(VIANEWS) - Vodafone (VOD), Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (ACRE), Prudential Financial (PRU) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
Here's the data we've collected of stocks with a high payout ratio so far. 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 issue them.
When investigating 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. Vodafone (VOD)
124.84% Payout Ratio
Vodafone Group Public Limited Company engages in telecommunication services in Europe and internationally. The company offers mobile services that enable customers to call, text, and access data; fixed line services, including broadband, television (TV) offerings, and voice; and convergence services under the GigaKombi and Vodafone One names to customers. It also provides value added services, such as Internet of Things (IoT) comprising logistics and fleet management, smart metering, insurance, cloud, and security services; and automotive and health solutions. In addition, the company offers M-Pesa, an African payment platform, which provides money transfer, financial, and business and merchant payment services; and various services to operators through its partner market agreements. Vodafone Group Public Limited Company has a strategic partnership with Open Fiber. As of March 31, 2022, it had approximately 323 million mobile customers, 28 million fixed broadband customers, and 22 million TV customers. The company was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Newbury, the United Kingdom.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Vodafone has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.03.
PE Ratio
Vodafone has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 10.31. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $10.31 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 4.57%.2. Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (ACRE)
123.36% Payout Ratio
Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation is a special finance firm that invests in and originates commercial real estate loans in the United States. The company offers a variety of financing options for CRE property owners and operators. It originates subordinate and senior mortgage products as well as mezzanine, mezzanine, and other CRE investment, such commercial mortgage-backed securities, mortgage-backed securities, mortgage preferred equity investments, mortgage preferred equity investments, mortgage preferred equity investments, and real estate prefered debt products. Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation is qualified and has chosen to be taxed under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as a real property investment trust. As the manager, Ares Commercial Real Estate Management LLC manages the company. It was established in New York in 2011.
Earnings per Share
Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation's trailing twelve-month EPS is $0.66.
PE Ratio
Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation's trailing 12-month price-to-earnings ratio is 16.92. The purchaser of the shares is making $16.92 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 7.28%.Average Moving
Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation is worth less than its 50-day average $11.58, and much lower than its 200-day average $13.43.Volume
Today's last reported volume for Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation is 1229950 which is 89.08% above its average volume of 650464.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Sep 28, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.32 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 11.1%.
3. Prudential Financial (PRU)
85.45% Payout Ratio
Prudential Financial, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides insurance, investment management, and other financial products and services in the United States and internationally. It operates through eight segments: PGIM, Retirement, Group Insurance, Individual Annuities, Individual Life, Assurance IQ, International Businesses, and Closed Block. The company offers investment management services and solutions related to public fixed income, public equity, real estate debt and equity, private credit and other alternatives, and multi-asset class strategies to institutional and retail clients, as well as its general account. It also provides a range of retirement investment, and income products and services to retirement plan sponsors in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors; and group life, long-term and short-term group disability, and group corporate-, bank-, and trust-owned life insurance in the United States, primarily to institutional clients for use in connection with employee and membership benefits plans, as well as sells accidental death and dismemberment, and other supplemental health solutions; and provides plan administration services in connection with its insurance coverages. In addition, the company develops and distributes individual variable and fixed annuity products, principally to the mass affluent and affluent markets; and individual variable, term, and universal life insurance products to the mass middle, mass affluent, and affluent markets in the United States. Further, it provides third-party life, health, Medicare, property and casualty, and term life products to retail shoppers through its digital and independent agent channels. The company offers its products and services to individual and institutional customers through its proprietary and third-party distribution networks. Prudential Financial, Inc. was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Newark, New Jersey.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Prudential Financial has a trailing twelve months EPS of $-1.
The company's return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder's equity, for the twelve trailing months is 4.73%.Revenue growth
The year-on-year revenue growth fell by 17.9%. 64.3B is now the total for twelve months.
4. Stellus Capital Investment Corporation (SCM)
73.01% Payout Ratio
Stellus Capital Investment Corporation is a business development company specializing in investments in private middle-market companies. It invests through first lien, second lien, unitranche, and mezzanine debt financing, often with a corresponding equity investment. The fund prefers to invest in US and Canada. The fund seeks to invest in companies with an EBITDA between $5 million and $50 million.
Earnings per Share
Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's trailing 12 months EPS is $1.04.
PE Ratio
Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's trailing 12-month price-to-earnings ratio is 13.25. The purchaser of the shares is therefore investing $13.25 per dollar in annual earnings.
For the 12 trailing months, the company's return-on-equity, which is a measure of the business' profitability relative to shareholders' equity, was 10.68%.Volume
Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's current volume is 31747, which is 35.73% lower than its usual volume of 49403.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Stellus Capital Investment Corporation's stock is valued at $13.74 at 19:23 EST, below its 52-week high of $14.20 and way higher than its 52-week low of $11.02.
5. Quaker Chemical Corporation (KWR)
38.07% Payout Ratio
Quaker Chemical Corporation is a manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of a variety of formulated chemicals specialty products that are used in a wide range industrial and manufacturing industries. The company operates in four regions: Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia/Pacific, and Global Specialty Businesses. It offers cleaning fluids and metal removal fluids as well as corrosion inhibitors. The company also offers chemical management services. It serves metalworking, steel, aluminum and aerospace companies. The original name of the company was Quaker Chemical Products Corporation. In August 1962, Quaker Chemical Corporation took over that title. Quaker Chemical Corporation was established in 1918. It is located in Conshohocken in Pennsylvania.
Earnings per Share
Quaker Chemical Corporation's trailing 12 months EPS is $4.36.
PE Ratio
Quaker Chemical Corporation's trailing 12 months earnings to price ratio is 42.69. The purchaser of the shares is therefore investing $42.69 per dollar in annual earnings.
For the 12 trailing months, the company's return-on-equity, which is a measure of the business' profitability relative to shareholders' equity, was 5.87%.