5 Dividend Stocks With Investment Firm Upgrades

It isn't easy to find value in a market that seems to go up every day. Analysts believe that these 5 dividend paying stocks still have room to run. Each of these stocks has a dividend yield over 2% and was upgraded by an investment firm in the last week. We have listed the reason for the upgrade and the price target when it was available. Enterprise Products (EPD) Argus upgraded Enterprise Products from a buy to a hold on February 16th, 2012 and set a price target of $61 per share. Argus said that their upgrade was based on the stock's valuation. EPD has a dividend yield of 4.7% and has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. It has a 5 year dividend growth rate of 5.9%. EPD is a limited partnership so we are not concerned with its payout ratio. Parkway Properties (PKY) Stifel Nicolaus upgraded Parkway... Read more