Dividends play an important role within long-term investing. You get steady growth at low volatility, while also receiving dividends that you can use to reinvest in the company for more stock, or acquire new positions.
High-quality stocks as long-term investments is a great strategy especially when they grow, pay and rise dividends over time. Today I like to present 5 dividend paying stocks that may good long-run stocks for normal investors like me.
These are my favorite results:
Coca-Cola -- Yield: 3.22%
Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) employs 129,200 people, generates revenue of $45,998.00 million and has a net income of $7,124.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $179.15 billion.Coca-Cola’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $12,474.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 27.12% (the operating margin is 21.04% and the net profit margin 15.49%).
Financials: The total debt represents 45.36% of Coca-Cola assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 137.68%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 22.36% was realized by Coca-Cola.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.59. Last fiscal year, Coca-Cola paid $1.22 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 25.65, the P/S ratio is 3.89 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.91. The dividend yield amounts to 3.22%.
Stock Charts:
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Coca-Cola (KO) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Coca-Cola (KO) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Coca-Cola (KO) |
General Mills -- Yield: 3.14%
General Mills (NYSE:GIS) employs 43,000 people, generates revenue of $17,909.60 million and has a net income of $1,771.70 million. The current market capitalization stands at $33.43 billion.General Mills’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,496.10 million. The EBITDA margin is 19.52% (the operating margin is 16.51% and the net profit margin 9.89%).
Financials: The total debt represents 37.96% of General Mills assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 134.45%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 27.63% was realized by General Mills.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.31. Last fiscal year, General Mills paid $1.55 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 24.18, the P/S ratio is 1.87 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.25. The dividend yield amounts to 3.14%.
Stock Charts:
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart of General Mills (GIS) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of General Mills (GIS) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of General Mills (GIS) |
Costco Wholesale -- Yield: 0.94%
Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) employs 112,000 people, generates revenue of $112,640.00 million and has a net income of $2,088.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $66.78 billion.Costco Wholesale’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,249.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 3.77% (the operating margin is 2.86% and the net profit margin 1.85%).
Financials: The total debt represents 15.44% of Costco Wholesale assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 41.45%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 17.79% was realized by Costco Wholesale.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.12. Last fiscal year, Costco Wholesale paid $1.33 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 29.70, the P/S ratio is 0.59 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.40. The dividend yield amounts to 0.94%.
Stock Charts:
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Costco Wholesale (COST) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Costco Wholesale (COST) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Costco Wholesale (COST) |
Apple -- Yield: 1.49%
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) employs 92,600 people, generates revenue of $182,795.00 million and has a net income of $39,510.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $733.98 billion.Apple’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $60,503.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 33.10% (the operating margin is 28.72% and the net profit margin 21.61%).
Financials: The total debt represents 15.22% of Apple assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 31.64%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 33.61% was realized by Apple.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $7.42. Last fiscal year, Apple paid $1.82 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.92, the P/S ratio is 4.02 and the P/B ratio is finally 6.63. The dividend yield amounts to 1.49%.
Stock Charts:
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Apple (AAPL) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Apple (AAPL) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Apple (AAPL) |
American Tower -- Yield: 1.73%
American Tower (NYSE:AMT) employs 2,974 people, generates revenue of $4,100.05 million and has a net income of $803.20 million. The current market capitalization stands at $40.93 billion.American Tower’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,490.72 million. The EBITDA margin is 60.75% (the operating margin is 36.18% and the net profit margin 19.59%).
Financials: The total debt represents 68.48% of American Tower assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 369.51%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 21.40% was realized by American Tower.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.00. Last fiscal year, American Tower paid $1.40 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 48.20, the P/S ratio is 9.98 and the P/B ratio is finally 9.72. The dividend yield amounts to 1.73%.
Stock Charts:
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart of American Tower (AMT) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of American Tower (AMT) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of American Tower (AMT) |
