(VIANEWS) - Southwest Gas Corporation (SWX), Energy Transfer (ET), Verizon (VZ) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
Here's the data we've collected of stocks with a high payout ratio up to now. The payout ratio in itself isn't a promise 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. Southwest Gas Corporation (SWX)
103.4% Payout Ratio
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, purchases, distributes, and transports natural gas in Arizona, Nevada, and California. The company operates in two segments, Natural Gas Operations and Utility Infrastructure Services. As of December 31, 2020, it had 2,123,000 residential, commercial, industrial, and other natural gas customers. The company also provides trenching and installation, replacement, and maintenance services for energy distribution systems; and industrial construction solutions. Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1931 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Southwest Gas Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.35.
PE Ratio
Southwest Gas Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 28.09. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $28.09 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 4.56%.Dividend Yield
As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Feb 13, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 2.48 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 3.72%.
Volume
Today's last reported volume for Southwest Gas Corporation is 344406 which is 40.18% below its average volume of 575751.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Southwest Gas Corporation's EBITDA is 62.65.
2. Energy Transfer (ET)
60.24% Payout Ratio
Energy Transfer LP provides energy-related services. The company owns and operates approximately 11,600 miles of natural gas transportation pipeline, and three natural gas storage facilities in Texas and two natural gas storage facilities located in the state of Texas and Oklahoma; and 19,830 miles of interstate natural gas pipeline. It also sells natural gas to electric utilities, independent power plants, local distribution and other marketing companies, and industrial end-users. The company owns and operates natural gas gathering and natural gas liquid (NGL) pipeline, processing plant, and treating and conditioning facilities in Texas, New Mexico, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, and Louisiana; natural gas gathering, oil pipeline, and oil stabilization facilities in South Texas; and a natural gas gathering system in Ohio, as well as transport and supplies water to natural gas producer in Pennsylvania. It owns approximately 5,215 miles of NGL pipeline; NGL and propane fractionation facilities; NGL storage facilities with working storage capacity of approximately 50 million barrels (MMBbls); and other NGL storage assets and terminal with an aggregate storage capacity of approximately 17 MMBbls. The company provides crude oil transportation, terminalling, acquisition, and marketing activities; and sells and distributes gasoline, middle distillate, and motor fuels and other petroleum product. It offers natural gas compression service; carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide removal, natural gas cooling, dehydration, and British thermal unit management service; and manages coal and natural resources properties, as well as sells standing timber, leases coal-related infrastructure facilities, collects oil and gas royalty, and generate electrical power. The company was formerly known as Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. and changed its name to Energy Transfer LP in October 2018. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Energy Transfer has a trailing twelve months EPS of $-0.24.
The company's return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder's equity, for the twelve trailing months is 11.95%.Growth Estimates Quarters
The company's growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 65% and 75%, respectively.Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Aug 4, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.92 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 8.13%.
3. Verizon (VZ)
51.41% Payout Ratio
Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, offers communications, technology, information, and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental entities worldwide. Its Consumer segment provides postpaid and prepaid service plans; internet access on notebook computers and tablets; wireless equipment, including smartphones and other handsets; and wireless-enabled internet devices, such as tablets, and other wireless-enabled connected devices comprising smart watches. It also provides residential fixed connectivity solutions, such as internet, video, and voice services; and sells network access to mobile virtual network operators. As of December 31, 2021, it had approximately 115 million wireless retail connections, 7 million wireline broadband connections, and 4 million Fios video connections. The company's Business segment provides network connectivity products, including private networking, private cloud connectivity, virtual and software defined networking, and internet access services; and internet protocol-based voice and video services, unified communications and collaboration tools, and customer contact center solutions. This segment also offers a suite of management and data security services; domestic and global voice and data solutions, such as voice calling, messaging services, conferencing, contact center solutions, and private line and data access networks; customer premises equipment; installation, maintenance, and site services; and Internet of Things products and services. As of December 31, 2021, it had approximately 27 million wireless retail postpaid connections and 477 thousand wireline broadband connections. The company was formerly known as Bell Atlantic Corporation and changed its name to Verizon Communications Inc. in June 2000. Verizon Communications Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Verizon has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.56.
PE Ratio
Verizon has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 8.89. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $8.89 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 26.24%.Volume
Today's last reported volume for Verizon is 13276400 which is 44.83% below its average volume of 24066400.
Sales Growth
Verizon's sales growth is 3.2% for the current quarter and 2.4% for the next.
4. Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG)
36.51% Payout Ratio
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC owns, manages, franchises, and leases hotels in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Greater China. The company operates hotels, resorts, restaurants, and spas under the InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Regent, Six Senses, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, Hotel Indigo, EVEN HOTELS, HUALUXE, Crowne Plaza, Voco, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Holiday Inn Club Vacations, avid, Staybridge Suites, Atwell Suites, and Candlewood Suites brand names. It also provides IHG Rewards Club, a hotel loyalty program. As of February 28, 2020, the company had approximately 5,900 hotels and 884,000 rooms in approximately 100 countries. InterContinental Hotels Group PLC was founded in 1777 and is headquartered in Denham, the United Kingdom.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Intercontinental Hotels Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.39.
PE Ratio
Intercontinental Hotels Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 28.24. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $28.24 for every dollar of annual earnings.