7 High Dividend Stocks With Stable Growth Rates

Companies with modest growth may not be the first thing you look for when building a portfolio, unless you are looking at hedging opportunities, but if you are excluding low growth stocks from your investments, you could be missing out. Modest growth companies may not double in price, but their consistency can be a real boon to risk-averse investors looking for a stable investment or who want to use a stock for income. As an added bonus, many of these modest growth companies also pay dividends, further adding to the upside. Using the stock screener at finviz.com, we developed a list of modest growth stocks worth a closer look. The companies on our list are US companies, priced under $50 per share, with market caps over $10 billion and positive estimated EPS Growth next 5 years. Each company also pays a dividend of 5% or more. Exelon Corp. (EXC) is... Read more