(VIANEWS) - American Software (AMSWA), Sempra Energy (SRE), Kaman Corporation (KAMN) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
We have congregated information concerning stocks with the highest payout ratio up to now. 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 distribute 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. American Software (AMSWA)
141.94% Payout Ratio
American Software, Inc. markets, develops, supports, and maintains a variety of software applications for computer businesses in the United States as well internationally. The company operates three divisions: Supply Chain Management, Information Technology Consulting (IT Consulting), or Other. SCM offers retail planning solutions and supply chain optimization. This includes sales planning, demand optimizations, inventory optimization, planning and scheduling, product allocation and merchandise planning. It also provides transportation optimization. The SCM section allows for optimization of forecasting, stock, production, supply and distribution. The cloud solution provides solutions to supply chain management and product lifecycle management. It includes quality control and vendor compliance. Enterprise resource planning is available for manufacturers and retailers. Advanced analytics and business intelligence are also offered for the supply market. IT Consulting offers IT staffing services and consulting, including professional, product management and project outsourcing services. It also provides staff augmentation in areas such as cloud, collaboration and network security. Software enhancement, documentation and updates are all provided. Support services include maintenance and support, system integration, services for maintaining systems, software upgrades, customer education, consultation, technical assistance, as well as services such as product management, project management, security, cloud, collaboration, network, security, and social media. The other segment provides purchasing, materials management, customer orders processing, financial and e-commerce services, as well as human resources and manufacturing solutions. It sells its products directly and indirectly through retail and apparel, footwear, chemical, petroleum, life sciences, industrial products and other manufacturing sectors. American Software, Inc., was established in 1970. It is located in Atlanta, Georgia.
Earnings per Share
American Software's trailing twelve-month EPS is $0.31.
PE Ratio
American Software's trailing 12 months earnings to price ratio is 46.03. The purchaser of the shares is therefore investing $46.03 per dollar in annual earnings.
For the 12 trailing months, the company's return-on-equity, which is an indicator of the business' profitability relative to shareholders' equity, was 8.88%.Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 0.7%, now sitting on 129.81M for the twelve trailing months.
Earnings before Interest, Taxes and Depreciation
American Software's EBITDA stands at 2.8.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
American Software's stock is valued at $14.27 at 13:23 EST, way under its 52-week high of $26.95 and above its 52-week low of $13.39.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Feb 1, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.44 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 3.16%.
2. Sempra Energy (SRE)
129.39% Payout Ratio
Sempra operates as an energy-services holding company in the United States and internationally. The company's San Diego Gas & Electric Company segment provides electric services; and supplies natural gas. It offers electric services to approximately 3.6 million population and natural gas services to approximately 3.3 million population that covers 4,100 square miles. Its Southern California Gas Company segment owns and operates a natural gas distribution, transmission, and storage system that supplies natural gas to a population of approximately 22 million covering an area of 24,000 square miles. The company's Sempra Texas Utilities segment engages in the regulated transmission and distribution of electricity serving 3.8 million homes and businesses, and operation of 140,000 miles of transmission and distribution lines. Its transmission system includes 18,249 circuit miles of transmission lines, a total of 1,174 transmission and distribution substations, and interconnection to 130 third-party generation facilities totaling 45,403 megawatts. The company was formerly known as Sempra Energy and changed its name to Sempra in July 2021. Sempra was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Sempra Energy has a trailing twelve months EPS of $12.88.
PE Ratio
Sempra Energy has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.52. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $12.52 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 5.1%.Volume
Today's last reported volume for Sempra Energy is 349209 which is 74.09% below its average volume of 1347850.
Dividend Yield
Morningstar, Inc. claims that the next dividend payment will be on Sep 21st 2022. The forward dividend rate for the year is estimated at 4.58, and the forward dividend yield to be 3.1%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Sempra Energy's stock is valued at $161.21 at 13:23 EST, under its 52-week high of $176.47 and way above its 52-week low of $119.56.
3. Kaman Corporation (KAMN)
69.57% Payout Ratio
Kaman Corporation and its subsidiaries operate in the industrial, medical, aerospace, and industrial markets. It produces and markets components for aircraft bearings. The company also offers safe and arming solutions to missile and bomb system for U.S. military forces; it manufactures and supports KMAX manned and unmanned heavy lift helicopters; as well as restoring, modifying, and supporting its SH-2G Super Seasprite maritime helicopters. It operates internationally in North America and Europe as well as the Middle East, Asia and Oceania. Kaman Corporation was established in 1945. Its headquarters are in Bloomfield Connecticut.
Earnings per Share
Kaman Corporation's trailing 12 months profit per share is $-2.52.
For the 12 trailing months, the company's return-on-equity, which is a measure of the profitability and shareholder equity for a business, was 4.1%.Volume
The Kaman Corporation's latest reported volume is 136637, which is 36.01% less than its average volume 213561.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company's growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 10% and 39.6%, respectively.Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth declined by 11.9%, now sitting on 673.8M for the twelve trailing months.
4. Citizens Holding Company (CIZN)
60% Payout Ratio
Citizens Holding Company is the bank holding firm for Citizens Bank of Philadelphia. It offers various personal and commercial banking services. It offers both demand deposits and savings and time deposit accounts. The company also offers secured and unsecure loans as well as mortgage loans. Single and multi-family residential, commercial and industrial construction loans. Consumer loans are available as well as letters of credit. The company also offers credit life and title insurance, personal and corporate trust services and online and mobile banking. The company has a main office in Philadelphia, Mississippi, as well as 28 branches throughout Neshoba and Newton counties in Mississippi. It was established in Philadelphia, Mississippi in 1908.
Earnings per Share
Citizens Holding Company's trailing 12 months earnings per share (EPS) is $1.6
PE Ratio
Citizens Holding Company's trailing 12 months earnings to price ratio is 8.61. The purchaser of the shares is therefore investing $8.61 per dollar in annual earnings.
For the 12 trailing months, the company's return-on-equity, which is a measure of the profitability and shareholder equity for a business, was 12.81%.5. Ecolab (ECL)
52.48% Payout Ratio
Ecolab Inc. provides water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Global Industrial, Global Institutional & Specialty, and Global Healthcare & Life Sciences segments. The Global Industrial segment offers water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions to manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, metals and mining, power generation, pulp and paper, commercial laundry, petroleum, refining, and petrochemical industries. The Global Institutional & Specialty segment provides specialized cleaning and sanitizing products to the foodservice, hospitality, lodging, government and education, and retail industries. Its Global Healthcare & Life Sciences segment offers specialized cleaning and sanitizing products to the healthcare, personal care, and pharmaceutical industries, such as infection prevention and surgical solutions, and end-to-end cleaning and contamination control solutions under the Ecolab, Microtek, and Anios brand names. The company's Other segment offers pest elimination services to detect, eliminate, and prevent pests, such as rodents and insects in restaurants, food and beverage processors, educational and healthcare facilities, hotels, quick service restaurant and grocery operations, and other institutional and commercial customers. This segment also provides colloidal silica for binding and polishing applications in semiconductor, catalyst, and aerospace component manufacturing, as well as chemical industries; and products and services that manage wash process through custom designed programs, premium products, dispensing equipment, water and energy management, and reduction, as well as real time data management. It sells its products through field sales and corporate account personnel, distributors, and dealers. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Earnings per Share
Ecolab's trailing 12 month EPS is $-4.53.
For the 12 trailing months, the company's return-on-equity, which is a measure of the profitability and shareholder equity for a company, was 16.19%.Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 13.2%, now sitting on 13.53B for the twelve trailing months.
Sales Growth
Ecolab saw a 10.1% increase in sales for its current quarter, and 10.3% the following.
Annual Top and Bottom Value
Ecolab stock was valued at $145.18 as of 13:23 EST. This is way lower than the 52-week high at $237.38, and much higher than its 52 week low at $131.04.
6. Fresenius Medical Care AG (FMS)
47.83% Payout Ratio
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA offers dialysis services and other related care in Germany, North America and abroad. Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA provides dialysis care and associated laboratory and diagnostic services via a network of dialysis clinics. It also produces, distributes and manufactures dialysis products. These include hemodialysis machine, dialysis solution, dialysis cycles, dialysis concentrates and solutions, dialysis systems, bloodlines and renal pharmaceuticals. It also develops, acquires and in-licenses kidney pharmaceuticals. The company offers supplies and medications to renal patients at home or at dialysis centers. It sells products directly to hospitals and dialysis centers, as well through independent distributors and dealers and local agents. It had 4,171 dialysis clinics operating in around 150 countries as of February 23rd 2022. Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA is a German company that was founded in 1996. Its headquarters are in Bad Homburg.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Fresenius Medical Care AG has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.39.
PE Ratio
Fresenius Medical Care AG has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 6.63. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $6.63 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 7.45%.Sales Growth
Fresenius Medical Care AG's sales growth is negative 11.4% for the current quarter and negative 2.8% for the next.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Fresenius Medical Care AG's stock is valued at $15.82 at 13:23 EST, way under its 52-week high of $35.04 and way above its 52-week low of $12.79.