Top 10 Dividend, P/S and P/B Ratio Stocks

Every so often, MagicDiligence compiles a list of Magic Formula stocks sorted by their dividend yield, price-to-sales ratio, and price-to-book ratio for investors that like to use those metrics. The result is a list of attractive value stocks for additional research. Here are the top 10 in each of the three metrics listed above:

Dividend Yield

Ticker	Company	Div Yield
MSB	Mesabi Trust	16.40%
CHKE	Cherokee Inc	11.00%
EXBD	Corporate Executive Board Company (The)	10.60%
USMO	USA Mobility Inc	10.20%
GNI	Great Northern Iron Ore Properties	9.20%
DLX	Deluxe Corp	7.20%
IPHS	Innophos Holdings Inc	4.70%
NTRI	NutriSystem Inc	4.80%
HLF	Herbalife Ltd	3.80%
HSII	Heidrick & Struggles International Inc	2.30%

Price-to-Sales Ratio

Ticker	Company	P/S Ratio
PACR	Pacer International Inc	0.08
EME	EMCOR Group Inc.	0.19
KBR	KBR Inc	0.22
AHCI	Allied Healthcare International Inc.	0.23
GPX	GP Strategies Corp.	0.27
SWIR	Sierra Wireless Inc	0.30
FIX	Comfort Systems USA Inc.	0.31
IPHS	Innophos Holdings Inc	0.33
DELL	Dell Inc.	0.35
QXM	Qiao Xing Mobile Communication Co Ltd	0.35

Price-to-Book Ratio

Ticker	Company	P/B Ratio
QXM	Qiao Xing Mobile Communication Co Ltd	0.29
QLTI	QLT Inc	0.43
SWIR	Sierra Wireless Inc	0.48
AHCI	Allied Healthcare International Inc.	0.52
VPHM	ViroPharma Inc	0.58
PACR	Pacer International Inc	0.59
GPX	GP Strategies Corp.	0.77
GTLS	Chart Industries Inc	0.80
HCKT	Hackett Group Inc (The)	0.89
DIVX	DivX Inc	0.95

Disclosure: Steve owns PACR, DELL

Comments

[Walt17:]

I like the idea of using additional criteria to evaluate magic formula results. But I don't trust P/S as much as I did a year ago. After the beating many stocks have taken, you still have to do some digging to find out what is behind the number.

Apr 28 03:27 PM

[Alan Young:]

Fascinating! I didn't know there were such assets as Iron Ore Trusts.
Thanks for the pointers.
Yield hogs should be aware that most of the high dividend payers listed pay erratically; the percentage indicated is only a short-term calculation.

Apr 29 02:31 AM

[granger:]

great shopping/research list, thank you

Apr 29 06:14 AM

[ArtfulDodger:]

AY:

Have owned Great Northern Iron (GNI) since the `80s. It's been a good investment and a great dividend payer.


On Apr 29 02:31 AM Alan Young wrote:

> Fascinating! I didn't know there were such assets as Iron Ore Trusts.
>
> Thanks for the pointers.
> Yield hogs should be aware that most of the high dividend payers
> listed pay erratically; the percentage indicated is only a short-term
> calculation.

Apr 29 08:59 AM

[Gravity404:]

I've been a big fan of KBR for some time. When the economy turns, and they get out of the razor thin margin / anti-hype / PR of Iraq suppport; these guys are poised for rapid growth.

Instead of the P/S, look at cash vs debt and backlog. Not to mention these guys lead the world in LNG facilities. Qatar/Austrailia

I got lucky and bought at $10, thought about trading it in bulk because of the cash, but kept at that price point. even at $16 its a buy. They will be back at $26 within a year.


On Apr 28 03:27 PM Walt17 wrote:

> I like the idea of using additional criteria to evaluate magic formula
> results. But I don't trust P/S as much as I did a year ago. After
> the beating many stocks have taken, you still have to do some digging
> to find out what is behind the number.

Apr 29 12:13 PM