Procter & Gamble: The Greatest Dividend Stock

The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) provides consumer packaged goods in the United States and internationally. The company operates in three global business units (GBUs): Beauty and Grooming, Health and Well-Being, and Household Care. The company is a Dividend Aristocrat which has increased distributions for 54 years in a row. One of the company’s largest investors is no other than Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway.Over the past decade this dividend stock has delivered an annualized total return of 7.50% to its shareholders.The company has managed to deliver an average increase in EPS of 14.50% per year since 2000. Analysts expect Procter & Gamble to earn $3.98 per share in 2011 and $4.37 per share in 2012. This would be a nice increase from the $3.53/share the company earned in 2010.... Read more

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