(VIANEWS) – Morningstar (MORN), The Hershey Company (HSY), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) 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 researching 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. Morningstar (MORN)
50.53% Payout Ratio
Morningstar, Inc. provides independent investment research services in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offers web-based tools; investment data, fundamental equity and manager research, private capital markets research, credit and fund rating, and index, as well as environmental, social, and governance (ESG) rating services; and investment offerings, including managed investment products, publicly listed and private companies, fixed income securities, and real-time global market data for financial advisors, asset managers, retirement plan providers and sponsors, and individual and institutional investors. It also provides Morningstar Data, an investment data spanning various databases, including equity fundamentals, managed investments, ESG factors, and market data; Morningstar Direct, an investment-analysis platform; Morningstar Managed Portfolios, an advisor service consisting of model portfolio that offers services for independent financial advisors, as well as offers asset allocation services for asset managers, broker/dealers, and insurance providers; Morningstar Advisor Workstation, a web-based research, financial planning, and proposal generation platform; and Morningstar.com, a website for individual investors. In addition, the company offers Morningstar Enterprise Components; Morningstar Credit Ratings that provides issuance and surveillance services for structured finance products and instruments; corporate credit estimates and operational risk assessment rankings; Morningstar Indexes for creating investment products; Morningstar workplace solutions, such as retirement accounts, fiduciary services, allocation funds, and custom models; and PitchBook Platform, research and analysis workstation for investment and research professionals. Further, its PitchBook provides a mobile application, excel plug-in, data feeds, and data solutions. The company was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Morningstar has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.85.
PE Ratio
Morningstar has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 85.45. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $85.45 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 9.65%.
Moving Average
Morningstar’s value is above its 50-day moving average of $232.94 and above its 200-day moving average of $236.49.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Morningstar’s EBITDA is 189.21.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Morningstar’s stock is valued at $243.54 at 07:23 EST, way below its 52-week high of $298.29 and way higher than its 52-week low of $207.11.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Apr 4, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.5 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 0.62%.
2. The Hershey Company (HSY)
45.85% Payout Ratio
The Hershey Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of confectionery products and pantry items in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America Confectionery, North America Salty Snacks, and International. It offers chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery products; gum and mint refreshment products, including mints, chewing gums, and bubble gums; pantry items, such as baking ingredients, toppings, beverages, and sundae syrups; and snack items comprising spreads, meat snacks, bars and snack bites, mixes, popcorn, and protein bars. The company provides its products primarily under the Hershey's, Reese's, Kisses, Jolly Rancher, Almond Joy, Brookside, barkTHINS, Cadbury, Good & Plenty, Heath, Kit Kat, Payday, Rolo, Twizzlers, Whoppers, York, Ice Breakers, Breath Savers, Bubble Yum, Lily's, SkinnyPop, Pirates Booty, Paqui, Dot's Homestyle Pretzels, and ONE Bar brands, as well as under the Pelon Pelo Rico, IO-IO, and Sofit brands. It markets and sells its products to wholesale distributors, chain grocery stores, mass merchandisers, chain drug stores, vending companies, wholesale clubs, convenience stores, dollar stores, concessionaires, and department stores. The company was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, The Hershey Company has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.72.
PE Ratio
The Hershey Company has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 35.36. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $35.36 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 63.26%.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Aug 17, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 4.14 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.78%.
Sales Growth
The Hershey Company’s sales growth is 12.6% for the current quarter and 11.2% for the next.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 19.3%, now sitting on 9.72B for the twelve trailing months.
3. Huntington Bancshares (HBAN)
42.76% Payout Ratio
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated operates as the bank holding company for The Huntington National Bank that provides commercial, consumer, and mortgage banking services in the United States. The company operates through four segments: Consumer and Business Banking; Commercial Banking; Vehicle Finance; and Regional Banking and The Huntington Private Client Group (RBHPCG). The Consumer and Business Banking segment offers financial products and services, such as checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, credit cards, and consumer and small business loans, as well as investment products. This segment also provides mortgages, insurance, interest rate risk protection, foreign exchange, automated teller machine, and treasury management services, as well as online, mobile, and telephone banking services. It serves consumer and small business customers. The Commercial Banking segment offers regional commercial banking solutions for middle market businesses, government and public sector entities, and commercial real estate developers/REITs; and specialty banking solutions for healthcare, technology and telecommunications, franchise finance, sponsor finance, and global services industries. It also provides asset finance services; capital raising solutions, sales and trading, and corporate risk management products; institutional banking services; and treasury management services. The Vehicle Finance segment provides financing to consumers for the purchase of automobiles, light-duty trucks, recreational vehicles, and marine craft at franchised and other select dealerships, as well as to franchised dealerships for the acquisition of new and used inventory. The RBHPCG segment offers private banking, wealth and investment management, and retirement plan services. As of March 18, 2022, the company had approximately 1,000 branches in 11 states. Huntington Bancshares Incorporated was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Huntington Bancshares has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.14.
PE Ratio
Huntington Bancshares has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 13.44. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $13.44 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 12.13%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Huntington Bancshares is 5532480 which is 60.72% below its average volume of 14088100.
Sales Growth
Huntington Bancshares’s sales growth is 16.5% for the current quarter and 16.7% for the next.
4. MSCI (MSCI)
42.72% Payout Ratio
MSCI Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides investment decision support tools for the clients to manage their investment processes worldwide. It operates through four segments: Index, Analytics, ESG and Climate, and All Other – Private Assets. The Index segment provides indexes for use in various areas of the investment process, including indexed product creation, such as ETFs, mutual funds, annuities, futures, options, structured products, over-the-counter derivatives; performance benchmarking; portfolio construction and rebalancing; and asset allocation, as well as licenses GICS and GICS Direct. The Analytics segment offers risk management, performance attribution and portfolio management content, application, and service that provides an integrated view of risk and return, and an analysis of market, credit, liquidity, and counterparty risk across asset classes; managed services, including consolidation of client portfolio data from various sources, review and reconciliation of input data and results, and customized reporting; and HedgePlatform to measure, evaluate, and monitor the risk of hedge fund investments. The ESG and Climate segment provides products and services that help institutional investors understand how ESG factors impact the long-term risk and return of their portfolio and individual security-level investments; and data, ratings, research, and tools to help investors navigate increasing regulation. The All Other – Private Assets segment includes real estate market and transaction data, benchmarks, return-analytics, climate assessments and market insights for funds, investors, and managers; business intelligence to real estate owners, managers, developers, and brokers; and offers investment decision support tools for private capital. It serves asset owners and managers, financial intermediaries, wealth managers, real estate professionals, and corporates. MSCI Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
MSCI delays weighting cuts for two adani companies, cites 'replicability' concernsThe decision was made after MSCI reassessed the number of shares that are freely traded, it had said., As such, MSCI will not make any changes – including additions, deletions and constraint factor changes – in non-market capitalization weighted indexes and custom indexes such as the MSCI Factor, ESG, thematic and capped indexes, it said.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, MSCI has a trailing twelve months EPS of $7.75.
PE Ratio
MSCI has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 72.75. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $72.75 for every dollar of annual earnings.
Sales Growth
MSCI’s sales growth is 3.1% for the ongoing quarter and 4.4% for the next.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 4.8%, now sitting on 2.25B for the twelve trailing months.
5. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (BAH)
40.06% Payout Ratio
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation provides management and technology consulting, analytics, engineering, digital, mission operations, and cyber solutions to governments, corporations, and not-for-profit organizations in the United States and internationally. The company offers consulting solutions for various domains, business strategies, human capital, and operations. It also provides analytics services, which focuses on delivering transformational solutions in the areas of artificial intelligence, such as machine learning, deep learning; data science, such as data engineering and predictive modeling; automation and decision analytics; and quantum computing. In addition, the company designs, develops, and implements solutions built on contemporary methodologies and modern architectures; delivers engineering services and solutions to define, develop, implement, sustain, and modernize complex physical systems; and provides cyber risk management solutions, such as prevention, detection, and cost effectiveness. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.22.
PE Ratio
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 28.8. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $28.8 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 37.75%.
Moving Average
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation’s worth is below its 50-day moving average of $102.59 and below its 200-day moving average of $95.17.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation is 2542210 which is 121% above its average volume of 1150280.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation’s stock is valued at $92.73 at 07:23 EST, way under its 52-week high of $112.55 and way above its 52-week low of $69.68.
Dividend Yield
As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Nov 13, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.72 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.85%.
6. Franco (FNV)
31.08% Payout Ratio
Franco-Nevada Corporation operates as a gold-focused royalty and streaming company in Latin America, the United States, Canada, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Mining and Energy. The company manages its portfolio with a focus on precious metals, such as gold, silver, and platinum group metals; and energy comprising oil, gas, and natural gas liquids. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Franco has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.71.
PE Ratio
Franco has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 78.37. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $78.37 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 12.73%.
Moving Average
Franco’s value is below its 50-day moving average of $141.59 and under its 200-day moving average of $134.95.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Franco’s stock is valued at $134.01 at 07:23 EST, way under its 52-week high of $169.32 and way above its 52-week low of $109.70.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Franco is 382158 which is 35.82% below its average volume of 595521.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter is a negative 1.1% and positive 4.7% for the next.
