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The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Putnam High Income Securities Fund, Another 7 Companies Have A High Estimated Dividend Yield

Via News Editorial Team

December 2, 2022

The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Putnam High Income Securities Fund, Another 7 Companies Have A High Estimated Dividend Yield

(VIANEWS) - The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund (CUBA), Putnam High Income Securities Fund (PCF), Gerdau S.A. (GGB) have the highest dividend yield stocks on this list.

Rank Financial Asset Price Change Forward Dividend Yield Updated (EST)
1 The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund (CUBA) 4.03 0.12% 21.65% 2022-11-26 10:44:06
2 Putnam High Income Securities Fund (PCF) 6.85 1.78% 13.02% 2022-11-23 07:12:06
3 Gerdau S.A. (GGB) 5.51 -1.34% 12.76% 2022-11-21 11:08:07
4 Eaton Vance Senior Floating (EFR) 11.34 -0.18% 8.57% 2022-11-20 21:06:07
5 Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (KFFB) 7.28 1.04% 5.76% 2022-11-28 01:42:14
6 Corporate Office Properties Trust (OFC) 27.48 1.55% 4.31% 2022-11-23 03:49:15
7 Adecoagro S.A. (AGRO) 7.99 2.83% 4.08% 2022-11-19 15:07:10
8 First Community Corporation (FCCO) 20.61 0.05% 2.52% 2022-11-26 23:49:06
9 Union Pacific Corporation (UNP) 216.10 -0.61% 2.29% 2022-12-01 15:55:57

Close to 2K companies listed in the Nasdaq and NYSE pay out dividends to its shareholders. The dividend yield is a dividend to price ratio showing how much a company pays out in dividends each year.

1. The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund (CUBA) - Dividend Yield: 21.65%

The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund's last close was $4.03, 30.99% below its 52-week high of $5.84.

Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, Inc. launched the Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund Inc., a closed-ended equity mutual funds. Herzfeld/Cuba manages the fund. The fund invests on the United States' public equity markets. Fund employing fundamental analysis invests in stocks of companies likely to profit from technological, economic and structural developments in countries within the Caribbean Basin. This includes Cuba, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. The fund invests in stock of diverse companies. Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund Inc., which was established March 10, 1992, is based in the United States.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.21.

PE Ratio

The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 3.33. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $3.33 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 negative -20.84%.

Volatility

Last week's and quarter's intraday variations averages for the Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund were negative 0.50%, negative 0.11% and positive 1.61% respectively.

Highest amplitudes of volatility in the Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund were 0.50% (last Wednesday), 1.58% and 1.61% respectively (last quarter).

Dividend Yield

According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Nov 16, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.88 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 21.65%.

Volume

Today's last reported volume for The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund is 9331 which is 53.63% below its average volume of 20125.

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2. Putnam High Income Securities Fund (PCF) - Dividend Yield: 13.02%

Putnam High Income Securities Fund's last close was $6.85, 23.03% under its 52-week high of $8.90.

Putnam Investment Management, LLC launched the High Income Securities Fund, a closed-ended, balanced income mutual fund. Putnam Investments Limited co-manages the fund. The fund invests in fixed income markets in the United States. It invests in stocks from companies that operate across diverse sectors. The fund invests both in convertible bonds as well as preferred stock. It benchmarks its portfolio performance against a composite index that includes 50% JPMorgan Developed High Yield Index, 50% BofA Merrill Lynch AllConvertibles Speculative Q Index. Formerly known as Putnam High Income Securities Fund High Income Securities Fund, the fund is based in the United States.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, Putnam High Income Securities Fund has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.85.

PE Ratio

Putnam High Income Securities Fund has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 8.06. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $8.06 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 negative -2.75%.

Moving Average

Putnam High Income Securities Fund is worth more than its moving average 50 days of $6.69, and less than its moving average 200 days of $7.47.

Volume

The current volume reported for Putnam High Income Securities Fund was 65506, which is 11.4% lower than its average volume (73940).

Yearly Top and Bottom Value

Putnam High Income Securities Fund's stock is valued at $6.85 at 02:18 EST, way below its 52-week high of $8.90 and higher than its 52-week low of $6.25.

Dividend Yield

Morningstar, Inc. claims that the next dividend payment will be on December 18, 2022. The forward dividend rate for 2020 is 0.88, and the forward dividend yield is 13.02%.

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3. Gerdau S.A. (GGB) - Dividend Yield: 12.76%

Gerdau S.A.'s last close was $5.59, 15.56% below its 52-week high of $6.62.

Gerdau S.A. provides steel products and services in the United States and Canada. It operates through four segments: Brazil Operations, North America Operations, South America Operations, and Special Steel Operations. The company offers semi-finished products, including billets, blooms, and slabs; common long rolled products, such as rebars, wire rods, merchant bars, light shapes, and profiles to construction and manufacturing industries; and drawn products comprises barbed and barbless fence wires, galvanized wires, fences, concrete reinforcing wire meshes, nails, and clamps. It also produces special steel products used in auto parts, light and heavy vehicles, and agricultural machinery, as well as the oil and gas, wind energy, machinery and equipment, mining and rail, and others markets. In addition, the company offers flat products, including hot rolled coils and heavy plates; and resells flat steel products, as well as mines and produces iron ore. It sells its products through independent distributors, direct sales from the mills, and its retail network. The company was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Gerdau S.A. is a subsidiary of Metalúrgica Gerdau S.A.

Earnings per Share

Gerdau S.A.'s trailing 12 months EPS is $1.48.

PE Ratio

Gerdau S.A.'s trailing 12 months price-earnings ratio is 3.73 The purchaser of the shares is therefore investing $3.73 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 30.48%.

Annual Top and Bottom Value

Gerdau S.A. stock was valued at $5.51 as of 02:21 EST. This is way below its 52 week high of $6.62, and far above its 52 week low of $3.94.

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4. Eaton Vance Senior Floating (EFR) - Dividend Yield: 8.57%

Eaton Vance Senior Floating's last close was $11.34, 26.22% under its 52-week high of $15.37.

Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Eaton Vance Management. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. It primarily invests in senior, secured floating rate loans. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index. Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust was formed on November 28, 2003 and is domiciled in the United States.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, Eaton Vance Senior Floating has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.37.

PE Ratio

Eaton Vance Senior Floating has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 30.65. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $30.65 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 2.11%.

Dividend Yield

Morningstar, Inc. estimates that the next dividend payment will be made on November 21, 2022. The forward annual dividend rate for 2020 is 0.97, while the forward annual dividend yield of 8.57% is estimated at 8.57%.

Annual Top and Bottom Value

At 02:23 EST Eaton Vance Senior Floating stock was valued at $11.34

Revenue growth

The year-over-year revenue growth fell by 20%. Now, the figure is 29.84M.

Volume

The current volume reported by Eaton Vance SeniorFloating was 179169, which is 68.12% higher than its average volume (106465).

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5. Kentucky First Federal Bancorp (KFFB) - Dividend Yield: 5.76%

Kentucky First Federal Bancorp's last close was $7.28, 16.23% under its 52-week high of $8.69.

Kentucky First Federal Bancorp is the holding company of First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Hazard, and Frankfort First Bancorp, Inc., which provide various banking services and products in Kentucky. The deposit products it offers include individual retirement accounts, certificate and checking accounts as well as passbook savings, certificates accounts and certificate accounts. Its loan portfolio includes residential loans for one to four families, construction loans and mortgage loans secured with multi-family properties. Nonresidential loans are those that are secured by commercial buildings, churches and other real estate. Commercial non-mortgage loans can also be used. Consumer loans include home equity lines, personal and secured loans such as home equity loans and loans secured by savings, auto loans and automobile loans. It also invests in mortgage-backed security and offers insurance products and service. The company operates out of seven banks offices. It was founded in 2005 in Hazard, Kentucky.

Earnings per Share

Kentucky First Federal Bancorp's trailing twelve-month EPS is $-1.48.

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 3.05%.

Volume

Today's last reported volume for Kentucky First Federal Bancorp is 213 which is 84.6% below its average volume of 1384.

Revenue growth

The year-on-year revenue growth fell by 22%. Now, 9.73M is the total for twelve months.

Dividend Yield

According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Oct 27, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.4 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 5.76%.

Moving Average

Kentucky First Federal Bancorp's worth is above its 50-day moving average of $7.24 and below its 200-day moving average of $7.50.

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6. Corporate Office Properties Trust (OFC) - Dividend Yield: 4.31%

Corporate Office Properties Trust's last close was $27.48, 7.29% below its 52-week high of $29.64.

COPT, a REIT, owns, manages leases, develops, and selectively acquires data center and office properties. Its majority is located in areas that support the United States Government (and its contractors), and are involved in activities related to national security and defense (A'ITA"), which it considers are priority, growing, durable missions (A "Defense/IT LocationsA") A portfolio of offices properties is also owned by the Company in selected urban or suburban-like areas in Greater Washington, DC/Baltimore. These office properties have durable Class-A characteristics and are known as "Regional Office PropertiesA". The Company's core portfolio of annualized rental revenues derived from Defense/IT Locations 88% and Regional Office Properties 12%, respectively. COPT had a core portfolio consisting of 174 office/data center shell properties and 15 properties that were owned by unconsolidated joint ventures. It was 20.2 million sq. feet in size and was 94% leased. The Company also had a wholesale data center, with 19.25 megawatts critical load, which was 86.7% of its leased assets.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, Corporate Office Properties Trust has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.87.

PE Ratio

Corporate Office Properties Trust has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 31.77. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $31.77 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 6.24%.

Sales Growth

Corporate Office Properties Trust's sales growth is negative 0.6% for the current quarter and 8% for the next.

Revenue growth

The year-over-year revenue growth was 18.2%. It now stands at 735.95M in the 12 trailing months.

Volume

The last volume reported for Corporate Office Properties Trust was 371335, which is 46.85% lower than its average volume at 698745.

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7. Adecoagro S.A. (AGRO) - Dividend Yield: 4.08%

Adecoagro S.A.'s last close was $7.99, 41.03% under its 52-week high of $13.55.

Adecoagro S.A. is an agroindustrial company that engages in the cultivation of crops, other agricultural products and dairy operations. It also produces sugar, ethanol, energy and production. The company is involved in the planting, harvesting, and sale of grains and oilseeds, as well as fibers, including wheat, corn, soybeans, cotton, sunflowers, and other; provision of grain warehousing/conditioning, handling, and drying services to third parties; and purchase and sale of crops produced by third parties. The company also produces and markets milk, as well as other dairy products. The company also cultivates and processes sugar and ethanol; cogeneration of electric power from sugarcane bagasse. It is involved in identification and acquisitions of farmland that are underdeveloped or poorly managed, and the realization of their value by the strategic disposition of these assets. It also leases approximately 18.005 hectares to Argentina's cattle farmers and is involved with coffee plantation. The company had 225,630 hectares as of December 31, 2019. This includes 19 farms in Argentina and 8 in Brazil. It also owns 1 farm in Uruguay. There are 3 rice processing plants in Argentina and three dairy farms with about 9,066 milking cattle in Argentina. The company also owned 11 rice and grain conditioning and storage facilities in Argentina, and three sugar and ethanol plants in Brazil. These had a combined sugarcane crushing and processing capacity of 14.2 millions tons and had an installed cogeneration power of 232 megawatts. Adecoagro S.A. is an Italian company that was established in 2002. Its headquarters are in Luxembourg.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, Adecoagro S.A. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.46.

PE Ratio

Adecoagro S.A. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 5.47. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $5.47 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 15.23%.

Yearly Top and Bottom Value

Adecoagro S.A.'s stock is valued at $7.99 at 02:33 EST, way below its 52-week high of $13.55 and way higher than its 52-week low of $6.78.

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8. First Community Corporation (FCCO) - Dividend Yield: 2.52%

First Community Corporation's last close was $20.60, 12.04% below its 52-week high of $23.42.

First Community Corporation operates as the bank holding company for First Community Bank which offers various commercial and retail banking products and services to small-to-medium sized businesses, professional concerns, and individuals. The company operates through Commercial and Retail Banking, Mortgage Banking, and Investment Advisory and Non-Deposit segments. Its deposit products include checking, NOW, savings, and individual retirement accounts; and demand deposits, as well as other time deposits, such as daily money market accounts and longer-term certificates of deposit. The company's loan portfolio comprises commercial loans that consist of secured and unsecured loans for working capital, business expansion, and the purchase of equipment and machinery; consumer loans, including secured and unsecured loans for financing automobiles, home improvements, education, and personal investments; real estate construction and acquisition loans; and fixed and variable rate mortgage loans. It also provides other banking services, which include online banking, internet banking, cash management, safe deposit boxes, travelers checks, direct deposit of payroll and social security checks, and automatic drafts for various accounts. In addition, the company offers non-deposit investment products and other investment brokerage services; VISA and MasterCard credit card services; investment advisory services; and insurance services. It operates 21 full-service offices located in the Lexington County, Richland County, Newberry County, Kershaw County, Greenville County, Anderson County, Pickens County, and Aiken County, South Carolina; and Richmond County and Columbia County, Georgia. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Lexington, South Carolina.

Earnings per Share

First Community Corporation's trailing 12 months EPS is $1.91.

PE Ratio

First Community Corporation's trailing 12-month price-to-earnings ratio is 10.79. The purchaser of the shares is therefore investing $10.79 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 11.44%.

Revenue Growth

Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth declined by 3.3%, now sitting on 58.49M for the twelve trailing months.

Dividend Yield

As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Oct 30, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.52 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 2.52%.

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9. Union Pacific Corporation (UNP) - Dividend Yield: 2.29%

Union Pacific Corporation's last close was $215.93, 22.59% below its 52-week high of $278.94.

Union Pacific Corporation, through its subsidiary, Union Pacific Railroad Company, operates in the railroad business in the United States. The company offers transportation services for grain and grain products, fertilizers, food and refrigerated products, and coal and renewables to grain processors, animal feeders, ethanol producers, and other agricultural users; petroleum, and liquid petroleum gases; and construction products, industrial chemicals, plastics, forest products, specialized products, metals and ores, soda ash, and sand, as well as finished automobiles, automotive parts, and merchandise in intermodal containers. As of December 31, 2021, its rail network included 32,452 route miles connecting Pacific Coast and Gulf Coast ports with the Midwest and Eastern United States gateways. The company was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, Union Pacific Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $7.73.

PE Ratio

Union Pacific Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 27.97. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $27.97 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 50.71%.

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