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McGraw Hill Financial Inc (NYSE:MHFI) has a market capitalization of $18.17 billion. The company employs 21,687 people, generates revenue of $4.450 billion and has a net income of $726.00 million. McGraw Hill Financial’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.401 billion. The EBITDA margin is 31.48 percent (the operating margin is 27.21 percent and the net profit margin 16.31 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 17.81 percent of McGraw Hill Financial’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 163.75 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 59.43 percent was realized by McGraw Hill Financial. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.63. Last fiscal year, McGraw Hill Financial paid $1.02 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 25.06, the P/S ratio is 4.12 and the P/B ratio is finally 24.24. The dividend yield amounts to 1.68 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.09.

Dover Corp (NYSE:DOV) has a market capitalization of $15.18 billion. The company employs 35,000 people, generates revenue of $8.104 billion and has a net income of $833.12 million. Dover’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.798 billion. The EBITDA margin is 22.19 percent (the operating margin is 15.61 percent and the net profit margin 10.28 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 26.81 percent of Dover’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 56.92 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 16.92 percent was realized by Dover. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.32. Last fiscal year, Dover paid $1.33 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.71, the P/S ratio is 1.90 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.20. The dividend yield amounts to 1.66 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.31.

Take a closer look at the full list of Dividend Champions with lowest dividend payout ratios. The average P/E ratio amounts to 18.14 and forward P/E ratio is 15.30. The dividend yield has a value of 1.49 percent. Price to book ratio is 4.69 and price to sales ratio 2.06. The operating margin amounts to 19.19 percent and the beta ratio is 1.29. Stocks from the list have an average debt to equity ratio of 0.49.

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