8 Large-Cap Dividend Stocks With Excellent Dividend Trends
Published Jul 6, 2011 on Seeking Alpha

If you’re looking for sources of dividend income, there are several considerations to keep in mind.Dividend yields above 7% and payout ratios above 35% may be unsustainably large. Cash flow trends should also be positive enough to indicate that the company can keep funding the dividend. And an increasing dividend is also a good sign because it shows that management is confident in the company’s ability to continue paying a dividend.We ran a screen on large-cap dividend stocks with these considerations in mind. We screened for sustainable dividend yields and payout ratios, increases in operating cash flow/revenue and dividend per share. Interactive Chart: Press Play to compare changes in analyst ratings over the last two years for the top six stocks mentioned below. Analyst ratings sourced from Zacks Investment Research. <p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p We also created a price-weighted index of the stocks mentioned below, and... Read more