19 Cheap Asian Large Cap Dividend Stocks

 | Apr 19, 2013 03:35AM ET

Though dividend stocks are now popular as are Asian stocks, a combination of both is not a guarantee of a great return. However, there's temptation when you see how favorably Asian stocks are now priced.

Today I'm screening for some of the best yielding Asian large cap stocks listed in the United States.

My criteria:
- Market Capitalization over USD 10 billion
- Positive Dividend Yield
- Forward P/E below 15

Nineteen stocks fulfilled the mentioned criteria of which thirteen have a current buy or better recommendation. Telecoms and oil stocks are dominating the screen.

China Mobile (CHL) has a market capitalization of $209.81 billion. The company employs 182,487 people, generates revenue of $90.665 billion and has a net income of $20.931 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $40.678 billion. The EBITDA margin is 44.87 percent (the operating margin is 26.86 percent and the net profit margin 23.09 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 0.48 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 0.70 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 18.84 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.15. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.76 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.14, the P/S ratio is 2.32 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.79. The dividend yield amounts to 4.21 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.37.