The Globe and Mail attempts to identify dividend-paying stocks with
lots of free cash flow
in its Thursday, Aug. 28, edition. The Globe's Craig McGee writes in the Number Cruncher column that he looked for dividend-paying
firms with free cash flow at high
levels compared with their enterprise
value. Mr. McGee scanned for 10 stocks with the best combination
of the following criteria:
free cash-flow yield (free cash
flow as a percentage of total
enterprise value, where the figure
is greater than 3 per
cent); expected dividend yield (at
least 1 per cent); and a positive revision of the consensus cash flow estimate over the past
three months.
The following constraints were
also included:
positive free cash flow for the
latest four quarters and for the
prior year; positive annual free cash flow
growth;
positive enterprise value;
free cash flow payout ratio
(expected dividends as a percentage
of free cash flow) of
less than 50 per cent;
and a market cap greater than $200-million. Mr. McGee's 10 picks are Lucara Diamond, High Arctic Energy, Leon's Furniture, Finning International, Uni-Select, Enghouse Systems, Progressive Waste Solutions, Guardian Capital Group, Jean Coutu Group and Saputo.
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