Dividend analysis of telecom

The aim of this analysis is to compare the different companies of Telecomunications from the point of view of those most interesting companies to invest on according to their dividends.

First, we extract the companies that are part of this sector among the more than 2.500 companies that make up our database, obtaining a total of 113 listed companies worldwide.

As criteria for analysis / assessment to conduct our ranking of companies we use the following:

1. Current percentage dividend. Bigger is better
2. Average dividend rate from 2004 to the present. Bigger is better
3. Payout Ratio. The lower the better
4. Price to Earning Ratio. The lower the better
5. Price to Book Value Ratio. The lower the better
6. Number of years that has increased its dividend over the previous year since 2004. Bigger is better.

When drawing up the ranking, we will take each of the first 5 criteria and give 1 point to the first company, 2 to the second and so on up to 113.

Subsequently, we will add the points for each company following the 5 criteria and divide it by the sixth 'number of years that has increased its dividend over the previous year' in order to give prominence to the companies that are serious about having a stable and growing dividend.

The results of the first 28 cmpanies are as follows:

Severn Trend Dividend Analysis

Severn Trent was established in 1974 as an industry leading company run by the state to regional level based in Birmingham, responsible for the administration and water supply, treatment and disposal of wastewater in the catchment areas of the two main rivers the United Kingdom, the Severn and Trent.

The company's strategy is to create value through its focus on water.

Severn Trent is divided into two groups Severn Trent Water and Severn Trent Services.

In 2009 the company achieved a turnover of £ 1.6bn.

Severn Trent Water

Severn Trent Water provides high quality water and sewer service to more than 3.7 million homes and businesses in the Midlands and central Wales.

Key points

• be among the cheapest in the industrial sector
• qualitative exceed the average industrial water and wastewater
• management team with a clear strategy
• streamline the business across 20 key performance indicators
• commitment to long-term responsibility in the administration of being friendly business environment, customers and communities in which we live and work

Severn Trent Services

Severn Trent Services is a world leader in solutions for water treatment and wastewater. Based in USA, has a large presence in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. It has three main divisions: Water Purification, Operating Services and Analytical Services.

Key points

• be recognized for the quality, reliability and stability
• be a growing leader in market margins such as disinfection, filtration, arsenic removal and treatment of the emerging market ballast water.
• continue to innovate in the development of advanced technologies have a strong record of growth and cost controls

Veolia Environment Dividend Analysis

Born with industrialization and urbanization, the Group has 155 years.
they are now working to get ahead in designing responses to questions about the future: what technologies, what modes of organization and partnership, what human and technical resources to meet in ten years, the challenges of a planet welcoming 8 billion people, 50% urban?
They ask these questions, beyond the daily fulfillment of their contractual engagements are to assume the role of global benchmark of their business.

Strategy

Everywhere in the world with a human capital, technological expertise and unparalleled commercial references, Veolia Environnement is ideally placed to accompany the main trends of the modern world that are urban growth, strengthening environmental requirements and appeal to private operators to address these issues through a public-private balance.

Veolia Environnement is the world leader in environmental services
It has become the benchmark of the industry because it addresses the concerns of its customers by providing scalable and tailored solutions to their problems in the areas of water, waste, optimizing energy and transport . Veolia Environnement is capable of taking care of all the environmental concerns of local communities and businesses. With this overall control and presence in 74 countries, Veolia Environment assists its clients in their development.

Activities

Veolia Environnement is the only global group to gather under a single brand all environmental services sectors of water, waste management, energy services and transportation.

• Water. Specialist delegated management of water and sanitation for the benefit of local communities or industrial and service companies, Veolia Water is also one of the world's major designers of technological solutions and constructor of facilities needed to the performance of water services.
• Energy. Management of heating networks, units of energy and fluids, engineering and maintenance of energy facilities, technical services related to the operation of commercial buildings and industrial benefits of comprehensive management of buildings: Dalkia meets expectations of its customers complete solutions, customized comfort and energy efficiency.
• Clean. The company provides services and logistics services (collection, pipe, cleaning, waste flow management) and performs processing and recycling of waste.
• Transportation. Local partner, Veolia Transport is a major player in the environment. Its public transport of passengers provide solutions to urban traffic, the limitation of greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to improving the quality of life.

Financial Details

Gas Natural Dividends Analysis

Gas Natural has ISIN code ES0116870314, and is negotiated in Madrid Stock Exchange under the sympol GAS.MC although it also can be purchased in the USA under the symbol GASNF.PK

Introduction

Gas Natural Fenosa, a leading multinational company in the field of gas and electricity, is present in over 23 countries and has more than 20 million customers.

Following the recent acquisition of power company Union Fenosa, the third in the Spanish market, Gas Natural has achieved its goal of integrating electricity and gas businesses into a company with long experience in the energy sector, able to compete effectively in markets undergoing a process of increasing integration, globalization and increased competition.

Is the largest integrated gas and electricity in Spain and Latin America, a leading marketer of natural gas in Iberia, the third operator of LNG in the world with a fleet of 13 LNG tankers, as well as the main supplier of LNG in the Mediterranean and Atlantic.

The company, a leader in the distribution business, is present throughout the gas value chain, through participation in exploration, production, liquefaction and transportation.

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Conclusion

A stable company, having absorbed the power company Union Fenosa in March 2009 which meant that the company had to undertake a capital increase, now should return to a growth path for their benefit and therefore dividends.

Dividend analysis of gas, water and multiutilities subsector

The aim of this analysis is to compare the different companies of Gas, Water and Multiutilities from the point of view of those most interesting companies to invest on according to their dividends.

First, we extract the companies that are part of this sector among the more than 2.500 companies that make up our database, obtaining a total of 42 listed companies worldwide.

As criteria for analysis / assessment to conduct our ranking of companies we use the following:

1. Current percentage dividend. Bigger is better
2. Average dividend rate from 2004 to the present. Bigger is better
3. Payout Ratio. The lower the better
4. Price to Earning Ratio. The lower the better
5. Price to Book Value Ratio. The lower the better
6. Number of years that has increased its dividend over the previous year since 2004. Bigger is better.

When drawing up the ranking, we will take each of the first 5 criteria and give 1 point to the first company, 2 to the second and so on up to 42.

Subsequently, we will add the points for each company following the 5 criteria and divide it by the sixth 'number of years that has increased its dividend over the previous year' in order to give prominence to the companies that are serious about having a stable and growing dividend.

The results are as follows: