Attractive Dividends Vs Savings Account – (OIBR, PBI, RRD, FTE, NLY)
Are you interested in making money off of your stock? Looking at the yield of the stock can be important for you. The dividend yield of a stock also works well as a good indicator of the value of the company. It also helps you determine whether or not it is performing well. But, the dividend yield should not be solely used as a decisive factor when evaluating cash producing investment opportunities. Experienced investors regularly turn to the dividend yield as one of their criteria to evaluate dividend-paying stocks.
How to calculate the dividend yield is easy. Divide the current annualized dividend payout per share by the current stock price and get the result in a percentage that will provide sign of how much cash return the investor will get on his investment at current stock price and provided the dividend payout remains the same. One can use dividend yields as a measure of an investment’s productivity and some even consider it like an ‘interest rate’ earned on an investment. For now, we have picked 5 from a long list of companies offering dividends that look attractive compared to a savings account.
Oi SA (ADR) (NYSE:OIBR) has an annual dividend of $0.62 while keeping its dividend yield at 16.20%. Shares of OIBR have been trading in the range of $3.62 – $7.04 in last 52 weeks.
Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI) provides software, hardware, and services to enable physical and digital communications. Pitney Bowes Inc pays a dividend of $1.50 annually. The stock has an annual dividend yield of 13.90% and maintains a dividend payout ratio of 82.09%. Shares of PBI have been floating in the range of $10.65 – $19.65 in the last 52 weeks.
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (NASDAQ:RRD) annual dividend yield stands at 11.40%. The stock has a dividend of $1.04 annually. RRD shares traded in the range of $8.72 – $15.22 in the last 52 weeks. RRD provides integrated communication solutions to private and public sectors worldwide.
France Telecom SA (ADR) (NYSE:FTE) provides fixed telephony and mobile telecommunications, data transmission, Internet and multimedia. France Telecom SA pays a dividend of $1.75 annually. The company has an annual dividend yield of 15.71% and has a dividend payout ratio at 98.81%. Shares of FTE have been floating in the range of $10.20 – $16.17 in the last 52 weeks.
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY) shares have been trading in the range of $13.72 – $17.75 in the last 52 weeks. The company pays a dividend of $2.00 annually and has a dividend payout ratio of 144.84%. The stock maintains an annual dividend yield of 13.96%. NLY a real estate investment trust, engages in the ownership, management, and financing of a portfolio of investment securities.
Disclosure: Opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors alone who have no stake in any stocks mentioned, and did not plan to acquire any stake within the next 72 hours.
