Dividend Stocks For Income, Value And Track Record

A well-crafted screen can discover stocks that yield growing dividends, are cheaply priced, and have exceptional long-term track records. They offer a great combination of income, value and quality. Income Screen: Each of the following companies pays a dividend in excess of the 10-year treasury yield and had over a 5% average annual increase in dividend payments over the past 10 years. Thus, each of these dividend stocks pays more than treasuries and has a long-term trend of dividend growth, which is better than the static interest payments on fixed-rate treasuries. Value Screen: Of course, it is entirely possible to pay too much for a dividend bearing stock. To avoid this pitfall all together, dividend stocks could be selected that sell at or below their accounting values by screening for price-to-book values of 1.0 or less. Such a screening process selects for value. Long-Term Performance: Stocks were screened for return... Read more