| S&P 500 Stocks with High Payout Ratios and Below Average P/E Ratios | |||||||||
| Company (Exchange: Ticker) |
Payout Ratio | Dividend Yield (%) |
P/E Ratio (X) |
Historical Growth Rate |
Expected EPS Growth Rate (%) |
Relative Strength Index (S&P 500 = 0) (%) |
Description | ||
| Trailing 12 Mo (%) |
7 Yr Avg (%) |
Dividend (5 Yr) (%) |
EPS (% Yr) (%) |
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| Pfizer Inc. (N: PFE) | 108.2 | 61.4 | 6.3 | 18.3 | 17.4 | (4.3) | 4.4 | (20) | pharmaceuticals |
| Progress Energy, Inc. (N: PGN) | 106.5 | 89.8 | 5.8 | 15.6 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 5.9 | (12) | electric utility holding co |
| Verizon Communications (N: VZ) | 87.9 | nmf | 4.8 | 19.0 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 8.7 | 2 | wireless communications |
| Regions Financial Corp. (N: RF) | 83.1 | 55.9 | 7.0 | 12.1 | 9.2 | (2.3) | 6.7 | (35) | financial holding co |
| Paychex, Inc. (M: PAYX) | 73.5 | 54.6 | 3.3 | 24.5 | 13.5 | 13.1 | 14.6 | 7 | payroll & HR servs |
| Bank of America Corp. (N: BAC) | 71.6 | 48.9 | 6.6 | 11.7 | 14.5 | 2.3 | 8.9 | (20) | bank holding co |
| Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (N: BMY) | 63.5 | 89.2 | 5.6 | 22.3 | 0.5 | (1.4) | 11.8 | (18) | pharmaceuticals |
| Eli Lilly & Co. (N: LLY) | 62.7 | 64.5 | 3.6 | 19.2 | 6.0 | 1.6 | 7.7 | (8) | pharmaceuticals |
| Fifth Third Bancorp (M: FITB) | 61.6 | 54.1 | 8.4 | 9.9 | 11.6 | (5.1) | 7.0 | (45) | bank & financial servs |
| Pepco Holdings, Inc. (N: POM) | 60.1 | 79.7 | 4.2 | 14.9 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 11.0 | (9) | electricity & natural gas |
| Dow Chemical Company (N: DOW) | 54.3 | nmf | 4.2 | 13.4 | 4.1 | 54.5 | 11.6 | (6) | chemical & plastic prods |
| Abbott Laboratories (N: ABT) | 54.0 | 64.9 | 2.8 | 20.6 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 12.1 | (6) | healthcare prods |
| Kimberly-Clark Corp. (N: KMB) | 51.5 | 46.3 | 3.7 | 15.4 | 12.1 | 5.5 | 7.6 | (6) | health & hygiene prods |
| Carnival Corporation (N: CCL) | 50.5 | 30.2 | 3.8 | 14.6 | 26.9 | 11.8 | 14.5 | (3) | vacation cruise lines |
| Genuine Parts Company (N: GPC) | 49.2 | 54.3 | 3.7 | 14.1 | 4.7 | 7.3 | 9.3 | (9) | auto & indus parts |
| Linear Technology Corp. (M: LLTC) | 49.0 | 28.4 | 2.5 | 20.8 | 31.2 | 18.3 | 16.4 | (6) | integrated circuits |
| Bemis Company, Inc. (N: BMS) | 47.7 | 41.3 | 3.2 | 16.0 | 10.1 | 2.5 | 6.4 | (14) | flexible packaging prods |
| E.I. du Pont de Nemours (N: DD) | 46.9 | nmf | 3.2 | 16.2 | 1.7 | 12.0 | 7.9 | 13 | chemical & other prods |
| Mattel, Inc. (N: MAT) | 46.9 | 31.6 | 3.4 | 13.8 | 71.9 | 8.4 | 9.8 | (18) | branded toy prods |
| SYSCO Corporation (N: SYY) | 45.9 | 37.5 | 3.1 | 16.7 | 18.3 | 9.6 | 13.1 | (10) | food distributor |
| PPG Industries, Inc. (N: PPG) | 45.8 | nmf | 3.1 | 15.2 | 3.7 | 73.3 | 12.1 | (7) | protect & decor coatings |
| Automatic Data Processing (N: ADP) | 45.2 | 31.1 | 2.6 | 22.2 | 14.4 | 0.9 | 14.2 | 4 | business outsourcing |
| Clorox Company, The (N: CLX) | 44.9 | 42.7 | 2.9 | 16.7 | 9.3 | 16.2 | 11.1 | (11) | consumer prods |
| McCormick & Company (N: MKC) | 44.3 | 38.4 | 2.3 | 21.1 | 13.8 | 7.2 | 9.4 | 6 | spices & specialty food |
| Anheuser-Busch (N: BUD) | 44.2 | 38.9 | 2.8 | 17.2 | 10.8 | 4.9 | 8.2 | (3) | brewery holding co |
| M&T Bank Corporation (N: MTB) | 43.1 | 28.0 | 3.1 | 14.6 | 19.9 | 4.5 | 8.2 | (15) | bank holding co |
| Zions Bancorporation (M: ZION) | 42.4 | 28.7 | 3.7 | 11.6 | 16.0 | 5.1 | 8.3 | (43) | financial holding co |
| General Mills, Inc. (N: GIS) | 41.8 | 47.8 | 2.6 | 17.6 | 5.5 | 18.7 | 8.7 | 12 | packaged consumer food |
| Johnson & Johnson (N: JNJ) | 41.2 | 39.0 | 2.5 | 16.6 | 15.2 | 10.9 | 8.1 | 8 | healthcare prods |
| PepsiCo, Inc. (N: PEP) | 41.0 | 37.1 | 2.1 | 20.6 | 19.0 | 15.3 | 10.9 | 13 | beverages & snacks |
| Exchange Key: M=NASDAQ; N=New York Stock Exchange. Source: AAII's Stock Investor Pro, Reuters Research, Inc., and I/B/E/S. Data as of 4/18/2008. |
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