(VIANEWS) – SWORD GROUP (SWP.PA), CEGEDIM (CGM.PA), SPBK1 ØSTFOLD AKE (SOAG.OL) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
We have gathered information regarding stocks with the highest payout ratio up until 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 researching 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. SWORD GROUP (SWP.PA)
86.88% Payout Ratio
Sword Group S.E. provides IT and digital transformation services in Europe, the United States, the Oceania, and Asia. The company provides information systems integration and engineering services, including strategic and operational consulting, solution engineering and application development, project ownership support and project management support, infrastructure management and application maintenance for third parties, and resource outsourcing. Its products include Sword Phusion, an engineering information management software; Sword Tell, a CAD software for watch manufacturers and other industry sectors; Sword Venue, an event planning, collaboration, and organization software; and Sword Aequos that helps organizations to focus on their main business by implementing optimal collaborative tools and solutions supporting their day-to-day reality. The company serves banking and insurance, finance, industry, energy, public services, health, telco, government, and other markets. Sword Group S.E. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Windhof, Luxembourg.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, SWORD GROUP has a trailing twelve months EPS of €11.51.
PE Ratio
SWORD GROUP has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 3.41. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing €3.41 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 112.09%.
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2. CEGEDIM (CGM.PA)
50% Payout Ratio
Cegedim SA operates as a technology and services company in the digital data flow management for healthcare ecosystem and B2B, and business software publisher for healthcare and insurance professionals worldwide. It operates in two divisions, Health Insurance, HR and e-Services; and Healthcare Professionals. The Health Insurance, HR and e-Services division markets various products and services to insurance companies, mutual insurers, personal protection insurers, and insurance brokers, as well as engages in the interactions between these entities and healthcare professionals. This division also provides solutions for hosting, HR and payroll management outsourcing, and electronic data exchange services. The Healthcare Professionals division offers management software, databases, and solutions to doctors, allied health professionals, pharmacists, and healthcare facilities. The company was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Cegedim SA is a subsidiary of FCB SA.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, CEGEDIM has a trailing twelve months EPS of €1.
PE Ratio
CEGEDIM has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 18.92. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing €18.92 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 5.08%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
CEGEDIM’s stock is valued at €18.92 at 22:10 EST, way below its 52-week high of €25.00 and way higher than its 52-week low of €13.56.
Dividend Yield
As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Jun 29, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.5 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 2.6%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for CEGEDIM is 907 which is 72.94% below its average volume of 3352.
Moving Average
CEGEDIM’s worth is above its 50-day moving average of €18.79 and above its 200-day moving average of €17.24.
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3. SPBK1 ØSTFOLD AKE (SOAG.OL)
47.41% Payout Ratio
SpareBank 1 Østfold Akershus, a savings bank, provides various banking products and services in Østfold and the southern part of Akershus. The company offers savings, operating, tax deduction, deposit, placement, and currency accounts; and savings and investment products. It also provides consumer, construction, repayment, boat, motorcycle, and car loans; operating credit products; bank guarantees; liquidity loans with government guarantees; operating credit for agriculture; mortgage products; leasing and factoring services; and refinancing services. In addition, the company offers various insurance products, such as vehicle, house and travel, personal, animal, liability, work machine, interruption, condominium, cyber, truck, movable property, commercial building, project, transport, crime, bus, group life, health, leisure accident, occupational injury, accident insurance children, and sick pay insurance products; and pension products. Further, it provides credit, municipal payment, and other bank cards; payment terminal, debt collection, and document collection services; bonds, forwards, and currency options; accounting approved, invoice automatic, eGiro/Cremul, KID invoice, and OCR and eGiro payment services; and mobile and online banking services. The company was founded in 1835 and is headquartered in Moss, Norway.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, SPBK1 ØSTFOLD AKE has a trailing twelve months EPS of kr35.74.
PE Ratio
SPBK1 ØSTFOLD AKE has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 8.79. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing kr8.79 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 10.79%.
Dividend Yield
As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Mar 30, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 17.8 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 5.53%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
SPBK1 ØSTFOLD AKE’s stock is valued at kr314.00 at 22:10 EST, way below its 52-week high of kr368.00 and way higher than its 52-week low of kr280.00.
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4. ASML HOLDING (ASML.AS)
45.01% Payout Ratio
ASML Holding N.V. develops, produces, markets, sells, and services advanced semiconductor equipment systems consisting of lithography, metrology, and inspection systems for memory and logic chipmakers. The company provides extreme ultraviolet lithography systems; and deep ultraviolet lithography systems comprising immersion and dry lithography solutions to manufacture various range of semiconductor nodes and technologies. It also offers metrology and inspection systems, including YieldStar optical metrology solutions to assess the quality of patterns on the wafers; and HMI e-beam solutions to locate and analyze individual chip defects. In addition, the company provides computational lithography and lithography process and control software solutions; and refurbishes and upgrades older lithography systems, as well as offers customer support and associated services. It operates in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, China, rest of Asia, the Netherlands, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the United States. The company was formerly known as ASM Lithography Holding N.V. and changed its name to ASML Holding N.V. in 2001. ASML Holding N.V. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, ASML HOLDING has a trailing twelve months EPS of €17.37.
PE Ratio
ASML HOLDING has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 37.65. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing €37.65 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 74.04%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
ASML HOLDING’s EBITDA is 9.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for ASML HOLDING is 462388 which is 28.97% below its average volume of 651020.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
ASML HOLDING’s stock is valued at €653.90 at 22:10 EST, below its 52-week high of €688.00 and way higher than its 52-week low of €375.75.
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