S&P 500 High Yield Stocks With Lowest Forward P/E Ratios

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Nov 25, 2011
S&P 500 Dividend Shares With Cheap Forward P/E Ratios by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of stocks from the S&P 500 Index that have a dividend yield of more than 5 percent (high yield) as well as cheap forward price to earnings ratio – a figure of less than 10. Exactly 8 stocks remained of which 3 are large- and 4 mid-capitalized.

Here are the 3 top dividend stocks by market capitalization:

Merck & Co. (MRK) hasa market capitalization of $101.16 billion. The company employs 90,000 people, generates revenues of $45,987.00 million and has a net income of $982.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $9,250.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 20.11 percent (operating margin 3.59 percent and the net profit margin finally 2.14 percent).

The total debt representing 16.90 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 32.89 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 1.51 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $1.46 of which $1.52 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 22.67, Price/Sales 2.32 and Price/Book ratio 1.98. Dividend Yield: 4.81 percent. The beta ratio is 0.66.

Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) hasa market capitalization of $41.27 billion. The company employs 38,380 people, generates revenues of $23,076 million and has a net income of $5,069.50 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $7,793.60 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 33.77 percent (operating margin 28.28 percent and the net profit margin finally 21.97 percent).

The total debt representing 22.34 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 55.77 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 46.20 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $4.19 of which $1.96 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 8.51, Price/Sales 1.85 and Price/Book ratio 3.42. Dividend Yield: 5.31 percent. The beta ratio is 0.72.

Lockheed Martin (LMT) hasa market capitalization of $23.93 billion. The company employs 126,000 people, generates revenues of $45,803 million and has a net income of $2,645 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $5,087 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 11.11 percent (operating margin 8.94 percent and the net profit margin finally 5.77 percent).

The total debt representing 14.31 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 135.36 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 67.50 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $7.97 of which $2.64 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.28, Price/Sales 0.53 and Price/Book ratio 7.01. Dividend Yield: 5.33 percent. The beta ratio is 0.90.

Take a closer look at the full table of cheapest S&P 500 High Yields. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 11.55 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 8.65. The dividend yield has a value of 6.30 percent. Price to book ratio is 3.07 and price to sales ratio 1.08. The operating margin amounts to 7.73 percent.

Related stock ticker symbols:

PBI, RRD, FII, HCBK, AVP, LLY, LMT, MRK

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