Service Sector Dividends Growing Like Weeds
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 service sector companies to their portfolios. The service sector is the unsung hero of modern American economy. Among the most ridiculous of ironies, pundits in the financial media lament the decline of American manufacturing while working in the service sector themselves! The following dividend paying stocks were screened for their long term performance. Each of the following service sector companies pays a dividend in excess of the 10-year treasury yield and had over a 5% average annual increase in dividend payments over the past... more
Regions Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend on Common Shares
The Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE: RF) Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 1 cent per common share, payable April 2, 2012, to stockholders of record as of March 16, 2012.... more
Family Dollar Increases Regular Quarterly Dividend by 16.7%
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) announced today that the Company’s Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on the Company’s common stock of $0.21 per share, payable Friday, April 13, 2012, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Thursday, March 15, 2012. The quarterly cash dividend of $0.21 per share is an increase of 16.7% from the preceding quarterly cash dividend of $0.18 per share.... more
BCB Bancorp, Inc., Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend
BCB Bancorp, Inc., Bayonne, NJ (Nasdaq: BCBP) announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per common share for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011. The record date has been established as February 7, 2012, with a payable date of February 17, 2012.... more
7 Stocks That Sport Lofty Yields As High As 20%
Dividend investors should pay attention to some or all of the following key metrics as they could prove to be of great assistance during the selection process. Debt to Equity Ratio is found by dividing the company's total amount of long-term debt (debts with interest rates that have a maturity longer than one year) by the total amount of equity. A debt to equity ratio of 0.5 tells us that the company is using 50 cents of liabilities in addition to each $1 dollar of shareholders equity in the business. Current Ratio is obtained by dividing the current assets by current liabilities. This ratio allows you to see if the company can pay its current debts without potentially jeopardizing their future earnings. Ideally the company should have a ratio of 1 or higher. Enterprise value is a... more
8 High-Dividend Short-Selling Targets
High dividend stocks historically performed better than the market and had lower volatility. They are good alternatives to Treasury bonds, especially in inflationary environments. We are concerned about the Fed's expansionary monetary policy, and we have been recommending investors to play defensively by purchasing stocks with high dividends. However, not all dividend stocks are worth investing in. Some of them are actually risky. That's why investors should research these stocks carefully before investing. One of the most practical ways of avoiding vulnerable dividend stocks is to check out the ones that are targeted by short-sellers. Below we compiled a list of dividend stocks that short sellers are targeting. All companies have a market cap of at least $5 billion, a dividend yield... more
The Washington Post Company Declares Increased Quarterly Dividend
The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) said today that its Board of Directors has approved an increase in the annual dividend rate on the Company’s common stock, from $9.40 to $9.80 per share.... more
Waste Management: Dividend Dynamo or Blowup?
Dividend investing is a tried-and-true strategy for generating strong, steady returns in economies both good and bad. But as corporate America's slew of dividend cuts and suspensions over the past few years has demonstrated, it's not enough simply to buy a high yield. You also need to make sure those payouts are sustainable.
Let's examine how Waste Management (NYSE: WM) stacks up. In this series, we consider four critical factors investors should examine in every dividend stock. We'll then tie it all together to look at whether Waste Management is a dividend dynamo or a disaster in the making.... more
12 Dividend Stocks With Best-In-Industry Profitability
Treasury yields are extremely low. Income investors who were planning to live on the interest payments of their savings have had to find other alternatives to Treasury bonds or savings accounts. Dividend stocks offer higher yields and have the potential to increase dividend payments over the next 5-10 years. Unfortunately, dividend payments aren't guaranteed. That's why we prefer stocks that have strong profitability and market power when picking dividend stocks. The stocks below have the highest return on equity in their industries. Their dividend yields are also higher than 10-year Treasury bonds which yield 1.85%. Half of the stocks in this list also yield more than 4.9%. Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) offers a 27% return on equity to its investors with an annual dividend yield of 2.2%,... more