Dividend Aristocrats income growth stocks with low forward P/E’s originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Dividend growth is one of the core items of my blog. I always screen the market by stocks with a very long dividend payment history and try to discover some opportunities for you.
What we’ve seen over the recent months is that the market get’s more and more expensive due the low interest environment. It’s really hard to find low valuated stocks with a high quality and proven business model.
Today I would highlight some of the cheapest Dividend Aristocrats on the market. Those stocks have a forward P/E of less than 15.
Only sixteen companies from the index have such a low valuation and one of them has a yield over five percent. Ten are currently recommended to buy.
Here are the top yielding results:
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) has a market capitalization of $182.91 billion. The company employs 245,350 people, generates revenue of $127.434 billion and has a net income of $7.539 billion. AT&T’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $32.168 billion. The EBITDA margin is 25.24 percent (the operating margin is 10.15 percent and the net profit margin 5.92 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 25.65 percent of AT&T’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 75.62 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 7.34 percent was realized by AT&T. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.32. Last fiscal year, AT& paid $1.77 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 26.00, the P/S ratio is 1.44 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.08. The dividend yield amounts to 5.23 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.44.
Consolidated Edison, Inc. (NYSE:ED) has a market capitalization of $16.62 billion. The company employs 14,529 people, generates revenue of $12.188 billion and has a net income of $1.141 billion. Consolidated Edison’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3.294 billion. The EBITDA margin is 27.03 percent (the operating margin is 19.19 percent and the net profit margin 9.36 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 27.44 percent of Consolidated Edison’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 95.28 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 9.77 percent was realized by Consolidated Edison. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.43. Last fiscal year, Consolidated Edison paid $2.42 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.53, the P/S ratio is 1.36 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.40. The dividend yield amounts to 4.33 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.25.
Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) has a market capitalization of $230.92 billion. The company employs 62,000 people, generates revenue of $241.909 billion and has a net income of $26.336 billion. Chevron Corporation’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $59.975 billion. The EBITDA margin is 24.79 percent (the operating margin is 19.15 percent and the net profit margin 10.89 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 5.23 percent of Chevron Corporation’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 8.93 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 20.30 percent was realized by Chevron Corporation. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $12.34. Last fiscal year, Chevron Corporation paid $3.51 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.69, the P/S ratio is 0.95 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.70. The dividend yield amounts to 3.35 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.87.
Take a closer look at the full list of cheaply valuated Dividend Aristocrats. The average P/E ratio amounts to 19.19 and forward P/E ratio is 13.04. The dividend yield has a value of 2.61 percent. Price to book ratio is 3.60 and price to sales ratio 1.54. The operating margin amounts to 16.54 percent and the beta ratio is 0.91. Stocks from the list have an average debt to equity ratio of 0.75.
Disclosure: None of the mentioned stocks
