(VIANEWS) – Gap (GPS), Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (CMTL), The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (CAKE) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
We have collected information regarding stocks with the highest payout ratio up to now. The payout ratio in itself isn’t a guarantee of good investment but it’s an indicator of whether dividends are being paid and how the company chooses to distribute them.
When investigating 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. Gap (GPS)
545.45% Payout Ratio
The Gap, Inc. operates as an apparel retail company. The company offers apparel, accessories, and personal care products for men, women, and children under the Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta brands. Its products include denim and khakis; eyewear, jewelry, shoes, handbags, and fragrances; and fitness and lifestyle products for use in yoga, training, sports, travel, and everyday activities for women and girls. The company offers its products through company-operated stores, franchise stores, websites, and third-party arrangements. It has franchise agreements to operate Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta stores and websites in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. The company also provides its products through e-commerce sites. The Gap, Inc. was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Gap has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.11.
PE Ratio
Gap has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 190.5. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $190.5 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 1.75%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Gap’s EBITDA is 0.81.
Sales Growth
Gap’s sales growth for the current quarter is negative 0.6%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth declined by 6.7%, now sitting on 14.83B for the twelve trailing months.
Previous days news about Gap (GPS)
- According to Zacks on Thursday, 28 December, "The Gap is a premier international specialty retailer offering a diverse range of clothing, accessories and personal care products. "
2. Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (CMTL)
400% Payout Ratio
Comtech Telecommunications Corp., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, produces, and markets products, systems, and services for communications solutions in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Commercial Solutions and Government Solutions. The Commercial Solutions segment offers satellite ground station technologies, including single channel per carrier and time division multiple access modems, amplifiers, frequency converters, and network software to modulate, demodulate, and amplify signals, as well as to carry voice, video, and/or data over networks; and public safety and location technologies, such as 911 call handling and mapping solutions that allow cellular carriers and voice over the Internet carriers to deliver emergency calls to public safety emergency call centers. The Government Solutions segment provides tactical satellite-based networks, such as satellite modems, ruggedized routers, and solid-state drives; sustainment services for the secret Internet Protocol router and non-classified Internet Protocol router access point; and small aperture terminals. This segment also offers high-performance transmission technologies that are used in communication systems comprising electronic warfare, radar, and identification friend or foe (IFF); troposcatter technologies for satellite communication; and high-power radio frequency microwave amplifiers and related switching control technologies that are used in electronic warfare, communications, radar, IFF, and medical applications. The company serves satellite systems integrators, wireless and other communication service providers, satellite broadcasters, prime contractors and system suppliers, medical equipment companies, aviation industry system integrators, oil companies, and domestic and international defense and government customers, as well as end-customers. Comtech Telecommunications Corp. was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Melville, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Comtech Telecommunications Corp. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $-0.86.
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 -3.1%.
3. The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (CAKE)
62.07% Payout Ratio
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated operates restaurants. It operates two bakeries that produces cheesecakes and other baked products for its restaurants, international licensees, third-party bakery customers, external foodservice operators, retailers, and distributors. As of October 27, 2022, the company owned and operated 312 restaurants in the United States and Canada under brands, including The Cheesecake Factory, North Italia, and a collection of Fox Restaurant Concepts, as well as 29 The Cheesecake Factory restaurants under licensing agreements internationally. The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Calabasas, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.74.
PE Ratio
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 20.53. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $20.53 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 26.47%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated is 627387 which is 27.99% below its average volume of 871267.
Sales Growth
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated’s sales growth is negative 1.3% for the ongoing quarter and 5.4% for the next.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 5.9%, now sitting on 3.46B for the twelve trailing months.
4. MEDIFAST (MED)
60.02% Payout Ratio
Medifast, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes weight loss, weight management, healthy living products, and other consumable health and nutritional products in the United States and the Asia-Pacific. It offers bars, bites, pretzels, puffs, oatmeal and cereal crunch products, drinks, hearty choices, pancakes, puddings, soft serves, shakes, smoothies, soft bakes, and soups under the Medifast, OPTAVIA, Thrive by Medifast, Optimal Health by Take Shape for Life, and Flavors of Home brands. The company markets its products through direct ecommerce platform and franchise weight control center channels. Medifast, Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, MEDIFAST has a trailing twelve months EPS of $10.98.
PE Ratio
MEDIFAST has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 6.06. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $6.06 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 69.8%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is a negative 72.8% and a negative 58.3%, respectively.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
MEDIFAST’s stock is valued at $66.50 at 01:23 EST, way under its 52-week high of $131.42 and higher than its 52-week low of $61.94.
5. Brookline Bancorp (BRKL)
55.67% Payout Ratio
Brookline Bancorp, Inc. operates as a bank holding company for the Brookline Bank that provide commercial, business, and retail banking services to corporate, municipal, and retail customers in the United States. Its deposit products include demand checking, NOW, money market, and savings accounts. The company's loan portfolio primarily comprises first mortgage loans secured by commercial, multi-family, and residential real estate properties; loans to business entities comprising commercial lines of credit; loans to condominium associations; loans and leases used to finance equipment for small businesses; financing for construction and development projects; and home equity and other consumer loans. It also provides term loans, letters of credit, foreign exchange, cash management, investment advisory, and online and mobile banking services, as well as invests in debt and equity securities. As of December 31, 2021, the company operated 50 full-service banking offices in greater Boston, Massachusetts, and greater Providence, Rhode Island. Brookline Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Brookline Bancorp has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.97.
PE Ratio
Brookline Bancorp has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 11.3. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $11.3 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 7.71%.
Sales Growth
Brookline Bancorp’s sales growth is 6.4% for the ongoing quarter and negative 1% for the next.
6. McDonald’s Corporation (MCD)
53.62% Payout Ratio
McDonald's Corporation operates and franchises McDonald's restaurants in the United States and internationally. The company's restaurants offer hamburgers and cheeseburgers, chicken sandwiches and nuggets, fries, salads, shakes, frozen desserts, sundaes, soft serve cones, bakery items, soft drinks, coffee, and beverages and other beverages, as well as breakfast menu, including muffins, Sausages, biscuit and bagel sandwiches, oatmeal, hash browns, breakfast burritos and hotcakes. McDonald's Corporation was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, McDonald’s Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $11.33.
PE Ratio
McDonald’s Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 26.1. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $26.1 for every dollar of annual earnings.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for McDonald’s Corporation is 651267 which is 79.48% below its average volume of 3173950.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
McDonald’s Corporation’s EBITDA is 10.31.
1. 1 (1)
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%.
Volatility
1’s last week, last month’s, and last quarter’s current intraday variation average was 1.00%, 1.00%, and 1.00%.
1’s highest amplitude of average volatility was 1.00% (last week), 1.00% (last month), and 1.00% (last quarter).
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 1%, now sitting on 1 for the twelve trailing months.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for 1 is 1 which is 1% above its average volume of 1.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Jan 1, 1970, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1%.
