In this volatile stock-market environment it’s good to get paid while you wait. Thus, the companies on our list today have a good dividend yield (3.5% +) plus low valuation multiples such as Enterprise Value/EBIT, which is operating income, and price/book.
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) – $71.78
Heavy Machinery & Vehicles
Caterpillar Inc. is a manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. The Company operates principally through its three product segments: Resource Industries, Construction Industries, and Energy & Transportation. Caterpillar also provides financing and related services through its Financial Products segment.
- Market Cap: $42,413,278,376
- Dividend Yield (LFQ annualized): 8.3%
- EV/EBIT: 14.3x
- P/B: 2.5x
PPL Corp. (NYSE: PPL) – $32.63
Multiline Utilities
PPL Corporation (PPL) is an energy and utility holding company. Through its subsidiaries, PPL delivers electricity to customers in the United Kingdom, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee; delivers natural gas to customers in Kentucky; generates electricity from power plants in the northeastern, northwestern and southeastern United States, and markets wholesale or retail energy in the northeastern and northwestern parts of the United States.
- Market Cap: $21,861,112,518
- Dividend Yield (LFQ annualized): 4.6%
- EV/EBIT: 11.9x
- P/B: 2.2x
Emerson Electric Co (NYSE: EMR) – $46.35
Electrical Components & Equipment
Emerson Electric Co. is engaged in offering technology and engineering together that provides solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and consumer markets around the world. The company operates through five business segments: Process Management, Industrial Automation, Network Power, Climate Technologies, and Commercial & Residential Solutions.
- Market Cap: $30,458,450,078
- Dividend Yield (LFQ annualized): 4.1%
- EV/EBIT: 10.8x
- P/B: 3.5x
Consolidated Edison Inc. (NYSE: ED) – $65.84
Electric Utilities
Consolidated Edison, Inc. (Con Edison) is a holding company that operates through its subsidiaries, which include Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (CECONY), Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R) and the Competitive Energy Businesses. CECONY delivers electricity, natural gas and steam to customers in New York City and Westchester County.
- Market Cap: $19,156,750,717
- Dividend Yield (LFQ annualized): 4.0%
- EV/EBIT: 14.2x
- P/B: 1.5x
Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC) – $30.41
Electric Utilities
Exelon Corporation (Exelon) is a utility services holding company that operates through nine segments consisting of Exelon Generation Company, LLC’s (Generation) six marketing segments, Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd), PECO Energy Company (PECO) and Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE). ComEd’s business consists of the purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity and the provision of electricity transmission and distribution services to retail customers.
- Market Cap: $25,960,542,235
- Dividend Yield (LFQ annualized): 4.1%
- EV/EBIT: 10.4x
- P/B: 1.1x
Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) – $57.66
Communications & Networking
QUALCOMM Incorporated (Qualcomm) designs, manufactures and market digital communications products and services based on Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) and other technologies. The Company’s products consist of integrated circuits and system software used in mobile devices and in wireless networks.
- Market Cap: $88,945,755,863
- Dividend Yield (LFQ annualized): 3.5%
- EV/EBIT: 12.1x
- P/B: 2.7x
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