(VIANEWS) – Morgan Stanley (MS), Ecolab (ECL), U.S. Global Investors (GROW) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
Here’s the data we’ve collected of stocks with a high payout ratio so far. 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. Morgan Stanley (MS)
51.89% Payout Ratio
Morgan Stanley, a financial holding company, provides various financial products and services to corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. It operates through Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, and Investment Management segments. The Institutional Securities segment offers capital raising and financial advisory services, including services related to the underwriting of debt, equity, and other securities, as well as advice on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, real estate, and project finance. This segment also provides equity and fixed income products comprising sales, financing, prime brokerage, and market-making services; foreign exchange and commodities; corporate and commercial real estate loans, commercial mortgage and secured lending facilities, and financing for sales and trading customers, and asset-backed and mortgage lending; and wealth management services, investment, and research services. The Wealth Management segment offers financial advisor-led brokerage, custody, administrative, and investment advisory services; self-directed brokerage services; financial and wealth planning services; workplace services, including stock plan administration; annuity and insurance products; securities-based lending, residential real estate loans, and other lending products; banking; and retirement plan services to individual investors and small to medium-sized businesses and institutions. The Investment Management segment provides equity, fixed income, alternatives and solutions, and liquidity and overlay services to benefit/defined contribution plans, foundations, endowments, government entities, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, third-party fund sponsors, corporations, and individuals through institutional and intermediary channels. Morgan Stanley was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Morgan Stanley has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.83.
PE Ratio
Morgan Stanley has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 14.3. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $14.3 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 10.19%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Morgan Stanley’s stock is valued at $83.37 at 14:23 EST, way under its 52-week high of $100.99 and way above its 52-week low of $72.05.
Previous days news about Morgan Stanley (MS)
- According to Zacks on Tuesday, 20 June, "In that report, I said that investors still needed to buy the stock at $250 then, looking for at least $300 this year — despite semiconductor analyst Joe Moore at Morgan Stanley reluctantly raising his price target to $300.", "Last Friday (3/17/23), a Morgan Stanley analyst threw in the towel on his Neutral rating for NVDA and wrote "The stock will continue to be hard to ignore in an otherwise challenging semiconductor environment."
- The zacks analyst blog highlights Nike, morgan stanley, lockheed martin, PayPal and aon. According to Zacks on Thursday, 22 June, "Also, elevated SG&A expenses are concerning.(You can read the full research report on NIKE here >>>)Shares of Morgan Stanley have outperformed the Zacks Financial – Investment Bank industry over the past year (+20.5% vs. +9.9%). ", "Today’s Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including Nike, Inc., Morgan Stanley and Lockheed Martin Corp. These research reports have been hand-picked from the roughly 70 reports published by our analyst team today."
2. Ecolab (ECL)
51.61% Payout Ratio
Ecolab Inc. provides water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Global Industrial, Global Institutional & Specialty, and Global Healthcare & Life Sciences segments. The Global Industrial segment offers water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions to manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, metals and mining, power generation, pulp and paper, commercial laundry, petroleum, refining, and petrochemical industries. The Global Institutional & Specialty segment provides specialized cleaning and sanitizing products to the foodservice, hospitality, lodging, government and education, and retail industries. Its Global Healthcare & Life Sciences segment offers specialized cleaning and sanitizing products to the healthcare, personal care, and pharmaceutical industries, such as infection prevention and surgical solutions, and end-to-end cleaning and contamination control solutions under the Ecolab, Microtek, and Anios brand names. The company's Other segment offers pest elimination services to detect, eliminate, and prevent pests, such as rodents and insects in restaurants, food and beverage processors, educational and healthcare facilities, hotels, quick service restaurant and grocery operations, and other institutional and commercial customers. This segment also provides colloidal silica for binding and polishing applications in semiconductor, catalyst, and aerospace component manufacturing, as well as chemical industries; and products and services that manage wash process through custom designed programs, premium products, dispensing equipment, water and energy management, and reduction, as well as real time data management. It sells its products through field sales and corporate account personnel, distributors, and dealers. Ecolab Inc. was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Ecolab has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.03.
PE Ratio
Ecolab has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 44.42. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $44.42 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 16.2%.
3. U.S. Global Investors (GROW)
40.91% Payout Ratio
U.S. Global Investors, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to investment companies. It also provides its services to pooled investment vehicles. The firm manages equity and fixed income mutual funds for its clients. It also manages hedge funds. The firm also manages exchange traded funds. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It invests in G.A.R.P. and value stocks to make its equity investments. The firm employs a fundamental and quantitative analysis with top-down and bottom-up stock picking approach to make its investments. U.S. Global Investors, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is based in San Antonio, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, U.S. Global Investors has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.22.
PE Ratio
U.S. Global Investors has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.64. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $12.64 for every dollar of annual earnings.
4. Hillenbrand (HI)
30.07% Payout Ratio
Hillenbrand, Inc. operates as a diversified industrial company in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Advanced Process Solutions, Molding Technology Solutions, and Batesville. The Advanced Process Solutions segment designs, engineers, manufactures, markets, and services process and material handling equipment and systems comprising compounding, extrusion, and material handling equipment, as well as offers equipment system design services; and provides screening and separating equipment for various industries, including plastics, food and pharmaceuticals, chemicals, fertilizers, minerals, energy, wastewater treatment, forest products, and other general industrials. The Molding Technology Solutions segment offers injection molding and extrusion equipment; hot runner systems; process control systems; and mold bases and components for various industries, including automotive, consumer goods, medical, packaging, construction, and electronics. The Batesville segment designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells funeral services products and solutions, such as burial caskets, cremation caskets, containers and urns, other personalization and memorialization products, and web-based technology applications. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Batesville, Indiana.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Hillenbrand has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.91.
PE Ratio
Hillenbrand has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 18.21. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $18.21 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 14.57%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Hillenbrand is 248981 which is 28.44% below its average volume of 347968.
