Looking for a gift from the market? Here's a stock that might fit the bill. We've written about USA Compression Partners LP (NYSE:USAC) before, due to its compelling business model, its strong growth, and, of course, its attractive dividend yield. Guess what? Mr. Market just doesn't care -- he thinks that this is just another problematic Energy stock, and has shown USAC no love at all.
To be fair, part of the recent price fall was related to USAC's 4 million share offering, which it announced on 9/9/15, after which its price/share dropped from $19.60 down to $17.24 the next day, and continued to drift down to a low of $13.05 amidst the September market chaos. It recovered back up to $17.68 before drifting down to its current $15.73.
Source: Seeking Alpha
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Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Procter & Gamble (PG) are huge consumer goods companies, with one or the other likely owned by most well-diversified dividend investors. With PG’s dividend yield of 3.5% slightly more than JNJ’s 2.9% yield, the former might be seen as the superior dividend investment of the two. However, that’s not exactly true. JNJ and PG stock both trade at earnings multiples that are consistent with market averages. Neither have attracted great interest this year due to currency woes, and both have significant revenue and profit losses. However, if you remove the losses from currency, which is historically volatile and likely to rebound, one company is clearly superior.
With that said, Johnson & Johnson may be known as a consumer goods company but 80% of its revenue is created outside that industry, in pharmaceuticals and medical devices. This creates diversity, giving investors access to three large segments of the market with one single investment. Nevertheless, Procter & Gamble is largely seen as one of the safest investments in the market, having 21 brands with a billion dollars or more in annual revenue and 59 consecutive years of dividend increases. While true, PG stock troubles aren’t entirely macro related, as it seems that JNJ is stealing some market share. During this last quarter, Johnson & Johnson’s Consumer division sales rose 3.1% excluding currency, which includes a near 9% hike here in the U.S. That’s much better than Procter & Gamble performed, and drove Johnson & Johnson’s growth in the third quarter. This should be a concern for PG stock owners.
Source: InvestorPlace
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Let’s face facts — even if the Federal Reserve decides to raise rates next month, your savings account (or other traditional income products for that matter) aren’t going to become high yield investments overnight. We’re looking at a token raise from the Fed if anything. Stocks and ETFs with big dividend yields are still going to be the place to find income that you can actually live off of.
But there’s a difference between an attractive yield and a drop-dead gorgeous yield. By using a dividend ETF, investors can realize important diversification benefits and spread out their bets in these riskier high-yield sectors. For those investors looking to add some hefty dividend yields to their portfolio, using dividend ETFs is the only way to travel down the high-yield road. Here’s three ETFs for delivering double-digit dividend yields: iShares Mortgage Real Estate Capped ETF (REM), Yorkville High Income MLP ETF (YMLP) and Credit Suisse X-Links Gold Shares Covered Call ETN (GLDI).
Source: InvestorPlace
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Several companies this week provided their shareholders a Thanksgiving bonus in the form of higher cash dividends...
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Statistical studies have proven that investing in dividend stocks can be a powerful strategy for superior returns over the long term. Relying on examples from Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO), let's take a look at the key factors to keep in mind when picking the best dividend stocks for your portfolio.
Superior brand power, abundant financial resources, and a gargantuan global distribution network make Coca-Cola an undisputed leader in nonalcoholic drinks, and management knows how to translate those strengths into growing dividends for investors. Apple is the most valuable brand in the world according to Interbrand, with an estimated brand value of over $170 billion. Brand recognition and a reputation for quality allow Apple to charge premium prices for its products and generate superior profitability for investors.
Source: Motley Fool
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It has been a difficult year, to say the least, for income investors. The days of 5%-plus yield chasing and bargain buying have been few and far between this year. Blue-chip stocks and real estate investment trusts have risen to levels where upside potential is limited, leaving the very real risk of the decline in shares outpacing annual dividend payments.
Those who chose the master limited partnership sector for income have seen dividends slashed across the board, along with disastrous price declines year-to-date. But the actual bad news is that it is probably not going to get much better for income investors in 2016. The economy is not strong enough for the Fed to raise interest rates in a meaningful way. It is more important than ever that careful selection and analysis are used to avoid income securities with higher risk of loss. High-Yielding Dividend Duds: Cypress Semiconductor (CY), Avon Products (AVP) and Lexmark (LXK).
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It certainly seems that all hope is lost for Qualcomm (QCOM). Last week, QCOM stock fell 12% to cap off cumulative losses of 30% in 2015. The reason was poor earnings that showcased a 28% decline in adjusted earnings, bleak guidance, and changes to how QCOM presents financial data. Qualcomm stock is surrounded by uncertainty, and while that doesn’t look good, there are still reasons that QCOM is a good long-term investment.
QCOM Is Too Cheap to Ignore - Right now, the S&P 500 is trading at 18 times next year’s expected earnings. If we remove QCOM’s $31 billion cash pile, then QCOM stock trades at just 6.6 times FY2016 EPS if the company is successful in earning $4.88 per share next year. That represents a deep discount to the S&P 500 and the 22.5 times multiple found in the communications equipment industry. Given that QCOM’s valuation is so cheap, coupled with its big yield and a willingness to hike its dividend, Qualcomm stock looks like a good investment opportunity.
Source: InvestorPlace
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Major oil company ConocoPhillips (COP) pays one of the fattest dividends around, with a current dividend yield of 5.6%. But with the price of crude oil still stubbornly below $50 per barrel, how safe is that dividend? And for that matter, is COP stock even worth bothering with in this market? ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance said that the company was committed to a “compelling payout,” which most investors took to mean that the dividend was safe for the time being. And as recently as July, ConocoPhillips actually raised its dividend by a penny per share. But is it sustainable?
The ConocoPhillips dividend is safe for the foreseeable future. But what about the second question: Is COP stock is worthwhile to own at current prices? That’s a harder question to answer. The dividend yield alone makes the stock interesting, though a 5.6% dividend is hardly consolation when you’ve lost about 20% year-to-date due to share price losses. Looking at the Shiller price-to-earnings ratio, or the cyclically adjusted price-earnings ratio (“CAPE”), we certainly see a cheap stock. At a CAPE of less than 9, COP stock is among the cheapest in the S&P 500. Ultimately, it will likely be crude oil prices that make or break COP stock. ConocoPhillips can limp along for years with crude oil at current prices, keeping its dividend intact. But here we are talking about a company that is simply treading water, and a cheap stock can remain cheap for years without a catalyst to drive it higher.
Source: InvestorPlace
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With the current valuation of the U.S. stock market near the high end of its historical range, many analysts are expecting dismal returns for the asset class over the coming decade. But there are, of course, undervalued stocks in every market (recall that Wal-Mart and Wells Fargo both delivered positive returns in 2008). Below are summaries of three stocks in the consumer discretionary sector that relatively low valuations
Time Inc. (TIME) is one of the largest publishers of magazines in the world; in addition to its namesake publication, it counts Sports Illustrated, People, and Southern Living among a lineup of more than 80 magazines. The company also operates the related web sites and hosts hundreds of live events each year. Gap (GPS) operates a number of retail clothing stores; in addition to its namesake brand, the company owns Banana Republic and Old Navy. Pier 1 Imports (PIR) operates about 1,000 furniture and home decor stores in the U.S. and Canada.
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Dividends and pipeline juggernaut Kinder Morgan (KMI) go hand in hand. Born from the good remnants of defunct Enron, the firm pioneered and popularized the master limited partnership to help it expand and grow into an energy logistics behemoth. Along the way, KMI has managed to push plenty of the cash flows from its pipelines, terminals and other midstream assets back into the hands of its investors. And then things got weird. Not actually weird per se, but still a tad strange.
Kinder isn’t acting much like the KMI of old. Several recent moves by the firm are a tad bit puzzling and could potentially signal that cracks are starting to form in the largest midstream firm’s armor. While calling KMI a “loser” is still a bit of stretch, there plenty of concerns that investors need to be thinking about. So is Kinder Morgan and KMI a lost cause? Not exactly. The firm’s massive array of assets do throw off plenty of cash flows and its coverage ratio is basically 1 — meaning that cash flows cover its current payout. Going forward, however, things may not be as rosy for Kinder as planned. Being forced to use relatively expensive methods of raising cash defeats the whole purpose of swallowing its MLPs in the first place.
Source: InvestorPlace
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Woe to the oil sector… 3 Dividend Stocks That Will Survive the Oil PanicCrude oil prices have dipped below $50 per barrel for West Texas crude prices, with any number of analysts predicting a $20 per barrel floor. The sector is seeing layoffs across the spectrum of suppliers, producers and middle-men. Marathon Oil (MRO) “adjusted” its dividend in the face of its struggles to maintain a strong cash flow position. Yessir, all is going to heck in a hand basket for the industry and the underlying stocks of its players. Unless, of course you want to look at things a bit differently…
That’s where the dividends part comes in. Riding out the storm while collecting steady paychecks keeps a floor under the price of those who are firm in paying consistent and rising dividends to investors. Keep your eyes fixed on the dividends from the biggest players still in the game. Here are those three names to know: Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO) and Energy SPDR (XLE).
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Owning a good dividend stock is like owning a quality piece of investment real estate. You get paid cash frequently – cash you can use as regular income, or to invest back into more assets (stocks/real estate) to get paid even more cash! If your property/stock is really good, you will even get increasing cash flow from it year after year. For good investment properties, you are able to consistently raise rental rates. For good dividend stocks, the company raises its dividend payout year after year.
Below are four current "Magic Formula" stocks that pay a substantial current dividend and, after investigation, seem sufficiently healthy enough to continue paying and raising it while being undervalued assets in their own right: IBM (NYSE:IBM), Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR), PetMed Express (NASDAQ:PETS) and Collector's Universe (NASDAQ:CLCT).
Source: Guru Focus
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There are some certainties that come with exploration of dedicated dividend exchange-traded funds. First, there are a lot of dividend ETFs. To be precise, there are 102 dividend ETFs currently trading in the U.S. That is a healthy percentage of the approximately 1,700 exchange-traded products found on U.S. exchanges. Second, as can be said of dividend stocks, the long-term performance of dividend ETFs is stout. For example, the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG), the largest dividend ETF, has gained around 150% since March 10, 2009, the start of the current bull market. By comparison, the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) is up “just” 90% over that period.
The advantages of monthly dividend stocks and ETFs are obvious. For investors needing current income, monthly dividend stocks increase frequency of payout. For younger, long-term investors, monthly dividend stocks and ETFs boost the power of compounding when those investors opt to reinvest dividends. Here are some examples of dividend ETFs that deliver monthly dividends: WisdomTree LargeCap Dividend Fund (DLN), PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio (SPLV) and Global X SuperDividend U.S. ETF (DIV).
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Today, I thought I'd share the presentation I gave in Toronto with you. (You'll have to imagine each point as a separate PowerPoint slide.) For best results, start with either a great company or a great trend. At The Wealth Advisory, we've got great companies like Starbucks (+177%), Realty Income Trust (+172%), and Boeing (+152%)... And great trends like biotech (88%, 42%, and 28%), Internet data (72%), and solar (56%).
For our purposes today, we will look at dividend growth in technology stocks. Tech stocks have an ideal mix of stability and growth. In the 1990s, 1 billion people connected to the Internet with desktop computers and laptops. Between 2001 and 2010, another 2 billion people connected to the Internet with mobile phones. This year, Cisco Systems says 25 billion Internet-enabled things will be connected to the Internet and to each other. In the next five years, that number will double again to 50 billion and comprise 50 trillion gigabytes of data. Two Dividend Tech Stocks: Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) and Nokia (NYSE: NOK).
Source: Wealth Daily
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One downside of rising stock prices is that dividend yields move in the opposite direction. The S&P 500 currently has a dividend yield of about 2%, a paltry payout that's well below the historical average. Despite the average dividend yield being low, there are still some stocks that sport far-higher yields. Three stocks in particular...
Even though Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) is operating in a tough market in the face of ever-increasing competition, I think dividend-hungry investors would be wise to take a bite of the company on the heels of its strong third-quarter report. The telecom industry is particularly challenging and competitive. Big industry players are aggressively cutting prices down to sustain market share, and this is taking its toll on revenue growth and profitability. AT&T (T), however, is an industry juggernaut making more than $150 billion in annual revenue, and the stock pays a big and juicy dividend yield of 5.6% at current prices. For investors with plenty of patience, toymaker Mattel (MAT) offers a compelling high-yield opportunity. The stock has been hammered during the past few years, with revenue declining and profits falling off a cliff, and this has caused the dividend yield to soar. Currently, Mattel pays an alluring 6.2% dividend, a higher yield than both of the telecom companies discussed above.
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Market volatility has been blamed on any number of factors this year; the China market meltdown, weakness in the oil patch and the never-ending speculation around when (or if) the Fed will ever raise rates being chief among them. But there is one underappreciated reason for the market’s lack of direction this year, and that is valuation. There is really no way to massage these numbers. Stocks are expensive by virtually any metric you care to choose. Back in September, I highlighted the cyclically-adjusted price/earnings ratio (CAPE), which smooths out the fluctuations of business cycle by taking a 10-year average of earnings. Well, based on that metric…stocks are priced to deliver returns of a rather pitiful 0.5% per year over the next eight years.
We really have a mixed bag. With a CAPE of 31.0, Communication Services is the most expensive sector though it’s a fair bit cheaper than the 36.8 we saw in July of 2013. All the same, I would expect it to get a lot cheaper. Most of the stocks in this sector are cable TV and phone operators – two subsectors with very limited growth prospects in America. ealthcare, with a CAPE of 30.2, isn’t far behind, and it’s not far at all from its all-time highs. Adam has been warning his Cycle 9 Alert readers to steer clear of this sector, and I agree. Yes, the sector is backed by strong demographics, but investors are simply paying too high a price for that growth. The cheapest sector by a wide margin is energy, trading at a CAPE of 12.2. That’s scraping near its lows of the past six years. Of course, the energy sector is also getting roiled by the crude oil supply glut, and this sector is not without its risks.
Source: Charles Sizemore
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Dividend, when combined with momentum, can offer an opportunity to step into challenging markets. A dividend is a distribution of a part of a company's earnings, decided by its board, to a class of its stockholders. It reflects part of a company’s net profits, and healthy dividend yields are directly proportional to attractive returns on investment in a stock. Thus, when a company decides to increase its dividend, it is a signal to investors that management is confident of the business’s prospects.
Momentum investors take short-term resort in stocks that are scaling up and tend to sell them as soon as they exhibit signs of a downtrend. Thus, choosing momentum stocks that also offer a decent dividend yield can be a good option for investors. While there is a debate regarding the criteria to focus on while choosing momentum stocks, the new Zacks style score system identifies some price movement metrics to come up with the best stocks in this regard: Northern Tier Energy LP (NTI), NVE Corp. (NVEC), General Motors Company (GM), Highwoods Properties Inc. (HW) and Crown Castle International Corp. (CCI).
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Though I prefer quarterly dividends, there is something more important than frequency -- dividend increases. Below are several companies satisfying their shareholders desire for more cash by increasing their dividends...
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Yield is set to outperform quality and growth according to HSBC’s European equity research team. In a note issued to equity research clients on Wednesday and reviewed by ValueWalk, HSBC suggests that European high yield equities will benefit from falling bond yields over the next few months. According to HSBC’s fixed income research team, Bund yields will fall to 0.2% next year, which will increase the demand for high yield equities among investors. Other styles may also outperform as bond yields fall, but HSBC prefers yield as valuation risks are lower. The price to book relative of high yield sectors is at an 18% discount to its 20- year average. This is in contrast to growth and quality for which valuations are more stretched than they have been at any point over the past two decades.
Based on historic trends, it looks as if HSBC’s preference for yield over other strategies has some weight behind it. Indeed, on the last two occasions bond yields fell significantly, (between June and September 2011 when bond yields fell from above 3% to below 2%, and between December 2013 and March 2015 when bond yields fell from 1.9% to 0.2%) high yield equities outperformed. Valuations also support a preference for high yield equities. The price to book relative and PE relatives for high yield are below their long-term averages, and the universe of yield stocks covers a broad range of sectors.
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Unlike most stocks, where you only make money by selling them for more than the purchase price and any related commission, dividend stocks pay you for simply owning them. Since you’re receiving regular cash payments, you can score a worthwhile return even in a weak market. Even better may be buying them in a strong market, when you’ll likely enjoy share-price appreciation plus dividend income.
Of course, gaining the dual benefits of capital appreciation and dividend income under all conditions is not easy. In a down market, dividend stocks drop, too. So, you must be prepared to hold your stocks through market downturns. Further, it is important to pick solid companies with strong business prospects that will survive whatever the economy throws at them.
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Are you looking for a good dividend stock to own in a turbulent, unpredictable market? If so, you’ll want to look at headline dividend yield, sure … but you’ll also want to look past that. The problem with some high-dividend stocks is that they’re stretching their cash too far to make the payout — and thus any turbulence in their business could put that “regular” distribution at risk. In other cases, a high dividend yield is the end result of a massive decline in share prices. (After all, if you’re dividing the same dividend payout by a much smaller share price, you’re going to have a bigger yield.)
So if you’re looking for quality high-dividend stocks, you’ll also want to pore into whether the company can afford its dividend, how much room is present for future dividend hikes, and whether debt and corporate activities could ever jeopardize a dividend yield. Today, we’re looking at five such high-dividend stocks that don’t just have attractive headline yields, but the makings of an overall strong investment: Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. (WDR), AT&T Inc. (T), Mattel, Inc. (MAT), Seagate Technology PLC (STX) and BP plc (ADR) (BP).
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Kinder Morgan said that it would likely raise its dividend by 6%-10% next year, which by itself isn’t bad news. But, it comes after a 2015 in which the company boosted its dividend by a full 15%, and it raises questions about the reliability of management’s forecast of 10% annual dividend growth through 2020. Let’s jump into the numbers, starting with the good news first.
KMI actually beat analyst estimates, earning 19 cents per share vs. the consensus estimate of 18 cents. In a move that KMI stock investors have come to expect as a birthright, Kinder Morgan raised its dividend to 51 cents per share. That’s a 16% hike over last year and a 4% rise over just last quarter. Richard Kinder has proven to be one of the real “good guys” out there, reinvesting tens of millions of dollars of his own money into the company he founded. 2016 may be a sluggish year for KMI, but considering the stock currently pays a 6.5% dividend, we’re getting paid well to wait it out.
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An investor’s objective is to find a way to reliably compound wealth over the long term, which is not as difficult as it might seem. Dividends are credited with contributing nearly a third of total equity returns since 1926. What’s more, they account for nearly half (46%) of the total return for the S&P 500 Index between 1989 and 2014.
With this in mind, it should come as no surprise that investing in America’s finest dividend-paying companies and sticking with them has provided inflation-beating returns over the long term. To confront the concerns about entering a volatile market at what might turn out to be the wrong time, you might utilize a strategy of dollar-cost averaging into a diversified group of high-quality, dividend-paying companies. An easy way–and probably the best way–to implement this strategy would be to invest directly through company-sponsored dividend reinvestment plans (DRIPs).
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David Einhorn is one of the savviest hedge fund managers in the world. Since founding Greenlight Capital in 1996, Einhorn has achieved annual returns of around twice the market’s return. Einhorn did it by taking less risk than the market too. Because Einhorn’s fund shorts more than the average fund and shorting is hard, Einhorn’s long picks have to do very well to offset the short picks. So without further ado, let’s take a closer look at Einhorn’s top three dividend yield stocks and see how well they performed in the third quarter.
The 15 most popular small-cap stock picks among hedge funds also bested passive index funds by around 53 percentage points over the 37 month period beginning from September 2012, returning 102%: Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:VOD), General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). Many hedge funds own Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). Within our extensive database of around 730 hedge funds, Apple is the second-most popular stock, with 144 funds owning $21.27 billion of the company’s shares as of the end of June.
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My goal is to find companies that are undervalued by 10%-30%. This is the margin of safety I'm looking for. If I find companies with a margin of safety over 30%, I tend to doubt my analysis as there is usually no free lunch on the stock market. I'm not saying I wouldn't buy a company showing a 30% margin of safety, but I would be more cautious about it. Dividend growth assumptions and the use of different discount rates (rate of returns you expect to earn from this investment) will greatly affect the calculations.
I run such calculations weekly on various company shares I own or follow. Here are four companies that are among my Top 10 Dividend Growth Stocks and that show interesting margins of safety: BlackRock (NYSE:BLK), 3M Co (NYSE:MMM), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC).
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With wireless and pay-TV markets looking saturated, buying more subscribers via acquisition and taking out costs is a logical strategy to further enhance market share and free cash flow generation. However, we believe T's large move into pay-TV trades near-term synergies for greater long-term strategic uncertainty. With wireless and pay-TV markets looking saturated, buying more subscribers via acquisition and taking out costs is a logical strategy to further enhance market share and free cash flow generation. However, we believe T's large move into pay-TV trades near-term synergies for greater long-term strategic uncertainty.
T and VZ are two giants operating in markets with extremely high barriers to entry. Market saturation, evolving media consumption habits and the rise of non-traditional competitors like Netflix and Google are all working together to pressure incumbent wireless, pay-TV and Internet providers. T has made a big bet on pay-TV and service bundling, two areas that we believe have fairly uncertain futures. VZ has remained focused on its wireless network while placing a relatively smaller bet on mobile video services, a crowded space but one that seems more likely to see substantially higher growth rates than traditional pay-TV going forward. While both companies' strategies will take years to play out, we are more in favor of VZ's approach given what we know today. However, retired investors seeking safe current income would do well holding either stock.
Source: Seeking Alpha
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Over the last 50 years, the highest 20% yielding stocks in the S&P 500 returned 14.2% annually. That's good enough to double your money every five years - or quadruple it in 10. And if you were even more selective, say investing only in the 10 highest-yielding stocks of the 100 largest companies in the S&P 500, your annual return would have been even better, 15.7%. This is where investors planning for retirement should be putting their money to work today.
After all, bonds - which should carry a warning label at the moment - are sporting record-low yields. (And their market value will decline as interest rates rise.) Money market funds pay less than one-tenth of 1%. But many dividend-paying stocks are reasonably valued and will boost their payouts substantially in the years ahead. Over the past 50 years, the S&P 500’s dividends have grown an average 5.7% a year, well ahead of the average 4.1% inflation rate. The key for retirees is this creates an income stream that is growing faster than inflation, maintaining and increasing your purchasing power.
Source: Investment U
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At a time when energy stocks are wildly out of favor — it’s the single-worst-performing sector in the S&P 500 this year, with the Energy SPDR ETF (XLE) posting losses of 12% — high-dividend energy stocks are about as contrarian as it gets in the stock market today. That can be a good thing or a bad thing, of course.
But if you, like me, generally believe in reversion to the mean, then now’s the time to take a look at these three royalty trusts, and what makes these energy plays some of the best high-dividend stocks to buy now: BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT), Hugoton Royalty Trust (HGT) and Permian Basin Royalty Trust (PBT).
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AT&T (T) stock is cheap and pays a great dividend. Those two things force investors to take notice. Beyond that, though, is a strategic direction and corporate structure that has positioned AT&T stock for long-term success. That success spans well beyond this year, next year, or even five years from now, and is why I feel confident that AT&T stock will always remain in my portfolio as a core holding.
First off, if I am going to own a stock forever, I want a safety net of some sort. A dividend is good, and a yield of 5.6% is great, but being able to afford that dividend with room for even higher dividends is greatest of all. AT&T’s free cash flow is about to rise significantly due to the acquisition of DirecTV and two purchases in Mexico. Recently, AT&T guided for FCF of $4.5 billion in the third quarter, about $1 billion better than last year. At just 13 times next year’s free cash flow, AT&T stock is priced at a perfect entry point with a tremendous dividend to take advantage of these long-term opportunities, making AT&T stock the perfect buy, hold, and forget investment.
Source: InvestorPlace
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It happened again. Income-seeking investors piled into a 3% payer under the guise of dividend growth and safety… and they lost 10% in a single day. Wal-Mart (WMT) lured them in and lowered their net worth this time. Before the drop, the company’s yield was at an all-time high of 3.1% thanks to 42 years of consecutive payout increases. The aristocratic allure of this dividend-payer tempted forward-looking fans. They envisioned today’s payout compounding itself in their portfolio at previous growth rates.
Wal-Mart’s not the only hallowed name with an outdated business model and rising payout ratio. Here are three more 3% payers at risk for double-digit declines: Paper products maker Kimberly-Clark (KMB) has raised its dividend 43 straight years and counting, but this streak is in danger if KMB can’t peddle more paper soon. Food sales under McDonald’s (MCD) golden arches have been under pressure in recent years. The company is on the wrong side of every major food trend in America, and that’s finally starting to affect earnings. Finally, investors are paying 24 times earnings for food distributor Sysco (SYY), which sports declining earnings and operating margins.
Source: Forbes
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If you listen to the naysayers, you’ll steer clear of utility stocks. As bears point out, low power prices are pinching profits for companies that sell electricity to the grid. Businesses and consumers are using less electricity, spurring utilities to try to jack up fees to make up for lower revenues. Higher interest rates may be on the horizon, potentially raising utilities’ borrowing costs and making the stocks less attractive relative to other income-oriented investments. Nor is the sector cheap. Despite a 6% slump this year, the utilities sector trades at 15.7 times estimated year-ahead earnings, above the 10-year average of 14.4, according to research firm FactSet.
The sector produced positive total returns during the last three periods of Fed rate hikes, says David Burks, a utilities analyst with investment bank Hilliard Lyons in Louisville, Ky. One of Burks’s top picks for income is PPL (PPL, $34.28, current yield 4.4%). Based in Allentown, Pa. Also attractive for income is Duke Energy (DUK, $73.70, 4.5%). The nation’s largest electric power company, with nearly $24 billion in revenues last year, Duke sells electricity to 7.3 million customers in the Southeast and Midwest. NextEra Energy (NEE, $103.94, 3.0%) doesn’t yield as much as Duke or PPL, but it has more potential for dividend growth and higher total returns. ITC Holdings (ITC, $33.75, 2.2%) yields less than most utilities and, at a bit more than 16 times estimated year-ahead profits, is a bit more expensive. But it’s one of the most profitable utilities, with greater prospects for dividend hikes and share-price gains than most of its rivals.
Source: Kiplinger
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You can find plenty of stocks with low price-earnings ratios and high dividend yields--usually a winning combination. Look closely at the underlying companies, however, and you may find balance sheets buckling under weighty debt loads or deteriorating profits, making the stocks much less of a bargain than they appear on the surface. More promising are dividend-paying stocks that have solid long-term prospects but appear to have hit some speed bumps. Buying these stocks involves taking a chance that their businesses will revive. In exchange for that risk, you can get stocks with low P/Es and above-average yields. If the companies' turnaround plans show even modest signs of success, the stocks could take off.
One stock in this camp is International Business Machines (symbol IBM, $148.14), a favorite of Warren Buffett, who owns shares through his holding company Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B $131.47). Expectations for Big Blue are now low, to say the least. United Technologies (UTX, $93.31) also looks like a promising turnaround candidate. The company makes aircraft engines through its Pratt & Whitney division, along with Otis elevators, Carrier air conditioners and other products. Despite its strong lineup, the business has been in a funk. Clothing retailer Gap (GPS, $32.23) has plunged deep into the bargain bin, tumbling 26% this year. Sales have been sliding at its flagship Gap stores and Banana Republic chain. Analysts worry that Gap is also losing out to such "fast-fashion" retailers as H&M and Zara, which rapidly crank out high-end designs at rock-bottom prices.
Source: Jewish World Review
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If you listen to the naysayers, you’ll steer clear of utility stocks. As bears point out, low power prices are pinching profits for companies that sell electricity to the grid. Businesses and consumers are using less electricity, spurring utilities to try to jack up fees to make up for lower revenues. Higher interest rates may be on the horizon, potentially raising utilities’ borrowing costs and making the stocks less attractive relative to other income-oriented investments. Nor is the sector cheap. Despite a 6% slump this year, the utilities sector trades at 15.7 times estimated year-ahead earnings, above the 10-year average of 14.4, according to research firm FactSet.
One of Burks’s top picks for income is PPL (PPL, $34.28, current yield 4.4%). Based in Allentown, Pa. Also attractive for income is Duke Energy (DUK, $73.70, 4.5%). The nation’s largest electric power company, with nearly $24 billion in revenues last year, Duke sells electricity to 7.3 million customers in the Southeast and Midwest. NextEra Energy (NEE, $103.94, 3.0%) doesn’t yield as much as Duke or PPL, but it has more potential for dividend growth and higher total returns. ITC Holdings (ITC, $33.75, 2.2%) yields less than most utilities and, at a bit more than 16 times estimated year-ahead profits, is a bit more expensive. But it’s one of the most profitable utilities, with greater prospects for dividend hikes and share-price gains than most of its rivals.
Source: Kiplinger
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When deciding to invest in companies, choose companies that make money for their shareholders. Some companies reinvest their profits in the company themselves, some acquire smaller companies and some companies pay dividends. A dividend is a payment made to a shareholder of a company, the shareholder is paid a portion of the company's earnings in proportion to the amount of stock they own. Its like the interest earned on your savings account at the bank.
Dividend investing is all about income generation. By purchasing stocks in a dividend-paying company, you have invested in something that is making money. Dividend stocks are attractive for investors who make a living off of their investments. Instead of buying and selling stocks with the goal of making capital gains, dividend investors can count on receiving payments every few months (dividends are generally paid quarterly). However, not all stocks pay dividends, and not all stocks which pay dividends are worth owning, so do your research. Keep in mind that public companies have to announce their financial information, so this information will be readily available to you.
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When a company decides to increase its dividend rather than just buy back stock or sit on the cash, it’s a signal to investors that management is confident in the outlook of the business. The reason for this is that dividends represent more of a long-term commitment because companies can usually decide to simply stop buying back stock at any time without any major repercussions. On the other hand, if a company decides to stop paying its dividend, investors will flee the stock. New York University finance professor Aswath Damodaran put it this way: “Dividends are like getting married; stock buybacks are like hooking up.”
Clearly, a company’s dividend growth potential is very important for long-term investors. But for a company to consistently raise its dividend at such a high rate over a long period of time, it needs to generate solid, steady free cash flow, have a solid balance sheet, and more than likely raise its payout ratio. Listed below are five stocks with great potential for big dividend increases over the next several years. They each have strong cash flow, solid balance sheets, a history of healthy dividend increases and a relatively low payout ratio: Accenture (ACN), Quest Diagnostics (DGX), Dr Pepper Snapple (DPS), Gentex (GNTX) and Target (TGT).
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The Dividend Kings are the highest tier of dividend longevity. Each Dividend King has paid increasing dividends for 50 or more consecutive years. A company must have an extremely durable competitive advantage to pay increasing dividends for 5 consecutive decades. There are currently 17 Dividend Kings. Each Dividend King satisfies the primary requirement to be a Dividend Aristocrat (25 years of consecutive dividend increases) twice over.
From 1991 through 2014, the S&P 500 Index has returned 7.9% a year. For every $1 invested in the S&P 500 at the start of 1991, an investor would have $6.23 (all returns in this article include dividends unless stated otherwise). The worst performing of the current dividend kings returned 9.4% a year over the same time period – turning every $1 into $8.68. Out of the 17 current Dividend Kings, all but 1 (Northwest Natural Gas) compounded investor money at 10% or more a year.
Source: Value Walk
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As with many of our recent articles, this article portrays a high dividend stock whose business model relies on long-term fee-based contracts. However, what really piqued our interest here was the fact that this company has two different high yielding preferred shares which are highly discounted below their $25.00 liquidation value. This article will concentrate on four different income-producing investment/trading vehicles from this company.
Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (NYSE:TOO), provides marine transportation, oil production, storage, towage and floating accommodation services to the offshore oil industry in the North Sea and Brazil. The company operates through four segments: Shuttle Tanker; Floating Production, Storage and OffLoading (FPSO); Floating Storage and Off-Take (FSO); and Conventional Tanker. As of April 02, 2015, it owned interests in 32 shuttle tankers, which included two chartered-in vessels and one vessel in lay up; seven FPSO units; six FSO units; one hi-load dynamic positioning unit; 10 long-haul towing and anchor handling vessels; three units for maintenance and safety; and four conventional oil tankers. Teekay Offshore GP L.L.C. serves as the general partner of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.
Source: Seeking Alpha
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When searching for stocks to buy and hold for the long haul, there are certain things to look for. A strong track record of profitability, manageable debt load, and good history of increasing dividends are just a few characteristics that make a stock a "forever stock." With that in mind, here are two of my favorite forever stocks -- both of which happen to be real estate investment trusts -- and why each could be an excellent addition to your portfolio for decades to come.
A strong business model and excellent risk management. Realty Income Corporation (NYSE:O) is one of my favorite stocks in the market, and for good reason. This REIT focuses on freestanding retail properties, with more than 4,400 properties leased to 235 different tenants. Favorable demographics and a fragmented market should keep this company busy. Health Care Property Investors (NYSE:HCP), known as HCP, invests in senior housing facilities, post-acute care properties, medical offices, and life-sciences properties.
Source: Motley Fool
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Its been a frustrating year for investors in the U.S. stock market, with the S&P 500 in negative territory since the start of the year. However, investors with portfolios that are full of dividend-paying stocks have still been receiving regular infusions of cash, regardless of how the market is performing. To help our readers turbocharge their portfolios' ability to pay dividends, we asked our team of Fool contributors to share a stock idea that offers investors a high dividend payment that they believe is worth putting real money behind. Read on to see if you agree with their suggestions.
When it comes to buying high-dividend stocks, investors are best served by being skeptical. Too often, companies issue high dividends in order to counteract share prices falling as a result of faltering business models. However, that may not be the case at New York Community Bancorp (NYSE:NYCB). One company I've followed for a long time, Seaspan Corporation (NYSE:SSW), is currently yielding 9.25% even though its business continues to hum along nicely, which could make right now a great time to buy shares. One high-dividend stock that's definitely worth a look is Health Care Property Investors (NYSE:HCP), known simply as HCP. Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) has been hurt by low oil prices because of its significant exploration and production exposure. There's one perfectly positioned company within the sector that looks poised to keep generating market-topping dividends: Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP).
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Ever since the August of last year, crude oil has been volatile, mainly in a bad way. The price of Brent and WTI was almost $100 per barrel then, the price of the two grades is around $50 per barrel or less now. Crude has halved because of weak macro economic factors and Saudi Arabia deciding to increase production by 1 million barrels a day. The oversupply in the industry is so great that even the strongest companies have seen their stocks do poorly lately. But as the saying goes, with great risk comes great opportunity, and given the steep declines in the values of many energy stocks, opportunity certainly abounds.
Since dividend stocks are generally better bets than most, given the companies’ wider moats, let’s take a closer look at five hedge fund favorites in the energy sector: Noble Corp plc (NYSE:NE), BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), and Macquarie Infrastructure Corp (NYSE:MIC), and see how they did in the third quarter.
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In my view, Royal Dutch Shell's (NYSE:RDS.A) (NYSE:RDS.B) stock should be included in every diversified large-cap dividend stock portfolio, and now is the right time to buy the stock. While waiting for a significant rebound in the price of oil, investors can enjoy the generous dividend currently yielding 6.8% a year. Shell clearly said that its quarterly dividend is $0.94 per ADS. According to its last stock price of $55.30, the annual yield is at 6.8%. Moreover, the company guaranteed this payment for 2015, and at least the same amount in 2016 (each ADS represents two ordinary shares, two A Shares in the case of RDS.A).
In my view, the company's shares will significantly appreciate when oil prices recover. Since I do not expect oil prices to fall dramatically from their current value, the down risk of the shares is limited. While waiting for a significant rebound in the price of oil, investors can enjoy the generous dividend yielding about 6.8% a year. The company has a long record of raising its dividend. Even during the global economic crisis of the years 2008-2009, Shell continued to increase its dividend. In contrast to other major integrated oil & gas companies, the company generated positive free cash flow during the first half of 2015. In my view, the stock should be included in every diversified large-cap dividend stock portfolio, and now is the right time to buy.
Source: Seeking Alpha
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What do Cisco, Gamestop and Lockheed have in common? They pay big dividends and aren't afraid of raising those payouts. Dividend stocks provide investors with a stable source of income without the stress that can accompany wild swings in the market.
For those seeking the most potential bang for their buck, these three income stocks pay a bigger annualized yield than the S&P 500's 2.1% average and boast the highest dividend growth rates — how fast a stock's dividend rises over three to five years.
Source: Invetsors.com
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One of dividend investing’s most attractive attributes is its simplicity: you buy a stock, you get paid. Because of that simplicity, dividend investors can enjoy an advantage that eludes those choosing more complex and sophisticated investments: low costs. The issue of investment costs is the subject of an excellent column by Elliot Blair Smith on Marketwatch.com. Smith writes: “Quite often investors end up paying for nothing, when…promised services aren’t performed; or overpay for average returns and underperformance. Some drags on earnings include management fees based on inflated asset values, valuation methodologies that change opportunistically midstream, and layers of unnecessary, or non-independent, experts that become conduits for…“back door” fees. Alternatively, when capable investment managers do beat the market, sometimes they allocate much of the benefit to themselves.”
In one famous example, Harvard professor David Laibson asked MBA students, undergraduates and university staff to select an index mutual fund from a group of four real S&P 500 index funds. Despite choosing from identical funds, none of the subjects minimized fees, which was the only difference among the funds. Dividend investors generally sidestep the quirk in human behavior that leads us to avoid being rational when pricing financial services. If you maintain a discount/low-cost brokerage account through which you buy dividend stocks and rarely trade, you will not only have the best chances to earn a decent return on your money but also save a bundle by avoiding high-cost investments in which you can’t even tell what the costs are.
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While REITs do initially feel the effect of rising interest rates, the shock eventually wears off, and REITs still manage to outperform stocks by a decent margin. Considering the selloff we’ve already seen in REITs, that initial shock period might already be close to done — and could be finished by the time the Fed actually raises rates.
So, what REITs are worth investors’ dollar? Here’s a look at six high-yielding real estate picks that throw off at least 6% at today’s prices: Stag Industrial Inc (STAG), CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (CBL), Medical Properties Trust Inc. (MPW), Lexington Realty Trust (LXP), Whitestone REIT (WSR) and Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NLY).
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High-dividend stocks sound like an obvious winner. You get a large dividend payment on a periodic basis that you can choose to take straightaway or roll over into further stock purchases in the company. What's not to like? Stocks that pay the highest dividends are not necessarily the best choice. There is more to the story than just a simple percentage or dividend yield. Let's drop back and take a more fundamental look at dividends in general.
Companies that are at the top of the dividend yield rankings are almost certainly not going to be able to sustain those dividends over time. If a company is making enough income to afford regular 10% dividends, constantly paying out 10% of the share price, are they investing enough money back into the business to maintain their growth rate? Few companies enjoy that sort of profit margin and when they do, they don’t usually enjoy it for long.
Source: Fox Business
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The real estate investment trust, or REIT, industry is a fantastic place to find safe and reliable high-yield dividend stocks because of their subscription model. So, unlike other companies that have to innovate and market new products, REITs own portfolios of real estate, lease those properties to businesses, and then collect rent. This model is perfectly suited to generating consistent dividends.
However, all REITs are not created equal, and that is why you need to focus on the best. Today, I have three of them: W.P. Carey (NYSE:WPC) owns a diverse portfolio of 853 single-tenant properties spread across the U.S. and Europe and divided between office, industrial, warehouse, retail, and even self-storage space. Welltower (NYSE:HCN) is more concentrated than W.P. Carey -- instead of owning a number of different property types the company is the leader in the U.S. healthcare real estate market. Stag Industrial (NYSE:STAG) management team views itself as value investors attempting to uncover hidden gems, which often means acquiring bargain properties selling below replacement cost.
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With the stock market in the red for the year, this is a good time to explore what to expect in a bear market--and to take steps to prepare. But first, let's be clear about identifying the nature of the current downturn. From May 21, the day the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index peaked, through August 25, when the index bottomed, the stock market dropped 12.4%. That qualifies as a correction, which is defined as a decline of 10% to 20% from a previous high. Since World War II, the market has experienced 20 corrections. As of today, the S&P 500 is 8.9% below its May high.
How should you prepare for the next bear market? If you're going to need the money you have invested in stocks within the next five years, you should move some or all of that money to lower-risk bonds or bond funds. Don't sell all your stocks; most investors, even in retirement, should have at least 50% or 60% of their retirement assets in stocks. It's also still not too late to weed out some of your more speculative holdings--and move the money into safer blue-chip stocks. Funds worth considering: Parnassus Core Equity (symbol PRBLX), Primecap Odyssey Stock (POSKX) and Vanguard Dividend Growth (VDIGX). An even tamer pick is FPA Crescent (FPACX), and a good foreign choice is Oakmark International (OAKIX). All were featured in my story 6 Great Stock Funds for 2015, and the Vanguard and FPA funds are members of the Kiplinger 25.
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