17 Safest Stocks From The Financial Sector (2024)

Financial stocks with low beta ratios and highmarket capitalization originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". The financialsector is still under fire. Low interest rates and higher risks within the bondbuying industry make it hard to earn money on investments. As a result, thousands of peoplelose their job and the sector is shrinking. Bank of America cut its workforce by over 30,000people and their competitors follow.

Not everything is bad within the financialsector. If you have followed my screens over the past months, you couldfind there more and more good looking banks and asset managers as well as insurers.

Today I like to discover the best yielding dividend stocks from the financial sector with real safe heaven characteristics. My criteriaare:

- Market Capitalizationover USD 10 billion

- Beta ratio below 1

The stock should have a lower volatility thanthe overall market. For sure, these are not the only trigger ratios to seek outthe highest degree of stability for a stock. Especially in the financial sectorare more risks than in other industries. Banks are still black boxes because younever know what kind of risk exposure they have in detail.

The screen produced 17 stocks of which two havea double-digit yield. Eight of them are currently recommended to buy.

Here are my favorite stocks:

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Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) has a market capitalization of $26.99 billion. The company employs 5,000 people, generates revenue of $1.826 billion and has a net income of $930.16 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.229 billion. The EBITDA margin is 67.32 percent (the operating margin is 47.73 percent and the net profit margin 50.92 percent).

Financial Analysis:The total debt represents 5.33 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 5.79 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 12.59 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.83. Last fiscal year, the company paid $4.40 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation:Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 41.08, the P/S ratio is 14.78 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.12. The dividend yield amounts to 3.18 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.94.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Public Storage (PSA)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Public Storage (PSA)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Public Storage (PSA)

Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) has a market capitalization of $32.23 billion. The company employs 30,000 people, generates revenue of $25.740 billion and has a net income of $2.473 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $8.281 billion. The EBITDA margin is 32.17 percent (the operating margin is 12.30 percent and the net profit margin 9.61 percent).

Financial Analysis:The total debt represents 6.05 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 25.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 9.84 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $6.28. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.79 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation:Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.58, the P/S ratio is 1.25 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.27. The dividend yield amounts to 2.16 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.67.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Travelers Companies (TRV)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Travelers Companies (TRV)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Travelers Companies (TRV)

The Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE:BK) has a market capitalization of $32.20 billion. The company employs 49,500 people, generates revenue of $3.507 billion and has a net income of $2.523 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4.928 billion. The EBITDA margin is 140.52 percent (the operating margin is 22.69 percent and the net profit margin 17.33 percent).

Financial Analysis:The total debt represents 7.71 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 75.97 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 6.97 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.04. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.52 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation:Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.61, the P/S ratio is 2.21 and the P/B ratio is finally 0.91. The dividend yield amounts to 1.88 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.90.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of The Bank of New York Mellon (BK)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of The Bank of New York Mellon (BK)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of The Bank of New York Mellon (BK)

Take a closer look at the full list of the safest financial dividend stocks. The average P/E ratio amounts to 18.74and forward P/E ratio is 16.66. The dividend yield has a value of 3.72 percent.Price to book ratio is 2.31 and price to sales ratio 5.31. The operating marginamounts to 26.81 percent and the beta ratio is 0.72. Stocks from the list havean average debt to equity ratio of 1.86.

Here is the full table withsome fundamentals (TTM):

The Safest Financial Dividend Stocks (Click to enlarge)

Related stockticker symbols:

AGNC, NLY, BCH,HCN, BSAC, PSA, MTB, MMC, MTU, NTRS, ACE, TRV, CB, BK, AMT, PGR, AON

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