5 Blue Chip Dividend Opportunities With Decent Yields

Income investors have the greatest opportunities to prosper during market corrections. That is because lower stock prices mean greater yields for investors looking to get into the market. The recent pullback in the market has led to some blue chip stocks posting decent yields again. Investors looking for stable dividend income should take a look at shares of these companies as they produce solid earnings with consistent dividend payouts. Here are a few good dividend opportunities. Shares of Intel (INTC) may be stuck in a trading range but the current weakness has made Intel a decent dividend play again. Intel has retreated back to $21 a share and is currently paying an 18 cent dividend each quarter. The stock is yielding 3.4%. The current dividend payout ratio is just 31% of the current... more

5 Defensive Utility Dividend Stocks With Increasing Institutional Buying

We're following the big money trail again this week, with an eye toward defensive dividend stocks, which leads us to Utilities. The Utility sector is up over 4% for the past 3 months, second only to the Healthcare sector, which is up nearly 7%. We found 5 dividend paying stocks in the Utilities sector, with increasing institutional buying, ROE over 5%, and positive EPS growth this year and projected for next year, among other metrics. Hawaiian Electric (HE): Is in the electric utility and banking businesses, mainly in Hawaii. Strange mix, eh? Artesian Resources (ARTNA): Provides water, wastewater, and engineering services in Delaware, Maryland, and PA. OGE Energy (OGE): Offers delivery of and services for electricity and natural gas, including company-owned gas pipelines, in the... more

10 High Yield Blue Chip Buying Opportunities: Dogs of the Dow Edition

According to NYSE, a blue-chip stock is stock in a company with a national reputation for quality, reliability and the ability to operate profitably in good times and bad. The most popular index which follows US blue chips is the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA). The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a price-weighted average of 30 blue-chip stocks that are generally the leaders in their industry. It has been a widely followed indicator of the stock market since October 1, 1928.Here is a straightforward approach in choosing high-ividend-yield, winning stocks for your investment portfolio. Buy the Dogs of the Dow.The Dogs of the Dow is an investment strategy popularized by Michael B. O'Higgins in 1991 which proposes that an investor annually select for investment the ten Dow Jones... more

AstraZeneca: Dividend Dynamo or Blowup?

Let's examine how AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) stacks up in four critical areas to determine whether it's a dividend dynamo or a disaster in the making. 1. YieldFirst and foremost, dividend investors like a large yield. But if a yield gets too high, it may reflect investors' doubts about the payout's sustainability. If investors had confidence in the stock, they'd be buying it, driving up the share price, and shrinking the yield.... more

More Than Just Dividends and Trash

Recently, though, I've found that garbage trucks make me think instead about dividends. Waste Management is one of the best dividend stocks out there. One of my fellow Fools has recently shown how safe its dividend is, and with excellent interest coverage and a solid free cash flow payout ratio, our Motley Fool CAPS community likes the stock enough to give it its highest rating. But I still ask myself: What's the company doing to stay on top?... more

13 Large-Cap Dividend Growth Stocks

As investors are concerned about Fed monetary policy and large budget deficits, they become more inclined to play defensively and pick high dividend yielding stocks. In addition to high dividend yields, a recent boost in dividend payouts can also be appealing to defensive investors. Since a recent dividend growth may suggest further increases in dividend yields, the stocks with dividend boost not only have decent potential upsides but also are promising options to dividend investors who seek some protection in the upcoming inflationary environment. Below, we present a list of 13 large-cap US stocks with high dividend yields and a dividend boost in the past 12 months. The market data are sourced from Fidelity. All companies in this list didn’t cut their dividends in any... more

Bristol-Myers Squibb: Dividend Dynamo or Blowup?

Let's examine how Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) stacks up in four critical areas to determine whether it's a dividend dynamo or a disaster in the making. 1. YieldFirst and foremost, dividend investors like a large forward yield. But if a yield gets too high, it may reflect investors' doubts about the payout's sustainability. If investors had confidence in the stock, they'd be buying it, driving up the share price and shrinking the yield.... more

Target: Dividend Dynamo or Blowup?

Let's examine how Target (NYSE: TGT) stacks up in four critical areas to determine whether it's a dividend dynamo or a disaster in the making. 1. YieldFirst and foremost, dividend investors like a large forward yield. But if a yield gets too high, it may reflect investors' doubts about the payout's sustainability. If investors had confidence in the stock, they'd be buying it, driving up the share price and shrinking the yield.... more

Air Products & Chemicals: Dividend Dynamo or Blowup?

Let's examine how Air Products & Chemicals (NYSE: APD) stacks up in four critical areas to determine whether it's a dividend dynamo or a disaster in the making. 1. YieldFirst and foremost, dividend investors like a large forward yield. But if a yield gets too high, it may reflect investors' doubts about the payout's sustainability. If investors had confidence in the stock, they'd be buying it, driving up the share price and shrinking the yield.... more

Microsoft: Dividend Dynamo or Blowup?

Let's examine how Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) stacks up in four critical areas to determine whether it's a dividend dynamo or a disaster in the making. 1. YieldFirst and foremost, dividend investors like a large forward yield. But if a yield gets too high, it may reflect investors' doubts about the payout's sustainability. If investors had confidence in the stock, they'd be buying it, driving up the share price and shrinking the yield.... more