19 Dividend Stocks With A Cash Return Yield Over 10%

Dividends and share buybacks help increase value for people holding a stock, and there's a lot of money to be had as companies shovel record amounts of cash back to shareholders.

We recognize activist investors often agitate for firms to return excess cash to shareholders via buybacks. However, while repurchases may lift share prices in the near term, they are a questionable use of cash at the current time when the median S&P 500 multiple is so high. In our view, acquisitions – particularly in the form of stock deals – represent a more compelling strategic use of cash than buybacks given the current stretched valuation of US equities.

I've compiled a list of the top 19 stocks, all with a total cash return yield of more than 10%. Below include how much of the return is from dividends or buybacks. You'll also find a comment about cash returns from company executives on the during their latest quarterly earnings call.

Check out the 19 stocks here...

20 Dividend Stocks From The Services Sector With Highest Expected Growth

The best growing services dividend stocks originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". The services sector is still an attractive investment field. I also have invested some money into stocks from the sector. I talk about Wal-Mart and Walt Disney.

The whole sector has 844 companies listed of which 350 pay dividends. The total market capitalization of all services stocks combined is USD 58.896 trillion. An average stock from the sector has a P/E ratio of 24.94 and yields at 1.66 percent.

I personally don’t like services stocks because of the low margin business. I love stocks with big margins and strong competitive advantages. High margins also show that the company owns and distributes products that are unique. Apple has really huge margins because they have created a unique product that people love and they are willing to pay nearly every price for it.

It sounds a little bit easy but the Apple story is much more complicated and is also a product of excellent brand marketing. I personally will never buy Apple shares because of the fast product cycle. If you lose your consumer focus, you are off the battle.

However, out there are some services stocks with a strong consumer loyalty and huge growth potential which is still attractive for many investors. Think about the payment provider MasterCard and Visa.

Today I want to highlight some of the best yielding services dividend stocks with a double-digit growth, expected for the next five years.

There are nearly 200 companies - wow, the services sector is full of growth. So, I focus on large capitalized stocks with the highest yield. Below is a small list of the 20 best results. Railroads are my favorites due to the expected shale gas boom and the cheap valuation.

Best Dividend Paying Ex-Dividend Shares On December 12, 2012

The Best Yielding And Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks Researched By ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates. The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on December 12, 2012. In total, 121 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 53 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.69%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks: 

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Total SA	TOT	118.25B	8.26	1.19	0.51	5.93%
Seagate Technology PLC	STX	10.91B	3.83	3.21	0.69	5.26%
BCE, Inc.	BCE	33.61B	13.82	2.44	1.66	5.25%
Encana Corporation	ECA	15.64B	-	2.84	2.60	3.76%
Rogers Communications Inc.	RCI	23.22B	15.33	6.37	1.85	3.53%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.	ADP	27.83B	20.33	4.41	2.58	3.04%
Cenovus Energy Inc.	CVE	25.92B	18.66	2.56	1.47	2.58%
Teck Resources Limited	TCK	20.95B	16.03	1.17	1.96	2.51%
Omnicom Group Inc.	OMC	13.05B	14.36	3.89	0.92	2.43%
Starwood Hotels & Resorts	HOT	10.62B	18.94	3.15	1.68	2.31%
Fidelity National Information Services	FIS	10.68B	20.94	1.61	1.84	2.20%
General Growth Properties Inc.	GGP	19.03B	-	2.48	7.38	2.17%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	TROW	16.33B	19.96	4.23	5.62	2.12%
Macy's, Inc.	M	15.55B	12.34	2.80	0.57	2.03%
Viacom, Inc.	VIAB	27.23B	12.41	3.69	1.96	2.03%
Motorola Solutions, Inc.	MSI	15.33B	23.26	3.96	1.79	1.90%
Devon Energy Corporation	DVN	21.19B	30.24	0.97	2.23	1.53%
Canadian Natural Resources Limited	CNQ	31.07B	13.02	1.28	2.03	1.48%
Ingersoll-Rand Plc	IR	14.38B	14.44	1.94	1.02	1.34%
Range Resources Corporation	RRC	10.37B	-	4.54	7.56	0.25%

Best Dividend Paying Ex-Dividend Shares Between December 10 - 16, 2012

The Best Yielding And Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks Researched By ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates. The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading week.

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on December10 - 16, 2012. In total, 196 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 88 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.47%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Total SA	TOT	117.73B	8.18	1.19	0.50	5.96%
Seagate Technology PLC	STX	10.70B	3.75	3.14	0.67	5.36%
BCE, Inc.	BCE	33.34B	13.80	2.42	1.66	5.29%
Merck & Co. Inc.	MRK	135.68B	20.29	2.44	2.84	3.85%
Hewlett-Packard Company	HPQ	27.41B	-	1.22	0.23	3.79%
Encana Corporation	ECA	15.64B	-	2.84	2.60	3.76%
Rogers Communications Inc.	RCI	23.00B	15.28	6.30	1.84	3.57%
Public Storage	PSA	24.43B	39.98	2.93	13.53	3.09%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.	ADP	27.82B	20.32	4.41	2.58	3.04%
Cenovus Energy Inc.	CVE	25.45B	18.42	2.52	1.45	2.63%
Teck Resources Limited	TCK	20.42B	15.77	1.13	1.92	2.58%
ACE Limited	ACE	27.51B	10.30	1.02	1.55	2.42%
Omnicom Group Inc.	OMC	13.16B	14.48	3.92	0.93	2.41%
Starwood Hotels & Resorts	HOT	10.64B	18.99	3.16	1.68	2.30%
Fidelity National Information Services	FIS	10.60B	20.78	1.60	1.83	2.21%
General Growth Properties Inc.	GGP	18.97B	-	2.47	7.36	2.18%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	TROW	16.53B	20.20	4.28	5.69	2.10%
Viacom, Inc.	VIAB	26.89B	12.25	3.65	1.94	2.05%
Macy's, Inc.	M	15.86B	12.35	2.80	0.59	2.03%
Motorola Solutions, Inc.	MSI	15.32B	23.23	3.96	1.79	1.90%

50 Top Stocks With The Highest Dividend Growth In October 2012

Shares With Highest Dividend Growth by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of companies with fastest dividend growth compared to the previous dividend declaration. The dividend growth is often a good indicator for the financial health of a stock. Companies with a strong increase in dividends judge the future of their company rosy and they want to give money back to shareholders that they don’t need for their business.

In total, the 50 fastest dividend growth companies realized an average dividend growth of 73.09 percent. The average dividend yield of the stocks amounts to 3.29. The P/E ratio is 22.05, P/B 3.41 and P/S finally 4.51.

Five companies had a triple digit-growth and 48 announced a double-digit dividend increase.  90 percent of the ten highest dividend growth stocks came from the financial or services sector.

The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (October 22 – 28, 2012)

Stocks With Biggest Dividend Hikes From Last Week 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, 74 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 31 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 49.89 percent. Exactly 25 stocks/funds have a yield over five percent (high yield); 39 above three percent. 38 are currently recommended to buy.

Visa (V) is the Large Cap stock with the highest dividend hike. The company announced to increase dividends by 50 percent, from 22 to 33 cents per share. The business service company is on a very good growth path. The company grew yearly by 25.53 percent over the recent five years in sales and 44.62 percent in earnings per share. At the current EPS-level, the payout ratio is expected at 18.4 percent. In addition, there is no long-term debt.

Another good Large Cap company with recent dividend growth is AFLAC (AFL). The company is also low leveraged and has a good long-term business growth. The recent dividend hike of 6.1 percent was not as high as it should be but still high enough to compensate inflation costs. The payout ratio at the new level amounts to 25.64 percent. Regard the low geographically diversification. The company is a big insurer in Japan. 77.46 percent of sales are generated in Asia/Pacific and 25.54 percent in Americas.