Six ADRs with Largest Market Cap and Best Yields

To find the ADRs with the largest market cap and best yields, I ran the stock screener with the following conditions:

Stock Type = ADRs
Exchange = NYSE
Dividend Yield = 5%+
Market Cap = $100B+

The search resulted in 6 stocks noted below:

Company: Royal Dutch Shell plc (RDS.A)
Country: U.K.
Sector: Oil
Dividend Yield: 6.48%

Company: BP plc (BP)
Country: U.K.
Sector: Oil
Dividend Yield: 6.57%

Company: TOTAL S.A.(TOT)
Country: France
Sector: Oil
Dividend Yield: 5.95%

Company: Banco Santander, S.A.(STD)
Country: Spain
Sector: Banking
Dividend Yield: 5.35%

Company: Telefonica S.A (TEF)
Country: Spain
Sector: Telecom
Dividend Yield: 5.47%

Company: Vodafone Group Plc (VOD)
Country: UK
Sector: Telecom
Dividend Yield: 8.04%

Just one bank from Europe is in this list. The rest of them are either oil or telecom companies. These two sectors have remained strong during the credit and crisis and have since rebounded nicely. Telecoms for example have stable revenue generating traditional land line business. Other areas such as wireless, voice, data, etc. add more income. Similarly oil companies pro fitted heavily last year when crude oil prices reached stratoshperic levels. Royal Dutch Shell, BP and Total are multinationals with operations in many countries.

Comments

[YoYoMama:]

Where are you getting your yeild numbers? Seems most are out-of-date.

Aug 09 11:14 AM

[berloe:]

Why RDS-A rather than RDS-B?

Aug 09 01:16 PM

[Wisdom vs. ...:]

spain's economy is in the toilet with deflation potential, be careful with TEF

Aug 09 02:42 PM

[k45:]

A lot of foreign stocks tax dividends for U.S. investors so the apparent dividend yield is NOT what you get.

Aug 10 08:49 AM

[Paul Harper:]

if you actually new a little bit more on TEF, you would have no qualms about holding it. It's operations via 02 brand in UK, Ireland, Germany, Czech Republic & Slovakia outsize the Spanish market.
I'll let you get on & research their exposure in the biggest growth market for telecoms right now .... LatAm


On Aug 09 02:42 PM Wisdom vs. Information wrote:

> spain's economy is in the toilet with deflation potential, be careful
> with TEF

Aug 10 04:20 PM

[Paul Harper:]

What this post really points to is that all of these companies are true MNCs (Multi National Corps)
If you look at each of them in a little more detail, the real common point is that all have high exposure to emerging / growth markets,
This, imho, makes them worthwhile, as they are not tied down to a single set of consumers for their goods & services.

Aug 10 04:23 PM