(VIANEWS) – AXWAY SOFTWARE (AXW.PA), BOUYGUES (EN.PA), AKWEL (AKW.PA) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
We have congregated information about stocks with the highest payout ratio as yet. 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 distribute 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. AXWAY SOFTWARE (AXW.PA)
86.96% Payout Ratio
Axway Software SA operates as an infrastructure software publisher in the Americas, France, rest of Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company provides AMPLIFY, a platform that offers application integration, API management, managed file transfer, B2B-EDI integration, and digital finance solutions. It also offers specialized enterprise integration products to provide visibility, intelligence, and security throughout the digital ecosystem; counter threats before they happen; optimize business assets and resources; safeguard against risks; and improve operational performance, as well as provides managed cloud services. The company serves the automotive, banking and financial services, healthcare, insurance, life science, manufacturing and consumer packaged goods, retail, and transportation and logistics industries, as well as government and public sectors. Axway Software SA was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, AXWAY SOFTWARE has a trailing twelve months EPS of €0.46.
PE Ratio
AXWAY SOFTWARE has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 48.26. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing €48.26 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 negative -11.43%.
Sales Growth
AXWAY SOFTWARE’s sales growth is negative 0.8% for the current quarter and 2.2% for the next.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
AXWAY SOFTWARE’s stock is valued at €22.20 at 16:10 EST, under its 52-week high of €23.30 and way above its 52-week low of €15.15.
2. BOUYGUES (EN.PA)
80.72% Payout Ratio
Bouygues SA, together with its subsidiaries, operates in the construction, energy, telecom, and media sectors in France and internationally. The company designs, builds, renovates, operates, and deconstructs building, infrastructure, and industrial projects; develops urban planning, residential, and commercial projects; builds and maintains roads and motorways, airport runways, ports, industrial logistics hubs, external works and amenities, reserved-lane public transport, recreational facilities, and environmental projects, as well as undertakes civil engineering, road safety, and signaling activities; produces, distributes, sells, and recycles aggregates, emulsions, asphalt mixes, ready-mix concrete, and bitumen; construction, renewal, and maintenance of rail networks; and installation and maintenance of pipes and pipelines. It also produces TF1, TMC, TFX, TF1, and LCI complementary TV channels; operates TV Breizh, Histoire TV, Ushuaïa TV and Serieclub channels; produces, broadcasts, and distributes content; operates la seine musicale entertainment and concert venue; produces cinemas; and entertainment and leisure comprising licenses and publishes boards games, as well as music production and live events. Further, it offers telecom services; mobile and fixed network services; and Bbox Fibre, an internet box. Additionally, the company provides design, installation, and maintenance services in various fields that include cooling and fire protection, facility management, digital and ICT, electrical, and mechanical and robotics, as well as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. Bouygues SA was founded in 1952 and is based in Paris, France.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, BOUYGUES has a trailing twelve months EPS of €2.23.
PE Ratio
BOUYGUES has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 14.52. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing €14.52 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 8.57%.
Moving Average
BOUYGUES’s value is higher than its 50-day moving average of €30.44 and above its 200-day moving average of €29.51.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter is a negative 2.9% and positive 4.2% for the next.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
BOUYGUES’s EBITDA is 11.8.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for BOUYGUES is 209921 which is 80.83% below its average volume of 1095230.
3. AKWEL (AKW.PA)
79.32% Payout Ratio
Akwel SA manufacture of automotive and heavy goods vehicle components in France and internationally. It offers fluid management, mechanisms, and structural parts for electric vehicles. The company's products include body pipes, flow regulation valves, anti-return valves, pulsation dampeners or temperature, and pressure sensors; air distributors, turbo air intake and output pipes and exchangers, exhaust gas recirculation pipes, and cylinder head covers. It also offers electronic management of hardware, software, transfer, storage, reheating, and pumping systems. The company was formerly known as MGI Coutier SA and changed its name to AKWEL in June 2018. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Champfromier, France. Akwel SA is a subsidiary of COUTIER DEVELOPPEMENT.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, AKWEL has a trailing twelve months EPS of €3.2.
PE Ratio
AKWEL has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 4.71. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing €4.71 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 2.61%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 0.7%, now sitting on 925.89M for the twelve trailing months.
4. IRISH CONT. GP. (IR5B.IR)
73.77% Payout Ratio
Irish Continental Group plc operates as a maritime transport company. It operates through two segments, Ferries, and Container and Terminal. The Ferries segment engages in the provision of passenger and roll on roll off freight shipping, and container lift on lift off freight services on routes between Ireland, Britain, and Continental Europe. The Container and Terminal segment provides door-to-door and feeder lift on lift off freight services, stevedoring, and other related terminal services, as well as operates container terminals in the ports of Dublin and Belfast. The company also provides ship chartering, shipping and forwarding agency, ship leasing, and administration services. Irish Continental Group plc was founded in 1972 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, IRISH CONT. GP. has a trailing twelve months EPS of €-0.102.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 8.57%.
Moving Average
IRISH CONT. GP.’s worth is under its 50-day moving average of €4.36 and higher than its 200-day moving average of €4.11.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Sep 15, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.14 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 3.19%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for IRISH CONT. GP. is 145185 which is 38.62% below its average volume of 236555.
5. CREDIT AGRICOLE (ACA.PA)
63.64% Payout Ratio
Crédit Agricole S.A. provides retail, corporate, insurance, and investment banking products and services worldwide. It operates through Asset Gathering; Large Customers; Specialised Financial Services; French Retail Banking – LCL; and International Retail Banking. The company offers banking products and services, including savings and current accounts and deposits, finance, payments, and flow management services; consumer finance products; and banking and specialized financial services. It also provides wealth management services that allow individual customers to manage, protect, and transfer their assets, as well as other asset management services; and savings/retirement, death and disability/creditor/group, and property and casualty insurance products. In addition, the company offers financing solutions for property and equipment investment and renewal requirements; trade receivable financing and management solutions for corporates; and financing services for renewable energy and public infrastructure projects, as well as leasing services. Further, it provides investment banking, structured finance, international trade finance, commercial banking, capital market, and syndication services; and asset servicing solutions for investment products, as well as various asset classes, such as execution, clearing, forex, security lending and borrowing, custody, depositary bank, fund administration, middle-office outsourcing solutions, and fund distribution support and issuer services. The company serves retail customers, corporates, banks and financial institutions, government agencies, and local authorities. Crédit Agricole S.A. was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Montrouge, France. Crédit Agricole S.A. operates as a subsidiary of SAS Rue La Boétie.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, CREDIT AGRICOLE has a trailing twelve months EPS of €1.65.
PE Ratio
CREDIT AGRICOLE has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 6.92. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing €6.92 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 8.25%.
Sales Growth
CREDIT AGRICOLE’s sales growth is negative 1.2% for the current quarter and negative 5% for the next.
Moving Average
CREDIT AGRICOLE’s value is higher than its 50-day moving average of €10.89 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of €9.64.
6. ARCADIS (ARCAD.AS)
35.35% Payout Ratio
Arcadis NV operates as a design and consultancy firm for natural and built assets worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Europe & Middle East, The Americas, Asia Pacific, and CallisonRTKL. It offers architectural based design consultancy services; and asset management services, such as asset management strategy and planning, asset management decision making and operational optimization, life cycle planning and asset management systems, asset information/condition assessment, risk and review, organization and people, and asset management/O&M. The company also provides business advisory services, including asset strategy and performance, business transformation and resiliency, investment and finance, operations and maintenance, and technology and information; cost and commercial management services; and design and engineering solutions for highways, railways, bridges, tunnels, power utilities, water utilities, ports and waterways, geotechnics, architecture, and structures, as well as building mechanical, electrical, and plumbing. In addition, it offers digital environmental health safety and sustainability, environmental restoration, and project management solutions. Further, the company provides mobility solutions for connected highways, intelligent rail and transit, integrated airports, and new mobility; places solutions; resilience solutions, including climate adaption, energy transition, enviro socio permitting, environmental restoration, sustainable advisory, sustainable operations, and water optimization; and water supply and treatment, distribution, resource management, and industrial water and wastewater services. It serves industrial manufacturing, technology, property and investment, contractors, and energy and resources sectors. The company was formerly known as Heidemij NV and changed its name to Arcadis N.V. in October 1997. Arcadis NV was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, ARCADIS has a trailing twelve months EPS of €2.
PE Ratio
ARCADIS has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 19.74. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing €19.74 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 13.1%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for ARCADIS is 12876 which is 85.21% below its average volume of 87088.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
ARCADIS’s stock is valued at €39.48 at 16:10 EST, under its 52-week high of €43.70 and way higher than its 52-week low of €30.84.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on May 16, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.7 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.78%.
Sales Growth
ARCADIS’s sales growth for the next quarter is negative 3.2%.
