Best Dividends In Aerospace And Defense Industry

The Most Promising Dividends in Aerospace and Defense By Fool. Dividend payers deserve a berth in any long-term stock portfolio. But seemingly attractive dividend yields are not always as fetching as they may appear. Let's see which companies in the aerospace and defense industry offer the most promising dividends. Below, I've compiled some of the major dividend-paying players in the aerospace and defense industry (and a few smaller outfits), ranked according to their dividend yields:

Company	Recent Yield	Payout Ratio	5-Year Avg. Annual Div. Growth Rate
Raytheon	4.40%	28%	7.60%
Lockheed Martin(NYSE: LMT  )	4.20%	36%	19.20%
Northrop Grumman(NYSE: NOC  )	3.90%	29%	9.50%
General Dynamics	3.40%	25%	10%
Honeywell (NYSE: HON  )	3.10%	37%	7.30%
L-3 Communications(NYSE: LLL  )	3.00%	20%	19.30%
Boeing (NYSE: BA  )	2.80%	36%	8.20%
Kaman	2.40%	26%	2.60%
Rockwell Collins	1.90%	25%	12.90%
Goodrich	1.00%	22%	7.70%
FLIR Systems	0.90%	9%	New dividend
Textron (NYSE: TXT  )	0.50%	20%	-41.20%

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Source: Fool.com