Five Stocks Under $10

According to research published in The Journal of Portfolio Management in 1980, low price stocks on a risk adjusted basis outperform high price stocks, by a substantial amount. The study defines a low price stock as one that sells for $10 or less.

Many investors like low priced stocks, but to reduce risk, some investors look for those that pay dividends. Dividends can return your capital faster, which helps to lower risk. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has a list of high yield stocks below $10 a share, turning up over a hundred different companies.

One example is Telular Corp. (WRLS), a Chicago, Illinois based provider of wireless network products and services, which currently sells for less than eight dollars a share. The stock trades at 15 times forward earnings and yields 5.7%. The latest quarterly earnings were up almost 1000%, on an incredible 58% rise in revenues. The stock is trading at less than $8 a share.

KSW, Inc. (KSW) is a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning company that yields 5.2%, and trades at 7.5 times forward earnings. The stock is at less than $4 a share.

Astro-Med Inc. (ALOT) is a producer and marketer of specialty printers and data acquisition and analysis systems. The price earnings ratio is 17 and the yield is 3.5%. The stock is currently $8 a share.

The gold mining company, Nevsun Resources Ltd. (NSU), trades at 11 times forward earnings and yields 2.8%, based on last year's dividend payments. The stock trades at less than $4 a share.

MicroFinancial (MFI) is a commercial finance company that provides equipment leasing and rental services, and other financing services. The stock, which currently sells for less than $8 per share, yields 3.5% and trades at 9 times earnings. Last November, the company increased its quarterly payout by 20%.

To access a free list of over 100 high yield low price stocks, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Disclosure: Author didn't own any of the above at the time the article was written.

By Stockerblog.com