Top 9 Dividend ADRs With Tremendous Returns

One of the best ways to get exposure to foreign markets is to invest in American Depository Receipts (ADRs). Purchasing ADRs have much lower transaction costs than purchasing through local exchanges because buying ADRs do not have costs of converting USD to the stocks' local currency. Investors can achieve a more diversified portfolio by investing in ADRs. ADRs can also protect investors from dollar inflation and enable investors to benefit from the higher growth rates in foreign markets. Below we compiled a list of 9 ADRs with tremendous growth rates that also pay fat dividend checks regularly. All companies have market capitalization above $10 billion, P/E ratios smaller than 20, dividend yields of at least 4% and EPS growth of over 10% annually in the last five years. The market data... more

Dividend Stocks For Earnings And Growth

Earnings growth and dividend yield are not mutually exclusive. On the contrary, many companies with attractive growth prospects also provide investors with income in excess of treasury bonds. A screen was performed to find stocks that bridge growth and income. Each of the following companies has a minimum average analyst forecast of 15% earnings growth while paying a dividend yield in excess of the 10-year treasury yield. Moreover, each of these stocks had over a 5% average annual increase in dividend payments over the past 10 years. Thus, each of these dividend stocks pays more than treasuries and has a long-term trend of earnings and dividend growth, which is better than the static interest payments on fixed-rate treasuries. Price multiples, dividend histories, and return of equity... more

7 Dividend-Yielding Companies With Strong YTD Returns

Dividends offer a way for companies to entice investors to choose them and reward their involvement, usually to make up for slow growth or an anticipated rough patch. Sometimes that slow growth or rough patch never comes and the stock returns better than the market, the dividend providing extra upside. Using the stock screener at finviz.com, we came up with a list of stocks that so far this year have done just that - in other words, they pay significant dividends (over 2%) and have returned more than 10% year-to date. The companies on this list are also priced well relative to future earnings, indicating that their upward trends may well continue. Protective Life Corp. (PL) is a life insurance company with a $2.26 billion market cap. The company is currently priced at 7.56 times its... more

5 Large-Cap Stocks With Extra Fat Dividends

Stocks like Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG) have lots of upside but they don't offer dividends. Instead, investors looking for fat dividends have to look beyond the mega-cap companies that are household names to large companies that pay high dividends and are priced low relative to their earnings, like the stocks on this list. Each has a market cap over $2 billion, a forward P/E ratio under 10, a dividend yield over 10% and an analyst recommendation of buy or better. Och-Ziff Capital Management Group (OZM) is an asset management company with a $3.57 billion market cap. It is currently priced at 8.20 times its forward earnings. The company pays a 10.96% dividend yield and has returned 16.05% year-to-date. Analysts give OZM a 1.8 on a scale in which 1.0 means "Strong Buy" and 5.0 means... more

12 High-Yield Stocks To Buy In A Low-Yield Environment

A couple of years, ago when the U.S. was coming out of a brutal recession, the Federal Reserve reduced interest rates substantially. Short rates were slashed to almost zero and long-term rates fell to record low levels. In those days, everybody was guessing when the rates would be increased back to traditional levels, which related to a rebounding economy. The recovery has been less than robust with high unemployment and a depressed housing market. As a result, interest rates remain at or near record lows and these conditions have all but been promised for the rest of 2012 and probably well into next year (if not longer). There are even rumors of a QE3 to lower long rates. In the low interest environment, dividends for the vast majority of companies continued to be paid and some have been... more

4 Steel And Iron Stocks With Tough-As-Nails Dividends

Steel and Iron companies are disparaged twice-over. Analysts consider these firms risky because they are part of the manufacturing sector, which has become a smaller component of US GDP. What’s more, steel and iron stocks are considered dangerous because their industry is cyclical, with revenues dependent on building and capital expenditures. Despite these qualitative reservations, there are four dividend-paying steel and iron stocks which do not qualify as dangerous, according to long term performance and credit rating: Ticker Company 10-Year Average ROE Altman Z-score* CMC Commercial Metals Company 10.8% 3.20 GNI Great Northern Iron Ore Properties 98.6% 19.98 HSC Harsco Corporation 13.2% 2.48 ... more

Ring Up These Dividends

In light of low bond yields and the threat of interest rate risk, investing in dividends companies is attractive because of higher present yields and the opportunity for dividend growth. Income investors searching for growing dividends could benefit by adding retail stores and restaurants to their portfolios. It seems counter-intuitive to add consumer-facing stocks whose storefronts are found in malls and stripmalls. Macro, qualitative arguments about an aging, more frugal U.S. population and the need for consumer deleveraging do not bode well for these industries. Regardless, do not throw the baby out with the bathwater. Even if you believe these macro trends are a destiny of industry headwinds, quantitative screens allow investors to find good stocks in bad industries. The following... more

Einstein Noah Restaurant Group Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.125 Per Share

Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: BAGL), a leader in the quick-casual segment of the restaurant industry operating primarily under the Einstein Bros.® Bagels, Noah's New York Bagels®, and Manhattan Bagel® brands, announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.125 per share, payable on April 15, 2012 to stockholders of record as of March 1, 2012.... more

UDR, Inc. Reports Tax Status of 2011 Dividends

UDR, Inc. (NYSE: UDR), reported today the tax status of its 2011 dividends paid to shareholders. Details on the classifications of the dividends are included in the table below:... more

7 Dividend Stocks With Yields As High As 15%

Our two favorite plays on this list are NuStar Energy L.P. (NS) and Philip Morris International In (PM) with yields of 7.6% and 3.8% respectively. NS has an enterprise value of $6.26 billion, a quarterly revenue growth rate of 60%, a quarterly earnings growth rate of 2.7%, a ROE of 9.32%, a five-year distribution growth rate of 4.19%, a total three-year return of 62%, and has been paying dividends/distributions since 2001. It has a levered free cash flow rate of $49.9 million and a current ratio of 1.22. After dipping briefly in 2009, net income is on the rise again. Out of a possible five stars we would assign NS four stars. PM has an enterprise value of $143.8 billion, a quarterly revenue growth rate of 26.4%, a quarterly earnings growth rate of 30.5%, a ROE of 178%, a three-year... more