6 High Yield Dividend Stocks With Minimal Debt Ratios

Do you prefer stocks with high dividend yield? Do you look for companies with low debt? Do you prefer companies that can manage their long term debt? Do you feel better knowing your favorite companies have enough cash to cover their operating expenses for a very long time? If so, we ran a screen keeping this idea in mind.The Debt/Equity Ratio illustrates how aggressively a company is financing its growth via debt. The more debt financing that is used in a capital structure, the more volatile earnings can become due to the additional interest expense. Should a company's potentially enhanced earnings fail to exceed the cost associated with debt financing over time, this can lead the company toward substantial trouble.The Long Term Debt/Equity Ratio is a variation of the traditional debt-to-equity ratio; this value computes the proportion of a company's long-term debt compared to its available capital. By
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