(VIANEWS) – U.S. Energy Corp. (USEG), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Xcel Energy (XEL) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
We have congregated information regarding stocks with the highest payout ratio up until 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 distribute 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. U.S. Energy Corp. (USEG)
180% Payout Ratio
U.S. Energy Corp., an independent energy company, focuses on the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and natural gas properties in the United States. It holds interests in various oil and gas properties in the Williston Basin in North Dakota, the Permian Basin in New Mexico, the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, and in the Gulf Coast of Texas. As of December 31, 2020, the company had an estimated proved reserves of 1,255,236 barrel of oil equivalent; and 134 gross producing wells. U.S. Energy Corp. was founded in 1966 and is based in Houston, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, U.S. Energy Corp. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.05.
PE Ratio
U.S. Energy Corp. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 28.8. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $28.8 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 1.53%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
U.S. Energy Corp.’s EBITDA is 38.4.
2. Greenbrier Companies (GBX)
62.07% Payout Ratio
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets railroad freight car equipment in North America, Europe, and South America. It operates through three segments: Manufacturing; Maintenance Services; and Leasing & Management Services. The Manufacturing segment offers conventional railcars, such as covered hopper cars, boxcars, and center partition cars; tank cars; double-stack intermodal railcars; auto-max and multi-max products for the transportation of light vehicles; pressurized tank cars, non-pressurized tank cars, flat cars, coil cars, gondolas, sliding wall cars, intermodal cars, hoppers and automobile transporter cars; and marine vessels. The Maintenance Services segment provides wheel services, including reconditioning of wheels and axles, new axle machining and finishing, and downsizing; operates a railcar repair, refurbishment, and maintenance network; and reconditions and manufactures railcar cushioning units, couplers, yokes, side frames, bolsters, and various other parts, as well as produces roofs, doors, and associated parts for boxcars. The Leasing & Management Services segment offers operating leases and per diem leases for a fleet of approximately 12,200 railcars; and management services comprising railcar maintenance management, railcar accounting services, fleet management and logistics, administration, and railcar re-marketing. This segment provides management services to a fleet of approximately 408,000 railcars for railroads, shippers, carriers, institutional investors, and other leasing and transportation companies. It serves railroads, leasing companies, financial institutions, shippers, carriers, and transportation companies. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Greenbrier Companies has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.74.
PE Ratio
Greenbrier Companies has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 24.82. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $24.82 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 5.23%.
Moving Average
Greenbrier Companies’s worth is way higher than its 50-day moving average of $30.98 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $31.21.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 30.8%, now sitting on 3.88B for the twelve trailing months.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 60% and 1280%, respectively.
3. Xcel Energy (XEL)
61.38% Payout Ratio
Xcel Energy Inc., through its subsidiaries, generates, purchases, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity. It operates through Regulated Electric Utility, Regulated Natural Gas Utility, and All Other segments. The company generates electricity through coal, nuclear, natural gas, hydroelectric, solar, biomass, oil, wood/refuse, and wind energy sources. It also purchases, transports, distributes, and sells natural gas to retail customers, as well as transports customer-owned natural gas. In addition, the company develops and leases natural gas pipelines, and storage and compression facilities; and invests in rental housing projects, as well as procures equipment for the construction of renewable generation facilities. It serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the portions of Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin. The company was incorporated in 1909 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Xcel Energy has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.29.
PE Ratio
Xcel Energy has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 19.76. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $19.76 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 10.9%.
Previous days news about Xcel Energy (XEL)
- Xcel energy (xel) to report Q2 earnings: what's in the cards?. According to Zacks on Friday, 21 July, "Our proven model does not conclusively predict an earnings beat for Xcel Energy this time around. "
4. ASML Holding (ASML)
30.62% Payout Ratio
ASML Holding N.V. develops, produces, markets, sells, and services advanced semiconductor equipment systems consisting of lithography, metrology, and inspection systems for memory and logic chipmakers. The company provides extreme ultraviolet lithography systems; and deep ultraviolet lithography systems comprising immersion and dry lithography solutions to manufacture various range of semiconductor nodes and technologies. It also offers metrology and inspection systems, including YieldStar optical metrology solutions to assess the quality of patterns on the wafers; and HMI e-beam solutions to locate and analyze individual chip defects. In addition, the company provides computational lithography and lithography process and control software solutions; and refurbishes and upgrades older lithography systems, as well as offers customer support and associated services. It operates in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, China, rest of Asia, the Netherlands, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the United States. The company was formerly known as ASM Lithography Holding N.V. and changed its name to ASML Holding N.V. in 2001. ASML Holding N.V. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, ASML Holding has a trailing twelve months EPS of $21.03.
PE Ratio
ASML Holding has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 33.02. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $33.02 for every dollar of annual earnings.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
ASML Holding’s stock is valued at $694.38 at 08:23 EST, way under its 52-week high of $771.98 and way higher than its 52-week low of $363.15.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for ASML Holding is 1168130 which is 12.62% above its average volume of 1037210.
Dividend Yield
As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Apr 30, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 9.96 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.47%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 4.6% and 10.5%, respectively.
