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 [...]
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,” [...]
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]] and General Electric [[GE]] – are compared with respect to free cash flow, cash flow [...]
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 of [...]
