(VIANEWS) – PCM Fund (PCM), Blackrock MuniYield New York Quality FundCommon Stock (MYN), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
We have congregated information concerning 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. PCM Fund (PCM)
200% Payout Ratio
PCM Fund Inc. 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 seeks to invest in fixed income markets. The fund invests primarily in commercial mortgage-backed securities. It employs fundamental analysis with a focus on top down stock picking approach to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against Barclay's CMBS Investment Grade Index. PCM Fund Inc was formed on September 2, 1993 and is domiciled in the United States.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, PCM Fund has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.48.
PE Ratio
PCM Fund has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 17.69. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $17.69 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 6.77%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
PCM Fund’s stock is valued at $8.49 at 14:23 EST, way under its 52-week high of $10.20 and way above its 52-week low of $6.88.
Dividend Yield
As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on May 10, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.96 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 11.39%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth declined by 15.6%, now sitting on 13.41M for the twelve trailing months.
2. Blackrock MuniYield New York Quality FundCommon Stock (MYN)
112.46% Payout Ratio
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc. is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. It is managed by BlackRock Advisors, LLC. The fund invests in fixed income markets. It invests primarily in a portfolio of long-term investment grade municipal bonds exempt from federal income taxes and New York State and New York City personal income taxes. BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc was formed on March 16, 1992 and is domiciled in United States.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Blackrock MuniYield New York Quality FundCommon Stock has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.37.
PE Ratio
Blackrock MuniYield New York Quality FundCommon Stock has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 27.57. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $27.57 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 2.64%.
3. Safety Insurance Group (SAFT)
103.45% Payout Ratio
Safety Insurance Group, Inc. provides private passenger and commercial automobile, and homeowner insurance in the United States. The company's private passenger automobile policies offer coverage for bodily injury and property damage to others, no-fault personal injury coverage for the insured/insured's car occupants, and physical damage coverage for an insured's own vehicle for collision or other perils. It also provides commercial automobile policies that offer insurance for commercial vehicles used for business purposes, including private passenger-type vehicles, trucks, tractors and trailers, insure individual vehicles, and commercial fleets; and homeowners policies, which provide coverage for homes, condominiums, and apartments for losses to a dwelling and its contents from various perils, and coverage for liability to others arising from ownership or occupancy. In addition, the company offers business owners policies that cover apartments and residential condominiums, restaurants, office condominiums, processing and services businesses, special trade contractors, and wholesalers. Further, it provides personal umbrella policies, which provide personal excess liability coverage over and above the limits of individual automobile, watercraft, and homeowner's insurance policies; and commercial umbrella and business owner policies, as well as underwrites dwelling fire insurance for non-owner-occupied residences. Additionally, the company offers inland marine coverage for homeowners and business owner policies, and watercraft coverage for small and medium sized pleasure crafts. It distributes its products through independent agents. The company was formerly known as Safety Holdings Inc and changed its name to Safety Insurance Group, Inc. in April 2002. Safety Insurance Group, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Safety Insurance Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.48.
PE Ratio
Safety Insurance Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 21.86. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $21.86 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 6.37%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 25.5%, now sitting on 985.43M for the twelve trailing months.
4. Amdocs Limited (DOX)
40% Payout Ratio
Amdocs Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides software and services worldwide. The company designs, develops, operates, implements, supports, and markets open and modular cloud portfolio. It provides CES21, a 5G and cloud-native microservices-based market-leading customer experience suite, that enables service providers to build, deliver, and monetize advanced services; the Commerce and Care suite for order capture, handling, and customer engagement; the Monetization suite for charging, billing, policy, and revenue management; Intelligent Networking suite with a set of modular, flexible, and open service lifecycle management capabilities for network automation journeys; MarketONE, a cloud-native business ecosystem; Digital Brands Suite, a pre-integrated digital business suite for digital telecom brands and small-scale service providers; and eSIM Cloud for service providers. It also offers AI-powered, cloud-native, and home operating systems; data intelligence solutions and applications; media services for media publishers, TV networks, and video streaming and service providers; end-to-end application development and maintenance services; and ongoing services. In addition, the company provides a line of services designed for various stages of a service provider's lifecycle includes design, delivery, quality engineering, operations, systems integration, mobile network services, consulting, and content services; managed services comprising application development, modernization and maintenance, IT and infrastructure services, testing and professional services that are designed to assist customers in the selection, implementation, operation, management, and maintenance of IT systems. It serves to the communications, cable and satellite, entertainment, and media industry service providers, as well as mobile virtual network operators and directory publishers. Amdocs Limited was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Amdocs Limited has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.46.
PE Ratio
Amdocs Limited has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 17.71. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $17.71 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 14.71%.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Jun 28, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.92 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 2.43%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 1.8%, now sitting on 4.97B for the twelve trailing months.
5. Methode Electronics (MEI)
36.36% Payout Ratio
Methode Electronics, Inc. designs, engineers, and produces mechatronic products worldwide. It operates through four segments: Automotive, Industrial, Interface, and Medical. The Automotive segment supplies electronic and electro-mechanical devices, and related products to automobile original equipment manufacturers directly or through their tiered suppliers. Its products include integrated center consoles, hidden and ergonomic switches, transmission lead-frames, complex insert molded solutions, LED-based lighting solutions, and sensors, which incorporate magneto-elastic sensing, eddy current, or other sensing technologies that monitor the operation or status of a component or system. The Industrial segment manufactures external lighting solutions comprising driving, work, and signal lights; industrial safety radio remote controls; braided flexible cables; current-carrying laminated and powder-coated busbars; high-voltage high current connector and contracts; custom power-product assemblies, such as PowerRail solution; and high-current low-voltage flexible power cabling systems that are used in aerospace, cloud computing, commercial vehicles, construction equipment, industrial, military, power conversion, and transportation markets and applications. The Interface segment provides various copper-based transceivers and related accessories for the cloud computing hardware equipment and telecommunications broadband equipment markets; user interface solutions for the appliance, commercial food service, and point-of-sale equipment markets; and fluid-level sensors for the marine/recreational vehicle and sump pump markets. The Medical segment offers Dabir Surfaces, a surface support technology aimed at pressure injury prevention for use by patients who are immobilized or otherwise at risk for pressure injuries, including patients undergoing long-duration surgical procedures. Methode Electronics, Inc. was incorporated in 1946 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Methode Electronics has a trailing twelve months EPS of $-1.63.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is negative -6.51%.
Previous days news about Methode Electronics (MEI)
- According to Zacks on Tuesday, 11 June, "Meanwhile, these companies will be shuffled to the S&P SmallCap 600, replacing Methode Electronics (MEI), Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT), Northfield Bancorp (NFBK), Xperi (XPER), Resources Connection (RGP) and ATN International (ATNI)."
6. Cathay General Bancorp (CATY)
30.09% Payout Ratio
Cathay General Bancorp operates as the holding company for Cathay Bank that offers various commercial banking products and services to individuals, professionals, and small to medium-sized businesses in the United States. The company offers various deposit products, including passbook accounts, checking accounts, money market deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts, and public funds deposits. It also provides loan products, such as commercial mortgage loans, commercial loans, small business administration loans, residential mortgage loans, real estate construction loans, and home equity lines of credit, as well as installment loans to individuals for household, and other consumer expenditures. In addition, the company offers trade financing, letter of credit, wire transfer, forward currency spot and forward contract, traveler's check, safe deposit, night deposit, social security payment deposit, collection, bank-by-mail, drive-up and walk-up window, automatic teller machine, Internet banking, investment, and other customary bank services, as well as securities and insurance products. As of March 1, 2022, it operated 31 branches in Southern California, 16 branches in Northern California, 10 branches in New York, four branches in Washington, two branches in Illinois, and two branches in Texas, as well as one branch each in Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, and New Jersey, and Hong Kong; and a representative office each in Beijing, Taipei, and Shanghai. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Cathay General Bancorp has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.52.
PE Ratio
Cathay General Bancorp has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 8.15. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $8.15 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 12.39%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Cathay General Bancorp is 334888 which is 10.4% below its average volume of 373790.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth declined by 12.7%, now sitting on 758.76M for the twelve trailing months.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on May 30, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.36 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 3.69%.
Sales Growth
Cathay General Bancorp’s sales growth for the next quarter is negative 5.5%.
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1% Payout Ratio
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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%.
