20 Dividend Achievers Benjamin Graham Would Hunt

Benjamin Graham, the father of value investing, liked bargains.

In The Intelligent Investor, he told investors to look for stock prices at or below 15-times earnings, and at or below 1.5-times book value.

I like to adjust this rule in order to limit the results from my screen.

Here are more restrictions of my screen:

- Dividend Achiever
- Forward P/E under 15
- P/B under 2
- 5 Year Future EPS Forecasted Growth Over 5% yearly
- Debt to equity under 0.5

Exactly 20 stocks fulfilled the above mentioned criteria of which 6 yield over 3%. 

Attached I've tried to compile a few stocks that might match these criteria within the Dividend Achievers space. You will also find the best yielding stocks from the screen as a detailed snapshot.

Banks and insurer are dominating the screening results.

Here are the results...

17 Oversold Dividend Achievers Trading At Very Attractive Levels

The market pullback is serving up a yield bonanza, and investors who rely on dividends to supplement their income have a wide variety of stocks to choose from. 

 Super-sized payouts should probably be avoided because they come with higher risks and you don’t want to step in just before the distribution gets a nasty haircut. There are, however, a handful of stocks with rock-solid dividends that are now trading at very attractive levels.

Each of the attached stocks have a long dividend growth history of more than 10 years. In addition, the forward P/E is under 15, the debt to equity under 1 and earnigs should grow by more than 5 percent yearly for the next 5 years.

Finally every stock in the attached list is oversold by a RSI value of 0.4.

Here are some of my current ideas....

19 Dividend Achievers Below Book Value

In a rising stock market, all eyes are on the income statement. But in a flat or falling market, the balance sheet moves into the spotlight. Investors want to know the real core accounted values of the company. 

If you look at the book value per share, you can easily identify stocks that are traded below their accounted assets.

If a company’s P/B ratio is less than one, the shares are selling for less than the value of the company’s assets.

What Is Book Value?

Book value is a measure of all of a company's assets: stocks, bonds, inventory, manufacturing equipment, real estate, etc. In theory, book value should include everything down to the pencils and staples used by employees, but for simplicity's sake companies generally only include large assets that are easily quantified.

Today I’ve screened my Dividend Achievers list by stocks with a current P/B ratio below one. 19 stocks matched exactly my criteria. The attached list shows all of them, sorted by the lowest ratio to the highest.

Here are the highest yielding results in detail…

21 Dividend Achiever With A Single P/E

Valuation is a key element when you consider putting money into stocks. A high valuated stock should also have high secured growth. If not, you might overpay the stock.

But a cheap valuation could also indicate the corporate is significant shrinking.

Each investor needs to evaluate the risk of the stock.

Today I like to show you the cheapest stocks below the Dividend Achievers. Those stocks have risen dividend year over year for a decade without a break and offer a single forward P/E.

21 Companies have such a low valuation measure. Attached you will find the complete list with a few essential fundamentals.

Here are the top yielding stocks in detail...

18 Most Attractive Mid-Cap Dividend Growth Stocks

I'm a big fan of large capitalized stocks due to the higher degree of safeness I could enjoy. But the price I pay for those extra points is return.

High quality large cap stocks often give you a smaller return than companies with a small capitalization.

Mid-cap stocks combine attributes of both large and small companies. Similar to large companies, these mid-size companies can have seasoned management teams, a strong market presence and access to capital markets, for instance.

They can also grow quickly, with fewer layers of management and bureaucracy, and offer a more entrepreneurial spirit than large competitors.

Attached I've tried to list some smaller capitalized dividend growth stocks with a market cap under 10 billion and a history of consecutive dividend of more than 10 years.

Exactly 210 companies have such a long dividend growth history. In order to limit my selection, I've tighten my criteria.

Each of the stocks must fulfill the following restrictions:

- Forward P/E under 15

- Debt-to-equity under 0.5

- 5-Year estimated EPS growth over 5%

18 small- and mid capitalized stocks survived my screening criteria of which five yield over 3 percent. 8 of the results have a buy or better rating.

Here are the top yielding results in detail...

16 Dividend Paying Growth Stocks That Could Double Sales and Income

As a long-term investor, I'm seeking stocks that grow over the long-term. My optimum case by selecting a stock is that the company is acting within a positive business environment and could grow sales over the past decade by around 100 percent.

There are a lot of companies out there who have doubled sales and over doubled net income within the recent 10 years. That’s no joke and quiet possible.

Today I like to show you 16 growth stocks with a good growth history that pay currently solid dividends and have no or nearly no debt. In addition, analysts predict a 5+ percent EPS growth for the next five years.

I love stocks with financial flexibility because those stocks have one problem less and could focus themselves more on business development. 

These are my 5 top picks from the list…

16 Cheap Dividend Stocks With Low Debt To Boost Share Repurchases

Dividend paying stocks with low debt ratios and big share repurchases originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. I love dividend growth stocks and dividend paying companies in general but it’s also important to see that the corporate buys its own shares back.

The process of share repurchases is a special way to give shareholder’s money back in a very tax-optimized way. 

A low yielding stock with a 2 percent yield can lift the total yield via stock repurchases to 4 percent or so. For sure, share buybacks are no cash yields on your trading account; it’s an indirect way to reduce the current shares and lift the potential share price.

There is an index outside that covers some of the best stocks with share repurchases that bought at least 5 percent of its outstanding shares within the past 12 months.

Today I would like to screen the Buyback Achievers index by the best yielding stocks with a low forward P/E as well as a very low debt-to-equity ratio. Low debt is a good indicator for potential growth or additional share buybacks.

These are my criteria in detail:

- Positive Dividend Yield

- Forward P/E under 15

- Long-Term Debt-To-Equity below 0.2

- Member of the Buyback Achievers Index

In total, sixteen Buyback Achievers Index stocks fulfilled the above mentioned restrictions of which ten have a current buy or better rating.

Warren Buffett’s Latest Buys and Sells | Berkshire Hathaway Q4/2012 Fund Portfolio

Warren Buffett - Berkshire Hathaway Q4/2012 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Warren Buffett is not only a wealthy investor; he is a person who inspired others.

In my blog, I publish on a regular basis a snapshot of Warren's latest activities on the market. I personally watch closely what he is doing. 

Sometimes we have the same ideas and sometimes I got some new ones from his latest stock buys and sells.

Linked is a current portfolio update of Warren Buffett’s - Berkshire Hathaway - portfolio movements as of Q4/2012 (December 31, 2012). In total, he has 41 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 75.3 billion. Buffett bought two new companies and added ten additional stocks to his fund. The most important buy was Wells Fargo and DaVita HealthCare Partners. Both stocks affected his portfolio by more than 0.5 percent.

In return, Buffet reduced three stocks. The biggest changer on the short side was Mondelez.

The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (Nov 05 - 11, 2012)

Stocks With Biggest Dividend Hikes From Last Week And The best Ones To Invest In by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of companies that have announced a dividend increase within the recent week. In total, 45 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 25 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 42.41 percent. Exactly 11 stocks/funds have a yield over five percent (High-Yield); 21 above three percent. 31 companies are currently recommended to buy.

Below is a selection of the four best dividend growth stocks to invest in. Not all of the results are cheap stocks but they have some kind of value in their business model.

100 Most Bought Stocks By Big Investment Gurus

Stocks With Recent Engagements By Investment Professionals Researched By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Investment gurus are asset or fund managers with big amounts of cash under management. They became popular by big returns and spectacular investment strategies. I talk about investors like George Soros and Warren Buffett. They all have one thing in common: The average return beats the market and if they invest, the market follows.

I made a screen of the biggest stock buys from 49 super investors over the recent six month and ranked them in my 100 best guru buy list. They all bought 577 stocks within the past half year.

The top stocks are Google (GOOG) and Oracle (ORCL). The information internet provider was bought by seventeen investment gurus and the business software company by sixteen. Sixty percent of the ten biggest buys were made within the technology sector and forty within the financial sector. Below is a detailed overview of the best yielding dividend stocks that were bought by at least three stock market gurus.

14 Of The Hottest Dividend Stocks Within The S&P 500

Attractive Dividend Stocks From The S&P 500 Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. The S&P 500 is a major index and of huge importance for investors worldwide. Many of them allocate their funds on the weighting from the S&P 500 which was created by the rating agency Standard & Poors. In order to find the hottest stocks from the index, I made a screen of dividend stocks with a P/S and P/B ratio of less than one. In order to get the cheapest results, I selected only those companies with a P/E below 10. Fourteen stocks remained of which two are high yields.

20 Dividend Challengers With Very Low Debt

Dividend Challengers With Low Debt To Equity Ratios Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Stocks with a history of rising dividends of more than 5 years but less than 9 years in a row are named Dividend Challengers. 189 companies with such a dividend growth performance are available at the markets. But past dividend growth does not guarantee a future dividend hike if earnings are down. A major ratio to judge the ability of paying dividends from capital assets is the debt to equity ratio.

I screened all Dividend Challengers by companies with very low debt to equity ratios (ratio below 0.1). Those stocks are nearly free of debt and have a generous cushion of future dividend hikes. Below the results are some of stocks with a very low market capitalization which are not to recommend in a deeper analysis. 20 stocks with a market capitalization of more than USD 300 million remained. Twelve of them have a current buy or better rating.

The Best Yielding Stocks Of Robert L. Rodriguez - FPA Capital Q4/2011 Fund

Robert L. Rodriguez - FPA Capital Q4-2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current update of the best yielding dividend stocks form Robert L. Rodriguez - FPA Capital. Rodriguez manages 25 stocks of which all pay dividends and one stock has a yield above 5 percent. Here are his best yielding stocks:

John Charles K. Bobrinskoy - Ariel Focus Q4 2011 Fund Portfolio

John Charles K. Bobrinskoy - Ariel Focus Q4-2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of John Charles K. Bobrinskoy’s - Ariel Focus - portfolio movements as of Q4/2011 (December 31, 2011). In total, he has 28 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 42,768,000.

John Charles K. Bobrinskoy’s fund positions as of Q4/2011 with actual share movements:

Sym - Stock	Portfolio Weight	Recent activity	Reported Price*
MSFT - Microsoft Corp.	6.16	Reduce 6.71%	$25.96
DELL - Dell Inc.	5.71	Reduce 3.53%	$14.63
XOM - Exxon Mobil Corp.	5.47	Reduce 8.61%	$84.75
TGT - Target Corp.	5.03	Reduce 7.49%	$51.21
OMC - Omnicom Group	4.63	Reduce 6.72%	$44.57
JNJ - Johnson & Johnson	4.39	0	$65.59
ZMH - Zimmer Holdings	4.34	Add 14.14%	$53.43
LMT - Lockheed Martin Corp.	4.12	Reduce 6.03%	$80.92
TYC - Tyco International	4.03	Reduce 5.39%	$46.70
IBM - International Bus. Machines	3.87	Reduce 36.17%	$183.89
HSP - Hospira Inc.	3.83	Add 69.50%	$30.37
GS - Goldman Sachs Group	3.79	0	$90.45
MS - Morgan Stanley	3.71	0	$15.13
CCL - Carnival Corp.	3.43	Reduce 25.04%	$32.65
DV - DeVRY Inc.	3.4	Add 50.60%	$38.47
AFL - AFLAC Inc.	3.32	Add 37.82%	$43.26
CHK - Chesapeake Energy	3.29	0	$22.28
BK - Bank of New York	3.14	0	$19.91
ACN - Accenture	3.09	0	$53.23
WAG - Walgreen Co.	3.01	Reduce 25.14%	$33.05
KKR - KKR & Co. L.P.	2.94	Add 16.09%	$12.83
BRK.B - Berkshire Hathaway CL B	2.94	0	$76.30
JPM - JPMorgan Chase & Co.	2.54	Reduce 20.05%	$33.24
C - Citigroup Inc.	2.51	Add 70.86%	$26.31
APOL - Apollo Group	2.38	Reduce 37.62%	$53.86
NTRS - Northern Trust Corp.	2.17	Buy	$39.66
BAX - Baxter International Inc.	1.71	Reduce 36.75%	$49.46
ABT - Abbott Labs	1.08	Reduce 77.96%	$56.22

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