Daily dividend news for investors in dividend stocks
Published Sat, 29 Jun 2013 07:40:11 -0400 on Seeking Alpha
Many investors prefer using free cash flow instead of net income to measure a company's financial performance because free cash flow is more difficult to manipulate. Free cash flow is the operating cash flow minus capital expenditure. I have searched for very profitable companies that pay rich dividends and that have a very low price to free cash flow. Those stocks would have to show a very low debt and robust earnings growth prospects. I have elaborated a screening method, which shows stock candidates following these lines. Nonetheless, the screening method should only serve as a basis for further research. All the data for this article were taken from Yahoo Finance and finviz.com. The screen's formula requires all stocks to comply with all following demands:
The forward dividend yield is greater than 3.0%.
The payout ratio is less than 65%.
The price to free cash flow is less than 15.... Read more
Stock name | Last trade | P/E | Earnings/Share | Dividend/Share | Dividend yield | |||||||
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SUN LIFE FINANCIAL | 43.82 | 14.8 | 2.97 | 1.59 | 3.68 | |||||||
SILICON MOTION TECHNOLOGY | 34.58 | 15.2 | 2.27 | 1.19 | 3.51 | |||||||
HORACE MANN EDUCATORS | 47.68 | 16.9 | 2.82 | 1.15 | 2.49 | |||||||
MANTECH INTERNATIONAL | 68.06 | 31.2 | 2.18 | 1.08 | 1.59 |