13 Highest Yielding Dividend Stocks From The Technology Sector
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The technology sector is an interesting investment field due to high growth perspectives. Regrettably, stocks from the sector pay low dividends in order to finance new technologies. Some people may ask themself what are the highest dividends within the sector. Here is a current overview of large capitalized stocks (more than $10 billion market capitalization) with the highest dividend yields. Up to now, there are 80 companies with a large capitalization of which 14 have a yield of more than 5 percent (high yields). 4 of them have a double digit yield and half of the results come from the telecom services industry. Here are the results:
France Telecom SA (NYSE: FTE) has a market capitalization of $40.21 billion. The company employs 165,330 people, generates revenues of $58,880.70 million and has a net income of $4,926.24 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $18,163.82 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 30.85 percent (operating margin 16.62 percent and the net profit margin finally 8.37 percent). The total debt representing 41.03 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 132.93 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 13.62 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.49. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.81 in form of dividends to shareholders. Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.16, Price/Sales 0.71 and Price/Book ratio 1.10. Dividend Yield: 12.42 percent. The beta ratio is 0.82.
| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of France Telecom SA (ADR) (Click to enlarge) |
Telefonica S.A. (NYSE: TEF) has a market capitalization of $76.95 billion. The company employs 35,466 people, generates revenues of $78,593.43 million and has a net income of $13,033.13 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $33,355.33 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 42.44 percent (operating margin 27.12 percent and the net profit margin finally 16.58 percent). The total debt representing 47.08 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 249.88 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 44.03 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.49. Last fiscal year, the company paid $5.05 in form of dividends to shareholders. Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 4.83, Price/Sales 1.02 and Price/Book ratio 0.82. Dividend Yield: 12.27 percent. The beta ratio is 1.00.
| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Telefonica S.A. (ADR) (Click to enlarge) |
Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) has a market capitalization of $20.26 billion. The company employs 135,949 people, generates revenues of $54,924.95 million and has a net income of $1,737.84 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,970.24 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 9.05 percent (operating margin 4.88 percent and the net profit margin finally 3.16 percent). The total debt representing 13.49 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 36.70 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 13.47 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.23. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.52 in form of dividends to shareholders. Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 23.82, Price/Sales 0.35 and Price/Book ratio 1.02. Dividend Yield: 11.25 percent. The beta ratio is 1.56.
| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Nokia Corporation (ADR) (Click to enlarge) |
VimpelCom (NYSE: VIP) has a market capitalization of $16.20 billion. The company employs 42,025 people, generates revenues of $10,512.80 million and has a net income of $1,720.86 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,932.26 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 46.92 percent (operating margin 27.13 percent and the net profit margin finally 16.37 percent). The total debt representing 28.41 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 53.06 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 22.08 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.03. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.49 in form of dividends to shareholders. Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.71, Price/Sales 1.48 and Price/Book ratio 1.16. Dividend Yield: 8.25 percent. The beta ratio is .
| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of VimpelCom Ltd (ADR) (Click to enlarge) |
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has a market capitalization of $22.73 billion. The company employs 49,250 people, generates revenues of $7,041.53 million and has a net income of $949.13 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,493.24 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 49.61 percent (operating margin 29.25 percent and the net profit margin finally 13.48 percent). The total debt representing 33.25 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 76.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 9.92 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.78. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.90 in form of dividends to shareholders. Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 20.70, Price/Sales 3.25 and Price/Book ratio 1.17. Dividend Yield: 7.82 percent. The beta ratio is 0.73.
| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of CenturyLink, Inc. (Click to enlarge) |
Telecom Italia (NYSE: TI) has a market capitalization of $20.24 billion. The company employs 85,126 people, generates revenues of $36,006.73 million and has a net income of $4,631.21 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $14,676.50 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 40.76 percent (operating margin 20.86 percent and the net profit margin finally 12.86 percent). The total debt representing 43.36 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 134.10 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 11.42 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.04. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.75 in form of dividends to shareholders. Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 238.64, Price/Sales 0.57 and Price/Book ratio 0.56. Dividend Yield: 7.77 percent. The beta ratio is 0.98.
| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Telecom Italia S.p.A. ... (Click to enlarge) |
Mobile TeleSystems (NYSE: MBT) has a market capitalization of $15.77 billion. The company employs 39,911 people, generates revenues of $11,293.24 million and has a net income of $1,548.44 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,735.06 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 41.93 percent (operating margin 24.21 percent and the net profit margin finally 13.71 percent). The total debt representing 49.46 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 229.15 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 42.68 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.23. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.99 in form of dividends to shareholders. Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.88, Price/Sales 1.32 and Price/Book ratio 4.58. Dividend Yield: 7.01 percent. The beta ratio is 1.44.
| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Mobile TeleSystems OJS... (Click to enlarge) |
Philippine Long Distance (NYSE: PHI) has a market capitalization of $13.15 billion. The company employs 28,770 people, generates revenues of $3,302.68 million and has a net income of $920.42 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,879.77 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 56.92 percent (operating margin 38.46 percent and the net profit margin finally 27.87 percent). The total debt representing 32.28 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 92.40 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 42.57 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $-3.59. Last fiscal year, the company paid $5.01 in form of dividends to shareholders. Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is , Price/Sales 3.92 and Price/Book ratio 5.26. Dividend Yield: 6.01 percent. The beta ratio is 0.65.
| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Philippine Long Distan... (Click to enlarge) |
Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE: CHT) has a market capitalization of $25.44 billion. The company employs 28,426 people, generates revenues of $6,687.48 million and has a net income of $1,604.16 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,015.16 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 45.09 percent (operating margin 28.27 percent and the net profit margin finally 23.99 percent). The total debt representing 0.84 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 1.04 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 13.05 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.00. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.83 in form of dividends to shareholders. Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.44, Price/Sales 3.83 and Price/Book ratio 2.11. Dividend Yield: 5.81 percent. The beta ratio is 0.42.
| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Chunghwa Telecom Co., ... (Click to enlarge) |
AT&T (NYSE: T) has a market capitalization of $180.15 billion. The company employs 256,210 people, generates revenues of $124,280.00 million and has a net income of $19,400.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $38,952.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 31.34 percent (operating margin 15.75 percent and the net profit margin finally 15.61 percent). The total debt representing 24.64 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 59.26 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 17.90 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.97. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.69 in form of dividends to shareholders. Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.43, Price/Sales 1.45 and Price/Book ratio 1.61. Dividend Yield: 5.78 percent. The beta ratio is 0.60.
| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of AT&T Inc. (Click to enlarge) |
Telefonos de Mexico (NYSE: TMX) has a market capitalization of $13.38 billion. The company employs 52,062 people, generates revenues of $8,312.05 million and has a net income of $1,125.08 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,216.28 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 38.69 percent (operating margin 23.26 percent and the net profit margin finally 13.54 percent). The total debt representing 47.24 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 169.70 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 36.48 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.13. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.72 in form of dividends to shareholders. Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.10, Price/Sales 1.64 and Price/Book ratio 4.20. Dividend Yield: 5.61 percent. The beta ratio is 0.92.
| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Telefonos de Mexico, S... (Click to enlarge) |
Vodafone Group (NASDAQ: VOD) has a market capitalization of $139.58 billion. The company employs 83,862 people, generates revenues of $71,647.85 million and has a net income of $12,289.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $13,136.90 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 18.34 percent (operating margin 12.20 percent and the net profit margin finally 17.15 percent). The total debt representing 25.31 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 43.72 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 8.96 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.15. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.39 in form of dividends to shareholders. Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.88, Price/Sales 1.97 and Price/Book ratio 1.06. Dividend Yield: 5.24 percent. The beta ratio is 0.82.
| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (Click to enlarge) |
Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) has a market capitalization of $110.24 billion. The company employs 195,400 people, generates revenues of $106,565.00 million and has a net income of $10,217.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $32,862.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 30.84 percent (operating margin 13.74 percent and the net profit margin finally 9.59 percent). The total debt representing 24.00 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 136.88 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 6.38 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.49. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.92 in form of dividends to shareholders. Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.62, Price/Sales 1.04 and Price/Book ratio 2.87. Dividend Yield: 5.10 percent. The beta ratio is 0.58.
| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Verizon Communications... (Click to enlarge) |
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