Technology Shows 37 Safe Dividend Dogs For February

The Dividend Dogs Rule
The "dog" moniker was earned by stocks exhibiting three traits: (1) paying reliable, repeating dividends, (2) their prices fell to where (3) yield (dividend/price) grew higher than their peers. Thus, the highest yielding stocks in any collection became known as "dogs." More specifically, these are, in fact, best termed "underdogs."

Twelve Technology Industries Featured Firms With More Cash Margin For Dividends
Eleven of 19 industries composing the sector, included the 37 firms whose dividends were backed by cash cushions as of February 1: Communication Equipment (8); Data Storage (2); Semiconductors (9); Information Technology Services (4); Scientific & Technical Instruments (2); Software- application (2); Computer Systems (2); Software - infrastructure (3); Electronics Distribution (2); Electronic Components (1); Semiconductor Equipment & Materials (2).
37 Technology Firms Backed By Cash Flow Margin to Cover Dividends

Periodic Safety Check
A previous article discussed the attributes of these 50 Technology stocks from which those 37 "safe" ones were sorted. You see below the list that passed the dividend "stress" test. Those 37 techno dogs report sufficient annual cash flow yield to cover their anticipated annual dividend yield. The margin of excess is shown in the bold face "Safety Margin" column.

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