Yellow Pages (TSE:Y) Reaches New 12-Month Low - What's Next?

Key Points

• Reached a new 52-week low — shares fell ~4.1%, last trading at C$12.89 versus a prior close of C$13.44 after hitting a new 52-week low.
• Mixed fundamentals: the company has a market cap of C$174.9M and a P/E of 9.84, but carries high leverage (debt-to-equity ~131.8) while reporting C$0.55 EPS on C$48.05M revenue for the quarter and a ROE of 36.17%.
• Generous dividend — Yellow Pages paid a C$0.25 quarterly dividend (annualized C$1.00) for a yield of 7.8%, with a payout ratio around 76.3%.

Shares of Yellow Pages Limited (TSE:Y - Get Free Report) reached a new 52-week low on Friday . The company traded as low as C$0.10 and last traded at C$12.89, with a volume of 11080 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at C$13.44.

Yellow Pages Trading Down 4.1%

The firm has a market capitalization of C$174.90 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.84, a PEG ratio of -0.32 and a beta of 0.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 131.81, a quick ratio of 3.26 and a current ratio of 2.55. The company has a 50-day moving average price of C$13.03 and a 200-day moving average price of C$12.04.

Yellow Pages (TSE:Y - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported C$0.55 EPS for the quarter. The firm had revenue of C$48.05 million for the quarter. Yellow Pages had a net margin of 9.10% and a return on equity of 36.17%. As a group, research analysts forecast that Yellow Pages Limited will post 1.6202946 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Yellow Pages Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 16th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 16th were paid a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, February 25th. Yellow Pages's payout ratio is currently 76.34%.

About Yellow Pages

Yellow Pages Ltd is a media and marketing solutions company in Canada, offering small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) services to help them connect with local consumers. The company has two reportable segments namely Yellow Pages and Other. It generates maximum revenue from the Yellow Pages segment.

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