Sentences with phrase «yield on the common stock»

As a result, bond yields were lower than the yields on common stocks.

For stock market investors the Earnings Yield on a common stock is the equivalent of the Cap Rate on an apartment building investment.

Not exact matches

Here you will find information on our common and preferred stock declared dividends, our payment history, current yield and tax information in our Investors section.

Therefore, if the 20 - year Treasury bond is currently yielding 3 percent, the market risk premium indicates that you can expect a return on common stocks of approximately 8.5 percent (3 percent plus 5.5 percent).

Although the yield may be higher on preferred stocks than bonds, the two asset classes have almost nothing in common.

On the other hand, it does not also logically follow that every common stock that carries a higher yield is too risky to invest in.

Take the JPMorgan Series Y preferred share, which yields 6.1 % as I write, more than triple the current payout on JPM's common stock!

When you mention dividend stocks I assume you mean preferreds; so another issue I'll suggest is selecting common stocks based only on yield.

«As for common stocks, they should trade at an earnings or FCF yield greater than that of the highest after - tax yield on debts and other instruments.»

When you have many different parties going into the markets seeking income, not caring where they get it from, and a shock hits one part of the market, the effect flows to other areas If all of a sudden yields on junk bonds look cheaper, the yield trade - offs of buying junk and selling dividend paying common stocks looks attractive.

This is the common, intuitive, yet specious claim that because yields on 10 - year Treasury notes are near record lows at 1.64 %, stocks are so flattered into appearing cheap by comparison that surely they must rise.

Dividend yield: Annual percentage of return earned by an investor on a common or preferred stock.

Expected volatilities are based on a blend of historical and implied volatilities of our common stock; the expected life represents the weighted average period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding giving consideration to vesting schedules and our historical exercise patterns; and the risk - free rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant for periods corresponding with the expected life of the option.