Cheapest Large Caps With Highest Expected Growth As Of March 2012

Cheapest Large Capitalized Stocks With Highest Earnings Per Share Growth By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of America’s cheapest Large Caps with the highest expected growth for the upcoming fiscal year. Stocks from the sheet have a market capitalization of more than USD 10 billion and earnings per share are expected to grow for at least 20 percent. Despite the strong growth, they still have a P/E ratio of less than 20 and a P/S ratio of less than 2. Thirty stocks fulfilled these criteria of which one company has a double-digit yield; nine yielding above 3 percent. Telefonica (TEF) is still in the first position of the screen. CRH, the Irish cement producer is new in our results and occupies rank two. Twenty-three stocks are recommended to buy.


Here is the table with some fundamentals:

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WPP (NASDAQ:WPPGY) has a market capitalization of $17.13 billion. The company employs 101,387 people, generates revenues of $15,741.21 million and has a net income of $1,439.54 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,434.58 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 15.47 percent (operating margin 11.90 percent and the net profit margin finally 9.15 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 19.35 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 73.04 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 12.82 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.97. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.93 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.70, P/S ratio 1.05 and P/B ratio 1.60. Dividend Yield: 2.95 percent. The beta ratio is 1.40.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of WPP PLC (ADR) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of WPP PLC (ADR) (WPPGY) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of WPP PLC (ADR) (NASDAQ: WPPGY) (Click to enlarge)

Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI) has a market capitalization of $21.54 billion. The company employs 162,000 people, generates revenues of $40,833.00 million and has a net income of $1,741.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,718.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 6.66 percent (operating margin 5.17 percent and the net profit margin finally 4.26 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 17.34 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 46.60 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 15.38 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.41. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.64 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.14, P/S ratio 0.53 and P/B ratio 1.97. Dividend Yield: 2.25 percent. The beta ratio is 1.85.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Johnson Controls, Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Johnson Controls, Inc. (JCI) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE: JCI) (Click to enlarge)

United Technologies (NYSE:UTX) has a market capitalization of $74.59 billion. The company employs 199,900 people, generates revenues of $58,190.00 million and has a net income of $5,374.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $9,387.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 16.13 percent (operating margin 13.92 percent and the net profit margin finally 9.24 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 16.70 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 46.89 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 23.02 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.50. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.86 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.93, P/S ratio 1.35 and P/B ratio 3.59. Dividend Yield: 2.22 percent. The beta ratio is 1.04.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of United Technologies Corp. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of United Technologies Corp. (UTX) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) (Click to enlarge)

Take a look at the full list of cheap large capitalized stocks with highest expected earnings per share growth. The average P/E ratio amounts to 12.90 while the forward P/E ratio is 9.38. P/S ratio is 1.00 and P/B ratio 2.33. The expected earnings growth for next year amounts to 34.98 and 13.97 percent for the upcoming five years.

Cheapest Large Caps With Highest Expected Growth (Click to enlarge)

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TEF, PTR, STX, NUE, CCL, IP, WPPGY, TWC, NTT, FCX, BA, UTX, JCI, DB, CHK, AA, MS, NWSA, HES, PKX, MITSY, BRFS, DTV

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