With bonds still paying next to nothing despite the Federal Reserve’s plans to start ratcheting up interest rates, dividend stocks are the only viable way to drive cash flow at a level that at least keeps pace with inflation.
It’s not a look that should be taken lazily, mind you. Sometimes a dividend yield is high simply because a stock has fallen in anticipation that its dividend will soon be cut.
On the other hand, sometimes a yield is strong because the market proverbially threw the baby out with the bathwater. Even the names that have fallen due to fears of a reduced dividend, however, can sometimes make for worthy speculations.
The situation doesn’t become clear until a particular company is scrutinized. Whatever the case, to help investors get their search for income started, here’s a closer look at the 18 large caps with single-digit P/E multiples and dividend yields over 4 percent.
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18 High Yielding Dividend Large Cap Stocks With Single-Digit P/E Ratios and Yields Over 4% (click to enlarge) |