S&P 500 'Safer' Dividend Dog Net Gains Topped By Navient Per Brokers October Targets

Actionable Conclusions (1-10): Brokers Bet Top Ten 'Safer' Dividend S&P500 Stocks Will Net 8.74% to 33.9% Net Gains To October, 2018 Seven 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 70% accurate.
Ten probable profit generating trades culled by YCharts analytics for 2018 were:
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.
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.
Williams Companies (WMB) netted $150.00 based on estimates from nineteen analysts plus dividends less broker fees. The Beta number showed this estimate subject to volatility 40% more than the market as a whole.
AT&T, Inc. (T) netted $90.65 based on a median target price estimates from thirty analysts plus dividends less broker fees. The Beta number showed this estimate subject to volatility 51% less than the market as a whole.
The Interpublic Group (IPG) netted $124.49 based on... Read more