Top 20 Dividend Paying, Large-Cap Services Sector Stocks

Today I'm focusing on stocks from the services sector with the highest year-to-date performance. The sector is the second best performer behind the healthcare segment but the performance is distributed unequally: The best dividend stocks on the top 20 list have a price performance between 60 percent and 247 percent. Service is a place to be for investors.

In order to weed out some extraordinary companies and to get better results, I decided to exclude all stocks with a lower market capitalization (below USD 300 million). More than half the results have a market cap below a billion dollars. The average market cap of the top 20 stocks after my limit rule amounts to USD 2.6 billion.

Despite the strong stock price growth; twelve still have a buy or better rating. Broadcasting and TV companies are very hot and dominate the screen results.

Delta Air Lines (DAL) has a market capitalization of $16.27 billion. The company employs 73,430 people, generates revenue of $36.670 billion and has a net income of $1.009 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4.235 billion. The EBITDA margin is 11.55 percent (the operating margin is 5.61 percent and the net profit margin 2.75 percent). DAL has a current year-to-date performance of 60.07 percent.

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 28.53 percent of the company’s assets. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.05. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.00 in the form of dividends to shareholders. Forward P/E: 6.25.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.11, the P/S ratio is 0.44 and the P/B ratio is finally not calculable. The dividend yield amounts to 1.26 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.69.

RR Donnelley & Sons (RRD) has a market capitalization of $2.60 billion. The company employs 57,000 people, generates revenue of $10.221 billion and has a net income of $-653.60 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.257 billion. The EBITDA margin is 12.30 percent (the operating margin is -3.82 percent and the net profit margin -6.39 percent). RRD has a current year-to-date performance of 67.17 percent.

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 47.35 percent of the company’s assets. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of -118.92 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $-3.67. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.04 in the form of dividends to shareholders. Forward P/E: 8.69.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, the P/S ratio is 0.25 and the P/B ratio is finally 48.89. The dividend yield amounts to 7.27 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.97.

Roundy's (RNDY) has a market capitalization of $455.82 million. The company employs 7,552 people, generates revenue of $3.890 billion and has a net income of $-69.25 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $198.26 million. The EBITDA margin is 5.10 percent (the operating margin is -1.50 percent and the net profit margin -1.78 percent). RNDY has a current year-to-date performance of 127.27 percent.

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 50.47 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 360.42 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of -37.51 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $-1.41. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.58 in the form of dividends to shareholders. Forward P/E: 9.73.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, the P/S ratio is 0.12 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.30. The dividend yield amounts to 4.92 percent and the beta ratio is not calculable.

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW) has a market capitalization of $430.32 million. The company employs 1,213 people, generates revenue of $7.258 billion and has a net income of $22.45 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $93.23 million. The EBITDA margin is 1.28 percent (the operating margin is 0.76 percent and the net profit margin 0.31 percent). ANW has a current year-to-date performance of 75.14 percent.

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 45.63 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 130.48 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 4.02 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.46. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.01 in the form of dividends to shareholders. Forward P/E: 9.88.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 20.19, the P/S ratio is 0.06 and the P/B ratio is finally 0.86. The dividend yield amounts to 0.43 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.75.

Take a closer look at the full list of the best performing services dividend stocks and which of them are still cheap. The average P/E ratio amounts to 26.85 and forward P/E ratio is 17.69. The dividend yield has a value of 3.59 percent. Price to book ratio is 2.29 and price to sales ratio 2.67. The operating margin amounts to 20.43 percent and the beta ratio is 0.76. Stocks from the list have an average debt to equity ratio of 1.31.

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

Related stock ticker symbols:
NXST, BBY, ABFS, SBGI, RNDY, BLC, SMRT, ANW, GME, STEI, MDCA, NM, RRD,
RUTH, BGFV, BONT, HHS, DEG, DAL, GLP

Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I receive no compensation to write about any specific stock, sector or theme.

Written By: Dividend Yield