SHLM

A. Schulman

0.620

2.8

ABB

ABB (ADR)

0.640

2.6

ABT

Abbott Laboratories

1.920

4.0

AKR

Acadia Realty Trust

0.720

3.6

ACET

Aceto

0.200

2.5

AEA

Advance America, Cash Advance Centers

0.250

4.7

AGL

AGL Resources

1.800

4.7

ADC

Agree Realty

2.040

8.0

AYR

Aircastle

0.400

3.3

AKZOY

Akzo Nobel (ADR)

2.227

3.3

ALSK

Alaska Communications Systems Group

0.860

8.4

ALEX

Alexander & Baldwin

1.260

3.0

ALE

ALLETE

1.780

4.7

ALNC

Alliance Financial

1.200

3.8

AHGP

Alliance Holdings GP

2.110

3.8

ARLP

Alliance Resource Partners

3.440

4.5

AB

AllianceBernstein Holding

1.930

8.5

LNT

Alliant Energy

1.700

4.3

ALL

Allstate

0.840

2.6

MO

Altria Group

1.520

6.0

AWC

Alumina (ADR)

0.240

2.5

AMB

AMB Property

1.120

3.1

AEE

Ameren

1.540

5.5

ATAX

America First Tax Exempt Investors

0.500

9.0

ACC

American Campus Communities

1.350

4.0

AGNC

American Capital Agency

5.600

19.0

AEO

American Eagle Outfitters

0.440

2.9

AEP

American Electric Power

1.840

5.1

AM

American Greetings

0.560

2.6

AMNB

American National BankShares

0.920

4.2

ANAT

American National Insurance

3.080

3.8

AMSWA

American Software

0.360

5.4

AWR

American States Water

1.040

3.1

AWK

American Water Works

0.880

3.2

APU

AmeriGas Partners

2.820

5.8

ASCA

Ameristar Casinos

0.420

2.5

ATLO

Ames National

0.520

2.8

AP

Ampco-Pittsburgh

0.720

2.7

NLY

Annaly Capital Management

2.560

14.3

ANH

Anworth Mortgage Asset

0.880

12.3

ARI

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance

1.600

9.4

AINV

Apollo Investment

1.120

9.1

WTR

Aqua America

0.620

2.8

ARCC

Ares Capital

1.400

7.9

ARKR

Ark Restaurants

1.000

6.9

ARR

ARMOUR Residential REIT

1.440

19.5

AROW

Arrow Financial

1.000

4.0

ARTNA

Artesian Resources

0.757

3.9

AJG

Arthur J. Gallagher

1.320

4.2

AHT

Ashford Hospitality Trust

0.400

3.9

AF

Astoria Financial

0.520

3.7

AZN

AstraZeneca (ADR)

2.550

5.2

T

AT&T

1.720

6.1

APL

Atlas Pipeline Partners

1.480

5.0

ATO

Atmos Energy

1.360

4.0

ANZBY

Australia and New Zealand Banking (ADR)

1.166

4.7

ADP

Automatic Data Processing

1.440

2.9

AVB

AvalonBay Communities

3.570

3.0

AVY

Avery Dennison

1.000

2.5

AVA

Avista

1.100

4.9

AVP

Avon Products

0.920

3.3

AXAHY

AXA (ADR)

0.692

3.3

AXS

Axis Capital Holdings

0.920

2.5

BGS

B&G Foods

0.840

5.6

BWINB

Baldwin & Lyons

1.000

4.1

BALT

Baltic Trading

0.680

7.2

BBVA

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (ADR)

0.556

4.5

BBD

Banco Bradesco (ADR)

0.564

2.9

BCH

Banco de Chile (ADR)

3.665

4.4

ITUB

Banco Itau Holding Financeira (ADR)

0.580

2.6

BLX

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exr

0.800

4.8

STD

Banco Santander (ADR)

0.794

6.5

SAN

Banco Santander-Chile (ADR)

2.679

3.2

BARI

Bancorp Rhode Island

0.760

2.4

BXS

BancorpSouth

0.440

2.8

BOCH

Bank of Commerce Holdings

0.120

2.9

BKEAY

Bank of East Asia (ADR)

0.183

4.3

BOH

Bank of Hawaii

1.800

3.8

BKYF

Bank of Kentucky Financial

0.560

2.8

BMO

Bank of Montreal

2.800

4.4

BNS

Bank of Nova Scotia

1.966

3.2

BFIN

BankFinancial

0.280

3.2

BHB

Bar Harbor Bankshares

1.080

3.7

BBSI

Barrett Business Services

0.360

2.5

BASFY

BASF SE (ADR)

2.224

2.7

BTE

Baytex Energy

2.442

4.2

BFR

BBVA Banco Frances (ADR)

0.685

5.8

BCE

BCE

1.951

5.3

BMS

Bemis

0.960

2.9

BHLB

Berkshire Hills Bancorp

0.640

2.8

BGCP

BGC Partners

0.560

5.9

BMR

BioMed Realty Trust

0.680

3.8

BKH

Black Hills

1.460

4.7

BLK

BlackRock

5.500

2.7

BKCC

Blackrock Kelso Capital

1.280

10.3

BNCN

BNC Bancorp

0.200

2.5

BWP

Boardwalk Pipeline Partners

2.080

6.3

BOWFF

Boardwalk REIT

1.828

4.0

BOBE

Bob Evans Farms

0.800

2.6

BP

BP (ADR)

1.680

3.5

BPT

BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust

8.791

7.7

BDN

Brandywine Realty Trust

0.600

4.9

BRE

BRE Properties

1.500

3.2

BBEP

BreitBurn Energy Partners

1.650

7.4

BMY

Bristol Myers Squibb

1.320

5.1

BTI

British American Tobacco (ADR)

3.661

4.5

BSYBY

British Sky Broadcasting Group (ADR)

1.292

2.5

BR

Broadridge Financial Solutions

0.600

2.6

BIP

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners

1.240

5.5

BPO

Brookfield Properties

0.560

3.2

BRKL

Brookline Bancorp

0.340

3.3

BMTC

Bryn Mawr Bank

0.600

2.9

BT

BT Group (ADR)

1.090

3.7

BPL

Buckeye Partners

3.950

6.1

CFFI

C&F Financial

1.000

4.4

CFNB

California First National Bancorp

1.000

6.9

CWT

California Water Service Group

1.230

3.5

CALM

Cal-Maine Foods

1.053

3.7

CLMT

Calumet Specialty Products Partners

1.880

8.9

CPT

Camden Property Trust

1.800

3.0

CPB

Campbell Soup

1.160

3.5

CM

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

3.541

4.2

CAJ

Canon (ADR)

1.424

3.0

CCBG

Capital City Bank Group

0.400

3.2

CPLP

Capital Product Partners

0.930

9.6

CMO

Capstead Mortgage

1.560

11.9

CATO

Cato

0.740

3.1

CBL

CBL & Associates Properties

0.840

4.7

CDI

CDI

0.520

3.5

CDR

Cedar Shopping Centers

0.360

5.9

CEL

Cellcom Israel

3.590

11.7

CNP

CenterPoint Energy

0.790

5.0

CV

Central Vermont Public Service

0.920

4.3

CTL

CenturyLink

2.900

7.0

CHG

CH Energy Group

2.160

4.4

CLDT

Chatham Lodging Trust

0.700

4.0

CHFC

Chemical Financial

0.800

4.0

CQP

Cheniere Energy Partners

1.700

7.5

CHKE

Cherokee

0.800

4.7

CHSP

Chesapeake Lodging Trust

0.800

4.3

CHKM

Chesapeake Midstream Partners

1.350

5.2

CPK

Chesapeake Utilities

1.320

3.2

CHEV

Cheviot Financial

0.480

5.7

CVX

Chevron

2.880

2.8

CIM

Chimera Investment

0.680

15.8

LFC

China Life Insurance (ADR)

1.540

2.7

CHL

China Mobile (ADR)

1.848

3.9

SNP

China Petroleum & Chemical (ADR)

2.790

2.7

CB

Chubb

1.560

2.6

CINF

Cincinnati Financial

1.600

4.7

CNK

Cinemark Holdings

0.840

4.2

CZNC

Citizens & Northern

0.520

3.3

CHCO

City Holding

1.360

4.0

CTEL

City Telecom (H.K.) (ADR)

0.514

3.5

CNL

Cleco

1.000

3.1

CLX

Clorox

2.200

3.3

CLPHY

CLP Holdings (ADR)

0.381

4.7

CMS

CMS Energy

0.840

4.4

CCNE

CNB Financial

0.660

4.7

KO

Coca-Cola

1.880

2.9

JVA

Coffee Holding

0.120

3.0

CL

Colgate-Palmolive

2.320

3.0

CLP

Colonial Properties Trust

0.600

3.0

CLNY

Colony Financial

1.200

5.7

CMC

Commercial Metals

0.480

2.9

CWH

CommonWealth REIT

2.000

7.0

CBU

Community Bank System

0.960

3.8

CTBI

Community Trust Bancorp

1.220

4.3

SID

Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (ADR)

0.828

5.1

CCU

Compania Cervecerias Unidas (ADR)

1.927

3.6

CODI

Compass Diversified Holdings

1.360

8.4

CPSI

Computer Programs & Systems

1.440

2.7

CIX

CompX International

0.500

3.3

CMTL

Comtech Telecomm.

1.000

3.7

CAG

ConAgra Foods

0.920

4.0

CTWS

Connecticut Water Service

0.930

3.7

COP

ConocoPhillips

2.640

3.4

CNSL

Consolidated Communications Holdings

1.550

8.5

ED

Consolidated Edison

2.400

4.8

CWCO

Consolidated Water

0.300

2.8

CEG

Constellation Energy Group

0.960

3.1

CPNO

Copano Energy

2.300

6.4

CLGX

CoreLogic

0.880

4.7

COR

CoreSite Realty

0.520

3.4

CFP

Cornerstone Progressive Return Fund

1.236

14.3

OFC

Corporate Office Properties Trust

1.650

4.6

CJREF

Corus Entertainment

0.730

3.2

CMRE

Costamare

1.000

6.0

CRRC

Courier

0.840

5.9

CPL

CPFL Energia (ADR)

5.137

6.5

CPY

CPI

1.000

4.3

CS

Credit Suisse Group AG (ADR)

1.783

3.9

CMLP

Crestwood Midstream Partners

1.720

5.7

CXS

Crexus Investment

0.880

6.7

Earnings per Share

Earnings per share (EPS) is perhaps the most widely used ratio there is in the investing realm.

By Dividend Yield

An investment’s dividend yield is a measure of the dividend paid on stock, expressed as a percentage over one year. This measure is frequently used in stock quotes and financial reports, and is based upon the company’s annual cash dividend per share and the current stock price.

Dividend Policy: Maximizing Shareholder Value

For example, suppose a firm has one million shares outstanding selling at $40 per share. The value of the stock equity is $40 million. If it pays a $4 million cash dividend, the value of the stock equity will be $36 million. Then, as a result of the cash dividend:
By Harold Bierman, Jr