When I read all these articles about investing strategies and look at the moves from big gurus, I see Europe as a dominant investing target.
As you might know, the ECB plans to embark on a bond-buying stimulus program totaling upwards of $1 trillion that will run through September 2016.
Improving growth prospects and upcoming stimulus efforts should investors consider European stocks; more specifically, we want to focus on high-quality, dividend-paying stocks that conservative investors may want to gain exposure to in an effort to geographically diversify their portfolios.
Buying abroad make sense in some way. I have published some interesting articles around this topic in the past.
Below are five fundamentally-sound European dividend stocks that can help beef up your portfolio's overall yield:
Unilever -- Yield: 3.49%
Unilever PLCÂ (UL) employs 174,381 people, generates revenue of $51,812.07 and has a net income of $5,899.40. The current market capitalization stands at $127.6 billion.
Unilever's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $9,041.12 million. The EBITDA margin is 17.45% (the operating margin is 16.48% and the net profit margin 11.39%).
Financials: The total debt represents 26.49% of Unilever assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 93.19%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 36.94% was realized by Unilever.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.94. Last fiscal year, Unilever paid $1.22 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 21.66, the P/S ratio is 2.45 and the P/B ratio is finally 8.21. The dividend yield amounts to 3.49%. - Read more here...These High-Quality European Dividend Payers Could Benefit From A Rising Dollar...
