6 Cheap Stocks Trading at 52-Week Highs – Yahoo Finance

Posted on January 13, 2020

According to the GuruFocus All-In-One Screener, a Premium feature, the following stocks were trading near their 52-week highs while also having low price-earnings ratios as of Jan. 13. These companies also have a good dividend yield.

Global Partners

Global Partners LP (NYSE:GLP) was trading with a price-earnings ratio of 8.55, which is higher than 61% of companies in the oil and gas industry. The stock gained 19% over the past 12 months and is now trading 6.71% below its 52-week high.

The company has market cap of $685 million. Its earnings per share have grown 38.5% over the past three years, while the industry’s average growth rate was 15.2%.

The company has a dividend yield of 10.14% with an annualized rate of 8.93% over the past decade. The dividend payout ratio is 0.84.

America First Multifamily Investors

America First Multifamily Investors LP (NASDAQ:ATAX) was trading with a price-earnings ratio of 15.83, which is higher than 76% of companies in the banks industry. The stock climbed 30% over the past 12 months and is now trading 7.06% below its 52-week high.

The bank has market cap of $462 million. Its earnings per share have grown 20.8% over the past three years, while the industry’s average growth rate was 9.5%.

The company has a dividend yield of 6.58% with an annualized rate of 8.7% over the past decade. The dividend payout ratio is 1.04.

With 0.04% of outstanding shares, Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio)’ Renaissance Technologies is the largest guru shareholder.

Total

Total SA (NYSE:TOT) was trading with a price-earnings ratio of 15.56, which is lower than 63% of companies in the oil and gas industry. The stock price increased just 2% over the past 12 months and is now trading 5.71% below its 52-week high.

The oil refiner has market cap of $143 billion. Its earnings per share have grown 23% over the past three years, while the industry’s average growth rate was 15.2%.

The company has a dividend yield of 5.22% with an annualized rate of 5.49% over the past decade. The dividend payout ratio is 0.80.

The company’s largest guru shareholder is Ken Fisher (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.75% of outstanding shares, followed by the T Rowe Price Equity Income Fund (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.33%, Charles Brandes (Trades, Portfolio) and Sarah Ketterer (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.02%.

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE:WFC) was trading with a price-earnings ratio of 11.34, which is higher than 56% of companies in the banks industry. The share price has risen 8.4% over the past 12 months and is now trading 4.11% below the 52-week high.

The U.S. bank has market cap of $222 billion. Its earnings per share have grown 1.3% over the past three years, while the industry’s average growth rate was 9.5%.

The company has a dividend yield of 3.66% with an annualized rate of 2.54% over the past decade. The dividend payout ratio is 0.4.

With 8.95% of outstanding shares, Warren Buffett (Trades, Portfolio) is the company’s largest guru shareholder, followed by Dodge & Cox with 2.02% and PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.21%.

F N B Corp.

F N B Corp. (NYSE:FNB) was trading with a price-earnings ratio of 10.45, which is higher than 61% of companies in the banks industry. The stock has risen 12.23% over the past 12 months and is now trading 4.64% below its 52-week high.

The bank has a market cap of $4 billion. Its earnings per share have grown 9.2% over the past three years, while the industry’s average growth rate was 9.5%.

The company has a dividend yield of 3.89% and an annualized 10-year rate of 3.97%. The dividend payout ratio is 0.41.

The company’s largest guru shareholder is Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss with 2.52% of outstanding shares, followed by Simons’ firm with 1.13%.

Aircastle Ltd.

Aircastle Ltd. (NYSE:AYR) was trading with a price-earnings ratio of 11.49, which is higher than 71% of companies in the business services industry. The share price has risen 64% over the past 12 months and is now trading 1.27% below the 52-week high.

The company, which leases and sells commercial aircraft, has market cap of $2.39 billion. Its earnings per share have grown 28.3% over the past three years, while the industry’s average growth rate was 8.5%.

The company has a dividend yield of 3.81% with an annualized rate of 4.39% over the past decade. The dividend payout ratio is 0.43.

With 2.64% of outstanding shares, Diamond Hill Capital (Trades, Portfolio) is the company’s largest guru shareholder, followed by Donald Smith (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.23% and Simons’ firm with 0.19%.

Disclosure: I do not own any stocks mentioned.