S&P 500 'Safer' Dividend Dog Net Gains Paced By Foot Locker Per September Broker Targets

Actionable Conclusions (1-10): Brokers Bet Top Ten 'Safer' Dividend S&P500 Stocks Will Net 8.6% to 25.2% Net Gains To September, 2018 Six of the ten tops-by-yield "safer" Dividend S&P 500 dogs (shaded in the chart above) were verified as being among the Top ten gainers for the coming year based on analyst 1 year target prices. Thus, the dog strategy for this group as graded by analyst estimates for this month proved 60% accurate.
Ten probable profit generating trades culled by YCharts analytics for 2018 were:
Foot Locker (FL) netted $252.02 based on a mean target estimate from twenty-two analysts, plus dividends less broker fees. The Beta number showed this estimate subject to volatility 27% less than the market as a whole.
Macy's (M) netted $197.37 based on dividends plus a median target price estimate from twenty-four analysts less broker fees. The Beta number showed this estimate subject to volatility 17% less than the market as a whole.
Qualcomm (QCOM) netted $189.06, based on dividends plus a median target price estimate from twenty-eight analysts, less broker fees. The Beta number showed this estimate subject to volatility 29% more than the market as a whole.
Navient Corporation (NAVI) netted $187.04 based on a median target price set by eight analysts, plus estimated dividends less broker fees. The Beta number showed this estimate subject to volatility 140% more than the market as a whole.
Williams Companies (WMB) netted... Read more