(VIANEWS) – Gap (GPS), International Business Machines (IBM), Agree Realty Corporation (ADC) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
We have gathered information regarding stocks with the highest payout ratio as yet. 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 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. Gap (GPS)
380% Payout Ratio
The Gap, Inc. operates as an apparel retail company. The company offers apparel, accessories, and personal care products for men, women, and children under the Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta brands. Its products include denim, tees, fleece, and khakis; eyewear, jewelry, shoes, handbags, and fragrances; and fitness and lifestyle products for use in yoga, training, sports, travel, and everyday activities for women and girls. The company offers its products through company-operated stores, franchise stores, Websites, third-party arrangements, and catalogs. It has franchise agreements with unaffiliated franchisees to operate Old Navy, Gap, Athleta, and Banana Republic stores and websites in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. The company also provides its products through e-commerce sites. The Gap, Inc. was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Gap has a trailing twelve months EPS of $-1.78.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 2.05%.
Dividend Yield
As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Jan 2, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.6 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 4.49%.
Sales Growth
Gap’s sales growth for the current quarter is negative 3.7%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Gap is 5404940 which is 23.47% below its average volume of 7062620.
Moving Average
Gap’s worth is above its 50-day moving average of $13.06 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $11.07.
2. International Business Machines (IBM)
337.95% Payout Ratio
International Business Machines Corporation provides integrated solutions and services worldwide. The company operates through four business segments: Software, Consulting, Infrastructure, and Financing. The Software segment offers hybrid cloud platform and software solutions, such as Red Hat, an enterprise open-source solutions; software for business automation, AIOps and management, integration, and application servers; data and artificial intelligence solutions; and security software and services for threat, data, and identity. This segment also provides transaction processing software that supports clients' mission-critical and on-premise workloads in banking, airlines, and retail industries. The Consulting segment offers business transformation services, including strategy, business process design and operations, data and analytics, and system integration services; technology consulting services; and application and cloud platform services. The Infrastructure segment provides on-premises and cloud-based server and storage solutions for its clients' mission-critical and regulated workloads; and support services and solutions for hybrid cloud infrastructure, as well as remanufacturing and remarketing services for used equipment. The Financing segment offers lease, installment payment, loan financing, and short-term working capital financing services. The company was formerly known as Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. International Business Machines Corporation was incorporated in 1911 and is headquartered in Armonk, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, International Business Machines has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.98.
PE Ratio
International Business Machines has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 22.06. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $22.06 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 8.69%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
International Business Machines’s stock is valued at $131.85 at 01:23 EST, way under its 52-week high of $153.21 and way above its 52-week low of $115.55.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 412.3%, now sitting on 60.53B for the twelve trailing months.
Sales Growth
International Business Machines’s sales growth is 1.1% for the ongoing quarter and 1.4% for the next.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Feb 8, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 6.6 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 4.93%.
3. Agree Realty Corporation (ADC)
153.28% Payout Ratio
Agree Realty Corporation is a publicly traded real estate investment trust primarily engaged in the acquisition and development of properties net leased to industry-leading retail tenants. As of June 30, 2020, the Company owned and operated a portfolio of 936 properties, located in 46 states and containing approximately 18.4 million square feet of gross leasable area. The common stock of Agree Realty Corporation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ADC".
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Agree Realty Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.83.
PE Ratio
Agree Realty Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 40.87. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $40.87 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 3.8%.
4. Merck (MRK)
49.04% Payout Ratio
Merck & Co., Inc. operates as a healthcare company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Pharmaceutical and Animal Health. The Pharmaceutical segment offers human health pharmaceutical products in the areas of oncology, hospital acute care, immunology, neuroscience, virology, cardiovascular, and diabetes, as well as vaccine products, such as preventive pediatric, adolescent, and adult vaccines. The Animal Health segment discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and health management solutions and services, as well as digitally connected identification, traceability, and monitoring products. It serves drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, and government agencies; managed health care providers, such as health maintenance organizations, pharmacy benefit managers, and other institutions; and physicians and physician distributors, veterinarians, and animal producers. The company has collaborations with AstraZeneca PLC; Bayer AG; Eisai Co., Ltd.; Ridgeback Biotherapeutics; and Gilead Sciences, Inc. to jointly develop and commercialize long-acting treatments in HIV. Merck & Co., Inc. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Kenilworth, New Jersey.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Merck has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.77.
PE Ratio
Merck has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 39.47. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $39.47 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 35.1%.
5. ITT Educational Services (ESI)
44.44% Payout Ratio
Element Solutions Inc operates as a specialty chemicals company in the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Electronics, and Industrial & Specialty. The Electronics segment researches, formulates, and sells specialty chemicals and materials for various types of electronics hardware products. This segment also supplies solder technologies, fluxes, cleaners, and other attachment materials for the electronics assembly industry; proprietary liquid chemical processes to manufacture printed circuit boards; and advanced copper interconnects, die attachment, wafer bump processes, and photomask technologies for integrated circuit fabrication and semiconductor packaging. It primarily serves mobile communications, computers, automobiles, and aerospace equipment industries. The Industrial & Specialty segment provides industrial solutions, which include chemical systems that protect and decorate metal and plastic surfaces; consumable chemicals that enable printing image transfer on flexible packaging materials; and chemistries used in water-based hydraulic control fluids for offshore energy production applications. It serves aerospace, automotive, construction, consumer electronics, consumer packaged goods, and oil and gas production end markets. The company was formerly known as Platform Specialty Products Corporation and changed its name to Element Solutions Inc in January 2019. Element Solutions Inc was founded in 1785 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, ITT Educational Services has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.6.
PE Ratio
ITT Educational Services has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 33.44. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $33.44 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 7.44%.
6. Lakeland Bancorp (LBAI)
35.48% Payout Ratio
Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Lakeland Bank that provides various banking products and services for individuals and small to medium sized businesses. The company offers commercial banking services, including savings, money market, and time accounts, as well as demand deposits; lending solutions, such as short and medium term loans, lines of credit, letters of credit, inventory and accounts receivable financing, real estate construction loans, mortgage loans, small business administration loans, commercial real estate loans, commercial and industrial loans, and equipment financing, as well as merchant credit card services; and internet banking, mobile banking, wire transfer, night depository, and cash management services. It also provides consumer banking services comprising checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, secured and unsecured loans, consumer installment loans, mortgage loans, and safe deposit services. In addition, the company offers investment advisory services; and non-deposit products, which include securities brokerage services, including mutual funds and variable annuities, as well as commercial title insurance services and life insurance products. It operates 48 branch offices throughout Bergen, Essex, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, and Union counties in New Jersey and Highland Mills, New York; six New Jersey regional commercial lending centers in Bernardsville, Iselin, Jackson, Montville, Teaneck, and Waldwick; and one commercial lending center in New York to serve the Hudson Valley region. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Oak Ridge, New Jersey.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Lakeland Bancorp has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.34.
PE Ratio
Lakeland Bancorp has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 14.64. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $14.64 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 9.49%.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Aug 4, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.58 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 3.34%.
Moving Average
Lakeland Bancorp’s value is higher than its 50-day moving average of $18.24 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $16.65.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Lakeland Bancorp’s stock is valued at $19.62 at 01:23 EST, under its 52-week high of $19.88 and way above its 52-week low of $13.91.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 18%, now sitting on 286.61M for the twelve trailing months.
