10 Top Stocks With The Highest Shareholder Yield In The S&P 500

Dividends are good but they need to be paid from real earnings. Sometimes, companies pay more than they have on their bank accounts due to growth costs or reinvestments.

You will also find often stocks that pay only a small amount of their annual income back to shareholders.

Good companies with no growth costs will consider paying the rest of the income via share buybacks.

Within the financial scene we discuss the theme shareholder yield, a ratio that quantifies the dividend yield and buyback yield as a whole.

It’s quite simple, the bigger the shareholder yield, the more money being paid back to the owners of the company.

Attached you will find the 10 stocks with the highest shareholder yield of the current month.

These are the results…

#1 Macy’s — Yield: 4.44% – Shareholder Yield: 19.3%

Macy’s (NYSE:M) employs 157,900 people, generates revenue of $27,079.00 million and has a net income of $1,070.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $10.19Billion.

Macy’s's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,388.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 12.51% (the operating margin is 7.53% and the net profit margin 3.95%).

Financials: The total debt represents 37.12% of Macy’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 179.69%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 22.27% was realized by Macy’s.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.09. Last fiscal year, Macy’s paid $1.39 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.00, the P/S ratio is 0.39 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.48. The dividend yield amounts to 4.44%.

#2 Best Buy — Yield: 3.32% - Shareholder Yield: 14.2%

Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) employs 125,000 people, generates revenue of $39,528.00 million and has a net income of $807.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $10.75Billion.

Best Buy’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,227.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 5.63% (the operating margin is 3.48% and the net profit margin 2.04%).

Financials: The total debt represents 12.83% of Best Buy assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 39.61%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 17.22% was realized by Best Buy.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.92. Last fiscal year, Best Buy paid $0.92 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.55, the P/S ratio is 0.28 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.49. The dividend yield amounts to 3.32%.

#3 Ameriprise Financial — Yield: 3.13% - Shareholder Yield: 14.6%

Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP) employs 13,000 people, generates revenue of $12,200.00 million and has a net income of $1,687.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $15.36Billion.

Ameriprise Financial’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,928.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 24.00% (the operating margin is 20.73% and the net profit margin 13.83%).

Financials: The total debt represents 13.11% of Ameriprise Financial assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 264.06%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 20.36% was realized by Ameriprise Financial.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $8.23. Last fiscal year, Ameriprise Financial paid $2.59 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.64, the P/S ratio is 1.27 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.27. The dividend yield amounts to 3.13%.

Check out more results here…10 Top Stocks With The Highest Shareholder Yield In The S&P 500