(VIANEWS) – Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN), Citizens & Northern Corp (CZNC), American Water Works (AWK) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
Here’s the data we’ve collected of stocks with a high payout ratio up until now. 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 investigating 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. Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)
84.68% Payout Ratio
Main Street Capital Corporation is a principal investment firm that primarily provides equity capital to lower middle market companies and debt capital to middle market companies. Main Street's portfolio investments are typically made to support management buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings, refinancings and acquisitions of companies that operate in diverse industry sectors. Main Street seeks to partner with entrepreneurs, business owners and management teams and generally provides "one stop" financing alternatives within its lower middle market portfolio. Main Street's lower middle market companies generally have annual revenues between $10 million and $150 million. Main Street's middle market debt investments are made in businesses that are generally larger in size than its lower middle market portfolio companies.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Main Street Capital Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.33.
PE Ratio
Main Street Capital Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 11.47. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $11.47 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 12.65%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Main Street Capital Corporation’s EBITDA is 10.01.
2. Citizens & Northern Corp (CZNC)
67.07% Payout Ratio
Citizens & Northern Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Citizens & Northern Bank that provides a range of banking and mortgage services to individual and corporate customers in North Central Pennsylvania and Southern New York. The company offers deposit products, including various types of checking accounts, passbook and statement savings accounts, money market accounts, interest checking accounts, individual retirement accounts, and certificates of deposits. It also provides lending products comprising mortgage loans, commercial loans, and consumer loans, as well as commercial letters-of-credit. In addition, the company offers trust and financial management services consisting of administration of trusts and estates, retirement plans, and other employee benefit plans; investment management services; and a range of personal and commercial insurance products, as well as mutual funds, annuities, educational savings accounts, and other investment products through registered agents. Further, it reinsures credit and mortgage, life and accident, and health insurance products. The company operates 29 banking offices in Bradford, Bucks, Cameron, Chester, Lycoming, McKean, Potter, Sullivan and Tioga Counties in Pennsylvania, as well as Steuben County in New York; and loan production offices in Elmira, New York and York, and Pennsylvania. Citizens & Northern Corporation was founded in 1864 and is based in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Citizens & Northern Corp has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.67.
PE Ratio
Citizens & Northern Corp has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 11.72. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $11.72 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 9.77%.
Moving Average
Citizens & Northern Corp’s worth is above its 50-day moving average of $19.42 and way below its 200-day moving average of $22.19.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 5.9%, now sitting on 101.79M for the twelve trailing months.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Citizens & Northern Corp’s stock is valued at $19.58 at 02:23 EST, way under its 52-week high of $25.77 and way above its 52-week low of $16.71.
3. American Water Works (AWK)
57.58% Payout Ratio
American Water Works Company, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides water and wastewater services in the United States. It offers water and wastewater services to approximately 1,600 communities in 14 states serving approximately 3.4 million active customers. The company serves residential customers; commercial customers, including food and beverage providers, commercial property developers and proprietors, and energy suppliers; fire service and private fire customers; industrial customers, such as large-scale manufacturers, mining, and production operations; public authorities comprising government buildings and other public sector facilities, such as schools and universities; and other utilities and community water and wastewater systems. It also provides water and wastewater services on various military installations; and undertakes contracts with municipal customers, primarily to operate and manage water and wastewater facilities, as well as offers other related services. In addition, the company operates approximately 80 surface water treatment plants; 490 groundwater treatment plants; 175 wastewater treatment plants; 53,500 miles of transmission, distribution, and collection mains and pipes; 1,100 groundwater wells; 1,700 water and wastewater pumping stations; 1,100 treated water storage facilities; and 73 dams. It serves approximately 14 million people with drinking water, wastewater, and other related services in 24 states. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Camden, New Jersey.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, American Water Works has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.61.
PE Ratio
American Water Works has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 30.61. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $30.61 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 9.78%.
Moving Average
American Water Works’s worth is under its 50-day moving average of $146.16 and under its 200-day moving average of $146.14.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for American Water Works is 430561 which is 52.58% below its average volume of 908006.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 11.4%, now sitting on 3.89B for the twelve trailing months.
4. FMC Corporation (FMC)
34.37% 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 $6.46.
PE Ratio
FMC Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 16.37. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $16.37 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 24.92%.
Moving Average
FMC Corporation’s value is below its 50-day moving average of $111.98 and way under its 200-day moving average of $119.56.
