Top S&P MidCap 400 'Safer' Dividend Dogs Topped By F.N.B. And Old Republic, Analyst Upside Estimates 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".

Nine of Eleven Sectors Bring "Safer" Dividends to The S&P MidCap 400 Index
Nine Morningstar sectors of eleven are represented by the 34 "Safer" members of the S&P MidCap 400 Index. They showed positive annual returns and margins of cash to cover dividends by this screen as of April 21.
The "safer" dividend S&P MidCap 400 ® Index sector representation broke-out, thus: Real Estate (5); Financial Services (12); Basic Materials (2); Consumer Cyclical (8); Utilities (1); Technology (3); Healthcare (1); Industrials (1); Consumer Defensive (1); Communication Services (0); Energy (0).
The first four industries listed above made the top ten 'safer' dividend S&P MidCap 400 ® Index team by yield.
34 of 80 S&P MidCap 400 Firms With "Safer" Dividends


Periodic Safety Inspection
A previous article discussed the attributes of the 50 constituents of S&P MidCap 400 ® Index.
You see grouped below the tinted list documenting 34 that passed the dividend dog "safer" check... Read more