S&P 500 'Safer' Dividend Dogs Topped By Macy's & Qualcomm Per Analyst Upsides For April

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".

All Eleven Sectors Bring "Safer" Dividends to The S&P 500 Index
Eleven sectors are represented by the 40 "Safer" members of the S&P 500® Index. Those showed positive annual returns and margins of cash to cover dividends by this screen as of April 21.
The "safer" dividend S&P 500 Index sector representation broke-out, thus: Communication Services (2); Technology (6); Consumer Cyclical (6); Real Estate (2); Energy (3); Consumer Defensive (4); Utilities (3); Financial Services (4); Healthcare (3); Basic Materials (1); Industrials (6).
The first six industries listed above made the top ten 'safer' dividend S&P 500 Index team by yield.
40 of 95 S&P 500 Firms With "Safer" Dividends


Periodic Safety Inspection
A previous article discussed the attributes of the 50 constituents of S&P 500® Index. You see grouped below the tinted list documenting 40 that passed the dividend dog "safer" check with positive past-year returns and cash flow yield sufficient to cover their... Read more