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4 High Earnings Yield Stocks to Enhance Your Portfolio

Earnings yield can be used for figuring out the undervalued stocks.

If you are not sure about whether to put your money in stocks or bonds, one important financial parameter that can show you the right direction is earnings yield. It is the reciprocal of the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio. This ratio can be used for figuring out undervalued stocks. Also, this ratio is useful for comparing stocks with the market or fixed income securities.

Earnings yield can be defined as (Annual Earnings per Share/Market Price) x 100. While comparing similar stocks, the one with high earnings yield should give higher returns.

This ratio is handy for comparing the performance of the market with the 10-year Treasury yield. When the yield of the market index is higher than the 10-year Treasury yield, stocks can be regarded as undervalued in comparison to bonds. This means that investing in the stock market is a better option for a value investor.

However, while T-bills are free of risks, investing in stocks always involves some inherent risks. Hence, it would be wise to add a risk premium to the Treasury yield while making comparison with the earnings yield of a stock or the broader market.

The Winning Strategy

We have set Earnings Yield greater than 10% as our primary screening criterion but it alone cannot be used for picking stocks that have the potential to generate solid returns. So, we have added the following parameters to the screen:

Estimated EPS growth for the next 12 months greater than or equal to the S&P 500: This metric compares the 12-month forward EPS estimate with the 12-month actual EPS.

Average Daily Volume (20 Day) greater than or equal to 100,000: High trading volume implies that a stock has adequate liquidity.

Current Price greater than or equal to $5.

Buy-Rated Stocks: Stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) or 2 (Buy) have been known to outperform peers in any type of market environment. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

Here are four of the 22 stocks that made it through the screen:

Fort Wayne, IN-based Steel Dynamics, Inc. STLD is engaged in steel products manufacturing and metals recycling businesses. It has a Zacks Rank #2 and an expected EPS growth rate of 12% for the next 3–5 years.

Charlotte, NC-based, Nucor Corporation NUE) is a leading producer of structural steel, steel bars, steel joists, steel deck and cold finished bars in the United States. It has a Zacks Rank #1 and an expected EPS growth rate of 12% for the next 3–5 years.

Arlington, TX-based D.R. Horton, Inc. ( DHI operates as a homebuilding company. It has a Zacks Rank #2 and an expected EPS growth rate of 10% for the next 3–5 years.

Jacksonville, FL-based Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. RYAM is engaged in manufacturing and selling cellulose specialty products. It has a Zacks Rank #2 and an expected EPS growth rate of 21.5% for the next 3–5 years.

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Disclosure: Officers, directors and/or employees of Zacks Investment Research may own or have sold short securities and/or hold long and/or short positions in options that are mentioned in this material. An affiliated investment advisory firm may own or have sold short securities and/or hold long and/or short positions in options that are mentioned in this material.

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