Dividends Value notes three companies that raised their dividends this week - one of them a financial! Here’s my quick take on the three dividend stocks mentioned (the stars represent Dividendinvestor.com’s star ranking system - three stars are five years of consecutive dividend increases, four stars are ten, and five stars are 20):
Hatteras Financial (HTS: [...]
Top yielding electric utility stocks are the subject of a post today at Stockerblog. Three utility stocks in particular are mentioned - none of which, unfortunately, are going to make it on to my active watchlist.
Here’s my quick take on the three utility stocks mentioned (the stars represent Dividendinvestor.com’s star ranking system - three stars [...]
In its April issue, Forbes highlights some dividend stock picks of Paul Davis, co-manager of the Schwab Dividend Equity fund. Surprisingly (or maybe not) he’s willing to buy into - or hold onto - stocks of companies that have cut their dividends.
His thinking? In these especially tough times a dividend cut today may mean a [...]
If you’re searching for yield, preferred stocks of real estate investment trusts (REITs) are worth a look here says Kiplinger’s Personal Finance in its April issue. According to the article on REIT preferreds, the 9%-12% yields on the preferred stock of some of the sector’s stronger players are too tempting to ignore.
Preferred shares of REITs [...]
As a dividend investor, I often focus on companies that have a demonstrated history of dividend growth, like the Dividend Aristocrats. As wonderful as many of these investments are, and may continue to be, I often wonder which companies will join that elite group in the next ten, twenty or thirty years?
Dividend Tree was [...]
When it comes to dependable dividends, utility stocks are often the first investments that come to mind - but even those haven’t been a safe haven lately. But a just-posted article by Bullish Bankers sifts through the sector to find five utility stocks with dividends you can count on.
Here’s my quick take on the five [...]
In an article just posted at TheStockAdvisors.com, investment advisory service IQ Trends offers a look at its current “Timely Ten” high-quality dividend-paying stocks. According to IQ Trends, these are “undervalued” stocks offering good long-term dividend growth, an S&P dividend and earnings quality rating of A- or better, and low debt and payout ratios, as well [...]
You can now screen for dividend stocks using the Motley Fool’s CAPS rating system as a screening criterion. The new CAPS stock screener includes the CAPS rating along with many of the usual financial metrics, and offers preset configurations for “Value,” “Dividend,” “Small Cap,” and “High Growth.”
In today’s article on “5 Dynamic Dividend Stocks,” a [...]
An article just posted by Dividends Value offers an instructive look at how to evaluate companies to see if they’re likely to sustain and grow their dividends (see “In Dividend Investing, Cash Is King“).
Two companies - Genuine Parts (GPC: 40.56 +0.20%, yld: 3.98%) and General Electric (GE: 16.49 +1.35%, yld: 2.46%) - are compared with [...]
Zacks recently suggested that it might be time to start looking at REITs. While cautioning that negatives remain - such as a lack of access to credit and rising delinquencies - the investment firm points out that most REITs are trading at a discount to net asset value (NAV) and sporting an average yield [...]
