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First Trust Specialty Finance And Financial Opportunities Fund, XP, Another 3 Companies Have A High Estimated Dividend Yield

(VIANEWS) – First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund (FGB), XP (XP), Ennis (EBF) have the highest dividend yield stocks on this list.

Financial Asset Forward Dividend Yield Updated (EST)
First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund (FGB) 10.65% 2024-05-10 15:13:05
XP (XP) 5.87% 2024-05-19 03:14:18
Ennis (EBF) 4.83% 2024-05-10 05:10:05
HBT Financial (HBT) 3.96% 2024-05-04 18:07:08
Smith & Nephew (SNN) 3.03% 2024-05-19 03:17:45

A little less 2K companies listed in the Nasdaq and NYSE pay out dividends to its shareholders. The dividend yield is a dividend to price ratio showing how much a company pays out in dividends each year.

1. First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund (FGB) – Dividend Yield: 10.65%

First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund’s last close was $3.85, 1% under its 52-week high of $3.89. Intraday change was 0.65%.

First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by First Trust Advisors L.P. It is co-managed by Confluence Investment Management LLC. The fund invests in the public equity markets of the United States. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating in the specialty finance and other financial sectors. The fund primarily invests in value stocks of companies, as well as in Business Development Companies, REITs, and other mortgage related securities. It employs fundamental analysis to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against a composite benchmark comprised of 70% Wells Fargo BDC Index, 20% FTSE NAREIT Mortgage REIT Index, and 10% S&P SmallCap Financials Index. It was formerly known as First Trust/Gallatin Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund. First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund was formed on March 20, 2007 and domiciled in the United States.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund has a trailing twelve months EPS of $-0.17.

Volume

Today’s last reported volume for First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund is 86269 which is 50.33% above its average volume of 57385.

Moving Average

First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund’s worth is above its 50-day moving average of $3.67 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $3.46.

Dividend Yield

As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Aug 22, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.33 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 10.65%.

Yearly Top and Bottom Value

First Trust Specialty Finance and Financial Opportunities Fund’s stock is valued at $3.88 at 17:15 EST, under its 52-week high of $3.89 and way higher than its 52-week low of $2.85.

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2. XP (XP) – Dividend Yield: 5.87%

XP’s last close was $21.59, 22.09% under its 52-week high of $27.71. Intraday change was -3.07%.

XP Inc. provides financial products and services in Brazil. It operates XP Platform, an open product platform that provides clients to access investment products in the market comprising brokerage securities, fixed income securities, mutual, hedge, and private equity funds; derivatives and synthetic instruments; credit cards; loan operations/collateralized credit products; pension and social security funds, and life and travel insurance products; and other investment products comprising real estate funds, and equity and debt capital markets solutions, as well as wealth management services. The company offers brokerage and issuer services to institutional and corporate clients. It also manages mutual funds focused on stocks and macro strategies distributed to retail and to institutional clients; funds and managed portfolios for high-net-worth retail clients, and proprietary treasury funds; and passive mutual funds that track market indexes, and mutual and investment funds focused on fixed income, credit, real estate, infrastructure, and other alternative strategies. In addition, the company offers securities brokerage services for institutional and retail investors; interdealer brokerage services for institutional traders; and commercial and investment banking products, such as loan operations and transactions in the foreign exchange markets and deposits, as well as develops and sells financial education courses and events online and in person to retail clients. It offers its sell products and services through its omni-channel distribution network and online portals. XP Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, XP has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.43.

PE Ratio

XP has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 16.34. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $16.34 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 21.37%.

Revenue Growth

Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 28.1%, now sitting on 14.24B for the twelve trailing months.

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3. Ennis (EBF) – Dividend Yield: 4.83%

Ennis’s last close was $20.71, 10.62% below its 52-week high of $23.17. Intraday change was 0.58%.

Ennis, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells business forms and other business products in the United States. The company offers snap sets, continuous forms, laser cut sheets, tags, labels, envelopes, integrated products, jumbo rolls, and pressure sensitive products under the Ennis, Royal Business Forms, Block Graphics, Specialized Printed Forms, 360º Custom Labels, ColorWorx, Enfusion, Uncompromised Check Solutions, VersaSeal, Ad Concepts, FormSource Limited, Star Award Ribbon Company, Witt Printing, B&D Litho, Genforms, PrintGraphics, Calibrated Forms, PrintXcel, Printegra, Falcon Business Forms, Forms Manufacturers, Mutual Graphics, TRI-C Business Forms, Major Business Systems, Independent Printing, Hoosier Data Forms, Hayes Graphics, Wright Business Graphics, Wright 360, Integrated Print & Graphics, the Flesh Company, Impressions Direct, and Ace Forms brands. It also provides point of purchase advertising for large franchise and fast food chains, as well as kitting and fulfillment under the Adams McClure brand; and presentation folders and document folders under the Admore, Folder Express, and Independent Folders brands. In addition, the company offers custom printed, high performance labels, and custom and stock tags under the Ennis Tag & Label brands; custom and stock tags and labels under the Allen-Bailey Tag & Label, Atlas Tag & Label, Kay Toledo Tag, and Special Service Partners brands; custom and imprinted envelopes under the Trade Envelopes, Block Graphics, Wisco, and National Imprint Corporation brands; and financial and security documents under the Northstar and General Financial Supply brands. It distributes business products and forms through independent distributors. The company was formerly known as Ennis Business Forms, Inc. Ennis, Inc. was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Midlothian, Texas.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, Ennis has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.64.

PE Ratio

Ennis has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.63. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $12.63 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 12.51%.

Volume

Today’s last reported volume for Ennis is 71581 which is 43.49% below its average volume of 126682.

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4. HBT Financial (HBT) – Dividend Yield: 3.96%

HBT Financial’s last close was $19.20, 12.21% under its 52-week high of $21.87. Intraday change was 0.68%.

HBT Financial, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Heartland Bank and Trust Company and State Bank of Lincoln that provides business, commercial, and retail banking products and services to individuals, businesses, and municipal entities. It offers money market, savings, checking, HSA, IRA, and interest-bearing transaction accounts; time, brokered, and noninterest-bearing demand deposits; and certificates of deposits. The company also offers commercial and industrial, agricultural and farmland, commercial real estate– owner and– non-owner occupied, multi-family, construction and land development, one-to-four family residential, and municipal, consumer, and other loans. In addition, it offers wealth management services, including financial planning to individuals, trusts, and estates; trustee and custodial, investment management, corporate retirement plan consulting and administration, and retail brokerage services; farmland management, farmland sale, and crop insurance services; and treasury management services, as well as originates and sells residential mortgage loans. Further, the company provides digital banking services, such as online and mobile banking, and digital payment services, as well as personal financial management tools. It operates through 60 full-service and three limited-service branch locations across 18 counties in Central and Northeastern Illinois. The company was formerly known as Heartland Bancorp, Inc. and changed its name to HBT Financial, Inc. in September 2019. HBT Financial, Inc. was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Bloomington, Illinois.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, HBT Financial has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.25.

PE Ratio

HBT Financial has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 8.53. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $8.53 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 15.19%.

Sales Growth

HBT Financial’s sales growth for the next quarter is negative 0.6%.

Moving Average

HBT Financial’s value is above its 50-day moving average of $18.88 and below its 200-day moving average of $19.21.

Yearly Top and Bottom Value

HBT Financial’s stock is valued at $19.20 at 17:15 EST, way below its 52-week high of $21.87 and way higher than its 52-week low of $16.33.

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5. Smith & Nephew (SNN) – Dividend Yield: 3.03%

Smith & Nephew’s last close was $26.02, 20.45% below its 52-week high of $32.71. Intraday change was -3.06%.

Smith & Nephew plc, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells medical devices and services in the United Kingdom and internationally. It operates through three segments: Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine & ENT, and Advanced Wound Management. The company offers knee implant products for knee replacement procedures; hip implants for revision procedures; trauma and extremities products that include internal and external devices used in the stabilization of severe fractures and deformity correction procedures; and other reconstruction products. It also provides sports medicine joint repair products comprise instruments, technologies, and implants to perform minimally invasive surgery, as well as treating soft tissue injuries and degenerative conditions of the shoulder, knee, hip, and small joints. In addition, the company offers arthroscopic enabling technologies comprising fluid management equipment for surgical access, high-definition cameras, digital image capture, scopes, light sources, and monitors to assist with visualization inside the joints, radio frequency, electromechanical and mechanical tissue resection devices, and hand instruments for removing damaged tissue; and ear, nose, and throat solutions. Further, it provides advanced wound care products for the treatment and prevention of acute and chronic wounds, which comprise leg wounds, diabetic and pressure ulcers, burns, and post-operative wounds; advanced wound bioactives, such as biologics and other bioactive technologies for debridement and dermal repair/regeneration, and regenerative medicine products, including skin, bone graft, and articular cartilage substitutes; and advanced wound devices, such as traditional and single-use negative pressure wound therapy, and hydrosurgery systems. The company serves the healthcare providers. Smith & Nephew plc was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in Watford, the United Kingdom.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, Smith & Nephew has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.6.

PE Ratio

Smith & Nephew has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 39.62. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $39.62 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 5.02%.

Volatility

Smith & Nephew’s last week, last month’s, and last quarter’s current intraday variation average was 0.41%, 0.45%, and 1.20%.

Smith & Nephew’s highest amplitude of average volatility was 0.57% (last week), 1.12% (last month), and 1.20% (last quarter).

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