5 Dividend Stocks Drawing Hedge Fund Manager Attention

James Montier published a paper entitled, “A Man from A Different Time,” which defends the value of dividends. Over a long time horizon, around 80% of US stock returns come from dividends. We have listed 5 stocks in different industries that have dividend yields from 4% to 14%. Patient investors holding shares of these companies are getting paid dividends while they wait for a catalyst for price appreciation. Guru investors like John Paulson, Joel Greenblatt, George Soros and John Hussman have all been buying shares of the stocks below: Microchip Technology Inc. (MCHP) Microchip Technology Inc. is a $6 billion semiconductor company. Its product consists of microchip that can be used in power management, thermal management, radio frequency and flash memories. The company has posted revenue growth of 9% over the past 5 years, but higher revenue growth of 35% this year. This is mainly due to... Read more