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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 08/05/10 INDUSTRY: Personal Services Company | Symbol | Div/Yield | EPS | | StoneMor Partners LP * | STON | 9.02% | $1.61 | | CPI Corp. * | CPY | 4.17% | $2.52 | | H&R Block Inc. * | HRB | 3.79% | $1.48 | | Hillenbrand Inc. | HI | 3.32% | $0.96 | | Weight Watchers Int'l | WTW | 2.51% | $2.26 | | | Stewart Enterprises Inc. | STEI | 2.20% | $0.35 | | Arbor Memorial Services | AROAF | 1.87% | $1.93 | | Service Corp. Int'l | SCI | 1.84% | $0.54 | | Western-Union Co. | WU | 1.47% | $1.21 | | Regis Corp. | RGS | 1.04% | $0.34 | |
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STON: owns and operates cemeteries in the United States. As of December 31, 2009, the Company operated 235 cemeteries in 24 states and Puerto Rico. The Company owns 219 of these cemeteries, and it operates the remaining 16 under under management or operating agreements with the cemetery corporations that own the cemeteries. As of December 31, 2009, it also owned, operated and/or 58 funeral homes in 16 states and in Puerto Rico. 26 of these funeral homes are located on the grounds of the cemeteries that it owns. Its cemetery products and services include Interment Rights, including burial lots, lawn crypts, mausoleum crypts, cremation niches and perpetual care rights; Merchandise, including burial vaults, caskets, grave markers and grave marker bases, and memorials, and Services, including installation of burial vaults, installation of caskets and installation of other cemetery merchandise. CPI: engaged in the professional portrait photography of young children, individuals and families. As of February 6, 2010 it has 2,935 studios throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico. The Company provides professional portrait photography for Sears' customers. It is also is the operator of portrait studios in Walmart Stores and Supercenters in all fifty states in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico. The Company's portrait studio brands offers customers a range of differentiated portrait products, portrait choices, ordering options and service offerings with digital capabilities. HRB: has subsidiaries that provide tax, banking, and business and consulting services. The Company's Tax Services segment provides income tax return preparation, electronic filing and other services and products related to income tax return preparation to the general public primarily in the United States, and also in Canada and Australia. It offers the H&R Block Prepaid Emerald MasterCard and Emerald Advance lines of credit through H&R Block Bank (HRB Bank). Its Business Services segment consists of RSM McGladrey, Inc. (RSM), a tax and consulting firm primarily serving mid-sized businesses. Corporate operations include interest income from United States passive investments, interest expense on borrowings, net interest margin and gains or losses relating to mortgage loans held for investment, real estate owned, residual interests in securitizations and other corporate expenses, related to finance, legal and other support departments. |
See TOP 10 DIVIDEND YIELDS for Other Industries: Personal Products - 7/29/10 Paper Products - 7/15/10 Oil & Gas Pipelines - 7/1/10 Oil Drilling & Exploration - 6/24/10 Mortgage Investments - 6/17/10 Money Center Banks - 6/10/10 Medical Appliances - 5/27/10 Major Oil & Gas - 5/20/10 Lodging - 5/5/10 Life Insurance - 4/28/10 Industrial Metals - 4/21/10 Industrial Electrical Equip. - 4/7/10 Independent Oil & Gas - 3/31/10 Furnishings - 3/17/10 Grocery Stores - 3/10/10 General Entertainment - 3/3/10 General Building Materials - 2/24/10 Gas Utilities - 2/18/10 Food - 2/11/10 Farm & Construction Equipment - 2/4/10 Electric Utilities - 1/27/10 Major Drug Companies - 1/20/10 Diversified Utilities - 1/13/10 Diversified Communication Svcs - 1/6/10 Credit Services - 12/30/09 Conglomerates - 12/23/09
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.
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