High-yield/macroeconomics (fka YIELD)

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Searching The Globe For Good Yields
Shlomo Reifman 04.02.08, 6:00 PM ET

http://www.forbes.com/2008/04/02/volvo-gannett-swisscom-biz-2000global08-cx_sr_0402goodyields.html?feed=rss_news

We screened the Forbes Global 2000 roster for companies with healthy dividend yields. We limited the list to companies where analysts expect a payout ratio (see table footnotes) of 51% or less. The average yield for the companies on the accompanying table is 6.7% vs. 2.3% for the S&P 500 and 3.4% for the MSCI Barra EAFE index of foreign stocks.

Svenska Handelsbanken
Banking
$26.54
8.5%
13%
Sweden

Barloworld
Conglomerates
13.24
8.1
10
South Africa

Telkom
Telecommunications Services
17.05
8.0
8
South Africa

Bluescope Steel
Materials
7.86
5.6
45
Australia

Swisscom
Telecommunications Services
327.46
5.5
51
Switzerland

Gannett
Media
30.25
5.3
38
United States

Fletcher Building
Construction
6.74
5.2
39
New Zealand

Volvo Group
Capital Goods
14.33
6.4
11
Sweden

Prices are in U.S. dollars as of March 20.
* Indicated annual dividend rate divided by 2008 estimated earnings per share.
Sources: FT Interactive Data, FactSet Estimates, Thomson IBES via FactSet Research Systems; Thomson One Analytics