10 Industrial Goods Stocks for Less Than Book Value

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Nov 16, 2011
Here is a current sheet of dividend stocks from the industrial goods sector with a market capitalization of more than USD 300 million as well as a market capitalization that is under the accounted book value. 10 stocks fulfilled these criteria of which four are high yields with a dividend yield of more than 5%.


Here are the two top dividend stocks by market capitalization:


1. CRH PLC (CRH) hasa market capitalization of $12.68 billion. The company employs 76,418 people, generates revenues of $23,394.86 million and has a net income of $598.05 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,061.17 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 8.81 percent (operating margin 4.06 percent and the net profit margin finally 2.56 percent).


The total debt representing 24.98 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 51.91 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 4.33 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $0.94 of which $0.85 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.03, Price/Sales 0.57 and Price/Book ratio 0.93. Dividend Yield: 4.77 percent. The beta ratio is 1.13.


2. Veolia Environnement (VE) hasa market capitalization of $5.94 billion. The company employs 287,043 people, generates revenues of $47,389.96 million and has a net income of $1,194.33 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $5,285.06 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 11.15 percent (operating margin 6.06 percent and the net profit margin finally 2.52 percent).


The total debt representing 40.98 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 265.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 7.84 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $-0.63 of which $1.65 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, Price/Sales 0.13 and Price/Book ratio 0.54. Dividend Yield: 14.25 percent. The beta ratio is 1.71.


Take a closer look at the full table of 10 industrial goods stocks under book value. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 21.9 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 12.6. The dividend yield has a value of 4.4 percent. Price to book ratio is 0.8 and price to sales ratio 0.4. The operating margin amounts to 3.0 percent.


Related stock ticker symbols:

VE, MDC, CRH, GFA, CYD, MWA, APOG, ITT, AIR, UFPI


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