Despite The Market Sell-Off: Here Are 20 Dividend Stocks At Fresh New 52-Week Highs

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Ticker	Company	P/E	Fwd P/E	P/S	P/B	Dividend	Price	Target Price
MTBCP	Medical Transcription Billing, Corp.	-	-	9.89	11.14	9.89%	27.80	-
FRO	Frontline Ltd.	-	16.45	1.65	0.95	9.45%	6.35	5.10
OHI	Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.	79.26	20.24	7.45	1.87	7.99%	33.05	30.78
AM	Antero Midstream Partners LP	24.68	15.82	7.13	4.19	4.88%	34.03	37.79
VZ	Verizon Communications Inc.	15.78	11.45	1.73	4.32	4.44%	54.33	56.58
FE	FirstEnergy Corp.	-	15.3	1.41	2.41	3.78%	38.05	39.47
OGE	OGE Energy Corp.	18.72	17.57	3.27	1.91	3.57%	37.27	37.83
AES	The AES Corporation	34.78	11.3	0.92	2.95	3.52%	14.78	13.75
PEG	Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated	19.3	16.48	2.97	1.94	3.30%	54.53	56.00
WEC	WEC Energy Group, Inc.	20.54	19.64	2.83	2.23	3.21%	68.88	68.50
SJI	South Jersey Industries, Inc.	-	21.08	2.32	2.32	3.11%	36.04	36.29
NXRT	NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.	12.69	-	4.98	2.96	2.92%	34.23	34.21
CMS	CMS Energy Corporation	20.34	20.08	2.1	3.04	2.84%	50.28	50.53
AEE	Ameren Corporation	20.88	20.26	2.56	2.18	2.78%	65.94	65.03
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	48.35	15.18	4.55	5.81	2.73%	70.45	73.92
NWN	Northwest Natural Gas Company	-	28.65	2.83	2.67	2.68%	70.43	58.67
NEE	NextEra Energy, Inc.	13.89	20.64	4.86	2.46	2.57%	172.75	178.94
NJR	New Jersey Resources Corporation	9.33	23.48	1.46	2.85	2.49%	47.03	47.00
OGS	ONE Gas, Inc.	24.77	24.87	2.65	2.19	2.19%	83.97	75.20
TDS	Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.	-	25.8	0.71	0.8	2.00%	32.07	34.33

12 Stocks That Are No Dividend Champs Due To Flat Payments But Great Dividend Investments

Dividends are nice, to be sure … particularly to long-term investors who specifically need reliable income.

But not all dividend stocks are created equally. To remain a viable long-term holding to income seekers, these cash-producing stocks also need to offer reliable dividend growth over time to fight off the effects of inflation.

What good is a stagnant dividend, after all — as the payout stays the same, its purchasing power slowly erodes. And it’s surprising how many dividend paying companies don’t up their payouts to even keep pace with inflation.

It's not a shame when a company runs his dividend flat for a few years but the strengh dividend growth criteria don't add them up into the Dividend Champions league.

Here is a list of stocks that can be classified the the non-consistent dividend growers. You can also check out the Dividend Aristocrats list from 1989 to 2014. There is a great overview about how the index has changed his members.

These are some of the results:

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On July 01, 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 July 01, 2013. In total, 15 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 7 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.80%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
American Strategic Income Portfolio III	CSP	146.75M	-	-	-	6.55%
IAMGOLD Corp.	IAG	1.54B	6.82	0.41	0.98	6.11%
Corrections Corporation of America	CXW	3.42B	11.32	2.06	1.95	5.62%
Mack-Cali Realty Corp.	CLI	2.18B	82.70	1.25	3.09	4.84%
Kimco Realty Corporation	KIM	8.80B	74.59	1.84	9.30	3.88%
Raytheon Co.	RTN	21.75B	11.42	2.62	0.89	3.31%
American Greetings Corp.	AM	580.42M	11.92	0.85	0.31	3.29%
CVB Financial Corp.	CVBF	1.24B	16.27	1.62	4.87	2.86%
Cisco Systems, Inc.	CSCO	131.25B	13.68	2.31	2.74	2.76%
Comcast Corporation	CMCSA	106.15B	17.00	2.20	1.68	1.94%
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.	SSD	1.41B	35.46	1.79	2.16	1.72%
PH Glatfelter Co.	GLT	1.09B	19.73	1.99	0.68	1.58%
ESCO Technologies Inc.	ESE	873.87M	26.89	1.41	1.30	0.97%
Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.	ITUB	65.41B	10.24	1.73	2.24	0.69%
BRF - Brasil Foods S.A.	BRFS	19.19B	42.42	2.74	1.46	0.14%

20 Best Yielding Stocks From The Share Buyback Achievers Index

The highest yielding stocks from the Share Buyback Achievers index originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". I love dividends and dividend growth but most investors are fixed on these themes. Some companies know this and they try to catch investors by paying dividends and let them grow. The problem is that they have only a middle class business model and they burn shareholder value by following the dividend growth approach.

Better variants to give money back to shareholders are share buyback programs. The company buys own stocks and reduces the current amount of outstanding shares. As a result, earnings per share grow at a higher rate and the share price should follow because the P/E goes down and yields are up.
There exists an index that covers the best stocks with share buy backs of at least 5 percent or more for the trailing 12 months. The index is called Buyback Achievers Index. Over 200 companies are constituents but only half of them pay dividends.

Today, I like to introduce the 20 highest yielding stocks from the index. Below results are completely different stocks compared to my regular screens about Dividend Champs and other growth picks. Just take a look and get inspired.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On March 25, 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 March 25, 2013. In total, 7 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 3 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.31%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Campus Crest Communities, Inc.	CCG	524.10M	84.25	1.53	3.81	4.90%
American Greetings Corp.	AM	515.73M	-	0.80	0.29	3.68%
Frisch's Restaurants Inc.	FRS	88.30M	13.96	1.16	0.44	3.67%
Cohen & Steers Inc.	CNS	1.53B	23.39	5.84	5.57	2.07%
Special Opportunities Fund, Inc.	SPE	112.23M	206.00	0.97	32.62	1.40%
Regal Beloit Corporation	RBC	3.73B	17.86	1.77	1.18	0.92%