6 Highly Liquid Dividend Stocks Being Snapped Up By Hedge Funds

Do you prefer stocks that pay reliable dividend income? For ideas on how to start your search, we ran a screen. We began by screening for stocks paying dividend yields above 1% and sustainable payout ratios below 50%. We then screened for those with strong liquidity, which can help support a dividend when profitability lags, with current ratios above 3. Finally, we screened for stocks seeing significant net institutional purchases over the current quarter, indicating institutional investors such as hedge fund managers expect these names to outperform. Interactive Chart: Press Play to compare changes in analyst ratings over the last two years for the top six stocks mentioned below. Analyst ratings sourced from Zacks Investment Research. We also created a price-weighted index of the stocks mentioned below, and monitored the performance of the list relative to the S&P 500 index over the last month.... Read more