(VIANEWS) – SPAREBANKEN ØST (SPOG.OL), PUBLICIS GROUPE SA (PUB.PA), TOTENS SPAREBANK (TOTG.OL) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
We have congregated information about stocks with the highest payout ratio so far. The payout ratio in itself isn’t a guarantee 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. SPAREBANKEN ØST (SPOG.OL)
81.36% Payout Ratio
Sparebanken Øst operates as a savings bank in Eastern Norway. The company offers financial products, such as savings, credit, and payment products; mortgages on homes; and debenture financing for second-hand cars, as well as services in the areas of financing, savings and investment, and money-transfer. It also distributes insurance, fund shares, interest rate hedging, and currency, as well as operates, manages, leases, and sells real estate properties. The company was founded in 1843 and is headquartered in Drammen, Norway.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, SPAREBANKEN ØST has a trailing twelve months EPS of kr4.73.
PE Ratio
SPAREBANKEN ØST has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 9.53. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing kr9.53 for every norwegian krone 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 6.25%.
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2. PUBLICIS GROUPE SA (PUB.PA)
52.86% Payout Ratio
Publicis Groupe S.A. provides marketing, communications, and digital business transformation services in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. The company offers advisory services for brand strategy, and repositioning and their identity under the Publicis Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnett, Marcel, Fallon, and BBH brands; online advertising services under the Razorfish and Moxie brand names; crisis communications, press relations, public affairs, financial communications, and strategy management services; media consulting, planning, and buying services; performance marketing services; and e-commerce services. It also designs and delivers brand content for various channels, such as television, print, radio, cinema, and billboards, as well as digital, including display, and social networks under the Prodigious, Harbor, and The Pub brand names. In addition, the company operates Epsilon PeopleCloud, a unified data and technology platform; and Publicis Sapient, a technological, digital, and consulting platform. Further, it provides healthcare communication services under the Digitas Health, Publicis Health Media, and Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness brands for the healthcare and well-being sectors. The company serves clients in the automotive, retail, financial services, consumer products, and media sectors. Publicis Groupe S.A. was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Paris, France.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, PUBLICIS GROUPE SA has a trailing twelve months EPS of €4.44.
PE Ratio
PUBLICIS GROUPE SA has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 16.63. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing €16.63 for every euro 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 13.46%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 22.5%, now sitting on 14.2B for the twelve trailing months.
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3. TOTENS SPAREBANK (TOTG.OL)
52.38% Payout Ratio
Totens Sparebank provides various banking and financial products and services in Norway. The company offers savings and pension products; business and construction loans; leasing; overdrafts and bank guarantees; liability, business, data attack, property damage, craftsman, health, homeowners, collective, personnel, travel, occupational injury, agriculture, and vehicle insurance; and business and credit cards. It also provides online and mobile banking services; payment solutions; asset management; and real estate services. Totens Sparebank was founded in 1854 and is headquartered in Lena, Norway.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, TOTENS SPAREBANK has a trailing twelve months EPS of kr19.78.
PE Ratio
TOTENS SPAREBANK has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 10.41. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing kr10.41 for every norwegian krone 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 10.47%.
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4. AXA (CS.PA)
50.66% Payout Ratio
AXA SA, through its subsidiaries, provides insurance, asset management, and banking services worldwide. The company operates through six segments: France, Europe, Asia, AXA XL, International, and Transversal & Central Holdings. It offers life and savings insurance products, such as savings and retirement, other health, and personal protection products. The company also provides property and casualty insurance products, including car, home, and personal or professional liability to individual and business clients; international insurance for large corporate clients in Europe; and marine and aviation insurance services, as well as property and casualty reinsurance products. In addition, it offers asset management services in the areas of various asset classes, including equities, bonds, hedge funds, private equity, and real estate for the group's insurance companies and their clients, and retail and institutional clients. Further, the company provides health, term life, whole life, universal life, endowment, and other investment-based products for personal/individual and commercial/ group customers. AXA SA was founded in 1852 and is headquartered in Paris, France.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, AXA has a trailing twelve months EPS of €2.85.
PE Ratio
AXA has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 10.34. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing €10.34 for every euro 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 10.69%.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on May 6, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.54 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 5.44%.
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5. WILSON (WILS.OL)
40.25% Payout Ratio
Wilson ASA operates as a shipping company in Europe. The company engages in the ship chartering and operation; ship management; marine accounting; crewing; purchasing; legal; and insurance activities. It operates through a fleet of 130 vessels in the range of 1500 to 8500 DWT. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Bergen, Norway. Wilson ASA operates as a subsidiary of Caiano AS.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, WILSON has a trailing twelve months EPS of kr21.12.
PE Ratio
WILSON has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 3.15. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing kr3.15 for every norwegian krone 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 44.99%.
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