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9 Cheap Large-Cap Dividend Stocks From Europe With Safe Heaven Characteristics
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Published Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:15:44 -0400 on Seeking Alpha
Everybody is talking about the euro and the related debt crisis. The economies in Europe realize a significant slowdown. In addition, stock markets within these countries have shown a really bad performance year-to-date but this unpopularity gives investors a great opportunity to invest in hidden champions or even to find stocks with attractive valuations. I screened all stocks with headquarters in Europe and listing in America by a positive dividend yield as well as a beta ratio of less than one (lower volatility than the market). In order to screen only highly liquid stocks, I decided to present only those companies with a market capitalization above $10 billion. Twenty stocks remained of which nine have a P/E ratio below 15. These are the detailed results: 1. France Telecom (FTE) has a market capitalization of $33.15 billion. The company generates revenue of $57,520.17 million and has a net income of $4,863.11... Read more
Stock name ISIN Last trade P/E Earnings/Share Dividend/Share Dividend yield ASTRAZENECA 
US0463531089 52.35 11.4 4.52 3.80 7.26 NATIONAL GRID
US6362743006 62.90 13.5 4.72 3.17 5.04 GLAXOSMITHKLINE
US37733W1053 52.94 20.4 2.55 2.20 4.16 PEARSON
US7050151056 19.02 36.0 0.53 0.71 3.72 VODAFONE GROUP
US92857W2098 29.33 0.0 -0.52 1.04 3.55 SANOFI-AVENTIS
US80105N1054 55.05 22.8 2.42 1.44 2.62 ACE
USG0070K1037 89.55 11.5 7.82 1.98 2.21 COVIDIEN
IE00B68SQD29 65.25 17.1 3.85 1.01 1.55 FRANCE TELECOM
US35177Q1058 10.53 27.8 0.00 0.00 0.00