Top Stocks of Spain from the Spanish Recovery

Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said that the country's economy will grow by 1.5 percent in 2014. Investors who want ways of taking advantage of Spain's economic recovery can invest in ETFs, such as the iShares MSCI Spain Capped Index (EWP), an exchange traded fund that trades on the New York Stock Exchange, and has a goal of tracking the MSCI Spain 25/50 Index. The ETF ha a trailing price to earnings ratio of 17, and pays a decent yield of 2.7%. The ETF has a one year total return of over 49%.

As for stocks, WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has turned up a list of a dozen stocks of companies based in Spain but traded in the United States. One example is Banco Santander (SAN), the largest bank in the Eurozone and one of the largest banks in the world. The company has branches in Brazil, Spain, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Portugal, Germany, Chile, Argentina, Poland, the United States, and other countries. The stock trades at 18 times trailing earnings and 14 times forward earnings. Earnings jumped 150% for the latest quarter on a 82.6% rise in revenues. Dividends which are paid quarterly, provide investors with an annual yield of 6.5%.
Another Spanish company is Grifols (GRFS), which is a multinational pharmaceutical company that produces blood plasma based products. The stock, which trades on NASDAQ, has a fairly high P/E ratio of 61. However, earnings for the latest quarter were up 32.3% on a 5.1% increase in revenues. The company pays a dividend of 2.2%.

Telefonica (TEF) has a P/E of 12.5, and a forward P/E of17. Earnings jumped by an amazing 206% on a 7.8% drop in revenues. The yield is 5.8%.

For a list of all the Spain stocks, that are available to U.S. investors, and has such information as P/E ratio, yield, and business, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.
Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time it was written. 
 
By Stockerblog.com

Top Stocks of Spain - Las mejores acciones de España

According to a recent article in the New York Times, the recession in Spain should end before year end. Luis de Guindos, the economic minister, also said that the country's budget deficit target for 2013 should be achieved. Although Spains's unemployment rate was 27% recently, it is predicted to be substantially less in 2014, along with improved economic growth.

Investors who are looking for a way to invest in Spain's recovery have a few options available. First, there is the iShares MSCI Spain Capped Index (EWP), an exchange traded fund that trades on the New York Stock Exchange, and has a goal of tracking the MSCI Spain 25/50 Index. The ETF ha a trailing price to earnings ratio of 13, and pays a favorable yield of 4.1%. Over the last couple years, EWP was up less than 10%, whereas the S&P 500 was up over 40%. Maybe its time for this ETF to move, as it seems to have a resistance level this year at around 33, which it has just broken above, closing at 34.80 today.

Other ways to invest are through individual stocks of companies based in Spain.

WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has turned up a list of a dozen stocks of companies based in Spain but traded in the United States. One example is Banco Santander (SAN), the largest bank in the Eurozone and one of the largest banks in the world. The company has branches in Brazil, Spain, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Portugal, Germany, Chile, Argentina, Poland, the United States, and other countries. The stock trades at 24.5 times trailing earnings and 13 times forward earnings. Earnings spiked 760.7% for the latest quarter on a 49.8% rise in revenues. Dividends which are paid quarterly, provide investors with an annual yield of 8%.

Another Spanish company is Grifols (GRFS), which is a multinational pharmaceutical company that produces blood plasma based products. The stock, which trades on NASDAQ, has a fairly high P/E ratio of 54.9. However, earnings for the latest quarter were up 39.2% on a 7.3% increase in revenues. The company even pays a dividend, and based on what has been paid out this year, works out to around 2.6%.

Information about some of the other Spain stocks, such as P/E ratio, yield, and business, can be found on the free list a WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Maybe now is time to take a closer look at the country of Spain and its stocks.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time it was written. 
 
By Stockerblog.com

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Fourth Week of April

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets. In flat or choppy markets, your have to be extremely careful.

In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can't sell the stock until after the ex date. The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a free downloadable and sortable Excel list of the stocks going ex dividend during the next week or two. The list contains many dividend paying companies, all with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 3%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date and the yield.

Provident Energy Trust (PVX) ex div date: 4/20/2010 market cap: $2.1B yield: 9.1%

Royal Bank of Canada (RY) ex div date: 4/20/2010 market cap: $86.4B yield: 3.4%

Banco Santander-Chile ADR (SAN) ex div date: 4/20/2010 market cap: $12.7B yield: 3.9%

Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI) ex div date: 4/21/2010 market cap: $546.8M yield: 9.1%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found at wsnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn't show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out the high yield utility stocks and the Monthly Dividend Stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com.

Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Record date: the day when you must be on the company's books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Don't forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Author does not own any of the above.

By Stockerblog.com