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10 Low PE Stocks with the Biggest Estimated Earnings Growth Over the Next 5 Years

by Fred Fuld III

Many investors, along with money managers, and hedge funds, take into consideration many factors when looking for stocks to invest in over the long term.

These can include such things as the trailing and future price to earnings ratio, the price to earnings brother ratio, and even if the stock pays a dividend.

One feature that some investors like to see is a strong estimated earnings per share growth rate over the next five years.

The following is a list of stocks that have all of those characteristics and even more.Here is what the stocks have in common:

  • Market cap of over $10 billion
  • Trailing P/E ratio less than 15
  •  Forward P/E ratio less than 15
  • PEG ratio less than 1
  • Earnings per share growth over the next 5 years over 25%
  • Pay a dividend
  • US based companies

Here is the list of all the companies that meet the above requirements:

Company Symbol Market Cap P/E
Ally Financial Inc. ALLY 10.81B 4.16
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. AMP 25.64B 8.97
APA Corporation APA 10.69B 4.56
Discover Financial Svcs DFS 26.57B 5.76
Ford Motor Company F 43.71B 3.89
LKQ Corporation LKQ 14.02B 13.44
Nucor Corporation NUE 27.85B 3.78
Ovintiv Inc. OVV 10.19B 12.22
Steel Dynamics, Inc. STLD 12.14B 3.32
Synchrony Financial SYF 13.84B 3.87
Westlake Corporation WLK 12.11B 4.87

Ten stocks were promised, but an additional one is included.

Disclosure: Author owns Ford (F).

The Top Ten Infrastructure Stocks

by Fred Fuld III

Just one week ago, President Trump’s administration announced a $1 trillion infrastructure proposal to stimulate the economy. Then just four days ago, the House Democrats came up with a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill.

This huge amount of money should not only help the economy but should also benefit certain stocks involved in the infrastructure business. Here is a list of ten infrastructure stocks that could show an increase in revenues, earnings, and stock price due to the money flowing into this arena.

Arcosa (ACA) provides infrastructure-related products and solutions for the construction, energy, and transportation markets, including commercial, industrial, road and bridge, and underground construction. The stock has a price to earnings ratio of 17 and pays a yield of 0.5%.

Construction Partners, Inc. (ROAD) is an infrastructure and road construction company, providing products and services to public and private infrastructure projects, such as highways, roads, bridges, airports, and commercial sites. The stock has a price to earnings ratio of 22 and does not pay a dividend.

Primoris Services Corporation (PRIM) is a specialty contractor and infrastructure company, which provides construction, fabrication, maintenance, replacement, and engineering services, including highway and bridge construction, airport runway and taxiway construction, and demolition. The stock has a P/E ratio of 11 and pays a yield of 1.4%.

Tutor Perinin (TPC) is a construction company that provides diversified general contracting, construction management, and design-build services. The company has been generating negative earnings and does not pay a dividend.

Nucor (NUE) manufactures and sells steel and steel products used in numerous infrastructure projects. The stock has a P/E ratio of 16.5 and pays a yield of 3.8%.

Vulcan Materials (VMC) produces and markets construction aggregates, asphalt mix and ready-mixed concrete for highways, airports, and government buildings. The stock has a P/E ratio of 26 and pays a yield of 1.1%.

Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) is a major supplier of aggregates and heavy building materials. The stock has a P/E ratio of 22 and pays a yield of 1.0%.


Aecom (ACM) is a provider of design, engineering, and construction services. The company has been generating negative earnings and does not pay a dividend.

Caterpillar (CAT) is a heavy equipment manufacturer with products used in infrastructure. The stock has a P/E ratio of 13 and pays a yield of 3.2%.

Granite Construction (GVA) is an infrastructure contractor and a construction materials producer. The company has been generating negative earnings but pays a dividend of 2.7%.

Disclosure: Author didn’t own any of the above at the time the article was written.

Stocks Going Ex Dividend for the Fifth Week of March

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend.

This technique generally works only in bull markets, and can work in flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the technique during bear markets. In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can’t sell the stock until after the ex date.

The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, the quarterly dividend amount, and annual yield.

Activision Blizzard, Inc (ATVI) 3/28/2017 0.3 0.53%
Curtiss-Wright Corporation (CW) 3/28/2017 0.13 0.54%
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (CY) 3/28/2017 0.11 3.15%
Deere & Company (DE) 3/29/2017 0.6 2.17%
Dow Chemical Company (The) (DOW) 3/29/2017 0.46 2.87%
Nucor Corporation (NUE) 3/29/2017 0.377 2.32%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found here at wstnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn’t show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WStNN.com. Most of the lists are free.

Dividend definitions: Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Monthly Dividend Stock List
 

Record date: the day when you must be on the company’s books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks at two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date. 

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Don’t forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.