(VIANEWS) – Global Payments (GPN), CME Group (CME), Diana Shipping (DSX) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
We have congregated information regarding stocks with the highest payout ratio up to 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 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. Global Payments (GPN)
321.47% Payout Ratio
Global Payments Inc. provides payment technology and software solutions for card, electronic, check, and digital-based payments in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates through three segments: Merchant Solutions, Issuer Solutions, and Business and Consumer Solutions. The Merchant Solutions segment offers authorization services, settlement and funding services, customer support and help-desk functions, chargeback resolution, terminal rental, sales and deployment, payment security services, consolidated billing and statements, and on-line reporting services. This segment also provides an array of enterprise software solutions that streamline business operations of its customers in various vertical markets; and value-added services, such as point-of-sale solutions, and analytic and engagement tools, as well as payroll and human capital management services. The Issuer Solutions segment offers solutions that enable financial institutions and retailers to manage their card portfolios through a platform; and commercial payments and ePayables solutions for businesses and governments. The Business and Consumer Solutions segment provides general-purpose reloadable prepaid debit and payroll cards, demand deposit accounts, and other financial service solutions to the underbanked and other consumers, and businesses under the Netspend brand. It markets its products and services through direct sales force, trade associations, agent and enterprise software providers, referral arrangements with value-added resellers, and independent sales organizations. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Global Payments has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.95.
PE Ratio
Global Payments has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 59.6. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $59.6 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 0.42%.
2. CME Group (CME)
53.21% Payout Ratio
CME Group Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates contract markets for the trading of futures and options on futures contracts worldwide. It offers futures and options products based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, agricultural commodities, energy, and metals, as well as fixed income products. The company also provides clearing house services, including clearing, settling, and guaranteeing futures and options contracts, and cleared swaps products traded through its exchanges; and trade processing and risk mitigation services. In addition, the company offers a range of market data services, including real-time and historical data services. It serves professional traders, financial institutions, institutional and individual investors, corporations, manufacturers, producers, governments, and central banks. The company was formerly known as Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. and changed its name to CME Group Inc. in July 2007. CME Group Inc. was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Considering advanced prints from CME Group for natural gas futures markets, open interest resumed the uptrend and increased by around 13.6K contracts on Monday.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, CME Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.33.
PE Ratio
CME Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 34.93. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $34.93 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 9.65%.
3. Diana Shipping (DSX)
52.55% Payout Ratio
Diana Shipping Inc. provides shipping transportation services. The company transports a range of dry bulk cargoes, including commodities, such as iron ore, coal, grain, and other materials in shipping routes worldwide. As of December 3, 2021, it operated a fleet of 33 dry bulk vessels, including 4 Newcastlemax, 11 Capesize, 5 Post-Panamax, 5 Kamsarmax, and 8 Panamax. The company was formerly known as Diana Shipping Investments Corp. and changed its name to Diana Shipping Inc. in February 2005. Diana Shipping Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Athens, Greece.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Diana Shipping has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.6.
PE Ratio
Diana Shipping has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 2.45. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $2.45 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 31.87%.
Moving Average
Diana Shipping’s worth is above its 50-day moving average of $3.78 and way under its 200-day moving average of $4.66.
4. First Horizon National (FHN)
41.67% Payout Ratio
First Horizon Corporation operates as the bank holding company for First Horizon Bank that provides various financial services. The company operates through three segments: Regional Banking, Specialty Banking, and Corporate. It offers general banking services for consumers, businesses, financial institutions, and governments. The company also underwrites bank-eligible securities and other fixed-income securities eligible for underwriting by financial subsidiaries; sells loans and derivatives; and offers advisory services. In addition, it offers various services, such as mortgage banking; title insurance and loan-closing; brokerage; correspondent banking; nationwide check clearing and remittance processing; trust, fiduciary, and agency; equipment finance; and investment and financial advisory services. Further, the company sells mutual fund and retail insurance products; and credit cards. It operates approximately 500 banking offices in 22 states under the First Horizon Bank brand; and 400 banking centers in 12 states under the FHN Financial brand in the United States. The company was formerly known as First Horizon National Corporation and changed its name to First Horizon Corporation in November 2020. First Horizon Corporation was founded in 1864 and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, First Horizon National has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.08.
PE Ratio
First Horizon National has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 11.88. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $11.88 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 10.36%.
Dividend Yield
As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Dec 14, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.6 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 2.47%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for First Horizon National is 500648 which is 90.27% below its average volume of 5146600.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth declined by 3.8%, now sitting on 3.09B for the twelve trailing months.
5. Cabot Corporation (CBT)
40.88% Payout Ratio
Cabot Corporation operates as a specialty chemicals and performance materials company. It operates through three segments: Reinforcement Materials, Performance Chemicals, and Purification Solutions. The company offers reinforcing carbons used in tires as a rubber reinforcing agent and performance additive, as well as in industrial products, such as hoses, belts, extruded profiles, and molded goods; and engineered elastomer composites. It also provides specialty carbons used in inks, coatings, plastics, adhesives, toners, batteries, and displays applications; masterbatch and conductive compound products for use in automotive, industrial, packaging, infrastructure, agriculture, consumer products, and electronics industries; inkjet colorants used in the inkjet printing applications; fumed silica used in adhesives, sealants, cosmetics, batteries, inks, toners, silicone elastomers, coatings, polishing slurries, and pharmaceuticals; fumed alumina used in various products, including inkjet media, lighting, coatings, cosmetics, and polishing slurries; and aerogel, a hydrophobic, silica-based particle for use in various thermal insulation and specialty chemical applications. In addition, the company offers activated carbon products used for the purification of water, air, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, and other liquids and gases; and activated carbon solutions for activated carbon injection in coal-fired utilities, mobile water filter units, and carbon reactivation services. The company sells its products through distributors and sales representatives in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Cabot Corporation was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Cabot Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.62.
PE Ratio
Cabot Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 20.46. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $20.46 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 22.9%.
Moving Average
Cabot Corporation’s value is above its 50-day moving average of $70.87 and above its 200-day moving average of $69.83.
Sales Growth
Cabot Corporation’s sales growth is negative 1.3% for the present quarter and 4.1% for the next.
6. Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF)
36.89% Payout Ratio
Orrstown Financial Services, Inc. operates as the holding company for Orrstown Bank that provides commercial banking and trust services in the United States. The company accepts various deposits, including checking, savings, time, demand, and money market deposits. It also offers commercial loans, such as commercial real estate, equipment, construction, working capital, and other commercial purpose loans, as well as industrial loans; consumer loans comprising home equity and other consumer loans, as well as home equity lines of credit; residential mortgage loans; acquisition and development loans; municipal loans; and installment and other loans. In addition, the company provides renders services as trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, managing agent, custodian, and investment advisor, as well as provides other fiduciary services under the Orrstown Financial Advisors name; and offers retail brokerage services through a third-party broker/dealer arrangement. Further, it offers investment advisory, insurance, and brokerage services. The company operates through offices in Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Perry, and York counties, Pennsylvania; and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, and Washington counties, Maryland, as well as Baltimore City, Maryland. Orrstown Financial Services, Inc. was founded in 1919 and is based in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Orrstown Financial Services has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.06.
PE Ratio
Orrstown Financial Services has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.15. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $12.15 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 8.81%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 13.2% and 2.4%, respectively.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Feb 5, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.8 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 3.23%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Orrstown Financial Services is 12841 which is 20.6% below its average volume of 16173.
