5 Dividend Achievers Near Their 52-week Lows
Our watch list this week contains 28 companies that are within 11% of their 52-week low. The complete list can be found here. Watch List Summary On the top of our list this week is San Jose, CA-based water utility SJW Corp. The stock has been under pressure this week. The current yield of 6% is attractive, but with nearly $30B of debt and only $650M of cash on hand, it may not be worth the risk/reward.Target is another name with tremendous upside potential, gauging by... more
Four Dividend Stocks in the News
Every week I review the list of consistent dividend raisers. I only review companies which have managed to increase distributions for more than 5 years in a row. This helps me identify potential candidates for research which might not be on the dividend achievers list yet. In order to be successful at dividend growth investing, one has always be on the lookout for hidden dividend gems. The companies which announced dividend increases over the past week included: W. P. Carey & Co. LLC, (WPC) together with its subsidiaries, provides long-term sale-leaseback and build-to-suit transactions for companies worldwide and manages a global investment portfolio. The company boosted its quarterly distribution from 51 to 51.2 cents/share. This dividend achiever has raised distributions for 14... more
Contrarian Ideas: 9 High-Dividend Stocks With Extremely High Put/Call Ratios
Below is a list of 9 stocks with dividend yields between 4-7%. All of these stocks mentioned below have also seen very sharp increases in their put/call ratios within the last two weeks, to levels reaching the upper end (+90%) of their 1-year put/call range. Some technical traders view the Put/Call ratio as a contrary indicator when it reaches extreme highs or lows. In other words, because the stocks mentioned below have a high number of open put option positions, contrarians would think most of the stocks mentioned below are set for a comeback. Read below, using this list as a starting-off point for your own analysis. Options data sourced from Schaeffer’s, all other data sourced from Finviz. List sorted by dividend yield. 1. Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (OZM): Asset... more
Cardinal Health: Dividend Stock Analysis
This article originally appeared on The DIV-Net March 21, 2011. Linked here is a detailed quantitative analysis of Cardinal Health,Inc. (CAH). Below are some highlights from the above linked analysis:Company Description: Cardinal Health Inc. is one of the leading wholesale distributors of pharmaceuticals, medical/surgical supplies and related products to a broad range of health care customers.Fair Value: In calculating fair value, I consider the NPV MMA Differential Fair Value along with these four calculations of fair value, see page 2 of the linked PDF for a detailed description:1. Avg. High Yield Price 2. 20-Year DCF Price 3. Avg. P/E Price 4. Graham NumberCAH is trading at a discount to 1.) and 3.) above. The stock is trading at a slight premium to its calculated fair value of... more
U.S. Ecology: Dividend Investing in Smallcaps
Today’s entry in the best dividend stocks series is a small cap player that is serving up a nice yield. The company participates in the trash industry and has been a favorite of mine for awhile. I profiled this company last spring and in November of last year as well. The company is US Ecology (ECOL). US Ecology is a small cap waste management company with a market cap of $314 million dollars. The company has been disposing of radioactive and hazardous waste for 60 years. US Ecology specializes in handling cleanups of disasters like the nuclear reactor problems occurring from the Japanese tsunami. US Ecology is headquartered in Idaho and has been around since 1952. Everyone knows that the waste management industry is dominated by companies like Waste Management (WM) and Republic... more
Four Dividend Stocks In The News
Every week I review the list of consistent dividend raisers. I only review companies which have managed to increase distributions for more than 5 years in a row. This helps me identify potential candidates for research which might not be on the dividend achievers list yet. In order to be successful at dividend growth investing, one has always be on the lookout for hidden dividend gems. The companies which announced dividend increases over the past week included: W. P. Carey & Co. LLC, (WPC) together with its subsidiaries, provides long-term sale-leaseback and build-to-suit transactions for companies worldwide and manages a global investment portfolio. The company boosted its quarterly distribution from 51 to 51.2 cents/share. This dividend achiever has raised distributions for 14... more
The Great Growth Debate (Part 2): The Benefits of Dividend Growth Stock Investing
In part one, I took the position that a true growth stock strategy, especially a high growth stock strategy, would by definition outperform a dividend growth strategy. Then I cited three examples that illustrate just how powerful the long-term ownership of a true growth stock could be. The main objective, however, was not to attempt to prove that growth stock investing was better than dividend growth stock investing. In truth, the concept of better is not necessarily dependent solely on total return. Because, as I also pointed out in part one, although growth stocks will outperform in the long run, the level of risk taken to get that performance can be extremely high. There are many reasons why a true growth stock is riskier than a dividend paying growth stock. Some of the risk can be... more
7 Dividend Stocks Showing Insider Buying
These companies pay dividends--in some cases very generous dividends--of up to 14%. All of these companies have reported substantial insider buying even as some of these stocks have been rising. The fact that insiders are buying these names could be a good sign that there is still significant upside potential in these names. Some of these stocks like Federal Signal (FSS) and Corelogic (CLGX) have fallen recently, and the big sell off in those names could be great buying opportunities. I have provided links for each stock which verifies the insider buying filed with the SEC below. Here are the seven stocks: Sara Lee Corp., (SLE) is trading around $17.84. Sara Lee makes a variety of food products and is based in Illinois. These shares have traded in a range between $12.83 to $20.26 in... more
Top 5 Pharmaceuticals Paying Excellent Dividends
Drug manufacturing is the most promising industry in the healthcare sector. These companies employ a dedicated team of scientists and researchers who invented many drugs that saved millions of lives. Thanks to their cutting-edge research facilities, the average human life expectancy is getting higher and higher.We decided to screen for highly profitable drug manufacturers with substantial dividends and a maximum P/E ratio of 20. All of the following companies offered a minimum 4% dividend yield. While there are hundreds of healthcare companies listed in NYSE, only the following large cap pharmaceuticals fit into this criteria: AstraZeneca PLC (AZN): AstraZeneca is a global pharmaceutical and biologics company headquartered in London, UK. It is the world's seventh-largest pharmaceutical... more
The Challenges of Selecting High Yielding, Latin American Dividend Stocks
Latin America continues to offer strong growth prospects as noted by strong performance from numerous ETFs focused on the region. However, there are specific stock opportunities that can also provide strong dividends. This article will focus on identifying American Depository Receipts (ADRs) for high yielding Latin American stocks. There are also potential ETF and other options that could provide income, but I'll ignore those for this article. The initial screen was to simply identify ADRs for these countries. I pulled from several web resources to compile an initial list of almost 80 companies of which around 50 paid some sort of dividend. The following 15 stocks had the highest yields: Latin American Dividend Stocks Ticker Name Market Capitalization ($ Millions) Dividend Yield Country... more