30 'Safer' Dividend Financial WallStars Show 3.5-13.7% Yields For Dog Days

Actionable Conclusions (1-10): Analysts Estimated Top Ten 'Safer' Financials WallStars To Net 18.15% to 32.47% Gains By July 2019 Four of ten top 'safer' dividend financials (tinted gray in the chart above) were verified as being among the top ten by yield for the coming year as well as for gains based on analyst one-year target prices. Thus, the yield strategy for this group as graded by analyst estimates proved 40% accurate.
Projections based on estimated dividend amounts from $1000 invested in the ten highest yielding stocks and the aggregate one-year analyst mean target prices for those stocks, as reported by YCharts, created the 2018 data points. Note: one-year target prices from one analyst were not applied (n/a). Ten probable profit-generating trades to 2019 were:
Donegal Group (DGICA) netted $324.68 per price estimates from two analysts, plus dividends less broker fees. The Beta number showed this estimate subject to volatility 58% less than the market as a whole.
MVC Capital (MVC) netted $311.92 based on a median price estimate from three analysts, plus dividends less broker fees. The Beta number showed this estimate subject to volatility 32% less than the market as a whole.
THL Credit (TCRD) netted $298.93 based on median targets from eight analysts, plus dividends less broker fees. The Beta number showed this estimate subject to volatility 6% more than the market as a whole.
Virtu Financial (VIRT) netted $253.83 based on a median target... Read more