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4 Discounted, Profitable Large-Cap Financial Dividend Stocks
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Published Tue, 01 May 2012 05:20:19 -0400 on Seeking Alpha
Do you prefer investing in the largest and best established stocks? Interested in financial companies? Looking to find stocks that pay reliable dividends? Interested in undervalued stocks? Looking for ways to dig deeper into a company's profitability? For ideas on where to look, we ran a screen you might find interesting. The forward P/E is a price multiple valuation metric, which is similar to the current P/E ratio, except that it uses the forecasted earnings instead. While this number might not be as accurate because it uses "forecasted" numbers, it does offer the benefit of illustrating analysts' expectations of a firm. If the market believes that earnings will grow moving forward, then the forward P/E should be lower than the current P/E. Financial Leverage, also known as the Equity Multiplier, illustrates how a firm is financing its assets... Read more


