According to GuruFocus' All-in-One Screener, the following stocks have high dividend yields but performed poorly over the past 12 months.
Eaton Vance CA Muni Income Trust’s (CEV) dividend yield is 4.14% with a payout ratio of 3.04%. Over the past 52 weeks the price has declined by 11%. The stock is now trading with a price-earnings (P/E) ratio of 70.4 and a price-sales (P/S) ratio of 15.6.
The company has a market cap of $91.77 million and is a nondiversified closed-end investment company. The company's investment objective is to provide current income exempt from regular federal income tax and taxes in its specified state.
The profitability rating is 6 of 10. The return on equity (ROE) of 1.28% and a return on assets (ROA) of -0.45% are underperforming the industry and are ranked lower than 77% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 7 of 10 with the equity-asset ratio of 0.61 that is below the industry median of 0.84.
Reis Inc.’s (REIS) dividend yield is 3.32% with a payout ratio of 4.53%. Over the past 52 weeks the price has declined by 14%. The stock is now trading with a P/E ratio of 133.77 and a P/S ratio of 5.0.
The company has a market cap of $236.06 million and provides commercial real estate market information and analytical tools for its subscribers through its Reis Services subsidiary. The database contains information on apartment, office, retail and industrial properties among others.
The profitability rating is 7 of 10. The ROE of 1.72% and ROA of 1.34% are underperforming the industry and are ranked lower than 72% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 9 of 10 with no cash to debt. The equity-asset ratio of 0.76 is above the industry median of 0.51.
The company’s largest shareholder among the gurus is Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) with 2.71% of outstanding shares followed by Chuck Royce (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.22%.
Farmland Partners Inc.’s (FPI) dividend yield is 5.64% with a payout ratio of 3.64%. Over the past 52 weeks the price has declined by 18%. The stock is now trading with a P/E ratio of 64.4 and a P/S ratio of 4.2.
The company has a market cap of $296.9 million and is an internally managed real estate company. It owns and acquires row crop farmland located in agricultural markets throughout North America.
The profitability rating is 5 of 10. The ROE of 0.24% and ROA of 0.58% are underperforming the industry and is ranked lower than 85% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 4 of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.02 is underperforming 83% of competitors, and the equity-asset ratio of 0.33 is below the industry median of 0.52.
Chase Coleman (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.14% of outstanding shares is the largest investor among the gurus followed by Simons with 0.13%, Keeley Asset Management Corp (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.12% and Paul Tudor Jones (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.09%.
Seadrill Partners LLC’s (SDLP) dividend yield is 16.43% with a payout ratio of 0.17%. Over the past 52 weeks the price has dropped by 39%. The stock is now trading with a P/E ratio of 1.01 and a P/S ratio of 0.21.
The company has a market cap of $307.6 million and is engaged in owning, operating and acquiring offshore drilling units. Its drilling rigs are under long-term contracts with oil companies such as Chevron (CVX, Financial), Total (TOT, Financial), BP (BP, Financial) and ExxonMobil (XOM, Financial).
The profitability rating is 6 of 10. The ROE of 27.25% and ROA of 4.44% are outperforming the industry and are ranked higher than 84% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 4 of 10 with cash-debt ratio of 0.24 that is underperforming 56% of competitors, and the equity-asset ratio of 0.18 is below the industry median of 0.58.
The company’s largest shareholder among the gurus is Simons with 0.18% of outstanding shares followed by Joel Greenblatt (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.07%.
Tecnoglass Inc.’s (TGLS) dividend yield is 4.02% with a payout ratio of 1.21%. Over the past 52 weeks the price has declined by 18%. The stock is now trading with a P/E ratio of 33.1 and a P/S ratio of 0.9.
The company has a market cap of $311.1 million and designs, manufactures, distributes and markets architectural glass and windows. The company's products portfolio includes tempered, laminated, insulating and Solar Control Low-E glass.
The profitability rating is 2 of 10. While the ROE of 11.54% is outperforming the sector, the ROA of 2.53% is underperforming the industry and is ranked lower than 57% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 4 of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.21 is underperforming 70% of competitors and the equity-asset ratio of 0.26 is below the industry median of 0.53.
Simons with 0.07% of outstanding shares is the largest investor among the gurus.
Ashford Hospitality Prime Inc.’s (AHP) dividend yield is 5.09% with a payout ratio of 1%. Over the past 52 weeks the price has dropped by 30%. The stock is now trading with a P/E ratio of 19.9 and a P/S ratio of 0.79.
The company has a market cap of $325.78 million and is a real estate investment trust. It invests in high revenue per available room, luxury, upper-upscale and upscale hotels.
The profitability rating is 5 of 10. The ROE of 4.51% and ROA of 1.46% are underperforming the industry and are ranked lower than 75% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 4 of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.19 is outperforming 76% of competitors, and the equity-asset ratio of 0.26 is below the industry median of 0.52.
The company’s largest shareholder among the gurus is Simons with 0.28% of outstanding shares followed by Jones with 0.09%.
Shoe Carnival Inc.’s (SCVL) dividend yield is 1.40% with a payout ratio of 0.23%. Over the past 52 weeks the price has dropped by 22%. The stock is now trading with a P/E ratio of 15.7 and a P/S ratio of 0.3.
The company has a market cap of $340.67 million and is a family footwear retailer. It offers customers an assortment of moderately priced dress, casual and athletic footwear for men, women and children.
The profitability rating is 7 of 10. The ROE of 6.44% and ROA of 4.41% are outperforming the industry and are ranked higher than 50% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 9 of 10 with no cash to debt. The equity-asset ratio of 0.68 is above the industry median of 0.49.
Royce with 11.78% of outstanding shares is the largest investor among the gurus followed by Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss with 0.26% and Jones with 0.06%.
Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd.’s (TNP) dividend yield is 6.10% with a payout ratio of 0.55%. Over the past 52 weeks the price has declined by 18%. The stock is now trading with a P/E ratio of 10.91 and a P/S ratio of 0.71.
The company has a market cap of $358.99 million and owns and operates fleet of crude and product tankers which transports crude oil and product and liquefied natural gas. The company owns vlcc, suezmax, aframax, handymaxmr and handysize mr, lng and other tankers.
The profitability rating is 5 of 10. The ROE of 2.27% and ROA of 1.52% are underperforming the industry and are ranked lower than 67% of competitors. Financial strength has a rating of 4 of 10 with a cash-debt ratio of 0.09 that is underperforming 80% of competitors and the equity-asset ratio of 0.43 that is below the industry median of 0.45.
The company’s largest shareholder among the gurus is Simons with 2.79% of outstanding shares followed by John Buckingham (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.38%.
Disclosure: I do not own any shares of any stocks mentioned in this article.
