20 Dividend Stocks With 4%+ Yield And Growth Ambitions

One of the smartest moves you can make before, during, and after a market correction is to load your portfolio with high-quality dividend-paying companies.

Not only have companies that pay a dividend historically outperformed publicly listed companies that don't pay a dividend, but they offer other advantages as well. To begin with, the willingness of a company to pay a regular dividend signifies the health of its business model and portends that it likely has a positive long-term growth outlook.

In order to catch the highest yielding growth opportunities from the market that might offer low risk, if selected a few high yielders from the dividend growth space with future growth prospects.

These are my main criteria:

- 5-Year earnings growth forecast over 5 percent

- Over 4% dividend yield

- Consecutive dividend growth history over 10 years
- Market Cap over 2 billion

20 stocks fulfilled the above mentioned criteria of which 7 have a low forward P/E.

Here are 6 of my favorites….

HCP -- Yield: 6.02%

HCP (NYSE:HCP) employs 170 people, generates revenue of $2,266.28 million and has a net income of $893.19 million. The current market capitalization stands at $17.37 billion.

HCP’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,799.50 million. The EBITDA margin is 79.40% (the operating margin is 58.35% and the net profit margin 39.41%).

Financials: The total debt represents 45.67% of HCP assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 90.91%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 8.31% was realized by HCP.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.80. Last fiscal year, HCP paid $2.18 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 47.02, the P/S ratio is 7.66 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.61. The dividend yield amounts to 6.02%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of HCP (HCP)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of HCP (HCP)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of HCP (HCP)

AT&T -- Yield: 5.76%

AT&T (NYSE:T) employs 250,730 people, generates revenue of $132,447.00 million and has a net income of $6,518.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $200.77 billion.

AT&T’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $32,139.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 24.27% (the operating margin is 8.87% and the net profit margin 4.92%).

Financials: The total debt represents 28.03% of AT&T assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 95.02%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 7.02% was realized by AT&T.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.02. Last fiscal year, AT&T paid $1.84 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 32.07, the P/S ratio is 1.52 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.96. The dividend yield amounts to 5.76%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of AT&T (T)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of AT&T (T)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of AT&T (T)

Enterprise Products -- Yield: 5.56%

Enterprise Products (NYSE:EPD) employs 6,900 people, generates revenue of $47,951.20 million and has a net income of $2,833.50 million. The current market capitalization stands at $55.47 billion.

Enterprise Products’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,910.70 million. The EBITDA margin is 10.24% (the operating margin is 7.87% and the net profit margin 5.91%).

Financials: The total debt represents 45.27% of Enterprise Products assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 118.27%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 16.72% was realized by Enterprise Products.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.30. Last fiscal year, Enterprise Products paid $1.45 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 21.27, the P/S ratio is 1.16 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.98. The dividend yield amounts to 5.56%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Enterprise Products (EPD)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Enterprise Products (EPD)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Enterprise Products (EPD)

Realty Income -- Yield: 4.97%

Realty Income (NYSE:O) employs 127 people, generates revenue of $933.50 million and has a net income of $269.14 million. The current market capitalization stands at $10.80 billion.

Realty Income’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $827.48 million. The EBITDA margin is 88.64% (the operating margin is 25.00% and the net profit margin 28.83%).

Financials: The total debt represents 44.82% of Realty Income assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 87.92%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 4.50% was realized by Realty Income.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.10. Last fiscal year, Realty Income paid $1.64 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 41.76, the P/S ratio is 11.57 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.98. The dividend yield amounts to 4.97%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Realty Income (O)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Realty Income (O)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Realty Income (O)

Duke Energy -- Yield: 4.59%

Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) employs 28,344 people, generates revenue of $23,925.00 million and has a net income of $2,465.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $49.53 billion.

Duke Energy’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $10,359.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 43.30% (the operating margin is 21.98% and the net profit margin 10.30%).

Financials: The total debt represents 35.24% of Duke Energy assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 104.06%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 5.98% was realized by Duke Energy.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.36. Last fiscal year, Duke Energy paid $3.15 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 21.41, the P/S ratio is 2.07 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.24. The dividend yield amounts to 4.59%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Duke Energy (DUK)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Duke Energy (DUK)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Duke Energy (DUK)

Emerson Electric -- Yield: 4.25%

Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) employs 115,100 people, generates revenue of $24,537.00 million and has a net income of $2,184.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $29.04 billion.

Emerson Electric’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,936.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 20.12% (the operating margin is 14.44% and the net profit margin 8.90%).

Financials: The total debt represents 24.92% of Emerson Electric assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 59.53%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 20.74% was realized by Emerson Electric.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.61. Last fiscal year, Emerson Electric paid $1.72 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.25, the P/S ratio is 1.18 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.04. The dividend yield amounts to 4.25%.

Stock Charts: