Aug 14

German Alps

Photo: The Beautiful German Alps

E.ON AG and RWE AG are two of the largest utility companies in Germany. These two utilities are the in the top ten holdings of the newly launched SPDR S&P International Utilities Sector ETF - IPU. We wrote an article on this new fund titled “New Foreign Utilities ETF !” a few weeks ago.

1. E.ON AG : E.ON is the largest utility in Germany. In fact it is one of the world’s largest energy companies operating in 20 countries mostly in Europe. EON generates 1/3rd of all the electricity in Germany.

Ticker: EONGY
Dividend Yield: 3.68%

As per Morningstar website, EON beat both the S&P 500 Index and the utility sector index’ total returns in each of past 3 years. In the past 5 years, average annual dividend growth has been about 18.5%.

2.RWE AG : RWE is the second largest utility in Germany based in Essen.

Ticker: RWEOY
Dividend Yield: 4.49%

In the past 5 years, average annual dividend growth has been about 23.42%.

written by David

Jun 30

There are two German bank ADR stocks that are available for US investors. A short summary of these stocks is given below:

1.Deutsche Bank AG - DB
Deutsche Bank is the largest bank in Germany.
Current dividend yield is 8.03% and the PE is 6.46.

2.CommerzBank AG - CRZBY
This is one the largest bank in Germany.
Current dividend yield is 5.27% and the PE is 7.72.

Related post:
Germany - Bank ADR Stock !!

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written by David

Mar 22

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The German economy is Europe’s largest economy. She is known the world over for her high quality engineering, auto, chemical and transportation companies. The following is a list of German ADRs [/tag]:

Company Ticker Sector
Addidas ADDYY Personal Goods
Allianz AZ Nonlife Insurance
Altana AG AAAGY Chemicals
BASF BASFY Chemicals
Bayer BAYRY Chemicals
Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank HVMGY Banks
Commerzbank CRZBY Banks
Continental CTTAY Automobiles & Parts
Deutsche Beteiligungs DEUBY Support Services
Deutsche Bank DB Banks
E.ON AG EONGY Gas,H20&Multiutility
Epcos EPC Electron.&ElectricEq
Escada ESCDY Personal Goods
Hannover Rueckversicherung HVRRY Nonlife Insurance
Henkel HENKY Household Goods
Hypo Real Estate HREHY Real Estate
Incam INAGY General Finance
Kontron KOTFY Electron.&ElectricEq
Puma Rudolf Dassler Sport PMMAY Personal Goods
RWE RWEOY Gas,H20&Multiutility
SGL Carbon SGGGY Industrial Engineer.
Siemens SI Electron.&ElectricEq
Singulus Technologies SGTSY Industrial Engineer.
Volkswagen VLKAY Automobiles & Parts

Note: Stocks in the IT,BioTechnology,Pharma have been excluded.


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written by David