(VIANEWS) – Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (KALU), PennantPark Investment Corporation (PNNT), Royce Value Trust (RVT) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
We have gathered information about stocks with the highest payout ratio so far. 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. Kaiser Aluminum Corporation (KALU)
385% Payout Ratio
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation manufactures and sells semi-fabricated specialty aluminum mill products. The company provides rolled, extruded, and drawn aluminum products used principally for aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer durables, electronics, electrical, and machinery and equipment applications. Its aerospace and high strength products include heat treat plates and sheets, hard alloy extruded shapes, cold finish rods and bars, seamless drawn tubes, and billets for aerospace and defense industries. The company's automotive extrusions include extruded aluminum products for structural components, crash management systems, anti-lock braking systems, and drawn tubes for drive shafts, as well as offers fabrication services, including sawing and cutting to length. Its general engineering products comprise alloy plate, sheet, rod, bar, tube, wire, and standard extrusion shapes used in various applications, including the production of military vehicles, ordnances, semiconductor manufacturing cells, electronic devices, after-market motor sport parts, tooling plates, parts for machinery and equipment, bolts, screws, nails, and rivets. The company also offers extruded, drawn, and cast billet aluminum products for industrial end uses. It sells its products directly to customers through sales personnel located in the United States, Canada, Western Europe, and China, as well as through independent sales agents in other regions of Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Kaiser Aluminum Corporation was founded in 1946 and is based in Foothill Ranch, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Kaiser Aluminum Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.82.
PE Ratio
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 88.45. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $88.45 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 2.06%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth declined by 0.7%, now sitting on 3.14B for the twelve trailing months.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter is 120% and a drop 7.1% for the next.
2. PennantPark Investment Corporation (PNNT)
99.06% Payout Ratio
PennantPark Investment Corporation, a business development company is a private equity fund specializes in direct and mezzanine investments in middle market companies. It invests in the form of mezzanine debt, senior secured loans, and equity investments. The fund typically invests in buildings and real estate, hotels, gaming and leisure, technology, telecommunications, transportation, information technology services, electronics, healthcare & pharmaceuticals, education and childcare, financial services, printing and publishing, consumer products, business services, energy & Related Services and utilities, distribution, oil and gas, media, environmental services, aerospace and defense, building materials, capital equipment, chemicals, plastics, & rubber, food & beverage, wholesale, manufacturing and basic industries and retail. It invests in equity securities and debt transactions through preferred stock, common stock, warrants, options, senior secured debt, subordinated debt, subordinated loans, first lien debt, mezzanine loans, and distressed debt securities and private equity co-investments. It seeks to invest in companies based in the United States. The fund seeks to invest between $10 million and $100 million cross the capital structure (senior secured loans, subordinated debt, and other investments) in its portfolio companies with EBITDA between $10 to $50 million. Its mezzanine loans, senior secured loans, and other investments in its portfolio companies are between $15 million and $50 million. The fund may also make non-control equity and debt investments.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, PennantPark Investment Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $-0.52.
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 -6.22%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 17.7%, now sitting on 145.37M for the twelve trailing months.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter is 43.8% and a drop 11.5% for the next.
3. Royce Value Trust (RVT)
90.4% Payout Ratio
Royce Value Trust Inc. is a close ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Royce & Associates, LLC. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States. The fund spreads its investments across diversified sectors. It invests in value oriented stocks of small cap and micro cap companies. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Russell 2000 Index. Royce Value Trust Inc. was formed on July 1, 1986 and is domiciled in the United States.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Royce Value Trust has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.25.
PE Ratio
Royce Value Trust has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 11.65. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $11.65 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 negative -24.53%.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Dec 7, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.07 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 7.47%.
4. Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte S.A.B. de C.V. (OMAB)
87.39% Payout Ratio
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V., together with its subsidiaries, holds concessions to develop, operate, and maintain airports in Mexico. The company operates 13 international airports in Monterrey, Acapulco, Mazatlán, Zihuatanejo, Ciudad Juárez, Reynosa, Chihuahua, Culiacán, Durango, San Luis Potosí, Tampico, Torreón, and Zacatecas cities. It also operates the NH Collection Hotel in Terminal 2 of the Mexico City International Airport; and a hotel under the Hilton Garden Inn name at the Monterrey International Airport. In addition, the company provides aeronautical services, which include passenger, aircraft landing and parking, boarding and unloading, passenger walkway, and airport security services. Further, it offers complementary services that comprise leasing of space to airlines, cargo handling, baggage-screening, permanent and non-permanent ground transportation, and access rights services; non-aeronautical services, such as leasing of space at its airports to retailers, restaurants, and other commercial tenants, as well as maintaining of parking facilities and advertising; and diversification services, which consists of operation and lease of the industrial park and real estate services, as well as hotel and air cargo logistics services. Additionally, the company provides construction services. It has a strategic alliance with VYNMSA Desarrollo Inmobiliario, S.A. de C.V. to build and operate an industrial park at the Monterrey airport. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte S.A.B. de C.V. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.79.
PE Ratio
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte S.A.B. de C.V. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 17.76. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $17.76 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 68.08%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 30.3% and 15%, respectively.
5. West Bancorporation (WTBA)
58.82% Payout Ratio
West Bancorporation, Inc. operates as the financial holding company for West Bank that provides community banking and trust services to individuals and small- to medium-sized businesses in the United States. It accepts various deposit products, including checking, savings, and money market accounts, as well as time certificates of deposit. The company also provides loan products comprising commercial real estate loans, construction and land development loans, commercial lines of credit, and commercial term loans; consumer loans, including loans extended to individuals for household, family, and other personal expenditures not secured by real estate; and 1-4 family residential mortgages and home equity loans. In addition, it offers trust services, including the administration of estates, conservatorships, personal trusts, and agency accounts. Further, the company provides internet and mobile banking services; treasury management services comprising cash management, client-generated automated clearing house transaction, remote deposit, and fraud protection services; and merchant credit card processing services and corporate credit cards. It has eight offices in the Des Moines area; one office in Coralville; and one office each in Rochester, Owatonna, Mankato, and St. Cloud, Minnesota. West Bancorporation, Inc. was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, West Bancorporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.65.
PE Ratio
West Bancorporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.85. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $12.85 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 14.18%.
Sales Growth
West Bancorporation’s sales growth is negative 31.9% for the present quarter and negative 17.9% for the next.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
West Bancorporation’s stock is valued at $21.20 at 19:23 EST, way below its 52-week high of $25.80 and way higher than its 52-week low of $15.04.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Nov 6, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 4.57%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth declined by 26.7%, now sitting on 83.57M for the twelve trailing months.
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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%.
