3 Undervalued, High Yielding, Dividend Paying Investments

In screening through the many thousands of investments, I set parameters to filter for high dividend yielding stocks that trade on low valuations, with likelihood of maintaining the current dividends. In setting the parameters for the equities, I sought to minimize downside risk by buying into cheap valuations, while maintaining a healthy balance sheet to support future dividend payouts. I filtered through equities with current and forward P/E ratios of under 15, while Ideally being in the lower single digit ranges. By doing so, we could mitigate downside risk by buying into already cheap valuations, and increase our chances for P/E expansion, leading to capital gains. I also filtered for equities with dividend yields of above 5%, to help create a nice income stream. Finally, in attempts to mitigate the chances of future dividend cuts, I looked for companies with current ratios above 2.0, which implied very strong balance sheets... Read more