20 Rallying High Yield Stocks With Excellent Dividend Coverage

Are you looking to boost your portfolio’s income? If so, this may be an interesting starting point for your own analysis. To construct this list we looked for companies trading above their 20-, 50-, and 200-day moving averages. We then focused on those names with a dividend yield greater than 2%. Lastly, we calculated trailing twelve month (TTM) operating cash-flow per share and found those candidates that had the best dividend coverage.click for expanded image We also created a price-weighted index of the stocks mentioned below, and monitored the performance of the list relative to the S&P 500 index over the last month. To access a complete analysis of this list's recent performance, click here.click to enlarge Considering the risks of investing in high yield securities, which of... more

12 Oversold Stocks with High Dividend Growth Rates

A fast-growing dividend is often desirable because it indicates recent increases in profitability, as well as a source of income that may continue to grow. As long as the dividend yield does not become unsustainably high, companies with healthy dividend growth are often attractive investments for income. Here we present 12 companies that are technically oversold, with RSI (14) < 40. These stocks have all seen dividend growth over the past 5 years in excess of their industry averages.click for expanded image Do you think these dividends will continue to grow? Use this list as a starting-off point for your own analysis. List sorted by difference between company 5-year dividend growth rate and industry average. 1. CSX Corp. (CSX): Railroads Industry. Market cap of $27.36B. RSI(14) at... more

Building a Sustainable, High-Yield Portfolio and 10 Stocks to Consider

Every investor wants to earn more. It is how we define "more" and how we go about earning it that defines the type of investor we are. Income investors want more income. Yield is a significant determinate of income. There are two ways to own a high yield portfolio. They are:I. Buy The High YieldIf you want a high yield portfolio today, the only way to get it is to buy high-yield stocks. The problem with this approach is that companies with high-yield stocks are not run by nicer, more generous, shareholder-friendly executives. Instead, companies with high-yield stocks usually carry more risk. This path to high-yield often ends with dividend... more

3 Undervalued Tech Dividend Stocks With High Options Yields

Are there any undervalued high dividend stocks in the Tech sector? Since this sector has lagged the market in 2011, rising less than 5% thus far, we thought that there might be some overlooked dividend paying stocks that offer some growth potential also. The Standard & Poors data below also suggests that the Tech sector may have good growth prospects this year, with an overall PEG of just .74.Although Tech stocks don't generally pay high dividends, and many don't pay any dividend at all, we did find 3 Tech dividend stocks that appear to be undervalued. We've added these 3 stocks to the Tech section of our High Dividend Stocks by Sector tables:Comtech Telecommunications, (CMTL): Comtech designs, develops, produces and markets products, systems and services for advanced communications... more

How to Buy the Right Dividend Stock - At the Right Price

I have a confession to make. I am an “extreme couponer”. If you have seen the TV show “Extreme Couponing”, you know exactly what I’m talking about. I’m one of those crazy ladies that clips mounds of coupons and plans my shopping trips to the last detail based on store sales, cash back bonuses and coupons. Laugh if you will, but in the last month I obtained all my family’s toothpaste, deodorant and paper products for FREE. Why pay more for something when it can be obtained for nearly nothing? I carry this same sense of bargaining when looking for dividend-paying common stocks to invest in. I never buy retail in my real life - why should I start in my investing life? “We Interrupt This Series to Bring You the Following Special Article…” I debated about whether... more

Get the Jump on This Terrific Stock

That slow process hides the outsized market for those smart cards -- which means that you can get shares of card builder China Digital TV (NYSE: STV) for less than 10 times trailing earnings today. Most investors just haven't seen this boom coming yet. In the U.S., the digital TV switchover was a boon for electronics retailer Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and next-generation TV builders such as Panasonic (NYSE: PC) and LG Display (NYSE: LPL). Even Circuit City might have gained from the change, if it weren't already on its corporate deathbed at the time. Drawing a bead on the Chinese markets for consumer electronics and home-entertainment retailers is tough to do from over here, because we can't just hoof it down to the nearest strip mall to get a feel for how it's going. I wouldn't know whether... more

Do U.S. Oil Companies Pay Impressive Dividends?

Nothing pleases investors more than seeing companies returning money to them. After all, it's investors' money that companies use to churn out these profits. Let's take a look at some of the majors here and whether or not they're delivering returns to the investors in the form of dividends. Two national storiesNot that I'm comparing the two directly, but Canadian oil companies have a great tradition of paying out dividends, which I had covered last week. Are Americans as generous?... more

Another 5 Dividend Stocks Failing to Outperform a Diversified ETF Portfolio

The last couple of weeks have brought equity performance into sharp focus as a wave of fear reaches out with uncertain markets. The problem is that we can easily be overwhelmed and want to run away and hide. The way to solve this is to focus on what works in the long term, allowing us to filter out what may work in the short term but won't stand the test of time. We continue to examine different portfolios to see what we can learn and use to further our investment portfolios. Two weeks ago, Jonas Elmerraji of Stockpickr selected five stocks that have boosted their dividends and we put them into a portfolio to see how they compare against a benchmark set of ETFs. This is the list of dividend stocks: Exxon Mobil (XOM) Kimberly-Clark (KMB) PPG Industries (PPG) Wells Fargo (WFC) ... more

5 Dividend Payers to Save Your Portfolio

That George Santayana quote was always a little pessimistic for me. As investors, it certainly behooves us to study the past, figuring out what didn't work and how we can avoid it. But I think we're also well-served by looking at what did work, and figuring out how we can repeat that. With that in mind, I was making the most of CNNMoney's great trove of past Fortune 500 data to examine the returns of some of the largest companies (based on profits) of decades past. Here's what I found.... more

Is Hershey's Dividend Safe?

Here, we'll highlight a given company and its closest competitors to see just how safe their dividends are, with a little help from three crucial tools: The interest coverage ratio, or earnings before interest and taxes, divided by interest expense. The interest coverage ratio measures a company's ability to pay the interest on its debt. An interest coverage ratio less than 1.5 is questionable; a number less than 1 means that the company is not bringing in enough money to cover its interest expenses. The EPS payout ratio, or dividends per share divided by earnings per share. The EPS payout ratio measures the percentage of earnings that go toward paying the dividend. A ratio greater than 80% is worrisome. The FCF payout ratio, or dividends per share divided by free cash... more