Value Investing News

Forbes has released its annual rankings of the best small companies in America. This article takes those 100 stocks and ranks them using the Magic Formula Investing methodology.

Over the past week twenty-two companies announced that they would be rewarding shareholders with higher dividend payouts. Several solid blue chip companies such as IBM, Costco and Exxon Mobil raised their payouts as well.

In the U.S. and Canada, most companies pay dividends quarterly. In other parts of the world, it is not uncommon for companies to pay an annual or a semi-annual dividend. That is not to say that North American companies sometimes choose not to pay quarterly dividends. Though I prefer quarterly dividends, there is something more important than frequency...

The Piotroski score is a popular mechanical stock filtering strategy that has historically beaten the market by a wide margin. Which current Magic Formula stocks also have high Piotroski scores?

The top 10 current Magic Formula stocks ranked in 3 categories: forward indicated dividend yield, price-to-sales ratio, and price-to-book ratio.