(VIANEWS) – Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), Artesian Resources Corporation (ARTNA), EnLink Midstream, LLC (ENLC) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
We have collected information about stocks with the highest payout ratio as yet. 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 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. Safety Insurance Group (SAFT)
202.25% Payout Ratio
Safety Insurance Group, Inc. provides private passenger and commercial automobile, and homeowner insurance in the United States. The company's private passenger automobile policies offer coverage for bodily injury and property damage to others, no-fault personal injury coverage for the insured/insured's car occupants, and physical damage coverage for an insured's own vehicle for collision or other perils. It also provides commercial automobile policies that offer insurance for commercial vehicles used for business purposes, including private passenger-type vehicles, trucks, tractors and trailers, insure individual vehicles, and commercial fleets; and homeowners policies, which provide coverage for homes, condominiums, and apartments for losses to a dwelling and its contents from various perils, and coverage for liability to others arising from ownership or occupancy. In addition, the company offers business owners policies that cover apartments and residential condominiums, restaurants, office condominiums, processing and services businesses, special trade contractors, and wholesalers. Further, it provides personal umbrella policies, which provide personal excess liability coverage over and above the limits of individual automobile, watercraft, and homeowner's insurance policies; and commercial umbrella and business owner policies, as well as underwrites dwelling fire insurance for non-owner-occupied residences. Additionally, the company offers inland marine coverage for homeowners and business owner policies, and watercraft coverage for small and medium sized pleasure crafts. It distributes its products through independent agents. The company was formerly known as Safety Holdings Inc and changed its name to Safety Insurance Group, Inc. in April 2002. Safety Insurance Group, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Safety Insurance Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.78.
PE Ratio
Safety Insurance Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 40.57. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $40.57 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 3.17%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 9.6%, now sitting on 816.32M for the twelve trailing months.
2. Artesian Resources Corporation (ARTNA)
60.92% Payout Ratio
Artesian Resources Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides water, wastewater, and other services in Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. The company distributes and sells water to residential, commercial, industrial, governmental, municipal, and utility customers, as well as for public and private fire protection in the states of Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania; and offers wastewater collection, treatment infrastructure, and wastewater services to customers in Delaware. It also provides contract water and wastewater services; water, sewer, and internal service line protection plans; and wastewater management services, as well as design, construction, and engineering services. In addition, the company offers services to other water utilities, including operations and billing functions; owns real estate properties, including land for office buildings, a water treatment plant, and wastewater facility; and provides design, installation, maintenance, and repair services related to existing or proposed storm water management systems. As of December 31, 2021, it served approximately 91,700 customers in Delaware, 2,500 customers in Maryland, and 40 customers in Pennsylvania through 1,368 miles of transmission and distribution mains. Artesian Resources Corporation was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Newark, Delaware.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Artesian Resources Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.79.
PE Ratio
Artesian Resources Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 27.87. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $27.87 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 9.32%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Artesian Resources Corporation’s stock is valued at $49.88 at 20:23 EST, way below its 52-week high of $63.00 and way above its 52-week low of $44.08.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Artesian Resources Corporation’s EBITDA is 7.19.
3. EnLink Midstream, LLC (ENLC)
58.54% Payout Ratio
EnLink Midstream, LLC provides midstream energy services in the United States. It operates through Permian, Louisiana, Oklahoma, North Texas, and Corporate segments. The company is involved in gathering, compressing, treating, processing, transporting, storing, and selling natural gas; fractionating, transporting, storing, and selling natural gas liquids; and stabilizing, trans-loading , and condensate crude oil , as well as providing brine disposal services. Its midstream energy asset network includes approximately 12,100 miles of pipelines; 22 natural gas processing plants;7 fractionators with approximately 320,000 barrels per day; barge and rail terminals; product storage facilities; brine disposal wells; and a crude oil trucking fleet. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Dallas, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, EnLink Midstream, LLC has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.79.
PE Ratio
EnLink Midstream, LLC has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 13.14. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $13.14 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 18.4%.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Apr 26, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.5 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 4.96%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth declined by 22.3%, now sitting on 9.02B for the twelve trailing months.
4. CNA Financial Corporation (CNA)
49.24% Payout Ratio
CNA Financial Corporation provides commercial property and casualty insurance products primarily in the United States. It operates through Specialty, Commercial, International, Life & Group, and Corporate & Other segments. The company offers professional liability coverages and risk management services to various professional firms, including architects, real estate agents, and accounting and law firms; directors and officers, employment practices, fiduciary, and fidelity coverages to small and mid-size firms, public and privately held firms, and not-for-profit organizations; professional and general liability, as well as associated standard property and casualty coverages for healthcare industry; surety and fidelity bonds; and warranty and alternative risks products. It also provides property insurance products, such as property, marine, boiler, and machinery coverages; casualty insurance products comprising workers' compensation, general and product liability, commercial auto, and umbrella coverages; specialized loss-sensitive insurance programs and total risk management services; and run-off long term care policies. In addition, the company offers long-tail exposures comprising commercial automobile liability, workers compensation, general and medical professional liability, other professional and management liability, and assumed reinsurance run-off and products liability; and short-tail exposures, such as property, commercial automobile physical damage, marine, surety, and warranty. It markets its products through independent agents, brokers, and general underwriters to small, medium, and large businesses; insurance companies; associations; professionals; and other groups in the marine, oil and gas, construction, manufacturing, life science, property, financial services, healthcare, and technology industries. The company was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. CNA Financial Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Loews Corporation.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, CNA Financial Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.29.
PE Ratio
CNA Financial Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 11.73. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $11.73 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 9.2%.
