One Year Performance of Dividend Watch List Stocks

We’ve decided to revisit our watch list from one year ago to see if we can extract any valuable lessons from our "research of quality stocks at a new low" approach. The table on our site (located here) compares the performance of our dividend watch list from September 25, 2009 to September 21, 2010. Despite being at or near new 52-week lows none of the companies on the watch list experienced any loss. However, not all high quality dividend-paying stocks are created equal. The gains ranged from 4% to 23.8% with dividend included. Overall, the average gain was 10.8% without dividends and 13.9% with dividends, which is a little better than the S&P 500 but lagged the Dow Jones Industrial Average.... Read more