A Statistical Analysis Of 5 Great Dividend Plays

In this series what we are aiming to do is provide a plethora of data and then pick one of the plays as our favorite play and then list some of the reasons we chose this play. By doing this we hope to impart some knowledge to those who are new to the field of dividend investing. A lot of ratios will be used in this article and it would be best for investors to get a handle on some of these ratios as they could prove to be very useful in the selection process. Some of the more important key ratios are listed below. We generally base our choice on the following factors: Net income = it should be generally trending upwards for the past 3-4 years. Total cash flow from operating activities= it also should be trending upwards for the past 3-4 years. Payout ratio = it should... Read more