Firms with Poor Projects and High DividendsFirms with returns on equity at least 5% below their costs of equity and dividends that exceed their FCFE.
Data Used: Value Line database, of 5179 firms.
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of June 30, 1998
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| Company Name | ROE - Cost of Equity | Dividends/FCFE | Cash/Market Value |
| Angelica Corp. | -6.30% | 422% | 1.00% |
| Boeing | -6.85% | 149% | 9.00% |
| Brown Group | -5.55% | 100% | 15.00% |
| CBS Corp. | -13.07% | 140% | 0.00% |
| Cen. Maine Power | -8.08% | 183% | 3.00% |
| Chesapeake Corp. | -7.90% | 154% | 9.00% |
| Chiquita Brands Int'l | -10.03% | 201% | 13.00% |
| CKE Restaurants | -5.64% | 150% | 2.00% |
| CMI Corp. | -8.61% | 303% | 4.00% |
| Coca-Cola Enterprises | -6.15% | 513% | 0.00% |
| Dreyer's Grand | -6.69% | 292% | 0.00% |
| Enermark Income Fund | -5.57% | 344% | 5.00% |
| Eskimo Pie Corp. | -10.39% | 104% | 6.00% |
| Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. | -6.70% | 111% | 76.00% |
| Genesee Corp. 'B' | -5.31% | 445% | 78.00% |
| Haggar Corp. | -6.98% | 973% | 1.00% |
| Hudson General | -9.63% | 190% | 21.00% |
| ICO Inc. | -5.56% | 597% | 82.00% |
| Int'l Multifoods | -5.10% | 135% | 1.00% |
| Int'l Paper | -8.71% | 169% | 2.00% |
| Lukens Inc. | -12.49% | 157% | 1.00% |
| Martin Inds Inc Del | -9.27% | 1718% | 36.00% |
| Overseas Shipholding | -8.47% | 996% | 16.00% |
| Peerless Mfg. | -5.36% | 236% | 5.00% |
| Portec Inc. | -7.17% | 125% | 65.00% |
| Potlatch Corp. | -7.66% | 300% | 1.00% |
| Pulaski Furniture | -14.61% | 6145% | 3.00% |
| Rio Algom Ltd | -5.11% | 137% | 25.00% |
| Seagram Co. | -8.42% | 104% | 3.00% |
| Sears Canada Inc. | -10.24% | 193% | 7.00% |
| St. Joe Corp. | -7.26% | 888% | 7.00% |
| Temple-Inland | -5.14% | 137% | 0.00% |
| Thermo Remediation | -7.42% | 227% | 31.00% |
| Time Warner | -13.84% | 139% | 1.00% |
| Toastmaster Inc. | -6.04% | 110% | 0.00% |
| Union Camp | -7.75% | 499% | 0.00% |
| Upper Peninsula Energy | -5.31% | 523% | 2.00% |
| Western Resources | -10.61% | 1807% | 3.00% |