| Table 2. Firms With High Relative Yields | |||||||||
| Company (Exchange: Ticker) |
Dividend Yield | Annual Growth Rates | Payout Ratio (%) |
Rel Strgth (%) |
Price Chg (52 Wk) (%) |
Description | |||
| Current (%) |
5-Yr Avg (%) |
52-Wk Div/Shr (%) |
EPS (%) |
Est EPS (%) |
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| National Fuel Gas Co. (N: NFG) | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 40.6 | 3.3 | 47.2 | -17 | -5 | Diversified energy co. |
| United Bancorp, Inc. (M: UBCP) | 3.5 | 3.7 | 6.5 | 4.2 | na | 47.2 | 6 | 21 | Multi-bank holding co. |
| Citigroup Inc. (N: C) | 3.4 | 1.6 | 31.5 | 21.2 | 11.4 | 34.9 | -5 | 8 | Financial servs |
| First Defiance Financial (M: FDEF) | 3.3 | 3.4 | 11.9 | 36.7 | na | 35.7 | 7 | 22 | Consumer bank & financial servs |
| Hibernia Corp. (N: HIB) | 3.1 | 3.4 | 10.6 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 37.7 | 9 | 25 | Financial holding co. |
| Riverview Bancorp, Inc. (M: RVSB) | 3.1 | 3.7 | 18.5 | 12.5 | na | 40.0 | -4 | 10 | Bank holding co. |
| Wells Fargo & Co. (N: WFC) | 3.1 | 2.3 | 16.5 | 23.7 | 11.4 | 43.0 | 0 | 14 | Financial holding co. |
| Nuveen Investments, Inc. (N: JNC) | 2.7 | 2.4 | 11.2 | 13.1 | 10.0 | 35.6 | -11 | 2 | Investment mgmt servs |
| Central Pacific Financial (N: CPF) | 2.6 | 2.3 | 19.7 | 23.5 | 10.0 | 30.8 | -25 | -15 | Holding co. for Central Pacific Bank |
| Cincinnati Financial Corp. (M: CINF) | 2.6 | 2.2 | 10.8 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 35.5 | 5 | 19 | Property & casualty insurance |
| McGrath RentCorp (M: MGRC) | 2.6 | 2.7 | 14.9 | 2.1 | 16.0 | 41.2 | 13 | 29 | Office/class rent & sales; elec measure tools |
| National Commerce Financial (N: NCF) | 2.5 | 2.4 | 18.3 | 7.2 | 11.5 | 46.7 | 25 | 43 | Bank holding co. |
| SCBT Financial Corp. (M: SCBT) | 2.5 | 2.7 | 8.4 | 11.7 | 10.0 | 34.7 | na | na | Holding co. for First Nat’l Bank of SC |
| Sturgis Bancorp, Inc. (M: STBI) | 2.5 | 3.0 | 14.2 | 7.4 | na | 45.0 | 19 | 35 | State chartered stock savings bank |
| Aqua America, Inc. (N: Wtr) | 2.4 | 1.8 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 9.0 | 56.8 | -11 | 2 | Water utility holding co. |
| Fifth Third Bancorp (M: FITB) | 2.4 | 1.6 | 19.2 | 15.9 | 12.8 | 38.4 | -20 | -9 | Bank holding co. |
| Harbor Florida Bancshares (M: HARB) | 2.4 | 2.3 | 16.7 | 23.5 | 11.0 | 34.3 | -2 | 11 | Holding co. for Harbor Fed Savings Bank |
| Kimberly-Clark Corp. (N: KMB) | 2.4 | 2.1 | 6.3 | 10.5 | 8.8 | 40.8 | 11 | 26 | Personal, business, and industrial prods |
| Air Products & Chemicals (N: APD) | 2.3 | 2.0 | 6.6 | -6.3 | 10.0 | 47.7 | 4 | 18 | Industrial gases & related equip |
| Vulcan Materials Co. (N: VMC) | 2.2 | 2.1 | 7.3 | -2.8 | 9.8 | 44.8 | 9 | 24 | Const’n material & industrial chems |
| Main Street Banks, Inc. (M: MSBK) | 2.1 | 2.1 | 26.2 | 15.5 | 13.0 | 32.7 | -8 | 5 | Multi-bank holding co. |
| Marshall & Ilsley Corp. (N: MI) | 2.1 | 2.0 | 10.2 | 12.7 | 9.9 | 28.7 | 10 | 25 | Bank and S&L holding co. |
| Fidelity National Financial (N: FNF) | 2.0 | 1.6 | 27.5 | 23.7 | 12.4 | 10.7 | 10 | 25 | Title insurance & related servs |
| MBNA Corp. (N: KRB) | 1.9 | 1.3 | 17.6 | 22.8 | 13.9 | 21.3 | 6 | 21 | Holding co. for MBNA America Bank |
| M&T Bank Corp. (N: MTB) | 1.8 | 1.2 | 25.9 | 13.6 | 10.0 | 25.2 | -11 | 1 | Bank holding co. |
| S.Y. Bancorp, Inc. (A: SYI) | 1.8 | 1.6 | 17.2 | 16.2 | 12.8 | 24.6 | 3 | 17 | Holding co. for Stock Yard Bank & trust Co. |
| Martin Marietta Materials (N: MLM) | 1.6 | 1.4 | 6.7 | -3.6 | 10.8 | 32.7 | 11 | 27 | Aggregates for construction industry |
| Sysco Corporation (N: SYY) | 1.4 | 1.2 | 21.3 | 20.2 | 14.3 | 35.6 | 10 | 25 | Food & related products to foodservice indus |
| Irwin Financial Corp. (N: IFC) | 1.2 | 1.3 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 9.2 | 10.0 | -4 | 9 | Bank holding co. |
| Sigma-Aldrich Corp. (M: SIAL) | 1.2 | 0.9 | 12.3 | 13.4 | 10.3 | 19.9 | -7 | 6 | Biochem, organic chem, diagnos reagents |
| Home Depot, Inc. (N: HD) | 1.0 | 0.5 | 26.6 | 21.5 | 12.8 | 14.6 | -4 | 9 | Do-it-yourself warehouse retail stores |
| M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. (N: MDC) | 1.0 | 0.9 | 27.5 | 29.6 | 19.1 | 5.4 | 18 | 35 | Single-family home construction & sales |
| Wolverine World Wide (N: WWW) | 1.0 | 1.1 | 14.9 | 5.5 | 12.1 | 17.1 | 13 | 29 | Casual, outdoor & work footwear |
| Linear Technology Corp. (M: LLTC) | 0.9 | 0.4 | 28.5 | 5.4 | 22.3 | 27.7 | -2 | 12 | Circuits for telecom, computers, cell phones |
| Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (N: WMT) | 0.9 | 0.5 | 17.6 | 15.4 | 14.0 | 16.7 | -10 | 3 | Discount department stores |
| CenturyTel, Inc. (N: CTL) | 0.8 | 0.6 | 5.3 | 7.7 | 3.6 | 10.0 | -25 | -15 | Regional communications co. |
| Dollar General Corp. (N: DG) | 0.8 | 0.7 | 11.8 | 16.8 | 15.2 | 17.6 | -4 | 9 | Geberal merchandiser |
| Jack Henry & Associates (M: JKHY) | 0.8 | 0.6 | 18.5 | 13.7 | 17.0 | 24.2 | 3 | 18 | Computer systems for data processing |
| Harley-Davidson, Inc. (N: HDI) | 0.6 | 0.3 | 20.1 | 29.4 | 16.2 | 9.3 | 30 | 48 | Motorcycles, parts & accessories |
| Median for High Yielders | 2.2 | 1.8 | 14.9 | 13.4 | 11.4 | 34.3 | 3 | 18 | |
| Median for All Dividend Payers | 2.1 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 7.7 | 11.0 | 33.6 | 5 | 20 | |
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Source: AAII's Stock Investor Pro/Reuters. Data as of June 18, 2004
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