(VIANEWS) – Medical Properties Trust (MPW), First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (FCT), Avista Corporation (AVA) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
Here’s the data we’ve collected of stocks with a high payout ratio up until now. The payout ratio in itself isn’t a promise of a future good investment but it’s an indicator of whether dividends are being paid and how the company chooses to issue them.
When researching a potential investment, the dividend payout ratio is a good statistic to know so here is a list of some companies with an above 30% payout ratio.
1. Medical Properties Trust (MPW)
1054.55% 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 hospital real estate with 444 facilities and approximately 45,000 licensed beds in ten countries and across four continents. 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 $0.11.
PE Ratio
Medical Properties Trust has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 64.82. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $64.82 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 0.84%.
2. First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (FCT)
165.73% Payout Ratio
First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by First Trust Advisors L.P. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. It seeks to invest in a portfolio of senior secured floating rate corporate loans. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index. It was formerly known as First Trust/Four Corners Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II. First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II was formed on May 25, 2004 and is domiciled in the United States.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.55.
PE Ratio
First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 18.44. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $18.44 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 4.83%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 33.6%, now sitting on 26.04M for the twelve trailing months.
Moving Average
First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II’s value is above its 50-day moving average of $9.97 and above its 200-day moving average of $9.82.
3. Avista Corporation (AVA)
93.26% Payout Ratio
Avista Corporation operates as an electric and natural gas utility company. It operates in two segments, Avista Utilities and AEL&P. The Avista Utilities segment provides electric distribution and transmission, and natural gas distribution services in parts of eastern Washington and northern Idaho; and natural gas distribution services in parts of northeastern and southwestern Oregon, as well as generates electricity in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana. This segment also engages in the wholesale purchase and sale of electricity and natural gas. The AEL&P segment offers electric services to 17,000 customers in the city and borough of Juneau, Alaska. The company generates electricity through hydro, thermal, and wind facilities. As of February 24, 2021, it provided electric service to 400,000 customers and natural gas to 367,000 customers. In addition, the company engages in the venture fund investments, real estate investments, and other investments. Avista Corporation was incorporated in 1889 and is headquartered in Spokane, Washington.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Avista Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.93.
PE Ratio
Avista Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 17.28. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $17.28 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 6.23%.
4. First Trust New Opportunities MLP & Energy Fund (FPL)
91.84% Payout Ratio
First Trust New Opportunities MLP & Energy Fund is a closed-ended balanced mutual fund launched and managed by First Trust Advisors L.P. It is co-managed by Energy Income Partners LLC. The fund invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. It seeks to invest in securities of companies operating in the energy and utilities sectors. The fund primarily invests in equity and debt securities of MLPs and MLP related entities, as well as in dividend paying growth stocks of other energy and energy utilities companies. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P 500 Index, Alerian MLP Total Return Index, and Wells Fargo Midstream MLP Total Return Index. First Trust New Opportunities MLP & Energy Fund was formed on October 15, 2013 and is domiciled in the United States.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, First Trust New Opportunities MLP & Energy Fund has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.49.
PE Ratio
First Trust New Opportunities MLP & Energy Fund has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 13.02. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $13.02 for every dollar of annual earnings.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for First Trust New Opportunities MLP & Energy Fund is 32330 which is 49.47% below its average volume of 63993.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Oct 1, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.45 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 7.05%.
Moving Average
First Trust New Opportunities MLP & Energy Fund’s worth is higher than its 50-day moving average of $6.22 and higher than its 200-day moving average of $6.09.
5. A10 Networks (ATEN)
38.33% Payout Ratio
A10 Networks, Inc. provides networking solutions in the United States, Japan, other Asia Pacific, and EMEA countries. The company offers Thunder Application Delivery Controller (ADC) that provides advanced server load balancing; Lightning ADC, a cloud-native software-as-a-service platform to boost the delivery and security of applications and micro services; and Thunder Carrier Grade Networking product, which offers standards-compliant address and protocol translation services for service provider networks. It also provides Thunder Threat Protection System (TPS) for the protection of networks and server resources against massive distributed denial of service attacks; Thunder Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Insight solution that decrypts SSL-encrypted traffic and forwards it to a third-party security device for deep packet inspection; and Thunder Convergent Firewall, which addresses various critical security capabilities in one package by consolidating various security and networking functions in a single appliance. In addition, the company offers intelligent management and automation tools comprising harmony controller that provides intelligent management, automation, and analytics for secure application delivery in multi-cloud environment; and aGalaxy TPS, a multi-device network management solution. The company delivers its solutions on optimized hardware appliances, bare metal software, containerized software, virtual appliances, and cloud-native software. It serves cloud providers, service providers, government organizations, and enterprises in the telecommunications, technology, industrial, retail, government, financial, gaming, and education industries. The company markets its products through sales organizations, as well as distribution channel partners, including distributors, value added resellers, and system integrators. A10 Networks, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, A10 Networks has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.6.
PE Ratio
A10 Networks has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 25.42. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $25.42 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 23.59%.
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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%.
