5 Bulls Eye Dividend Picks for a Profitable Portfolio

As I stated in my profile, I prefer investing in stocks with the highest dividend yield, along with admirable P/E ratios and strong upside potentials. It is always advantageous to invest in reasonably priced, high-yielding companies promising excellent EPS growth in the future. Therefore, I made a list of top five large-cap stocks offering dividend yields upwards of 5%, and showing a maximum P/E ratio of 20 (data obtained from finviz/morningstar, and current as of the July 18). AT&T (T) : AT&T was chosen the best among four wireless service providers in the U.S. As of July 18, the telecom titan had a market cap of $179.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.97, and a forward P/E of 11.93. Analysts expect the company to have 5.90% EPS growth in the next five years, while it had 17.77% EPS growth during the last five. With a profit margin of 16.26%, shareholders enjoyed... Read more