Here is a current dividend list (from low-yield to high-yield paying stocks) of stocks with interesting performance and valuation figures. Stocks from that list are mid- and large caps (market capitalization of more than USD 1 billion) with double digit long-term earnings growth rates. The companies are traded at AMEX, NYSE, NASDAQ and part of the Dow Jones, S&P 500 as well as Nasdaq Composite. Date of the screen is 2012-01-01. The list is selected by the following criteria’s and sorted by dividend yield:

Market capitalization: > 1 Billion
Price/Earnings Ratio: > 0 Dividend Yield: > 3 Return on investment: > 10 Operating Margin: > 10 10 Year Revenue Growth: > 8 10 Year EPS Growth: > 10

1. YPF SA (NYSE:YPF) has a market capitalization of $13.64 billion. The company employs 13,370 people, generates revenues of $10,265.46 million and has a net income of $1,345.89 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,428.17 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 33.40 percent (operating margin 21.46 percent and the net profit margin finally 13.11 percent).

The total debt representing 16.72 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 40.91 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 25.51 percent. Twelve trailing months earnings per share amounts to $3.38. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.63 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.26, Price/Sales 1.49 and Price/Book ratio 3.08. Dividend Yield: 9.79 percent. The beta ratio is 0.79.

2. Vale (NYSE:VALE) has a market capitalization of ...
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