{"id":516374,"date":"2010-04-05T12:49:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T16:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/15-underleveraged-companies-that-are-set-to-drop-a-monster-dividend-2010-3"},"modified":"2010-04-05T12:49:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-05T16:49:00","slug":"15-companies-set-to-drop-a-monster-one-time-dividend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/516374","title":{"rendered":"15 Companies Set To Drop A MONSTER One-Time Dividend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/15-underleveraged-companies-that-are-set-to-drop-a-monster-dividend-2010-3\/gamestop-corp-gme-801-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"float_right\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b0405d800000000003bd13a\/monopoly-bank-dividendsjpg.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"monopoly-bank-dividends.jpg\" \/><\/a>Dividend fever is gripping America. <\/p>\n<p>From Starbucks to Two Harbors Investment to Earthlink, offering a killer dividend is a great way to garner positive press and woo investors to your company.<\/p>\n<p>The reason?<\/p>\n<p>Companies have big wads of cash, and actually investing in the business seems unnecessary.<\/p>\n<p>A recent report from Citigroup (C) lists 15 highly underleveraged companies that could, theoretically, pay a monster one-time dividend, were they to borrow money and dump it out. Note they&#8217;re not saying this is definitely going to happen &#8212; it mainly gives you an idea of who some of the most underleveraged companies are.<\/p>\n<p>In each, we&#8217;ve provided the potential size of the payout, along with a few choice financial datapoints.<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/15-underleveraged-companies-that-are-set-to-drop-a-monster-dividend-2010-3\/gamestop-corp-gme-801-1\">Check out the 15 companies &gt;<\/a><\/h1>\n<p><b>See Also:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/12-things-you-absolutely-must-know-about-investing-right-now-2010-3\">12 Things You Absolutely Must Know About Investing Right Now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/pepsi-raises-dividend-by-7-announces-15-billion-stock-repurchase-program-2010-3\">Pepsi Raises Dividend By 7%, Announces $15 Billion Stock Repurchase Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/international-diversification-doesnt-work-2010-3\">Here&#8217;s Proof That Your &quot;Diversified&quot; Portfolio Is A Joke<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>GameStop Corp (GME) Potential one-time dividend: 80.1%<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/acb9b914c03bb149c2ccfb00-400-300\/gamestop-corp-gme-potential-one-time-dividend-801.jpg\" alt=\"GameStop Corp (GME) Potential one-time dividend: 80.1%\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Cash balance: $905.4 million<br \/>Market cap: $3,522.3 million<br \/>TEV\/EBITDA*: 3.8x<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>*Total enterprise value over earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortization.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Health Net Inc (HNT): 83.4%<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b8ffe2f7f8b9a1f5a8e0100-400-300\/health-net-inc-hnt-834.jpg\" alt=\"Health Net Inc (HNT): 83.4%\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Cash balance: $2.04 billion<br \/>Market cap: $2,568.3 million<br \/>TEV\/EBITDA: 5.3x<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Healthspring Inc (HS): 89.6%<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4baa300f7f8b9a246f7e0600-400-300\/healthspring-inc-hs-896.jpg\" alt=\"Healthspring Inc (HS): 89.6%\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image: Healthspring<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cash balance: $462.3 million<br \/>Market cap: $1,048.4 million<br \/>TEV\/EBITDA: 3.3x<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Molina Healthcare Inc (MOH): 95.1%<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b9815927f8b9ab240a90000-400-300\/molina-healthcare-inc-moh-951.jpg\" alt=\"Molina Healthcare Inc (MOH): 95.1%\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Cash balance: $644.3 million<br \/>Market cap: $653 million<br \/>TEV\/EBITDA: 4.3x<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Amsurg Corp (AMSG): 99.4%<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4ba0a6e87f8b9a5e75440200-400-300\/amsurg-corp-amsg-994.jpg\" alt=\"Amsurg Corp (AMSG): 99.4%\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image: US Air Force<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cash balance: $33.9 million<br \/>Market cap: $693.8 million<br \/>TEV\/EBITDA: 4.4x<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Telephone &#038; Data Systems Inc (TDS): 104.4%<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b9916ed7f8b9a2561640100-400-300\/telephone-and-data-systems-inc-tds-1044.jpg\" alt=\"Telephone &amp; Data Systems Inc (TDS): 104.4%\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Cash balance: $784.3 million<br \/>Market cap: $3,427.2 million<br \/>TEV\/EBITDA: 3.7x<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Barnes &#038; Noble (BKS): 106.8%<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4ade1117000000000048f4dc-400-300\/barnes-and-noble-bks-1068.jpg\" alt=\"Barnes &amp; Noble (BKS): 106.8%\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Cash balance: $157.7 million<br \/>Market cap: $1,376.8 million<br \/>TEV\/EBITDA: 3.6x<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Penn Virginia Corp (PVA): 107%<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b475f180000000000354db2-400-300\/penn-virginia-corp-pva-107.jpg\" alt=\"Penn Virginia Corp (PVA): 107%\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Cash balance: $98.3 million<br \/>Market cap: $1,112.0 million<br \/>TEV\/EBITDA: 9.9x<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Time Warner Inc (TWX): 116%<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b152a970000000000e8c4a3-400-300\/time-warner-inc-twx-116.jpg\" alt=\"Time Warner Inc (TWX): 116%\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Cash balance: $1.08 billion<br \/>Market cap: $17,331.8 million<br \/>TEV\/EBITDA: 6.0x<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Clearwater Paper Corp (CLW): 118.1%<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b6722600000000000ace7e3-400-300\/clearwater-paper-corp-clw-1181.jpg\" alt=\"Clearwater Paper Corp (CLW): 118.1%\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Cash balance: $190.8 million<br \/>Market cap: $604.6 million<br \/>TEV\/EBITDA: 1.7x<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK): 127.8%<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4a96b77a719f82572f954f22-400-300\/alaska-air-group-inc-alk-1278.jpg\" alt=\"Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK): 127.8%\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Cash balance: $1.19 billion<br \/>Market cap: $1,492 million<br \/>TEV\/EBITDA: 4.4x<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Kindred Healthcare Inc (KND): 130.9%<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4a897f174abba2373dd198fe-400-300\/kindred-healthcare-inc-knd-1309.jpg\" alt=\"Kindred Healthcare Inc (KND): 130.9%\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Cash balance: $123.1 million<br \/>Market cap: $760.3 million<br \/>TEV\/EBITDA: 3.6x<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Humana Inc (HUM): 142.2%<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b9041367f8b9a6f3fe70000-400-300\/humana-inc-hum-1422.jpg\" alt=\"Humana Inc (HUM): 142.2%\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Cash balance: $7.80 billion<br \/>Market cap: $8,339.8 million<br \/>TEV\/EBITDA: 4.5x<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>NRG Energy Inc (NRG): 171.2%<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b6750e50000000000f69b7a-400-300\/nrg-energy-inc-nrg-1712.jpg\" alt=\"NRG Energy Inc (NRG): 171.2%\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Cash balance: $2.30 billion<br \/>Market cap: $5,510.5 million<br \/>TEV\/EBITDA: 3.7x<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>AOL Inc (AOL): 311.3%<\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b50ef5200000000009a8bea-400-300\/aol-inc-aol-3113.jpg\" alt=\"AOL Inc (AOL): 311.3%\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Cash balance: $147 million<br \/>Market cap: $2,761.4 million<br \/>TEV\/EBITDA: 2.5x<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/15-underleveraged-companies-that-are-set-to-drop-a-monster-dividend-2010-3#comments\">Join the conversation about this story &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TheMoneyGame\/~4\/indt6QfScr8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dividend fever is gripping America. From Starbucks to Two Harbors Investment to Earthlink, offering a killer dividend is a great way to garner positive press and woo investors to your company. The reason? Companies have big wads of cash, and actually investing in the business seems unnecessary. A recent report from Citigroup (C) lists 15 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-516374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}