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16 Top Dividend Contenders From Abroad

Foreign Dividend Contenders originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Everybody seeks for great opportunities on the stock market. If your equity base is not big enough in your home country, you need to look abroad for investment opportunities.

Today I like to show you all foreign Dividend Contenders (stocks with a dividend hike history between 10-25 years) with an U.S. Listing. 16 stocks fulfilled my criteria of which one is a High-Yield and nine are currently recommended to buy.

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NTT Docomo (NYSE:DCM) has a market capitalization of $61.29 billion. The company employs 23,289 people, generates revenue of $47.519 billion and has a net income of $5.358 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $16.343 billion. The EBITDA margin is 34.39 percent (the operating margin is 18.73 percent and the net profit margin 11.28 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 3.51 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 4.68 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 9.45 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.24. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.64 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.93, the P/S ratio is 1.39 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.07. The dividend yield amounts to 4.80 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.19.


Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of NTT Docomo (DCM)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of NTT Docomo (DCM)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of NTT Docomo (DCM)

Shaw Communications (NYSE:SJR) has a market capitalization of $10.02 billion. The company employs 14,000 people, generates revenue of $4.915 billion and has a net income of $748.50 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.976 billion. The EBITDA margin is 40.22 percent (the operating margin is 26.39 percent and the net profit margin 15.23 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 41.37 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 140.20 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 21.69 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.64. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.94 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.24, the P/S ratio is 2.06 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.91. The dividend yield amounts to 4.51 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.62.


Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Shaw Communications (SJR)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Shaw Communications (SJR)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Shaw Communications (SJR)

BHP Billiton Limited (NYSE:BHP) has a market capitalization of $93.58 billion. The company employs 46,370 people, generates revenue of $72.226 billion and has a net income of $15.532 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $35.665 billion. The EBITDA margin is 49.38 percent (the operating margin is 32.89 percent and the net profit margin 21.50 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 21.91 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 43.01 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 25.14 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.60. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.24 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.20, the P/S ratio is 2.25 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.53. The dividend yield amounts to 3.63 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.51.


Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of BHP Billiton Limited (BHP)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of BHP Billiton Limited (BHP)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of BHP Billiton Limited (BHP)

Take a closer look at the full list of foreign Dividend Contenders. The average P/E ratio amounts to 17.12 and forward P/E ratio is 12.49. The dividend yield has a value of 2.66 percent. Price to book ratio is 2.85 and price to sales ratio 2.25. The operating margin amounts to 27.18 percent and the beta ratio is 0.77. Stocks from the list have an average debt to equity ratio of 0.55.

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

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DCM, SJR, BHP, NTT, ENB, PRE, TEVA, RBA, ACE, SYT, AXS, CNI, CNQ, NVO, RNR, IMO

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*I am long NVO. I receive no compensation to write about these specific stocks, sector or theme. I don't plan to increase or decrease positions or obligations within the next 72 hours.

For the other stocks: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I receive no compensation to write about any specific stock, sector or theme.