14 Cheapest Dividend-Paying Large Caps As Of March 2013
Dividend Yield | Mar 24, 2013 06:54AM ET
Some investors say that growth matters as do price ratios. They are right. If you buy a stocks with a low valuation compared to the intrinsic value, you can earn a solid return when other investors identify the gap and jump on the stock.
But cheapness could have several reasons and can be evaluated using many fundamentals. I focus on classical fundamentals like P/E, P/B and P/S.
Each month, I make a screen of America’s cheapest dividend-paying, large cap stocks with the highest expected growth for the upcoming fiscal year. The stocks from the list have a market capitalization of more than USD 10 billion and earnings per share are expected to grow at least 10 percent over the next year.
Yet despite the strong growth, these stocks still have a P/E ratio of less than 15 and a P/S and P/B ratio of less than two. Fourteen companies fulfilled the mentioned criteria of which ten have a buy or better recommendation.
PetroChina (PTR) has a market capitalization of $241.42 billion. The company employs 552,810 people, generates revenue of $353.396 billion and has a net income of $21.027 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $52.558 billion. The EBITDA margin is 14.87 percent (the operating margin is 7.95 percent and the net profit margin 5.95 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 20.52 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 41.82 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 11.16 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $10.14. Last fiscal year, the company paid $4.56 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.00, the P/S ratio is 0.73 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.41. The dividend yield amounts to 3.80 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.10.
Magna (MGA) has a market capitalization of $13.16 billion. The company employs 117,000 people, generates revenue of $30.837 billion and has a net income of $1.426 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2.228 billion. The EBITDA margin is 7.23 percent (the operating margin is 5.68 percent and the net profit margin 4.62 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 2.52 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 4.58 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 16.28 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $6.09. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.10 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.27, the P/S ratio is 0.43 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.40. The dividend yield amounts to 2.27 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.42.
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Murphy Oil (MUR) has a market capitalization of $11.77 billion. The company employs 3,497 people, generates revenue of $28.626 billion and has a net income of $964.05 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3.013 billion. The EBITDA margin is 10.53 percent (the operating margin is 5.67 percent and the net profit margin 3.37 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 12.81 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 25.11 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 10.88 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.95. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.18 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.46, the P/S ratio is 0.41 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.32. The dividend yield amounts to 2.03 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.22.
National-Oilwell Varco (NOV) has a market capitalization of $29.12 billion. The company employs 42,183 people, generates revenue of $20.041 billion and has a net income of $2.483 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4.185 billion. The EBITDA margin is 20.88 percent (the operating margin is 17.75 percent and the net profit margin 12.39 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 10.00 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 15.56 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 13.16 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.83. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.49 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.70, the P/S ratio is 1.45 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.44. The dividend yield amounts to 0.76 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.68.
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 10.24 while the forward P/E ratio is 9.85. P/S ratio is 0.75 and P/B ratio 1.28. The expected earnings growth for next year amounts to 15.93 and 11.69 percent for the upcoming five years.
Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):
Related stock ticker symbols:
VIP, ETP, SKM, AEG, PTR, KSS, SNP, MGA, MUR, ABT, DB, PBR-A, PKX, NOV
Disclosure: 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.
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