The Best Dogs Of The Dow Jones As Of July 2012

 | Jul 27, 2012 06:28AM ET

Here is an updated sheet of the 10 best Dogs of the Dow. Such stocks have the lowest expected price to earnings ratio and highest dividend yield within the Dow Jones Index. The ten cheapest stocks of the Dow Jones have an average dividend yield of 3.63 percent as well as a forward P/E ratio of 11.61. The average P/B ratio amounts to 2.52 and P/S ratio is 1.92. Compared to the results from last two months, no new dogs are available. The best yielding stock is still AT&T (T) with a yield of 4.85 percent. No high yields are below the dogs.

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) has a market capitalization of $188.79 billion. The company employs 117,900 people, generates revenue of $65,030.00 million and has a net income of $9,672.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $15,993.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 24.59 percent (operating margin 19.01 percent and net profit margin 14.87 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 17.27 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 34.39 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 17.02 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.14. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.25 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 21.87, P/S ratio 2.85 and P/B ratio 3.22. Dividend Yield: 3.61 percent. The beta ratio is 0.55.