9 Technology Dividend Stocks With Highest Short Float Ratio

Technology Dividend Stocks With Highest Short Float Ratio Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. The technology sector is an interesting investment field due to high growth. At the stock markets are 909 companies linked to the sector with a total market capitalization of USD 120.01 trillion. The average sector yield amounts to 3.04 percent and the average P/E ratio is 17.29. The best yielding stocks come from the telecom and carrier industries.

I screened the sector by dividend stocks with the highest amount of short selling stocks, measured by the short float ratio. The ratio shows how many stocks are shorted by investors. Companies with a high ratio of short float have a little upside potential if investors need to close their short position. Nine dividend stocks from the technology sector have a short float ratio of more than 10 percent and four are recommended to buy.

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Frontier Communications (NASDAQ:FTR) has a market capitalization of $3.54 billion. The company employs 15,500 people, generates revenues of $5,243.04 million and has a net income of $157.61 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,311.90 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 44.09 percent (operating margin 17.33 percent and the net profit margin finally 3.01 percent). 


Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 47.53 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 186.30 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 3.02 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.12. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.75 in form of dividends to shareholders. 


Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 29.75, P/S ratio 0.67 and P/B ratio 0.79. Dividend Yield: 11.33 percent. The beta ratio is 0.71.

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Microchip Technology (NASDAQ:MCHP) has a market capitalization of $5.96 billion. The company employs 6,923 people, generates revenues of $1,383.18 million and has a net income of $336.70 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $495.92 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 35.85 percent (operating margin 28.67 percent and the net profit margin finally 24.34 percent). 


Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 11.51 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 17.84 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 17.71 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.65. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.39 in form of dividends to shareholders. 


Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.62, P/S ratio 4.27 and P/B ratio 2.96. Dividend Yield: 4.59 percent. The beta ratio is 1.09.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Microchip Technol... (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Microchip Technol... (MCHP) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Microchip Technol... (NASDAQ: MCHP) (Click to enlarge)

Ebix (NASDAQ:EBIX) has a market capitalization of $618.18 million. The company employs 1,426 people, generates revenues of $168.97 million and has a net income of $71.38 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $76.26 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 45.13 percent (operating margin 40.69 percent and the net profit margin finally 42.24 percent).


Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 11.44 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 14.88 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 26.08 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.77. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.04 in form of dividends to shareholders. 


Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.56, P/S ratio 3.63 and P/B ratio 1.94. Dividend Yield: 1.19 percent. The beta ratio is 1.31.

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Long-Term Dividends History of Ebix Inc (EBIX) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Ebix Inc (NASDAQ: EBIX) (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table of technology dividend stocks with highest short ratio. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 14.27 and forward P/E ratio is 13.08. The dividend yield has a value of 4.88 percent. Price to book ratio is 1.66 and price to sales ratio 1.97. The operating margin amounts to 23.98 percent and the beta ratio is 0.83. The average stocks has is shorted by 17.93 percent.

Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):

Technology Dividend Stocks With Highest Short Float Ratio (Click to enlarge)

Related stock ticker symbols:

FTR, ALSK, LXK, MCHP, CMTL, MANT, JCOM, IDCC, EBIX

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