The Best Yielding Dividend Stocks At New 52-Week Highs

High Dividend Yield Stocks Close To New Highs By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of stocks with a dividend yield of more than 3 percent that have marked a new 52-Week High within the recent days. Despite the turmoil’s at the markets, there are 87 companies at one-year highs and some of them pay very good dividends. I screened the best performing stocks and analyzed all with a yield over three percent. Eleven companies fulfilled these criteria of which nine have a buy or better recommendation. The best yielding stock is Hatteras Financial (HTS) with a yield over 12 percent.

Here are my favorites from the results:

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Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) has a market capitalization of $17.91 billion. The company employs 71,000 people, generates revenues of $24,857.00 million and has a net income of $1,897.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,304.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 13.29 percent (operating margin 11.49 percent and the net profit margin finally 7.63 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 17.81 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 56.29 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 20.82 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.29. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.72 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.96, P/S ratio 0.70 and P/B ratio 2.13. Dividend Yield: 3.88 percent. The beta ratio is 0.69.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Raytheon Company (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Raytheon Company (RTN) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) (Click to enlarge)

Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) has a market capitalization of $15.14 billion. The company employs 17,483 people, generates revenues of $10,036.00 million and has a net income of $1,355.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,722.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 27.12 percent (operating margin 17.38 percent and the net profit margin finally 13.50 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 32.57 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 110.19 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 14.39 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.62. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.92 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.19, P/S ratio 1.50 and P/B ratio 1.53. Dividend Yield: 3.83 percent. The beta ratio is 0.53.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Sempra Energy (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Sempra Energy (SRE) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) (Click to enlarge)

Macerich (NYSE:MAC) has a market capitalization of $7.68 billion. The company employs 1,377 people, generates revenues of $791.25 million and has a net income of $209.23 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $339.61 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 42.92 percent (operating margin 25.67 percent and the net profit margin finally 26.44 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 52.98 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 149.50 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 6.86 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.48. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.05 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 39.25, P/S ratio 9.53 and P/B ratio 2.68. Dividend Yield: 3.85 percent. The beta ratio is 2.52.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Macerich Co (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Macerich Co (MAC) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Macerich Co (NYSE: MAC) (Click to enlarge)

Take a look at the full table of the best yielding dividend stocks at new 52-week highs. The average price to earnings ratio amounts to 16.49 while the average forward price to earnings ratio amounts to 18.84. The average dividend yield is 3.95 percent. Price to book ratio is 3.82 and price to sales ratio 3.89. The stocks are 0.2 percent below new 52-Week Highs.

Best Yielding Dividend Stocks At New 52-Week Highs (Click to enlarge)

Related stock ticker symbols:

HTS, TNH, WSTG, CIG, SRE, RTN, MAC, AUBN, ASR, MFI, BHB

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