(VIANEWS) - American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (AEL), American Software (AMSWA), Portland General Electric Co (POR) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
We have gathered information regarding stocks with the highest payout ratio up to now. The payout ratio in itself isn't a promise of good investment but it's an indicator of whether dividends are being paid and how the company chooses to issue them.
When investigating a potential investment, the dividend payout ratio is a good statistic to know so here are a few stocks with an above 30% percent payout ratio.
1. American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (AEL)
211.76% Payout Ratio
American Equity Investment Life Holding Company, through its subsidiaries, provides life insurance products and services in the United States. The company issues fixed index and rate annuities; and single premium immediate annuities, as well as life insurance products. It markets its products through independent agents, including national marketing organizations, broker/dealers, banks, and registered investment advisors. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, American Equity Investment Life Holding Company has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.17.
PE Ratio
American Equity Investment Life Holding Company has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 314.82. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $314.82 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company's return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder's equity, for the twelve trailing months is negative -0.69%.Yearly Top and Bottom Value
American Equity Investment Life Holding Company's stock is valued at $53.52 at 02:23 EST, under its 52-week high of $54.44 and way above its 52-week low of $28.05.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company's growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 31.8% and 116.5%, respectively.Moving Average
American Equity Investment Life Holding Company's value is below its 50-day moving average of $53.58 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $45.65.Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 573.5%, now sitting on 2.67B for the twelve trailing months.
2. American Software (AMSWA)
133.33% Payout Ratio
American Software, Inc. develops, markets, and supports a range of computer business application software products in the United States and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Supply Chain Management (SCM), Information Technology Consulting (IT Consulting), and Other. The SCM segment offers Logility Digital Supply Chain Platform, a cloud-architected supply chain management platform that helps manage seven critical planning processes, such as product, demand, inventory, supply, deploy, integrated business planning, and supply chain data management. The IT Consulting segment provides IT staffing and consulting services, such as software enhancement, documentation, update, customer education, consulting, systems integration, maintenance, and support services. The Other segment offers American Software ERP, which provides purchasing and materials management, customer order processing, financial, e-commerce, and traditional manufacturing solutions. It also provides ongoing support and maintenance services; cloud hosting and managed services; and implementation and training services. The company markets its products through direct and indirect sales channels to the apparel and other soft goods, food and beverage, consumer packaged goods, consumer durable goods, wholesale distribution, specialty chemicals, and other process manufacturing industries. American Software, Inc. was incorporated in 1970 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, American Software has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.33.
PE Ratio
American Software has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 34.88. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $34.88 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company's return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder's equity, for the twelve trailing months is 8.08%.Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Nov 15, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.44 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 3.75%.
3. Portland General Electric Co (POR)
76.24% Payout Ratio
Portland General Electric Company, an integrated electric utility company, engages in the generation, wholesale purchase, transmission, distribution, and retail sale of electricity in the state of Oregon. The company operates seven thermal plants; seven hydroelectric plants; and two wind farms. As of December 31, 2019, it owned an electric transmission system consisting of 1,264 circuit miles, including 287 circuit miles of 500 kilovolt line, 423 circuit miles of 230 kilovolt line, and 554 miles of 115 kilovolt line. The company has 27,755 circuit miles of distribution lines. It also purchases and sells wholesale natural gas in the United States and Canada. The company serves approximately 895,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in 51 cities. Portland General Electric Company was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Portland General Electric Co has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.4.
PE Ratio
Portland General Electric Co has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 18.01. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $18.01 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company's return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder's equity, for the twelve trailing months is 7.48%.4. Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT)
48.28% Payout Ratio
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESRT), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT), owns, manages, operates, acquires and repositions office and retail properties in Manhattan and the greater New York metropolitan area, including the Empire State Building, the “World's Most Famous Building.” Headquartered in New York, New York, the Company's office and retail portfolio covers 10.1 million rentable square feet, as of September 30, 2020, consisting of 9.4 million rentable square feet in 14 office properties, including nine in Manhattan, three in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and two in Westchester County, New York; and approximately 700,000 rentable square feet in the retail portfolio. Long the leader in energy efficiency retrofits and Indoor Environmental Quality, Empire State Realty Trust is the first commercial real estate portfolio in the U.S. to achieve the WELL Health-Safety Rating.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Empire State Realty Trust has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.29.
PE Ratio
Empire State Realty Trust has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 26.66. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $26.66 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company's return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder's equity, for the twelve trailing months is 4.76%.5. Greif (GEF)
30.03% Payout Ratio
Greif, Inc. engages in the production and sale of industrial packaging products and services worldwide. It operates through three segments: Global Industrial Packaging; Paper Packaging & Services; and Land Management. The Global Industrial Packaging segment produces and sells industrial packaging products, including steel, fiber, and plastic drums; rigid and flexible intermediate bulk containers; closure systems for industrial packaging products; transit protection products; water bottles, and remanufactured and reconditioned industrial containers; and various services, such as container life cycle management, filling, logistics, warehousing, and other packaging services to chemicals, paints and pigments, food and beverage, petroleum, industrial coatings, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, mineral product, and other industries. This segment also offers flexible intermediate bulk containers and related services. The Paper Packaging & Services segment produces and sells containerboards, corrugated sheets and containers, and other corrugated and specialty products to customers in the packaging, automotive, food, and building products markets; and produces and sells coated and uncoated recycled paperboard, and recycled fiber. This segment's corrugated container products are used to ship various products, such as home appliances, small machinery, grocery products, automotive components, books, and furniture, as well as various other applications. The Land Management segment engages in harvesting and regeneration of timber properties; and sale of timberland and special use properties. As of October 31, 2022, this segment owned approximately 175,000 acres of timber properties in the southeastern United States. The company was formerly known as Greif Bros. Corporation and changed its name to Greif, Inc. in 2001. Greif, Inc. was founded in 1877 and is headquartered in Delaware, Ohio.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Greif has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.66.
PE Ratio
Greif has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 9.97. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $9.97 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company's return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder's equity, for the twelve trailing months is 21.51%.Moving Average
Greif's worth is below its 50-day moving average of $70.09 and below its 200-day moving average of $67.37.1. 1 (1)
1% Payout Ratio
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Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, 1 has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.
PE Ratio
1 has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 1. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $1 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company's return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder's equity, for the twelve trailing months is 1%.Sales Growth
1's sales growth is 1% for the ongoing quarter and 1% for the next.