2018 S&P 500 'Safer' Dividend Stocks Net Gains Capped By Navient, FirstEnergy And General Motors, Per Broker Targets

Actionable Conclusions (1-10): Brokers Estimate Top Ten 'Safer' Dividend S&P500 Stocks To Net 4.2% to 23.67% Net Gains By December, 2018 Six of the ten tops-by-yield 'safer' Dividend S&P 500 dogs (tinted in the chart above) were 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:
Navient (NAVI) netted $236.76, based on dividends plus a median target price estimate from nine analysts, less broker fees. The Beta number showed this estimate subject to volatility 135% more than the market as a whole.
FirstEnergy (FE) netted $215.79 based on a median target estimate from seventeen analysts, plus dividends, less broker fees. The Beta number showed this estimate subject to volatility 77% less than the market as a whole.
General Motors (GM) netted $175.90 based on a median target price set by twenty-five analysts, plus estimated dividends less broker fees. The Beta number showed this estimate subject to volatility 57% more than the market as a whole.
Philip Morris Intl (PM) netted $168.64, based on dividends plus a target price estimate from nineteen analysts, minus broker fees. The Beta number showed this estimate subject to volatility 13% less than the market as a whole.
Williams Companies (WMB) netted $141.04 based on... Read more