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Double Dividend Stocks submits:
If you’re looking for the crossroads between dividend paying stocks and undervalued earnings growth, one corner of the market to check out is the Consumer Goods sector, more specifically, the apparel stores sub-industry. Although you won’t find high dividend stocks in this group, you will find some dividend stocks with good sales and EPS growth in 2011, and further into the future, that should benefit from the continuing recovery. This week we screened this sub-industry for dividend paying stocks with low PEG values, strong ROE and profit margin, plus high options yields.
We came up with two firms: Limited Brands (LTD), which owns Victoria’s Secret, Bath & Body Works and many other brands; and Guess (GES), the owner of the Guess? and Guess Jeans brands, and others as well. (More info at the bottom of this article).
Double Dividend Stocks submits:
Cato Corp.(CATO) is a fashion specialty retailer which is listed in the Consumer Discretionary section of our High Dividend Stocks by Sector tables. They target value and fashion-oriented females, and operate over 1200 women’s fashion stores, primarily in the southeastern U.S. They just reported that same-store sales are up 5% year-to-date, and that June sales increased 1%. In their last fiscal quarter, ending 5/01/10, their revenue rose 8.9%, and their net income jumped 44%.
This is a conservatively managed firm, with zero debt, and it fares well in our Industry Comparison Table:
