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With many investors looking for income as well as capital gains, we now publish the top ten yielding stocks in certain industries each week. This week we look at Personal Services (see below for other industries). These stocks have been selected from a screening program. They are not recommendations to buy or sell. If you have an interest in any of them, please investigate them completely before taking any action. Updated 03/24/09
INDUSTRY: Personal Services Company | Symbol | Div/Yield | EPS | | CPI Corp. * | CPY | 8.76% | -$0.21 | | Service Corp. Int'l * | SCI | 4.88% | $0.37 | | Hillenbrand Inc. * | HI | 4.59% | $1.53 | | Weight Watchers Int'l | WTW | 3.54% | $2.60 | | H&R Block Inc. | HRB | 3.45% | $0.95 | | Stewart Enterprises | STEI | 3.25% | -$0.08 | | Regis Corp. | RGS | 1.02% | -$2.02 | | Western Union Co. | WU | 0.32% | $1.25 | | - | | |
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* Comments:
CPY: is involved in the professional portrait photography of young children and families. At February 2, 2008, CPI operated 3,108 studios throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico principally under license agreements with Sears, Roebuck and Co. (Sears) and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Wal-Mart). In Canada, the Company operates 112 portrait studios in Sears through CPI Corp., and 253 studios in Wal-Mart through CPI Canadian Images.
SCI: a provider of deathcare products and services, with a network of funeral homes and cemeteries. The Company operates through two business segments: funeral and cemetery. SCI conducts both funeral and cemetery operations in the United States and Canada, and funeral operations in Germany. HI: the parent holding company of its wholly owned subsidiary, Batesville Services, Inc. (Batesville Casket). Through Batesville Casket, the Company is engaged in the North American death care industry where it manufactures, distributes and sells funeral service products to funeral directors who operate funeral homes. The Company's products consist primarily of burial and cremation caskets, but also include containers and urns, selection room display fixturing for funeral homes, and other personalization and memorialization products and services, including creating and hosting websites for funeral homes. |
See TOP 10 DIVIDEND YIELDS for Other Industries: Personal Products - 03/17/09
Paper & Paper Products - 03/10/09
Packaging - 03/03/09
Money Center Banks - 02/24/09
Metal Fabrication - 02/17/09
Medical Instruments - 02/10/09
Major Oil & Gas - 02/03/09
Lumber/Wood - 01/27/09
Lodging - 01/20/09
Life Insurance - 01/13/09
Insurance Brokerage - 01/06/09
Industrial Equipment - 12/30/08
Industrial Electrical Equipment - 12/23/08
Home Furnishings & Fixtures - 12/16/08
Grocery Stores - 12/9/08
Gold - 12/2/08
General Building Materials - 11/25/08
Gas Utilities - 11/18/08
Food - 11/11/08
Farm & Construct. Equip. - 11/04/08
Electric Utilities - 10/28/08
Major Drugs - 10/21/08
Diversified Utilities - 10/14/08
Diversified Machinery - 10/07/08
Diversified Electronics - 9/30/08
Diversified Communications - 9/23/08
Conglomerates - 9/16/08
DISCLAIMER: Dividend yields will differ from these tables due to pricing considerations. The table is generated from data that is not as of the close last Friday. Therefore, when you investigate one of these stocks, expect to see a lower or higher yield. Also, not all stocks are included in this list. There may be more in this industry that have a higher yield but due to the methodology of the screening program, they are not listed.
Information has been obtained from sources deemed to be reliable, but The Online Investor makes no guarantee as to the accuracy or completeness of this data. Information is provided for informational purposes only, and The Online Investor shall not be liable for any errors or omissions, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. |
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