(VIANEWS) – Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), Williams Companies (WMB), Spok Holdings (SPOK) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
Here’s the data we’ve collected of stocks with a high payout ratio as yet. The payout ratio in itself isn’t a guarantee of a future good investment but it’s an indicator of whether dividends are being paid and how the company chooses to distribute 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. Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT)
204.71% Payout Ratio
Putnam Premier Income Trust is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Putnam Investment Management, LLC. The fund is co-managed by Putnam Investments Limited. It invests in the public fixed income markets across the globe. The fund primarily invests in U.S. high-grade and high-yield bonds with an average credit quality of BBB by S&P Corporation. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Barclays Capital Government Bond Index. Putnam Premier Income Trust was formed on February 29, 1988 and is domiciled in the United States.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 0.25%.
2. Williams Companies (WMB)
78.25% Payout Ratio
The Williams Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy infrastructure company primarily in the United States. It operates through Transmission & Gulf of Mexico, Northeast G&P, West, and Gas & NGL Marketing Services segments. The Transmission & Gulf of Mexico segment comprises Transco and Northwest natural gas pipelines; and natural gas gathering and processing, and crude oil production handling and transportation assets in the Gulf Coast region, as well as various petrochemical and feedstock pipelines. The Northeast G&P segment engages in the midstream gathering, processing, and fractionation activities in the Marcellus Shale region primarily in Pennsylvania and New York, and the Utica Shale region of eastern Ohio. The West segment comprises gas gathering, processing, and treating operations in the Rocky Mountain region of Colorado and Wyoming, the Barnett Shale region of north-central Texas, the Eagle Ford Shale region of South Texas, the Haynesville Shale region of northwest Louisiana, and the Mid-Continent region, which includes the Anadarko, Arkoma, and Permian basins; and operates natural gas liquid (NGL) fractionation and storage facilities in central Kansas near Conway. The Gas & NGL Marketing Services segment provides wholesale marketing, trading, storage, and transportation of natural gas for natural gas utilities, municipalities, power generators, and producers; risk and asset management; and NGL marketing services. The company owns and operates 33,000 miles of pipelines, 29 processing facilities, 7 fractionation facilities, and approximately 24 million barrels of NGL storage capacity. The Williams Companies, Inc. was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Williams Companies has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.23.
PE Ratio
Williams Companies has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 15.61. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $15.61 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 20.37%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is a negative 16.3% and a negative 18.2%, respectively.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Williams Companies’s EBITDA is 40.38.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Dec 6, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.79 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 5.26%.
3. Spok Holdings (SPOK)
71.43% Payout Ratio
Spok Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, Spok, Inc., provides healthcare communication solutions in the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia, Asia, and the Middle East. It offers Spok Healthcare Console that helps operators perform directory searches and code calls, as well as messaging and paging; Spok Web-Based Directory that enables staff to send messages from the directory; Spok Web-Based On-Call Scheduling, which keeps personnel, calendars, and on-call scheduling information updated; Spok Speech to process routine phone requests, including transfers, directory assistance, messaging, and paging; and Spok Call Recording and Quality Management, which records, monitors, and scores operators' conversations. The company also provides Spok Mobile for secure code alerts, patient updates, results, consult requests, and other services; Spok Device Preference Engine, which facilitates voice conversations among doctors and caregivers; Spok pc/psap that integrates the phone system, mapping systems, and other resources to speed emergency dispatch; and Spok Enterprise Alert, which directs emergency personnel to caller's location. In addition, it sells devices to resellers who lease or resell them to their subscribers; and ancillary services, such as voicemail and equipment loss or maintenance protection, as well as provides a suite of professional services, and software license updates and product support services. The company serves businesses, professionals, management personnel, medical personnel, field sales personnel and service forces, members of the construction industry and construction trades, real estate brokers and developers, sales and services organizations, specialty trade organizations, manufacturing organizations, and government agencies. The company was formerly known as USA Mobility, Inc. and changed its name to Spok Holdings, Inc. in July 2014. Spok Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Springfield, Virginia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Spok Holdings has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.75.
PE Ratio
Spok Holdings has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 8.18. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $8.18 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 21.68%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Spok Holdings’s EBITDA is 33.05.
4. Crescent Point Energy Corporation Ordinary Shares (CPG)
47.37% Payout Ratio
Crescent Point Energy Corp. explores, develops, and produces light and medium crude oil and natural gas reserves in Western Canada and the United States. The company's crude oil and natural gas properties, and related assets are located in the provinces of Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, and Manitoba; and the states of North Dakota and Montana. Crescent Point Energy Corp. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Crescent Point Energy Corporation Ordinary Shares has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.55.
PE Ratio
Crescent Point Energy Corporation Ordinary Shares has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 14.51. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $14.51 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 5.9%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Crescent Point Energy Corporation Ordinary Shares’s EBITDA is 8.46.
5. Formula Systems (FORTY)
30.16% Payout Ratio
Formula Systems (1985) Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides proprietary and non-proprietary software solutions, IT professional services, software product marketing and support, and computer infrastructure and integration solutions worldwide. The company offers computer and telecommunication infrastructure solutions; computer solutions to computer and communications infrastructures; cloud computing solutions; and database and big data services. It also provides customer relations management, computer systems management infrastructures, web world content management, database and data warehouse mining, application integration, database and system, data management, and software development tools; and professional training courses and advanced professional studies. In addition, it markets and sells computers and peripheral equipment to business customers; offers property and casualty insurance platforms, such as Sapiens, Sapiens CoreSuite, Sapiens IDITSuite, Sapiens PolicyPro, Sapiens BillingPro, Sapiens ClaimsPro, e-Tica, and Tia Enterprise; life, pension, and annuities platforms, including Sapiens CoreSuite, Sapiens UnderwritingPro, Sapiens ApplicationPro, Sapiens IllustrationPro, and Sapiens ConsolidationMaster; reinsurance software solutions comprising Sapiens ReinsuranceMaster, Sapiens ReinsurancePro, and Sapiens Reinsurance GO; and Sapiens platform for workers' compensation solutions. Further, the company provides financial and compliance solutions that include Sapiens FinancialPro, Sapiens Financial GO, and Sapiens StatementPro; Sapiens DECISION, a decision management platform; and technology-based solutions. Additionally, it offers application development and business process integration platforms; vertical software solutions; strategic consulting and outsourcing services; and professional services in various areas, as well as develops on-premise payroll software. Formula Systems (1985) Ltd. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Or Yehuda, Israel.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Formula Systems has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.14.
PE Ratio
Formula Systems has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 15.22. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $15.22 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 13.97%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Formula Systems is 101 which is 68.43% below its average volume of 320.
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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%.
