A recent scan of the markets revealed twenty-six companies that met the following screening criteria:
I have sorted these companies in the order of their market capitalization and have listed them from largest to smallest. I have also segmented this list into three parts in order to keep each individual article within a reasonable length. The three parts will include the following companies.
- Dividend Yield over 2%
- Payout Ratio under 50%
- PEG Ratio of under 3
- Return on Equity of at least 15%
- Debt to Equity Ratio of less than 50%
- Positive EPS Growth this year, next year and the next 5 years.
- (data from 20 August 2014)
I have sorted these companies in the order of their market capitalization and have listed them from largest to smallest. I have also segmented this list into three parts in order to keep each individual article within a reasonable length. The three parts will include the following companies.
| Part 1 Microsoft Corporation Johnson and Johnson Qualcomm Incorporated ConocoPhillips 3M Company General Dynamics Corp Raytheon Company Marsh & McLennan Cos, Inc Aflac Inc. | Part 2 T.Rowe Price Group, Inc The Gap, Inc Symantec Corporation Helmerich & Payne, Inc Murphy Oil Corporation Best Buy Co, Inc Alaska Air Group, Inc GameStop Corp Waddell & Reed Financial Inc | Part 3 Gentex Corp DSW Inc Cohen & Steers Inc Western Refining Logistics, LP Boston Private Financial Holdings Capella Education Co FutureFuel Corp Intelliquent, Inc |
19. Gentex Corporation (GNTX) is engaged in designing, developing, manufacturing, and marketing automatic-dimming rearview mirrors and electronics for the automotive industry; variable dimmable aircraft windows for the aviation industry; and commercial smoke alarms and signaling devices for the fire protection industry worldwide. The company offers automotive products, including interior and exterior electrochromic automatic-dimming rearview mirrors; automotive electronics; and interior and exterior non-automatic-dimming rearview mirrors with electronic features for automotive passenger cars, light trucks, pick-up trucks, sport utility vehicles, and vans for original equipment manufacturers, tier one automotive mirror manufacturers, and various aftermarket and accessory customers. It also provides photoelectric smoke detectors and alarms, photoelectric smoke detectors and visual signaling alarms, photoelectric smoke detectors and electrochemical carbon monoxide alarms, electrochemical carbon monoxide detectors and alarms, audible and visual signaling alarms, and bells and speakers for use in fire detection systems in office buildings, hotels, and other commercial establishments, as well as in residential applications. The company sells its fire protection products directly and through manufacturer representative organizations to fire protection and security product distributors, and electrical wholesale houses, as well as to the original equipment manufacturers of fire protection systems. Gentex Corporation was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Zeeland, Michigan. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
| Sector: Consumer Goods Industry: Auto Parts Market Cap $4.27 Bil P/E 15.72 PEG 1.33 Payout Ratio 29.90% 3yr RevGR 12.65% 3yr EarnGR 16.33% 3yr DivGR 8.28% | Price $29.38 1yr Target $34.43 1yr Cap Gain 17.18% Dividend $0.64 Yield 2.17% 1yr Tot Return 19.35% EPS next year 4.91% EPS next five years 11.83% |
20. DSW Inc. (DSW) operates as a branded footwear and accessories retailer in the United States. The company operates in two segments, DSW and Affiliated Business Group. It offers a range of brand name dresses, casual and athletic footwear, and accessories for women and men through its DSW stores and dsw.com. The company also provides kids’ shoes on dsw.com; and handbags, hosiery, jewelry, and other accessories. As of July 10, 2014, it operated 410 DSW stores in 42 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; dsw.com, an e-commerce site; and m.dsw.com, a mobile Website. DSW Inc. was founded in 1917 and is based in Columbus, Ohio. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
| Sector: Services Industry: Apparel Stores Market Cap $2.57 Bil P/E 16.76 PEG 1.62 Payout Ratio 40.00% 3yr RevGR 9.03% 3yr EarnGR 58.32% 3yr DivGR N/A | Price $28.21 1yr Target $29.64 1yr Cap Gain 5.06% Dividend $0.75 Yield 2.65% 1yr Tot Return 7.71% EPS next year 14.40% EPS next five years 10.35% |
21. Cohen & Steers, Inc. (CNS), together with its subsidiaries, operates as an investment manager in the United States, Japan, and internationally. The company focuses on global real estate securities, global listed infrastructure, real assets, large cap value stocks, and preferred securities. It primarily manages institutional accounts, open-end mutual funds, and closed-end mutual funds. The company also manages alternative investment strategies, such as hedged real estate securities portfolios for qualified investors. In addition, it provides distribution services for its funds; and advisory consulting services to model-based strategies accounts. The company serves its sponsored open-end and closed-end mutual funds, U.S. and non-U.S. pension plans, endowment funds, foundations, and subadvised funds for other financial institutions. Cohen & Steers, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in New York, New York. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
| Sector: Financial Industry: Asset Management Market Cap $1.94 Bil P/E 24.77 PEG 1.43 Payout Ratio 47.20% 3yr RevGR 17.26% 3yr EarnGR 12.03% 3yr DivGR 25.70% | Price $43.22 1yr Target $40.67 1yr Cap Gain -5.91% Dividend $0.88 Yield 2.03% 1yr Tot Return -3.88% EPS next year 13.54% EPS next five years 17.30% |
22. Western Refining Logistics, LP (WNRL) is engaged in the ownership, acquisition, development, and operation of terminals, storage tanks, pipelines, and other logistics assets in the Southwestern United States. It has pipeline and gathering assets, including approximately 300 miles of crude oil pipelines and gathering systems, and approximately 569,000 barrels of active crude oil storage located primarily in the Delaware Basin. The company also has terminalling, transportation, and storage assets comprising terminals and storage assets located at El Paso and Gallup refineries, and refined products terminals located in Bloomfield and Albuquerque, New Mexico that consists of approximately 6.9 million barrels of active shell storage capacity, which receive, store, and distribute crude oil, feedstock, and refined products; and asphalt plant and terminal that provides asphalt terminalling and processing services in El Paso. Its terminalling, transportation, and storage assets also consists of asphalt terminals that offer asphalt terminalling services located in Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, which have a storage capacity of approximately 473,000 barrels. Western Refining Logistics GP, LLC operates as a general partner of Western Refining Logistics, LP. The company is headquartered in El Paso, Texas. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
| Sector: Basic Materials Industry: Oil and Gas Pipelines Market Cap $1.50 Bil P/E 20.65 PEG 1.38 Payout Ratio 33.80% 3yr RevGR N/A 3yr EarnGR N/A 3yr DivGR N/A | Price $34.87 1yr Target $36.75 1yr Cap Gain 5.39% Dividend $1.19 Yield 3.41% 1yr Tot Return 8.80% EPS next year 35.07% EPS next five years 15.00% |
23. Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. (BPFH) operates as the bank holding company for Boston Private Bank & Trust Company that offers a range of wealth management services in the United States. The company operates in three segments: Private Banking, Investment Management, and Wealth Advisory. Its deposit products include checking accounts, savings and NOW accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposits. The company also offers loans to individuals, such as residential mortgage loans, mortgage loans on investment or vacation properties, unsecured and secured personal lines of credit, home equity loans, and overdraft protection. In addition, it provides loans to businesses, including commercial and mortgage loans, revolving lines of credit, working capital loans, equipment financing, community lending programs, and construction and land loans. Further, the company offers wealth management and private banking services; investment management services; and wealth advisory services comprising financial planning, tax planning, tax preparation, estate and insurance planning, retirement planning, charitable planning, and intergenerational gifting and succession planning. It serves high net worth individuals, families, and businesses; real estate investors; and middle market businesses, including corporations, partnerships, associations, and nonprofit organizations primarily in the New England, San Francisco Bay, and Southern California. Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
| Sector: Financial Industry: Regional - Northeast Banks Market Cap $996.40 Mil P/E 15.68 PEG 1.37 Payout Ratio 25.90% 3yr RevGR -1.52% 3yr EarnGR N/A 3yr DivGR 87.78% | Price $12.23 1yr Target $14.11 1yr Cap Gain 15.37% Dividend $0.32 Yield 2.61% 1yr Tot Return 17.98% EPS next year 11.44% EPS next five years 12.35% |
24. Capella Education Company (CPLA), through its subsidiaries, operates as an online postsecondary education services company primarily in the United States. It offers various doctoral, master’s, and bachelor’s programs primarily for the public service leadership, behavioral health and human services, business management and technology, and education markets; and online distance learning services, including degree-entry programs and doctoral level programs in various disciplines, including business, management, psychology, law, and computing, as well as provides a social teaching and learning platform that integrates education with technology. The company also provides online training solutions and services to corporate partners through its online learning platform. In addition, it also provides learner support services, such as academic services comprising new learner orientation, technical support, academic advising, research services, writing services, and online tutoring; and administrative services through the telephone and Internet. The company’s learner support services also include library services, such as access to the collection of online journals, eBooks, and interlibrary loan services; and career center services consisting of career counseling, job search advising, and career management support services to learners and alumni. As of December 31, 2013, it offered approximately 1,700 online courses and 43 academic programs with 143 specializations to approximately 35,000 learners. Capella Education Company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
| Sector: Services Industry: Education and Training Services Market Cap $834.84 Mil P/E 25.33 PEG 2.37 Payout Ratio 38.30% 3yr RevGR -0.82% 3yr EarnGR -8.30% 3yr DivGR N/A | Price $67.23 1yr Target $69.14 1yr Cap Gain 2.84% Dividend $1.40 Yield 2.08% 1yr Tot Return 4.92% EPS next year 10.16% EPS next five years 10.71% |
25. FutureFuel Corp. (FF), through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells diversified chemical products, biofuels, and biobased specialty chemical products in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Biofuels and Chemicals. The Biofuels segment produces and sells biodiesel. It also sells petrodiesel in blends; ships refined petroleum products on a common carrier pipeline; and buys and sells petroleum products. This segment markets its biodiesel products directly to customers through trucks, rail, and barges in the United States. The Chemicals segment manufactures and sells custom manufacturing products, including nonanoyloxybenzene-sulfonate, a bleach activator used in household detergents; a proprietary herbicide and intermediates for life sciences companies; chlorinated polyolefin adhesion promoters and antioxidant precursors; and a biocide intermediate for chemical companies. Its custom manufacturing product portfolio also includes products that are used in the agricultural chemical, coatings, chemical intermediates, industrial and consumer cleaning, oil and gas, and specialty polymers. In addition, this segment offers performance chemicals, such as a family of polymer modifiers, and various small-volume specialty chemicals and solvents for various applications; and a family of acetal based solvents, including diethoxymethane, dimethoxymethane, dibutoxymethane, glycerol formal, and phenol sulfonic acid. Its chemical products are used in various markets and end uses comprising detergent, agrochemical, automotive, photographic imaging, coatings, nutrition, and polymer additives. The company was formerly known as Viceroy Acquisition Corporation and changed its name to FutureFuel Corp. in October 2006. FutureFuel Corp. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Clayton, Missouri. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
| Sector: Basic Materials Industry: Chemicals - Major Diversified Market Cap $618.39 Mil P/E 11.53 PEG 1.00 Payout Ratio 37.70% 3yr RevGR 26.31% 3yr EarnGR 39.76% 3yr DivGR 11.08% | Price $13.68 1yr Target $20.00 1yr Cap Gain 46.19% Dividend $0.48 Yield 3.50% 1yr Tot Return 49.69% EPS next year 40.54% EPS next five years 11.50% |
26. Inteliquent Inc. (IQNT) provides voice telecommunications services on a wholesale basis in the United States and internationally. The company offers its services using an all-IP network, which enables to deliver global connectivity for various media, including voice, data, and video. It provides voice services that allow carriers to exchange local and long distance traffic between their networks without using an incumbent local exchange carrier tandem or establishing direct connections. Inteliquent serves competitive carriers, including wireless, wireline, cable, and broadband telephony companies, as well as over-the-top providers. The company was formerly known as Neutral Tandem, Inc. and changed its name to Inteliquent Inc. in July 2013. Inteliquent Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart)
| Sector: Technology Industry: Wireless Communication Market Cap $366.53 Mil P/E 10.06 PEG 1.01 Payout Ratio 26.40% 3yr RevGR 1.91% 3yr EarnGR 23.14% 3yr DivGR N/A | Price $11.19 1yr Target $17.50 1yr Cap Gain 56.38% Dividend $0.30 Yield 2.68% 1yr Tot Return 59.06% EPS next year 3.46% EPS next five years 10.00% |
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