5 Great Plays With Yields As High As 16.3%

We have posted several key ratios on each of the five stocks covered in this article. Investors should familiarize themselves with the some of these ratios, as they could prove to be extremely useful and helpful in the selection process. Levered free cash flow is the amount of cash available to stock holders after interest payments on debt are made. A company with a small amount of debt will only have to spend a modest amount of money on interest payments, which in turn means that there is more money to send to shareholders in the form of dividends, and vice versa. Operating cash flow is generally a better metric than earnings per share, because a company can show positive net earnings and still not be able to properly service its debt; the cash flow is what pays the bills. The payout ratio tells us what portion of the profit... Read more