Ratio
Donegal Group Inc., an insurance holding company, provides personal and commercial lines of property and casualty insurance to businesses and individuals in the Mid-Atlantic, Midwestern, New England, and southern states. It operates through four segments: Investment Function, Personal Lines of Insurance, and Commercial Lines of Insurance. The company offers private passenger automobile policies that provide protection against liability for bodily injury and property damage arising from automobile accidents, as well as protection against loss from damage to automobiles. It also offers homeowners policies, which provide coverage for damage to residences and their contents from a range of perils, including fire, lightning, windstorm, and theft; and liability of the insured arising from injury to other persons or their property. In addition, the company offers commercial automobile policies that provide protection against liability for bodily injury and property damage arising from automobile accidents and protection against loss from damage to automobiles owned by the insured; commercial multi-peril policies that provide protection to businesses against various perils, primarily combining liability and physical damage coverages; and workers' compensation policies, which provide benefits to employees for injuries sustained during employment. The company markets its insurance products through a network of approximately 2,400 independent insurance agencies. Donegal Group Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Marietta, Pennsylvania.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Donegal Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.31.
PE Ratio
Donegal Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 44.32. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $44.32 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 2.07%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 100% and 82.4%, respectively.
Dividend Yield
As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Jan 30, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.68 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 4.95%.
Sales Growth
Donegal Group’s sales growth is 4.7% for the ongoing quarter and 5.1% for the next.
3. Flowers Foods (FLO)
140.63% Payout Ratio
Flowers Foods, Inc. produces and markets packaged bakery products in the United States. It offers fresh breads, buns, rolls, snack cakes, and tortillas, as well as frozen breads and rolls under the Nature's Own, Dave's Killer Bread, Wonder, Canyon Bakehouse, Mrs. Freshley's, and Tastykake brand names. The company distributes its products through a direct-store-delivery distribution and a warehouse delivery system, as well as operates 46 bakeries comprising 44 owned and two leased. Its customers include mass merchandisers, supermarkets and other retailers, convenience stores, national and regional restaurants, quick-serve chains, retail in-store bakeries, foodservice distributors, food wholesalers, institutions, dollar stores, and vending companies. The company was formerly known as Flowers Industries and changed its name to Flowers Foods, Inc. in 2001. Flowers Foods, Inc. was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Flowers Foods has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.64.
PE Ratio
Flowers Foods has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 35.43. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $35.43 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 9.71%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Flowers Foods’s EBITDA is 1.21.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter is a negative 8.7% and positive 5.3% for the next.
Moving Average
Flowers Foods’s worth is higher than its 50-day moving average of $21.95 and under its 200-day moving average of $23.84.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Flowers Foods is 390317 which is 68.64% below its average volume of 1245010.
4. AECOM (ACM)
88.89% Payout Ratio
AECOM, together with its subsidiaries, engages in designing, building, financing, and operating infrastructure assets worldwide. It operates through four segments: Design and Consulting Services (DCS), Construction Services (CS), Management Services (MS), and AECOM Capital (ACAP). The DCS segment offers planning, consulting, architectural and engineering design, program management, and construction management services for industrial, commercial, institutional, and government clients, including the transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, and water markets. The CS segment provides building construction and energy, as well as infrastructure and industrial construction services. The MS segment offers program and facilities management and maintenance, training, logistics, consulting, technical assistance, and systems integration and information technology services primarily for agencies of the United States government and other national governments. The ACAP segment invests in and develops real estate projects. The company was formerly known as AECOM Technology Corporation and changed its name to AECOM in January 2015. AECOM was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, AECOM has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.81.
PE Ratio
AECOM has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 109.6. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $109.6 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 6.31%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
AECOM’s EBITDA is 91.34.
5. FMC Corporation (FMC)
49.36% Payout Ratio
FMC Corporation, an agricultural sciences company, provides crop protection, plant health, and professional pest and turf management products. It develops, markets, and sells crop protection chemicals that include insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides; and biologicals, crop nutrition, and seed treatment products, which are used in agriculture to enhance crop yield and quality by controlling a range of insects, weeds, and diseases, as well as in non-agricultural markets for pest control. The company markets its products through its own sales organization and through alliance partners, independent distributors, and sales representatives. It operates in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. FMC Corporation was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, FMC Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.7.
PE Ratio
FMC Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.16. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $12.16 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 18.45%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
FMC Corporation’s stock is valued at $57.17 at 13:23 EST, way below its 52-week high of $133.37 and way higher than its 52-week low of $49.49.
Dividend Yield
As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Dec 27, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 2.32 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 4.01%.
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Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, 1 has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.
PE Ratio
1 has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 1. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $1 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%.
Volatility
1’s last week, last month’s, and last quarter’s current intraday variation average was 1.00%, 1.00%, and 1.00%.
1’s highest amplitude of average volatility was 1.00% (last week), 1.00% (last month), and 1.00% (last quarter).
Sales Growth
1’s sales growth is 1% for the current quarter and 1% for the next.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for 1 is 1 which is 1% above its average volume of 1.
