4 High Earnings Yield Stocks to Strengthen Your Portfolio

Zacks Equity Research - finance.yahoo.com Posted 5 years ago
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Earnings yield is handy for comparing the performance of the market with the 10-year Treasury yield.
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If you are not certain whether to invest your money in bonds or stocks, a key parameter, which can show you the right path, is earnings yield. It is the reciprocal of the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio. This ratio can be effectively used for finding out undervalued stocks. Also, this ratio is useful for comparing stocks with the market or fixed income securities.

Earnings yield can be computed as (annual earnings per share/market price) x 100. While comparing similar stocks, the one with high earnings yield should provide higher returns.

This ratio is extremely handy for comparing the performance of the market with the 10-year Treasury yield. When the yield of the market index is higher than the 10-year Treasury yield, stocks are said to be undervalued in comparison to bonds. This implies that investing in the stock market is a better choice for a value investor.

However, while T-bills are devoid of risks, investing in stocks always carries some inherent risks. Hence, it will be prudent to add a risk premium to the Treasury yield while comparing with the earnings yield of a stock or the broader market.

The Winning Strategy

We have set Earnings Yield greater than 10% as our primary screening criterion but it alone cannot be used for picking stocks that have the potential to generate solid returns. So, we have added the following parameters to the screen:

Estimated EPS growth for the next 12 months greater than or equal to the S&P 500: This metric compares the 12-month forward EPS estimate with the 12-month actual EPS.

Average Daily Volume (20 Day) greater than or equal to 100,000: High trading volume implies that a stock has adequate liquidity.

Current Price greater than or equal to $5.

Buy-Rated Stocks: Stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) or 2 (Buy) have been known to outperform peers in any type of market environment. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

Here are four of the 23 stocks that made it through the screen:

Tenet Healthcare Corporation THC is a multinational investor-owned healthcare services company. It has a Zacks Rank #2 and an expected EPS growth rate of 23.3% for the next 3–5 years.

Tutor Perini Corporation TPC provides diversified general contracting, construction management and design-build services to private clients and public agencies worldwide.It has a Zacks Rank #2 and an expected EPS growth rate of 10% for the next 3–5 years.

CommScope Holding Company, Inc. COMM is a premier network infrastructure provider. It sports a Zacks Rank #1 and has an expected EPS growth rate of 4% for the next 3–5 years.

Cigna Corporation CI is a global health service company dedicated to helping people improve their health, well-being and sense of security.It has a Zacks Rank #2 and an expected EPS growth rate of 12.4% for the next 3–5 years.

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