19 Industrial Dividend-Paying Large Caps With Low Forward P/Es

The cheapest large cap industrial dividend stocks, measured by the lowest forward P/E, are valued between 8.27 and 14.08. Sixteen of the 20 cheapest industrial stocks have a current buy or better rating.

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General Dynamics (GD) has a market capitalization of $26.74 billion. The company employs 92,200 people, generates revenue of $31.513 billion and has a net income of $-332.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3.447 billion. The EBITDA margin is 10.94 percent (the operating margin is 2.64 percent and the net profit margin -1.05 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 11.39 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 34.31 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of -2.70 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $-0.98. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.04 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, the P/S ratio is 0.84 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.34. The dividend yield amounts to 2.98 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.22.






Dover (DOV) has a market capitalization of $12.66 billion. The company employs 35,000 people, generates revenue of $8.104 billion and has a net income of $833.12 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.798 billion. The EBITDA margin is 22.19 percent (the operating margin is 15.61 percent and the net profit margin 10.28 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 26.81 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 56.92 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 16.92 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.73. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.33 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.65, the P/S ratio is 1.55 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.60. The dividend yield amounts to 1.91 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.34.






United Technologies (UTX) has a market capitalization of $87.31 billion. The company employs 218,000 people, generates revenue of $57.708 billion and has a net income of $5.200 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $9.508 billion. The EBITDA margin is 16.48 percent (the operating margin is 13.32 percent and the net profit margin 9.01 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 25.97 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 89.61 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 20.25 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.41. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.03 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.59, the P/S ratio is 1.51 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.36. The dividend yield amounts to 2.26 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.06.






Take a closer look at the full list of the cheapest industrial dividend stocks. The average P/E ratio amounts to 16.11 and forward P/E ratio is 12.01. The dividend yield has a value of 2.53 percent. Price to book ratio is 2.98 and price to sales ratio 1.06. The operating margin amounts to 9.53 percent and the beta ratio is 1.45. Stocks from the list have an average debt to equity ratio of 2.04.

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


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CNH, DE, NOC, GD, SI, CAT, LMT, RTN, CMI, ETN, DOV, GE, SWK, PH, CRH, BA,
FLR, IR, UTX, HON

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