By Sol Palha:Today we are going to examine six stocks that offer high yields. Investors should not base their decision on yield alone. Doing so could prove to be a terrible mistake. Getting a handle on some of the following key ratios could help investors make a more informed decision, and in the process prevent one from deploying one's hard-earned money into a dud.
Levered free cash flow is the amount of cash available to stock holders after interest payments on debt are made. A company with a small amount of debt will only have to spend a modest amount of money on interest payments, which in turn means that there is more money to send to shareholders in the form of dividends and vice versa.
Operating cash flow is generally a better metric than earnings per share because a company can show positive net earnings and still not be able to
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