Cheapest Large Caps With Highest Expected Growth As Of May 2012

 | May 23, 2012 04:55AM ET

Here is a current sheet of America’s cheapest Large Caps with the highest expected growth for the upcoming fiscal year. Stocks from the sheet have a market capitalization of more than USD 10 billion and earnings per share are expected to grow for at least 20 percent. Despite the strong growth, they still have a P/E ratio of less than 15 and a P/S ratio of less than 2. Twenty-five companies fulfilled the mentioned criteria of which twenty-one companies pay dividends and the same number of stocks have a buy or better recommendation.

The best yielding stock is the Argentinean bank Banco Bilbao (BBVA) with a yield of 8.93 percent. The company is followed by the oil and gas pipeline operator Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) and the gas utility National Grid (NGG).

Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) has a market capitalization of $23.80 billion. The company employs 47,300 people, generates revenues of $19,675.00 million and has a net income of $1,667.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $7,096.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 36.07 percent (operating margin 20.68 percent and the net profit margin finally 8.47 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 55.39 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 355.14 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 19.76 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.23. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.92 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.57, P/S ratio 1.22 and P/B ratio 3.20. Dividend Yield: 2.93 percent. The beta ratio is 0.74.