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5 Dividend Stocks For Long-Term-Investors

Experts suggest that in order to successfully invest for the long term, you need to focus on quality stocks that are stable and predictable, because what works today may not work years or decades from now.

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:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Coca-Cola (KO)
Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Coca-Cola (KO)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Coca-Cola (KO)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Coca-Cola (KO)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Coca-Cola (KO)
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:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of General Mills (GIS)
Long-Term Stock Price Chart of General Mills (GIS)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of General Mills (GIS)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of General Mills (GIS)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of General Mills (GIS)
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:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Costco Wholesale (COST)
Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Costco Wholesale (COST)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Costco Wholesale (COST)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Costco Wholesale (COST)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Costco Wholesale (COST)
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:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Apple (AAPL)
Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Apple (AAPL)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Apple (AAPL)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Apple (AAPL)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Apple (AAPL)
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:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of American Tower (AMT)
Long-Term Stock Price Chart of American Tower (AMT)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of American Tower (AMT)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of American Tower (AMT)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of American Tower (AMT)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of American Tower (AMT)