(VIANEWS) – ORANGE (ORA.PA), AXA (CS.PA), BOURSE DIRECT (BSD.PA) are the highest payout ratio stocks on this list.
We have collected information about stocks with the highest payout ratio at the moment. 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 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. ORANGE (ORA.PA)
95.89% Payout Ratio
Orange S.A. provides various fixed telephony and mobile telecommunications, data transmission, and other value-added services to customers, businesses, and other telecommunications operators in France and internationally. The company operates through France; Spain and Other European Countries; The Africa and Middle East; Enterprise; International Carriers & Shared Services; and Mobile Financial Services segments. It offers mobile services, such as voice, SMS, and data; fixed broadband and narrowband services, as well as fixed network business solutions, including voice and data; and convergence packages. The company also sells mobile handsets, broadband equipment, connected devices, and accessories. In addition, it provides IT and integration services comprising unified communication and collaboration services, such as LAN and telephony, consultancy, integration, and project management; hosting and infrastructure services, including cloud computing; customer relations management and other applications services; security services; and video conferencing, as well as sells related equipment. Further, the company offers national and international roaming services; online advertising services; and mobile virtual network operators, network sharing, and mobile financial services, as well as sells equipment to external distributors and brokers. It markets its products and services under the Orange brand. The company was formerly known as France Telecom and changed its name to Orange S.A. in July 2013. Orange S.A. is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, ORANGE has a trailing twelve months EPS of €0.73.
PE Ratio
ORANGE has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 15.68. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing €15.68 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 7.44%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
ORANGE’s stock is valued at €11.45 at 02:10 EST, below its 52-week high of €11.94 and way above its 52-week low of €9.08.
Sales Growth
ORANGE’s sales growth is 1.7% for the current quarter and 2.5% for the next.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 2.4%, now sitting on 43.47B for the twelve trailing months.
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2. 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 €2.83.
PE Ratio
AXA has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 10.36. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing €10.36 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%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
AXA’s stock is valued at €29.32 at 02:10 EST, higher than its 52-week high of €28.95.
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%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for AXA is 724435 which is 86.09% below its average volume of 5208940.
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3. BOURSE DIRECT (BSD.PA)
50.37% Payout Ratio
Bourse Direct SA provides Internet stock brokerage services in France. It offers a platform of services, tools, and financial products, including French and foreign equities, derivatives, trackers, warrants, certificates, turbos, mutual funds, UCITS, and CFDs, as well as tax exemption, retirement, real estate, and life insurance products through the boursedirect.fr, capitol.fr, tradebox.fr, abssysteme.fr, wargny.com, and mesactions.com sites. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Paris, France. Bourse Direct SA is a subsidiary of E-VIEL SA.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, BOURSE DIRECT has a trailing twelve months EPS of €0.14.
PE Ratio
BOURSE DIRECT has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 33.5. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing €33.5 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 10.29%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 6.2%, now sitting on 47.81M for the twelve trailing months.
Moving Average
BOURSE DIRECT’s value is way above its 50-day moving average of €4.11 and way above its 200-day moving average of €3.47.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on May 22, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.08 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.72%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
BOURSE DIRECT’s stock is valued at €4.69 at 02:10 EST, higher than its 52-week high of €4.64.
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4. QRF (QRF.BR)
47.62% Payout Ratio
Qrf Comm. VA is a publicly owned real estate investment trust. It invests in the real estate markets of Belgium. The firm specializes in retail properties. Qrf Comm. VA was founded in September 3, 2013 and is based in Belgium.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, QRF has a trailing twelve months EPS of €1.68.
PE Ratio
QRF has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 6.58. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing €6.58 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 7.86%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth declined by 16.6%, now sitting on 11.84M for the twelve trailing months.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on May 26, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.8 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 7.21%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
QRF’s stock is valued at €11.05 at 02:10 EST, way under its 52-week high of €12.50 and way higher than its 52-week low of €8.90.
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5. MERSEN (MRN.PA)
31.15% Payout Ratio
Mersen S.A. manufactures and sells electrical power products and advanced materials in France, North America, rest of Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Advanced Materials and Electrical Power. The company offers electrical protection and control products, such as IEC and UL/CSA low voltage general purpose fuses and fuse gears, high and medium voltage fuses, and power transfer solutions for rail vehicles, as well as surge protection, lightning protection, and power monitoring solutions; and power management solutions, including high speed fuses, DC protection for electric vehicles and battery, cooling solutions, bus bars, and aluminum electrolytic and film capacitors, as well as industrial motor maintenance and services. It also provides anticorrosion equipment comprising heat exchangers; columns, reactors, and pressure vessels; PTFE / PFA bellows, pipes, elbows, and fittings, as well as other equipment; graphite bursting discs; and corrosion resistant materials, as well as graphite specialties, such as isostatic graphite, carbon insulation, carbon/carbon composites, silicon carbide, and flexible graphite. In addition, the company offers carbon brushes, brush-holders, brush-rockers and brush gear housings, signal and power transmission systems, current collectors, wheel flange lubrication solutions, carbon dust collection systems, monitoring solutions, and slip and electrical ring assemblies, as well as cranes. It serves energy, electronics, transportation, corrosive chemicals, and process industries, as well as other markets comprising building and construction, elevators, elevators, defense, and outdoor LED lighting, as well as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning markets. The company was formerly known as Groupe Carbone Lorraine SA and changed its name to Mersen S.A. in 2010. Mersen S.A. was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Courbevoie, France.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, MERSEN has a trailing twelve months EPS of €3.08.
PE Ratio
MERSEN has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.37. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing €12.37 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 11.23%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
MERSEN’s stock is valued at €38.10 at 02:10 EST, way under its 52-week high of €45.95 and way higher than its 52-week low of €26.45.
Dividend Yield
As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Jul 4, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.25 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 3.36%.
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6. HOME INVEST BE. (HOMI.BR)
30.83% Payout Ratio
Home Invest Belgium S.A. operates as a real estate investment company in Belgium. It primarily invests in residential properties. As of December 31, 2008, the company's real estate portfolio consisted of 992 rental units with a total rentable space of approximately 111,091 square meters. The company was formerly known as Home Invest and changed its name to Home Invest Belgium S.A. in May 1999. Home Invest Belgium S.A. was founded in 1980 and is based in Brussels, Belgium.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, HOME INVEST BE. has a trailing twelve months EPS of €3.21.
PE Ratio
HOME INVEST BE. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 6.09. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing €6.09 for every euro of annual earnings.
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