5 High-Yielding Stocks With Low Beta and Improving ROE

Are you searching for stocks that will increase your portfolio’s income while reducing your exposure to systemic risk? If so, this may be an interesting starting point for your own analysis. To construct this list we looked for stocks with the following characteristics: Dividend yield above 2%. Beta between 0 to 0.5. Rising return on equity (ROE) for the recent quarter, on a year-over-year basis. In order to focus on quality improvements of the ROE, we performed a DuPont analysis on these names and focused on those candidates that experienced: Improving profit margin, i.e. higher Net Income/ Revenues. Improving asset turnover, i.e. higher Sales/Assets. Decreasing leverage ratio, i.e. lower Assets/Equity. Interactive Chart: Press Play to compare changes in analyst ratings over the last two years for the top six stocks mentioned below. Analyst ratings sourced from Zacks Investment Research. Your browser does not support iframes. We also created a price-weighted... Read more