(VIANEWS) – Spok Holdings (SPOK), Permian Basin Royalty Trust (PBT), Dorchester Minerals, L.P. (DMLP) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
We have collected information concerning 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 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. Spok Holdings (SPOK)
114.68% Payout Ratio
Spok Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, Spok, Inc., provides healthcare communication solutions in the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia, Asia, and the Middle East. It offers Spok Healthcare Console that helps operators perform directory searches and code calls, as well as messaging and paging; Spok Web-Based Directory that enables staff to send messages from the directory; Spok Web-Based On-Call Scheduling, which keeps personnel, calendars, and on-call scheduling information updated; Spok Speech to process routine phone requests, including transfers, directory assistance, messaging, and paging; and Spok Call Recording and Quality Management, which records, monitors, and scores operators' conversations. The company also provides Spok Mobile for secure code alerts, patient updates, results, consult requests, and other services; Spok Device Preference Engine, which facilitates voice conversations among doctors and caregivers; Spok pc/psap that integrates the phone system, mapping systems, and other resources to speed emergency dispatch; and Spok Enterprise Alert, which directs emergency personnel to caller's location. In addition, it sells devices to resellers who lease or resell them to their subscribers; and ancillary services, such as voicemail and equipment loss or maintenance protection, as well as provides a suite of professional services, and software license updates and product support services. The company serves businesses, professionals, management personnel, medical personnel, field sales personnel and service forces, members of the construction industry and construction trades, real estate brokers and developers, sales and services organizations, specialty trade organizations, manufacturing organizations, and government agencies. The company was formerly known as USA Mobility, Inc. and changed its name to Spok Holdings, Inc. in July 2014. Spok Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Springfield, Virginia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Spok Holdings has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.08.
PE Ratio
Spok Holdings has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 8.86. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $8.86 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 12.64%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Spok Holdings is 213621 which is 11.34% above its average volume of 191858.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth declined by 3.7%, now sitting on 134.53M for the twelve trailing months.
2. Permian Basin Royalty Trust (PBT)
99.89% Payout Ratio
Permian Basin Royalty Trust, an express trust, holds overriding royalty interests in various oil and gas properties in the United States. The company owns a 75% net overriding royalty interest in the Waddell Ranch properties comprising Dune, Judkins, McKnight, Tubb, Devonian, and Waddell fields located in Crane County, Texas. As of December 31, 2019, the Waddell Ranch properties contained 332 net productive oil wells, 106 net productive gas wells, and 120 net injection wells. The company also holds a 95% net overriding royalty in the Texas Royalty properties, which consist of various producing oil fields, such as Yates, Wasson, Sand Hills, East Texas, Kelly-Snyder, Panhandle Regular, N. Cowden, Todd, Keystone, Kermit, McElroy, Howard-Glasscock, Seminole, and others located in 33 counties in Texas. The Texas Royalty properties comprised approximately 125 separate royalty interests containing approximately 51,000 net producing acres. Permian Basin Royalty Trust was founded in 1980 and is based in Dallas, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Permian Basin Royalty Trust has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.1.
PE Ratio
Permian Basin Royalty Trust has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 21.45. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $21.45 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 16941%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Permian Basin Royalty Trust is 179205 which is 16.24% below its average volume of 213955.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Permian Basin Royalty Trust’s stock is valued at $23.59 at 02:23 EST, below its 52-week high of $25.99 and way higher than its 52-week low of $11.23.
3. Dorchester Minerals, L.P. (DMLP)
86.96% Payout Ratio
Dorchester Minerals, L.P. engages in the acquisition, ownership, and administration of producing and nonproducing natural gas and crude oil royalty, net profit, and leasehold interests in the United States. Its royalty properties consist of producing and nonproducing mineral, royalty, and overriding royalty interests located in 582 counties and parishes in 26 states; and net profits interests represent net profits overriding royalty interests in various properties owned by the operating partnership. Dorchester Minerals Management LP serves as the general partner of Dorchester Minerals, L.P. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Dallas, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Dorchester Minerals, L.P. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.61.
PE Ratio
Dorchester Minerals, L.P. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 45.11. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $45.11 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 85.66%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Dorchester Minerals, L.P.’s stock is valued at $27.52 at 02:23 EST, way under its 52-week high of $32.61 and way above its 52-week low of $22.51.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Dorchester Minerals, L.P. is 269244 which is 133.08% above its average volume of 115515.
4. Canadian National Railway Company (CNI)
39.38% Payout Ratio
Canadian National Railway Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in rail and related transportation business. The company offers rail services, which include equipment, custom brokage services, transloading and distribution, business development and real estate, and private car storage services; and intermodal services including temperature controlled cargo, port partnership, transloading and distribution, logistic parks, customs brokerage, trucking, and moving grains in containers. It also provides trucking services, such as door-to-door services, import and export dray, interline services, and specialized services comprising flatbed trucks, on-deck mobile transport trays, expedited and temperature controlled cargo, and permit/overweight services; and supply chain services. In addition, it serves automotive, coal, fertilizers, temperature controlled cargo, forest products, dimensional, grain, metal and minerals, petroleum and chemicals, and consumer goods applications. Further, the company operates a network of 20,000 route miles of track and shipping Canada and the United States. Canadian National Railway Company was incorporated in 1919 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Canadian National Railway Company has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.03.
PE Ratio
Canadian National Railway Company has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 28.51. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $28.51 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 23.2%.
5. Graco (GGG)
31.58% Payout Ratio
Graco Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets systems and equipment used to move, measure, control, dispense, and spray fluid and powder materials worldwide. The company's Industrial segment offers proportioning systems to spray polyurethane foam and polyurea coatings; equipment that pumps, meters, mixes and dispenses sealant, adhesive, and composite materials; and gel-coat equipment, chop and wet-out systems, resin transfer molding systems and applicators, and precision dispensing solutions. It also provides liquid finishing equipment; paint circulating and supply pumps; paint circulating advanced control systems; plural component coating proportioners; spare parts and accessories; and powder finishing products to coat powder finishing on metals under the Gema and SAT brands. The company's Process segment offers pumps to move and dispense chemicals, water, wastewater, petroleum, food, lubricants, and other fluids; pressure valves used in the oil and natural gas industry, other industrial processes, and research facilities; and chemical injection pumping solutions for injection of chemicals into producing oil wells and pipelines. It also supplies pumps, hose reels, meters, valves, and accessories for fast oil change facilities, service garages, fleet service centers, automobile dealerships, auto parts stores, truck builders, and heavy equipment service centers; and systems, components, and accessories for the automatic lubrication of bearings, gears, and generators in industrial and commercial equipment, compressors, turbines, and on- and off-road vehicles. The company's Contractor segment offers sprayers to apply paint to walls and other structures; and viscous coatings to roofs, as well as markings on roads, parking lots, athletic fields, and floors. It sells its products through distributors, original equipment manufacturers, and home center channels; and directly to end-users. The company was incorporated in 1926 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Graco has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.66.
PE Ratio
Graco has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 25.43. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $25.43 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 25.81%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Graco’s EBITDA is 5.41.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Apr 13, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.94 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.36%.
