(VIANEWS) – Flowers Foods (FLO), Epsilon Energy Ltd. (EPSN), Paychex (PAYX) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
Here’s the data we’ve collected of stocks with a high payout ratio at the moment. The payout ratio in itself isn’t a promise 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. Flowers Foods (FLO)
156.9% Payout Ratio
Flowers Foods, Inc. produces and markets packaged bakery products in the United States. It offers fresh breads, buns, rolls, snack cakes, and tortillas, as well as frozen breads and rolls under the Nature's Own, Dave's Killer Bread, Wonder, Canyon Bakehouse, Mrs. Freshley's, and Tastykake brand names. The company distributes its products through a direct-store-delivery distribution and a warehouse delivery system, as well as operates 46 bakeries comprising 44 owned and two leased. Its customers include mass merchandisers, supermarkets and other retailers, convenience stores, national and regional restaurants, quick-serve chains, retail in-store bakeries, foodservice distributors, food wholesalers, institutions, dollar stores, and vending companies. The company was formerly known as Flowers Industries and changed its name to Flowers Foods, Inc. in 2001. Flowers Foods, Inc. was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Flowers Foods has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.58.
PE Ratio
Flowers Foods has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 42.72. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $42.72 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 8.83%.
Moving Average
Flowers Foods’s value is higher than its 50-day moving average of $22.95 and higher than its 200-day moving average of $22.79.
Sales Growth
Flowers Foods’s sales growth is 2.8% for the ongoing quarter and 1.2% for the next.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Flowers Foods’s stock is valued at $24.77 at 02:23 EST, way below its 52-week high of $29.10 and way above its 52-week low of $19.64.
2. Epsilon Energy Ltd. (EPSN)
80.65% Payout Ratio
Epsilon Energy Ltd., a natural gas and oil company, engages in the acquisition, development, gathering, and production of oil and gas reserves in the United States. It operates through Upstream and Gathering System segments. The company primarily focuses on the Marcellus Shale comprising 3,979 net acres located in the Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; and Anadarko basin comprising 8,594 net acres located in the Oklahoma. As of December 31, 2020, it had total estimated net proved reserves of 88,658 million cubic feet of natural gas reserves and 371,343 barrels of oil and other liquids. Epsilon Energy Ltd. was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Houston, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Epsilon Energy Ltd. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.31.
PE Ratio
Epsilon Energy Ltd. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 17.55. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $17.55 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 6.78%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Epsilon Energy Ltd.’s stock is valued at $5.44 at 02:23 EST, way below its 52-week high of $6.35 and way higher than its 52-week low of $4.70.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Mar 14, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.25 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 4.6%.
3. Paychex (PAYX)
77.56% Payout Ratio
Paychex, Inc. provides integrated human capital management solutions for human resources (HR), payroll, benefits, and insurance services for small to medium-sized businesses in the United States, Europe, and India. It offers payroll processing services; payroll tax administration services; employee payment services; and regulatory compliance services, such as new-hire reporting and garnishment processing. The company also provides HR solutions, including payroll, employer compliance, HR and employee benefits administration, risk management outsourcing, and the on-site availability of a professionally trained HR representative; and retirement services administration, including plan implementation, ongoing compliance with government regulations, employee and employer reporting, participant and employer online access, electronic funds transfer, and other administrative services. In addition, it offers cloud-based HR administration software products for employee benefits management and administration, time and attendance, digital communication solutions, recruiting, and onboarding solutions; plan administration outsourcing and state unemployment insurance services; various business services to small to medium-sized businesses comprising payroll funding and outsourcing services, which include payroll processing, invoicing, and tax preparation; and payment processing services, financial fitness programs, and a small-business loan resource center. Further, the company provides insurance services for property and casualty coverage, such as workers' compensation, business-owner policies, cyber security protection, and commercial auto, as well as health and benefits coverage, including health, dental, vision, and life. It markets and sells its services primarily through its direct sales force. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Rochester, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Paychex has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.58.
PE Ratio
Paychex has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 26.86. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $26.86 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 46.47%.
4. International Business Machines (IBM)
75.28% Payout Ratio
International Business Machines Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated solutions and services worldwide. The company operates through Software, Consulting, Infrastructure, and Financing segments. The Software segment offers a hybrid cloud and AI platforms that allows clients to realize their digital and AI transformations across the applications, data, and environments in which they operate. The Consulting segment focuses on skills integration for strategy, experience, technology, and operations by domain and industry. The Infrastructure segment provides on-premises and cloud based server, and storage solutions, as well as life-cycle services for hybrid cloud infrastructure deployment. The Financing segment offers client and commercial financing, facilitates IBM clients' acquisition of hardware, software, and services. The company has a strategic partnership to various companies including hyperscalers, service providers, global system integrators, and software and hardware vendors that includes Adobe, Amazon Web services, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, Samsung Electronics and SAP, and others. The company was formerly known as Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. International Business Machines Corporation was incorporated in 1911 and is headquartered in Armonk, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, International Business Machines has a trailing twelve months EPS of $8.14.
PE Ratio
International Business Machines has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 22.39. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $22.39 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 36.24%.
5. A10 Networks (ATEN)
45.28% Payout Ratio
A10 Networks, Inc. provides networking solutions in the United States, Japan, other Asia Pacific, and EMEA countries. The company offers Thunder Application Delivery Controller (ADC) that provides advanced server load balancing; Lightning ADC, a cloud-native software-as-a-service platform to boost the delivery and security of applications and micro services; and Thunder Carrier Grade Networking product, which offers standards-compliant address and protocol translation services for service provider networks. It also provides Thunder Threat Protection System (TPS) for the protection of networks and server resources against massive distributed denial of service attacks; Thunder Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Insight solution that decrypts SSL-encrypted traffic and forwards it to a third-party security device for deep packet inspection; and Thunder Convergent Firewall, which addresses various critical security capabilities in one package by consolidating various security and networking functions in a single appliance. In addition, the company offers intelligent management and automation tools comprising harmony controller that provides intelligent management, automation, and analytics for secure application delivery in multi-cloud environment; and aGalaxy TPS, a multi-device network management solution. The company delivers its solutions on optimized hardware appliances, bare metal software, containerized software, virtual appliances, and cloud-native software. It serves cloud providers, service providers, government organizations, and enterprises in the telecommunications, technology, industrial, retail, government, financial, gaming, and education industries. The company markets its products through sales organizations, as well as distribution channel partners, including distributors, value added resellers, and system integrators. A10 Networks, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, A10 Networks has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.53.
PE Ratio
A10 Networks has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 24.42. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $24.42 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 20.56%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter is 15.4% and a drop 5.3% for the next.
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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%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 1% and 1%, respectively.
