20 Quality Buybacks At A Reasonable Price

On one hand, many would argue that the emphasis on share repurchases is merely a sign of the times – the US economy continues to grow (albeit slowly) while corporates enjoy ample balance sheet flexibility in an entirely unprecedented ultralow interest rate environment characterized by the Fed’s ongoing reluctance to raise rates as much of the world’s government debt has moved to negative yields… 

On the other hand, buyback activity near all-time highs could be considered a potential sign that the current Bull Market is approaching its peak. While there is a plausible argument supporting greater share repurchases – return of excess cash in the absence of viable alternative investments – firms have historically exhibited poor timing. 

Management tends to repurchase shares in bull markets when profits are high and balance sheets are flush with cash, while cutting back during recessions (precisely the time they should be buying over the long term).

Here are 20 high quality buyback kings at a reasonable price...

15 Cheap Stocks With Strong Growth Prospects

Dividend stocks as a group have started to trade in a range as investors contemplate the effect that the upcoming interest rate hike will have on their valuation.

From our perspective, the decision on whether dividend stocks are a good hold in a rising-interest-rate environment is a moot point — as long as we’re looking for the right stocks.

The “right” dividend stocks in our book not only pay healthy dividends, but also have strong growth prospects. Focusing on strong balance sheets and growing revenue helps to avoid investing in companies that may be at risk of decreasing or cutting their dividends.

Attached you can find a few dividend stocks with double-digit earnings growth predictions for the next five years.

Each of the stocks has a market cap over 2 billion, a debt to equity ratio under 0.5 and a beta below the market average.

15 stocks fulfilled our criteria of which two are High-Yields. 13 of the results got a buy or better rating by analysts.

Here are the top results...

These 14 Promising Income Stocks Should Grow Earnings Over 10% Yearly

Investors often pick between growth and income. Why limit yourself? I sit here and watch my market screener, trying to find the next stock that could deliver me a good return. 

I'm a strong believer in growth and hope that dividends could bring me some risk compensation. Today I've created a forward orientated screen for U.S. domiciled stocks.

These are my criteria:

- Market Cap over 2 billion
- Positive Dividend Yield
- EPS growth forecasts over 10% yearly for the next half decade
- P/E less than 15
- Sales growth over 5% in the past 5 years
- Operating Margin over 15%
- Debt to Equity under 1

14 stocks fulfilled exactly these criteria for the moment. There are some pretty known companies on the screen. 

All stocks discussed in this article all pay dividends and have double-digit growth rates. Some of these companies are industry-dominating forces, stocks that you have undoubtedly heard of, while others are lesser known.

Here are the top yielding results...

20 Best Dividend Performance Kings In Review

Dividend investors looking for income and income growth, that's true but if we are honest, a solid performance is better than a small dividend amount.

Pennies become dollars and hundreds of dollars end in a million one day. Small dividends count and will contribute to your first million.

Today I like to show you those dividend paying stocks that have created the best performance over the past year while their performance did not lose momentum during the past month.

These are the 5 best performing dividend stocks over the past year in detail. Attached you find a list of the 20 best stocks with a performance between 55 to 89 percent.

Here are the results....

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On August 02, 2013

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 payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks August 02, 2013. In total, 3 stocks go ex dividend - of which one yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 2.93%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
BCB Bancorp Inc.	BCBP	89.42M	-	0.96	1.65	4.56%
IdaCorp, Inc.	IDA	2.64B	14.91	1.49	2.39	2.88%
Alaska Air Group, Inc.	ALK	4.30B	12.53	2.79	0.90	1.31%

10 Stocks And 2 Funds Hiked Their Dividends Last Week

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. The number of dividend hikers remains low. Only 10 stocks and two additional funds announced to increase their dividend payments last week.

On the list are some well known big players like Conoco Philips, Walgreen, Paychex or Cummins. It’s ever good to see that some stocks keep their dividend growth path. Seven of the results have a current buy or better rating.