Best Mid-Cap Dividend Stocks Based On Reward-To-Risk Ratio

The Sharpe ratio, introduced by William F. Sharpe from Stanford University in 1966, is a way to examine the performance of an investment by adjusting for its risk. In my previous post, I described the best S&P 500 dividend stocks based on their reward to risk ratio. In this article I describe the best mid-cap dividend stocks which are included in the S&P MidCap 400 index, according to the same principles. I used the Portfolio123's powerful screener to rank all the S&P MidCap 400 index stocks, which pay a dividend with a higher than 1% yield and have a payout ratio less than 100%, according to their Sharpe ratio. The tables below show the best twenty S&P MidCap 400 stocks according to this concept. In this article, I describe the first seven stocks. In my opinion, these stocks can reward an investor a capital gain along with an... Read more