'Safer' Contender Dogs Present Diversified April Dividends

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 called, "underdogs."

Safer April Contender Dogs
David Fish's Dividend Contender Index members listed as of 3/31/17 were paired with annual dividends and prices posted as of 4/5/17 on YCharts. Results from that data charted below and screened for "safer" supporting annual returns and cash flow yields showed the top ten represented eight of eleven business sectors in the Morningstar scheme.
Eight Sectors Represented On The "Safer" Contender List
Eight Morningstar sectors were represented by the set of 11 firms showing positive annual returns and whose dividends were backed by adequate cash as of April 5. The sector representation broke-out, thus: Energy (2); Real Estate (1); Financial Services (3); Utilities (1); Technology (1); Consumer Cyclical (1); Industrials (1); Consumer Defensive (1); Basic Materials (0); Communication Services (0); Healthcare (0).
Top ten Contender "safer" dogs showing positive returns and the safety margin of cash to cover dividends by this screen as of April 5 represented the first seven sectors on the list above.
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