15 Large-Cap Foreign Stocks Paying More Than 5% Dividends
I ran the stock screener to screen for foreign stocks with the following conditions:
- Market Capitalization ≥ $50.0B
- Dividend Yield ≥ 4.00%
This resultant 15 stocks are listed in the table below:
| S.No. | Name | Ticker | Market Capitalization as of Oct 19, 2012 | Dividend Yield as of Oct 19, 2012 | Sector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vodafone Group Plc | VOD | $139.5B | 5.23% | Services |
| 2 | BP plc | BP | $136.9B | 4.41% | Energy |
| 3 | Royal Dutch Shell plc | RDS.A | $128.5B | 4.97% | Energy |
| 4 | TOTAL S.A. | TOT | $115.9B | 5.65% | Energy |
| 5 | GlaxoSmithKline plc | GSK | $111.9B | 4.99% | Healthcare |
| 6 | British American Tobacco PLC | BTI | $98.7B | 4.11% | Consumer/Non-Cyclical |
| 7 | Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA | PBR | $84.8B | 5.23% | Energy |
| 8 | Statoil ASA | STO | $82.0B | 4.08% | Energy |
| 9 | Banco Santander, S.A. | SAN | $79.2B | 10.61% | Financial |
| 10 | Westpac Banking Corporation | WBK | $79.0B | 6.02% | Financial |
| 11 | Eni SpA | E | $74.7B | 5.73% | Energy |
| 12 | NTT Docomo Inc | DCM/a> | $65.9B | 4.51% | Services |
| 13 | Telefonica S.A. | TEF | $61.2B | 9.53% | Services |
| 14 | AstraZeneca plc | AZN | $58.6B | 5.98% | Healthcare |
| 15 | Vale SA | VALE | $57.7B | 6.23% | Basic Materials |
Of the 37 ADRs with a market cap of more $50.0 billion, China Mobile Ltd (CHL) takes the top spot with a market cap of $217.0 billion. It is interesting that Norway-based Statoil has a market cap of $82.0 billion compared to BP’s $136.0 billion.
Disclosure: Long PBR, SAN
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