Smart Dividend Investors Should Look at These 7 High-Yielding Stocks
We’re always examining and re-examining the current state of the dividend payers in today’s market. We recently ran down the best dividend stocks in the oil patch. And if you’re looking for some more interesting yield ideas, we think all smart dividend investors should check out the list below. As always, use this list as a starting point for your own due diligence. Verizon (VZ): Verizon pay a hefty 5.10% dividend yield. This market leader (the company serves around 94 million subscribers or approximately 25% of the US population) already has an extremely loyal consumer base, and with Apple (AAPL) iPhone pre-orders doing gangbusters thus far, we think those relationships will only grow stronger. Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY): This pharmaceutical... more
9 Technology Companies Paying Substantial Dividends
Technology is one of the most promising sectors. It always changes and therefore offers new opportunities to investors. That’s why this is one of the best sectors for speculative investing. Stocks of this sector may provide some quite impressive returns at times. Therefore, we decided to look for the top nine technology stocks with substantial dividends, and a maximum P/E ratio of 20. All of the following companies offer a minimum 3% dividend yield, and have a minimum market capitalization of $300 million. Data is derived from finviz . While there are hundreds of technology companies listed on the NYSE, only the following technology companies fit this criteria: Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (CMTL): Comtech designs and develops systems and services for... more
A Dividend Champion Portfolio for April
I have written updates the past 3 months on a screen I call "High Yield Stocks With Staying Power". The screen is tracked publicly as a continuous hypothetical portfolio with a starting balance of $100,000 on Scott's Investments (see the right hand column for a portfolio titled "High Yield Stocks With Staying Power").Like many of the screens, strategies, and portfolios I track and prefer, this strategy takes a small number of historically relevant ideas, to create a simple, yet powerful action plan for the individual investor. As I have previously detailed, Some studies have shown that the, highest yielding, low payout stocks perform better over time than stocks with higher payouts and lower yields. This portfolio attempts to capture the best high yield, low payout stocks with a history... more
10 Dividend Stocks With a 10%+ Dividend Growth Rate
The difference between an income investor and a dividend growth investor is time and the understanding of how compound growth works. If you are 67 years old and need income today, you will likely select a different group of stocks than an enlightened 27 year old that doesn’t necessarily need the income today. The 27 year old has the the luxury of time to grow a superior yield, while the 67 year old may be forced to assume additional risk to buy a higher current yield. Here are some of the reasons an investor might forgo current yield in hopes of future gain:aDividend Growth Provides For Inflation Inflation is the silent killer for many retirement portfolios. Over time, prices tend to increase. If you rely solely on a portfolio of long-term fixed income securities, you will lose... more
Gas Natural: Small Cap Roll-Up Utility Paying Monthly Dividends
Gas Natural (EGAS - $11.68) announced their full-year, 2010 results and growth is still on the table. Although share count increased by 43% to 6.3 million shares, earnings per share before 2009’s positive tax credits were down only slightly at $0.92 a share. Annual dividends paid last year were $0.54 a share, and are paid monthly. Gas Natural provides regulated natural gas service in Montana, Wyoming, Northern Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, Maine, and North Carolina. Gas Natural has increased their customer count to 63,000 through acquiring small, local gas utilities such as its Ohio purchases that added 25,000 customers. Management prefers to add geographic areas where natural gas market penetration is below the national average of over 50%. Natural gas operations generated 95% of 2010... more
7 Dividend Paying Stocks Now Trading Near 52 Week Lows
In the real world, dividends have an important signalling effect. If a CEO tells shareholders that the company is healthy, we expect the executive to back up their talk by either instituting dividends, raising dividend payouts or share repurchases. The signalling effect is even more important when it comes to stocks trading near 52 week lows. Investors should pay close attention to this interesting list of distressed dividend-paying stocks because talk is cheap, but money (and dividend yield) talks. MICROSOFT CORPORATION (MSFT) 52 week low: $22.73 Stock Price: $25.78 Dividend Yield: 2.20% It's hard to imagine Microsoft as an upstart technology company, but that's the world of technology, it is a rapidly changing industry. The fact that Microsoft has gone from being the technology... more
Top 6 Oil and Gas Drillers Paying Impressive Dividends
In two of our recent articles, we looked for the top six oil & gas companies,
and the top eight gas utilities paying excellent dividends.
With oil and gas prices going even higher, we decided to screen for the best oil and gas drillers with quite impressive dividends, and a maximum P/E ratio of 30. All of the companies that follow offered a minimum 5% dividend yield, and have a minimum market capitalization of $300 million. Data is derived from finviz. While there are hundreds of drillers listed in NYSE, only the following large cap drillers fit this criteria:... more
4 Dividend Stock Picks for 2011, 1Q Update
Back at the end of 2010, several investment bloggers invited me to a stock picking competition. Each one had to select four stock picks which they expect to perform well in 2011. The four picks that I selected were all dividend growth stocks. The companies I selected include Philip Morris International (PM), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Procter & Gamble (PG) and PepsiCo (PEP). You could read the reasoning behind selecting these stocks in this article.Below is a brief overview of each of the four stock picks:Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) engages in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products in markets outside of the United States. The company generates all of its revenues outside the US, which shields it from potential negative legislation here. In addition, by... more
3 Dividend Stocks and 1 Big Chip Maker
On today's edition of "MarketFoolery," the new daily podcast from The Motley Fool: Shares of Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL ) will have to be sold off in order to rebalance the Nasdaq 100 Index. How much will the sell-off affect Apple's business?... more
10 Dividends to Trust
Perhaps this is why I've noticed a renewed interest in stocks that tangibly show their trustworthiness by regularly returning cold, hard cash to shareholders. Of course, it doesn't hurt that savings accounts and bonds just aren't paying what they used to. And that dividend payers have a long history of outperforming their non-paying brethren.... more