3 High Profit, High Yield Financial Stocks With Analyst Confidence

As a dividend investor, are you in search of financial stocks with solid yields of 5% or greater? One way to target well run financial companies is to look for ones that not only have strong track records of profitability, but that industry analysts also favor highly and have stamped with 'Buy' recommendations. We ran a screen for financial companies in this vein, and we came up with a short and interesting list.The Operating Profit Margin is a profitability ratio that measures the effectiveness of the company's operating efficiency. This metric allows investors to see how much profit is left after all variable costs are covered. If the company's margin is increasing over time this means that it's earning more per dollar of sales. Finding trends in the Operating Profit Margin helps investors identify companies that are improving profitability over time and managing the economic landscape better than competitors.
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