Topic: Dividend Stocks

HOME CAPITAL GROUP INC. $79 – Toronto symbol HCG

HOME CAPITAL GROUP INC. $79 (Toronto symbol HCG; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 34.7 million; Market cap; $2.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.2; Dividend yield: 1.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www. homecapital.com) specializes in loans to borrowers who don’t meet the stricter standards of larger, traditional lenders, like banks.

Low interest rates continue to fuel mortgage demand. As a result, the company’s earnings rose 15.2% in the third quarter of 2013, to $1.90 a share from $1.65 a year earlier. Revenue gained 5.7%, to $239.4 million from $226.6 million. Moreover, bad loans were just 0.32% of the company’s total loans, down from 0.33%.

Home Capital Group is a buy.

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