19 Highest Paying Wireless Communication Dividend Stocks

 | Mar 05, 2013 02:53AM ET

We are on the third stage of the internet era and everything now is mobile so it seems appropriate to search for opportunities from the wireless communications sector. The industry has some very high yielding stocks, some with double-digit yields. Most of these companies also still have relationships with the big telecom services providers.

There are 37 stocks listed within this sector, of which 19 pay dividends. The average yield of the industry amounts to 4.5 percent. It’s the fifth highest yielding industry within the technology sector. The average industry P/E is 14.8 - not very high but growth is cyclical.

Linked is a list of the highest yielding stocks from the wireless communication industry.

Vodafone Group (VOD) has a market capitalization of $124.97 billion. The company employs 86,373 people, generates revenue of $69.792 billion and has a net income of $10.529 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $15.589 billion. The EBITDA margin is 22.34 percent (the operating margin is 24.10 percent and the net profit margin 15.09 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 24.80 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 45.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 8.46 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $-0.52. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.43 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is , the P/S ratio is 1.79 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.09. The dividend yield amounts to 6.02 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.72.