4 Companies With Raised Earnings Estimates And Dividend Growth

In this article I will be screening for companies that have underperformed the S&P 500 (SPY) year to date, but have recently had earnings estimates raised and raised long-term growth estimates. In addition, I did not want just any company with raised estimates I also wanted companies that have had a history paying and growing dividends. The purpose of this screen is to find stocks that have underperformed but may outperform in the future due to the increased estimates for earnings, long-term growth, as well as dividend growth. For my search I will be using the Zacks.com stock screener with the criteria listed below. Criteria Relative Price Change: <1 PE[ttm]: >1 % Change Q2 [next Quarter] Est: >5 % Change LT growth Est: >1 Dividend Yield: >2 5 yr Historical Dividend Growth: >5 Results After running the screen I found that four companies met all the criteria I outlined... Read more