5 Splendid Dividend Plays To Mull Over

Wisdom comes by disillusionment. George Santayana Only stocks that met the following criteria were included in this list. Novice investors would be wise to focus on the following criteria instead of obsessing on the yield factor only. High yields are generally not associated with safe long-term investors, and unusually high yields are usually a sign that all is not well with the company. Net income should be trending upwards for the past 3 years Cash flow per share should be rising for the past 3 years EPS has to be trending upwards for the past 3 years Sales should be trending upwards for the past 3 years In general the payout ratio should be below 100% Current ratio of 1.10 or higher or 5 year average ROE of 15% or higher Many key ratios will be covered in this article and investors would do well to get a handle on... Read more