John Hancock, Peoples Bancorp, Another 6 Companies Have A High Estimated Dividend Yield

(VIANEWS) – John Hancock (HPI), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), KT Corporation (KT) have the highest dividend yield stocks on this list.

Almost 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. John Hancock (HPI) – Dividend Yield: 8.18%

John Hancock’s last close was $18.11, 0% under its 52-week high of $18.11. Intraday change was 2.09%.

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund is a closed ended balanced mutual fund launched and managed by John Hancock Investment Management LLC. It is co-managed by John Hancock Asset Management. The fund invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. It seeks to invest in securities of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in preferred value stocks of companies, convertible preferred securities, and investment grade fixed-income securities rated investment grade or higher by Moody's or Standard & Poor's. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Hybrid Preferred Securities Index and Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. John Hancock Preferred Income Fund was formed on August 27, 2002 and is domiciled in the United States.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, John Hancock has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.03.

PE Ratio

John Hancock has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 603.67. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $603.67 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 0.21%.

Yearly Top and Bottom Value

John Hancock’s stock is valued at $18.11 at 20:15 EST, way under its 52-week low of $12.85.

Revenue Growth

Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 3.9%, now sitting on 47.86M for the twelve trailing months.

Volume

Today’s last reported volume for John Hancock is 42670 which is 7.91% below its average volume of 46340.

Moving Average

John Hancock’s worth is higher than its 50-day moving average of $17.21 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $16.41.

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2. Peoples Bancorp (PEBO) – Dividend Yield: 4.95%

Peoples Bancorp’s last close was $32.34, 7.2% below its 52-week high of $34.85. Intraday change was -5.5%.

Peoples Bancorp Inc. operates as the holding company for Peoples Bank that provides commercial and retail banking products and services. The company accepts various deposit products, including demand deposit accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit; and provides commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, construction, finance, residential real estate, and consumer indirect and direct loans, as well as home equity lines of credit and overdrafts. It also offers debit and automated teller machine (ATM) cards; safe deposit rental facilities; money orders and cashier's checks; and telephone, mobile, and Internet-based banking services. In addition, the company provides various life, health, and property and casualty insurance products; third-party insurance administration; insurance premium financing; commercial and technology equipment leasing; fiduciary and trust; underwriting, origination and servicing of equipment leases, and equipment financing agreements; and asset management and administration services, as well as employee benefit, retirement, and health care plan administration services. Further, it offers brokerage services through an unaffiliated registered broker-dealers; insurance premium finance lending and lease financing services; and credit cards to individuals and businesses, as well as provides merchant credit card transaction processing, and person-to-person payment processing services. The company operates through 135 financial service offices and ATMs, including 119 full-service branches in Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland. Peoples Bancorp Inc. was founded in 1902 and is based in Marietta, Ohio.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, Peoples Bancorp has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.54.

PE Ratio

Peoples Bancorp has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 8.63. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $8.63 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 11.97%.

Yearly Top and Bottom Value

Peoples Bancorp’s stock is valued at $30.56 at 20:15 EST, way under its 52-week high of $34.85 and way higher than its 52-week low of $24.84.

Sales Growth

Peoples Bancorp’s sales growth is negative 4.3% for the current quarter and negative 0.7% for the next.

Dividend Yield

As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Aug 5, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.6 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 4.95%.

Revenue Growth

Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 6.9%, now sitting on 434.19M for the twelve trailing months.

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3. KT Corporation (KT) – Dividend Yield: 4.68%

KT Corporation’s last close was $15.42, 3.02% below its 52-week high of $15.90. Intraday change was 1.04%.

KT Corporation provides telecommunications services worldwide. The company offers local, domestic long-distance, and international long-distance fixed-line and voice over Internet protocol services, as well as interconnection services; broadband Internet access and other Internet-related services; and data communication services, such as leased line and broadband Internet connection services. It also provides media and content services, including IPTV, satellite TV, TV home shopping, digital content distribution, information and communication technology platform consulting, digital music streaming, and downloading and online advertising; and credit card processing and other financial services. In addition, the company offers information technology and network, and satellite services; sells handsets and telecommunications equipment; develops and sells residential units and commercial real estate; and rents real estate properties. Further, it maintains public telephones; security, B2C and B2B, investment fund, software development and data processing, value added network, system integration and maintenance, mobile marketing, PCS distribution, satellite broadcasting, cloud system implementation, network installation and management, and data center development and related services. Additionally, the company is involved in the Internet banking ASP and security solutions, sports group management, music contents investment, technology business finance, foreign investment, and electronic communication businesses. As of December 31, 2019, the company served approximately 21,922,000 mobile subscribers and 8.4 million IPTV subscribers. KT Corporation has a strategic agreement with Jasmine Telecom Systems Public Company Limited for the operation of the data center and cloud service business. The company was formerly known as Korea Telecom Corp. and changed its name to KT Corporation in March 2002. KT Corporation was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Seongnam, South Korea.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, KT Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.62.

PE Ratio

KT Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 9.62. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $9.62 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 5.52%.

Yearly Top and Bottom Value

KT Corporation’s stock is valued at $15.58 at 20:15 EST, under its 52-week high of $15.90 and way higher than its 52-week low of $11.83.

Dividend Yield

As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Jun 28, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.72 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 4.68%.

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4. Lazard LTD (LAZ) – Dividend Yield: 4.34%

Lazard LTD’s last close was $46.10, 8.28% below its 52-week high of $50.26. Intraday change was 3.62%.

Lazard Ltd, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a financial advisory and asset management firm in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Central and South America. Its Financial Advisory segment offers various financial advisory services regarding mergers and acquisitions and other strategic matters, capital advisory, restructurings, shareholder advisory, sovereign advisory, capital raising, and other strategic advisory matters. This segment serves corporate, partnership, institutional, government, sovereign, and individual clients. The company's Asset Management segment offers a range of investment solutions and investment management services in equity and fixed income strategies; and alternative investments and private equity funds to corporations, public funds, sovereign entities, endowments and foundations, labor funds, financial intermediaries, and private clients. Lazard Ltd was founded in 1848 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, Lazard LTD has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.62.

PE Ratio

Lazard LTD has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 29.49. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $29.49 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 31.16%.

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5. Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV) – Dividend Yield: 4.12%

Nuveen Municipal Value Fund’s last close was $9.02, 0.55% below its 52-week high of $9.07. Intraday change was 0.18%.

Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc. is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund launched by Nuveen Investments, Inc. The fund is co-managed by Nuveen Fund Advisors LLC and Nuveen Asset Management, LLC. It invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. The fund also invests some portion of its portfolio in derivative instruments. It invests in undervalued municipal securities and other related investments the income, exempt from regular federal income taxes that are rated Baa or BBB or better. It employs fundamental analysis with bottom-up stock picking approach to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Standard & Poor's (S&P) National Municipal Bond Index. Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc. was formed on April 8, 1987 and is domiciled in the United States.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, Nuveen Municipal Value Fund has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.23.

PE Ratio

Nuveen Municipal Value Fund has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 39.22. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $39.22 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 2.54%.

Yearly Top and Bottom Value

Nuveen Municipal Value Fund’s stock is valued at $9.02 at 20:15 EST, below its 52-week high of $9.07 and way above its 52-week low of $7.86.

Moving Average

Nuveen Municipal Value Fund’s worth is above its 50-day moving average of $8.79 and above its 200-day moving average of $8.66.

Dividend Yield

As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Sep 13, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.37 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 4.12%.

Revenue Growth

Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 2.4%, now sitting on 83.23M for the twelve trailing months.

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6. AbbVie (ABBV) – Dividend Yield: 3.18%

AbbVie’s last close was $194.79, 2.58% below its 52-week high of $199.95. Intraday change was -2.22%.

AbbVie Inc. discovers, develops, manufactures, and sells pharmaceuticals worldwide. The company offers Humira, an injection for autoimmune and intestinal Behçet's diseases, and pyoderma gangrenosum; Skyrizi to treat moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, psoriatic disease, and Crohn's disease; Rinvoq to treat rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, atopic dermatitis, axial spondyloarthropathy, ulcerative colitis, and Crohn's disease; Imbruvica for the treatment of adult patients with blood cancers; Epkinly to treat lymphoma; Elahere to treat cancer; and Venclexta/Venclyxto to treat blood cancers. It also provides facial injectables, plastics and regenerative medicine, body contouring, and skincare products; botox therapeutic; Vraylar for depressive disorder; Duopa and Duodopa to treat advanced Parkinson's disease; Ubrelvy for the acute treatment of migraine in adults; and Qulipta for episodic and chronic migraine. In addition, the company offers Ozurdex for eye diseases; Lumigan/Ganfort and Alphagan/Combigan for the reduction of elevated intraocular pressure in patients with open angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension; Restasis to increase tear production; and other eye care products. Further, it provides Mavyret/Maviret to treat chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1-6 infection; Creon, a pancreatic enzyme therapy; Lupron to treat advanced prostate cancer, endometriosis and central precocious puberty, and patients with anemia caused by uterine fibroids; Linzess/Constella to treat irritable bowel syndrome with constipation and chronic idiopathic constipation; and Synthroid for hypothyroidism. It has collaborations with Calico Life Sciences LLC; REGENXBIO Inc.; Janssen Biotech, Inc.; and Genentech, Inc., as well as collaboration with Tentarix Biotherapeutics, LP to develop conditionally-active and multi-specific biologics for oncology and immunology. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in North Chicago, Illinois.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, AbbVie has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.71.

PE Ratio

AbbVie has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 59.88. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $59.88 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 54.26%.

Volume

Today’s last reported volume for AbbVie is 5514860 which is 1.92% below its average volume of 5623340.

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7. The First Bancshares (FBMS) – Dividend Yield: 3.03%

The First Bancshares’s last close was $32.66, 5.06% below its 52-week high of $34.40. Intraday change was -0.29%.

The First Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for The First Bank that provides general commercial and retail banking services. The company operates through three segments: Commercial/Retail Bank, Mortgage Banking Division, and Holding Company. It offers deposit services, including checking, NOW, and savings accounts; other time deposits, such as daily money market accounts and longer-term certificates of deposit; and individual retirement and health savings accounts. The company also provides commercial loans comprising secured and unsecured loans for working capital, business expansion, and purchase of equipment and machinery; consumer loans consisting of equity lines of credit, as well as secured and unsecured loans for financing automobiles, home improvements, education, and personal investments; and real estate construction and acquisition loans. In addition, it originates loans to purchase existing residential homes, construct new homes, and to refinance existing mortgages; and provides financial and wealth management services. Further, the company offers online internet banking services, automated teller machines, voice response telephone inquiry services, commercial sweep accounts, cash management services, safe deposit boxes, merchant services, mobile deposit, direct deposit of payroll and social security checks, automatic drafts for various accounts, and credit card services. It serves small to medium-sized businesses, professional concerns, individuals, associations, organizations, and governmental authorities. The company operates full-service banking and financial service offices, motor bank facility, and loan production offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana. The First Bancshares, Inc. was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, The First Bancshares has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.39.

PE Ratio

The First Bancshares has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 13.63. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $13.63 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 8.09%.

Dividend Yield

As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Aug 8, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.99 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 3.03%.

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8. Banc of California (BANC) – Dividend Yield: 2.7%

Banc of California’s last close was $14.79, 4.83% below its 52-week high of $15.54. Intraday change was -0.2%.

Banc of California, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Banc of California, National Association that provides banking products and services in the United States. The company offers deposit products, including checking, savings, money market, retirement, and interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing demand accounts, as well as certificate of deposits. It also provides various commercial and consumer loan products, such as commercial and industrial loans; commercial real estate and multifamily loans; construction loans; single family residential mortgage loans; warehouse and indirect/direct leveraged lending; home equity lines of credit; small business administration loans; and other consumer loans. In addition, the company offers automated bill payment, cash and treasury management, foreign exchange, card payment, remote and mobile deposit capture, automated clearing house origination, wire transfer, direct deposit, and internet banking services; and master demand accounts, interest rate swaps, and safe deposit boxes. Further, it invests in collateralized loan obligations, agency securities, municipal bonds, agency residential mortgage-backed securities, and corporate debt securities. As of December 31, 2020, the company operated 29 full-service branches in Southern California. The company was formerly known as First PacTrust Bancorp, Inc. and changed its name to Banc of California, Inc. in July 2013. Banc of California, Inc. was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Santa Ana, California.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, Banc of California has a trailing twelve months EPS of $-4.25.

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 -14.98%.

Revenue Growth

Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 343.4%, now sitting on 379.38M for the twelve trailing months.

Stock Price Classification

According to the stochastic oscillator, a useful indicator of overbought and oversold conditions, Banc of California’s stock is considered to be overbought (>=80).

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