(VIANEWS) – International Business Machines (IBM), BCE (BCE), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
We have congregated information concerning stocks with the highest payout ratio at the moment. 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 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. International Business Machines (IBM)
337.95% Payout Ratio
International Business Machines Corporation provides integrated solutions and services worldwide. The company operates through four business segments: Software, Consulting, Infrastructure, and Financing. The Software segment offers hybrid cloud platform and software solutions, such as Red Hat, an enterprise open-source solutions; software for business automation, AIOps and management, integration, and application servers; data and artificial intelligence solutions; and security software and services for threat, data, and identity. This segment also provides transaction processing software that supports clients' mission-critical and on-premise workloads in banking, airlines, and retail industries. The Consulting segment offers business transformation services, including strategy, business process design and operations, data and analytics, and system integration services; technology consulting services; and application and cloud platform services. The Infrastructure segment provides on-premises and cloud-based server and storage solutions for its clients' mission-critical and regulated workloads; and support services and solutions for hybrid cloud infrastructure, as well as remanufacturing and remarketing services for used equipment. The Financing segment offers lease, installment payment, loan financing, and short-term working capital financing services. 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 $5.98.
PE Ratio
International Business Machines has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 21.52. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $21.52 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 8.69%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is a negative 9.3% and a negative 9.5%, respectively.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
International Business Machines’s stock is valued at $128.62 at 13:23 EST, way under its 52-week high of $153.21 and way higher than its 52-week low of $115.55.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for International Business Machines is 1368080 which is 69.44% below its average volume of 4477480.
Moving Average
International Business Machines’s value is below its 50-day moving average of $139.32 and below its 200-day moving average of $135.65.
2. BCE (BCE)
123.49% Payout Ratio
BCE Inc., a telecommunications and media company, provides wireless, wireline, Internet, and television (TV) services to residential, business, and wholesale customers in Canada. The company operates through three segments: Bell Wireless, Bell Wireline, and Bell Media. The Bell Wireless segment offers wireless voice and data communication products and services, as well as consumer electronics products. The Bell Wireline segment offers data, including internet access and Internet protocol television (IPTV), local telephone, and long distance services, as well as other communication services and products; and satellite TV service and connectivity servuces. This segment also buys and sells local telephone, long distance, data, and other services from or to resellers and other carriers. The Bell Media segment provides conventional TV, specialty TV, pay TV, streaming services, digital media services, radio broadcasting services, and out-of-home advertising services. BCE Inc. was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Verdun, Canada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, BCE has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.21.
PE Ratio
BCE has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 19.91. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $19.91 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 12.87%.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Mar 13, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 2.92 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 6.39%.
3. Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM)
100.34% Payout Ratio
Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. is publicly owned investment manager. It provides its services to pension and profit sharing plans, trusts, endowments, foundations, charitable organizations, government entities, private funds and non-U.S. funds, as well as mutual funds, non-U.S. funds and collective trusts. It manages separate client-focused equity and fixed income portfolios. The firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It invests in growth and value stocks of companies across all market capitalization. For fixed income component of its portfolio the firm invests in non-investment grade corporate bonds and secured and unsecured loans. It employs fundamental analysis to create its portfolios. Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. was founded in 1994 and is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with additional offices in Atlanta, Georgia; New York City; San Francisco, California; Leawood, Kansas; and London, United Kingdom.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Artisan Partners Asset Management has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.94.
PE Ratio
Artisan Partners Asset Management has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.06. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $12.06 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 60.46%.
4. Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. (UGP)
61.4% Payout Ratio
Ultrapar Participações S.A. engages in the gas distribution, fuel distribution, chemicals, storage, and drugstores businesses primarily in Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, Venezuela, other Latin American countries, the United States, Canada, the Far East, Europe, and internationally. Its Gas Distribution segment distributes liquefied petroleum gas to residential, commercial, and industrial consumers primarily in the South, Southeast, and Northeast regions of Brazil. The company's Fuel Distribution segment distributes and markets gasoline, ethanol, diesel, fuel oil, kerosene, natural gas for vehicles, and lubricants; operates convenience stores; and offers lubricant-changing and automotive specialized services. Its Chemicals segment produces ethylene oxide and its derivatives, and fatty alcohols that are raw materials used in the home and personal care, agrochemical, paints, varnishes, and other industries. The company's Storage segment operates liquid bulk terminals primarily in the Southeast and Northeast regions of Brazil. Its Drugstores segment trades in pharmaceutical, hygiene, and beauty products through its own drugstore chain in the North, Northeast, and Southeast regions of Brazil. As of December 31, 2020, the company operated through 7,107 Ipiranga service stations and 1,804 AmPm convenience stores; 1,172 Jet Oil franchises; 405 Extrafarma drugstores and 3 distribution centers; and 6 Ultracargo terminals with storage capacity of 838 thousand cubic meters. It also operates Abastece AÃ, a digital payments app; and offers Km de Vantagens, a loyalty program. The company was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.15.
PE Ratio
Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 17.87. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $17.87 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 9.61%.
Previous days news about Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. (UGP)
- According to Zacks on Monday, 6 March, "Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. price-consensus-chart | Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. Quote"
5. Medical Properties Trust (MPW)
55.02% Payout Ratio
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. is a self-advised real estate investment trust formed in 2003 to acquire and develop net-leased hospital facilities. From its inception in Birmingham, Alabama, the Company has grown to become one of the world's largest owners of hospitals with approximately 390 facilities and roughly 42,000 licensed beds in nine countries and across four continents on a pro forma basis. MPT's financing model facilitates acquisitions and recapitalizations and allows operators of hospitals to unlock the value of their real estate assets to fund facility improvements, technology upgrades and other investments in operations.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Medical Properties Trust has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.09.
PE Ratio
Medical Properties Trust has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 6. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $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 14.55%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Medical Properties Trust is 10821700 which is 21.63% below its average volume of 13809900.
6. TTEC Holdings (TTEC)
44.16% Payout Ratio
TTEC Holdings, Inc., a customer experience technology and services company, focuses on the design, implementation, and delivery of transformative customer experience for various brands. It operates through TTEC Digital and TTEC Engage segments. The TTEC Digital segments designs, builds, and delivers tech-enabled customer experience solutions through its professional services and suite of technology offerings to enabling and accelerating digital transformation for clients. The TTEC Engage segment provides essential technologies, human resources, infrastructure, and processes to operate customer care, acquisition, and fraud detection and prevention services. TTEC Holdings, Inc. serves clients in the automotive, communication, financial services, government, healthcare, logistics, media and entertainment, retail, technology, transportation, and travel industries with operations in the United States, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. The company was formerly known as TeleTech Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to TTEC Holdings, Inc. in January 2018. TTEC Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, TTEC Holdings has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.31.
PE Ratio
TTEC Holdings has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 17.49. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $17.49 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 19.11%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 7.5%, now sitting on 2.44B for the twelve trailing months.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is a negative 35.2% and a negative 20.4%, respectively.
