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Thursday, June 4, 2009

High Dividend Stock Information

By Gilbert Stockton

Investors approach the stock market differently. Some go for quick returns and others like less varience and invest in higher dividend stocks.

Some stocks may give small earnings but an expensive PE i.e. price to earnings ratio. The investors who buy these stocks expect considerable growth and look for good returns in the form of stock price appreciation. These investors are not satisfied with a mere 10% per annum; their real aim is to make 10% in couple of days.

How is price to earnings ratio (PE) calculated? The calculation is simple enough. All you need to do is take the share prices and divide it by the expected earnings of every individual share. The result will be your PE ratio.

The stock market is very unpredictable but many investors say that the PE should stay with the stocks growth. For example if a stock traded at $10.00 and then reaches $12.50 then the growth is 25%. The PE should also be 25% then.

The PE ratio follows the stock rice. If the stock goes down so will the PE ratio. Many investors look for a good PE ratio what that pays good dividends to decrease the variance in the price and return.

A dividend yield of over 5% is very good ROI (return on investment) because even if the stock decreases or increases in price or even stays the same you will at least get your dividend percentage.

Yield can be calculated by dividing dividend amount per annum by the current stock price. Some stocks have very high yields, in some cases more than 10%. Past experiences and future predictions talk of a dividend cut in the future. This is why high yielding dividend stocks may not be your safest bet. The dividends cuts will decrease yield and will bring a dramatic change in your calculations. - 23229

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