(VIANEWS) – Natural Health Trends Corp. (NHTC), Open Text Corporation (OTEX), GAMCO Natural Resources, Gold & Income Trust (GNT) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
We have collected information about stocks with the highest payout ratio up to now. 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. Natural Health Trends Corp. (NHTC)
1043.36% Payout Ratio
Natural Health Trends Corp., a direct-selling and e-commerce company, provides personal care, wellness, and lifestyle products under the NHT Global brand. The company offers wellness products, including liquid, encapsulated, tableted, and powder dietary and nutritional supplements, as well as vitamins and minerals; and herbal products comprising herbal supplements. It also provides beauty products, such as age-defying and hydrating cleansers, creams, lotions, serums, and toners; and lifestyle products, which include weight management and energy enhancing supplements. In addition, the company offers home appliances; daily products, such as oral care, hair care, and body care; and home appliances products. It sells its products directly to consumers, as well as through an e-commerce retail platform in the United States, Canada, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Peru, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, South Korea, Japan, India, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Europe. The company was formerly known as Florida Institute of Massage Therapy, Inc. and changed its name to Natural Health Trends Corp. in June 1993. Natural Health Trends Corp. was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Natural Health Trends Corp. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.08.
PE Ratio
Natural Health Trends Corp. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 75.5. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $75.5 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 2.15%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth declined by 0.3%, now sitting on 42.98M for the twelve trailing months.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Natural Health Trends Corp. is 38081 which is 170.21% above its average volume of 14093.
2. Open Text Corporation (OTEX)
58.48% Payout Ratio
Open Text Corporation engages in the designs, develops, markets, and sells information management software and solutions. It offers content services; business network that manages data within the organization and outside the firewall; security and protection solutions for defending against cyber threats, and preparing for business continuity and response in the event of a breach; digital investigation and forensic security solutions; OpenText security solutions to address information cyber resilience needs; Carbonite and Webroot products; and OpenText Information Management software platform. The company also provides Discovery platform that provides forensics and unstructured data analytics; OpenText Developer Cloud; key developer API services; AI and analytics that leverages structured or unstructured data; digital process automation solutions, which enables organizations to transform into digital data-driven businesses; and OpenText Digital Experience platform. In addition, it offers customer support programs, including access to software upgrades, a knowledge base, discussions, product information, and an online mechanism to post and review trouble tickets; and consulting and learning services relating to the implementation, training, and integration of its licensed product offerings, as well as cloud services. The company serves organizations, enterprise and mid-market companies, public sector agencies, small and medium-sized businesses, and direct consumers in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. It has strategic partnerships with SAP SE, Google Cloud, Amazon AWS, Microsoft Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Salesforce.com Corporation, Accenture plc, ATOS, Capgemini Technology Services SAS, Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corp., Deloitte Consulting LLP, and Tata Consultancy Services. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Open Text Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.71.
PE Ratio
Open Text Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 19.36. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $19.36 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 11.32%.
Moving Average
Open Text Corporation’s value is higher than its 50-day moving average of $31.80 and below its 200-day moving average of $34.75.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Aug 30, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.05 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 3.19%.
3. GAMCO Natural Resources, Gold & Income Trust (GNT)
37.89% Payout Ratio
GAMCO Natural Resources, Gold & Income Trust is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by GAMCO Investors, Inc. The fund is managed by Gabelli Funds, LLC. It invests in public equity markets across the globe. The fund invests in securities of companies principally engaged in natural resource and gold industries and by writing covered call options on the underlying equity securities. It focuses on factors such as recent prices of comparable securities that are publicly traded, reliable prices of securities not publicly traded, the use of valuation models, current analyst reports, valuing the income or cash flow of the issuer, or cost if the preceding factors do not apply to create its portfolio. The fund invests in stocks of companies across market capitalization. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the CBOE S&P 500 Buy/Write Index, Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index, Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials Index, and S&P Global Agribusiness Equity Index. The fund was formerly known as Gabelli Natural Resources, Gold & Income Trust. GAMCO Natural Resources, Gold & Income Trust was formed on January 27, 2011 and is domiciled in the United States.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, GAMCO Natural Resources, Gold & Income Trust has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.56.
PE Ratio
GAMCO Natural Resources, Gold & Income Trust has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 10.48. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $10.48 for every dollar of annual earnings.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for GAMCO Natural Resources, Gold & Income Trust is 31468 which is 8.09% below its average volume of 34239.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Nov 14, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.36 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 7.35%.
4. Lear Corporation (LEA)
32.94% Payout Ratio
Lear Corporation designs, develops, engineers, manufactures, assembles, and supplies automotive seating, and electrical distribution systems and related components for automotive original equipment manufacturers in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, South America, and internationally. Its Seating segment offers leather and fabric products, seat covers, recliner mechanisms, seat tracks and foams, seat structures and mechanisms, and headrests for automobiles and light trucks, compact cars, and sport utility vehicles. The company's E-Systems segment offers electrical distribution systems that route electrical signals and networks, and manage electrical power within the vehicle for various powertrains, such as traditional internal combustion engine architectures, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and battery electric architectures. This segment's products comprise wire harnesses, terminals and connectors, and junction boxes; and electronic control modules, such as body control modules, smart junction boxes, gateway modules, wireless receiver and transmitter technology, lighting control modules, audio domain controllers, amplifiers, and communication modules. It also provides electrification products comprising charging systems that include onboard charging modules and cord set charging equipment; battery electronics, which comprise battery disconnect units, cell monitoring supervisory systems, and integrated total battery control modules; and other power management modules, including converter and inverter systems. In addition, this segment offers cybersecurity software; advanced vehicle positioning for automated and autonomous driving applications; roadside modules that communicate real-time traffic information; and cellular protocols for vehicle connectivity, as well as Xevo Journeyware, a platform for the cloud, vehicles, and mobile devices; and connectivity products. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Southfield, Michigan.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Lear Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $9.35.
PE Ratio
Lear Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 11.56. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $11.56 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 12.32%.
Moving Average
Lear Corporation’s value is under its 50-day moving average of $112.58 and way under its 200-day moving average of $126.79.
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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%.
