Now day’s experts are recommending those dividends paying stocks
that consistently paid dividends during depressions, financial recessions,
world wars, and other political and economic ruin.
Here are some high quality growth stocks to consider:
- Middlesex Water (NASDAQ: MSEX) is a water
utility company. This company provides quality water and
wastewater service to residents in parts of New Jersey and Delaware, and
beyond. It works in two segments: regulated or non-regulated. Its regulated
segment has contributed 90% of total revenue since December 31st,
2011. In the parts of New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania its regulated
segment collect, treat and distribute the water on a retail and wholesale
residential, commercial, industrial and fire protection customers. The
Non-Regulated segment consists of non-regulated segments contract services for
the maintenance of municipal and private water and wastewater systems in New
Jersey and Delaware.
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Dividend paid since 1912.
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Dividend yield is 3.9%.
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The total value of the company
in the stock market is 307.77 mn.
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Price to earnings ratio is
21.77.
- H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ)
is commonly known as “Heinz”. This is famous for its "57 Varieties"
slogan and its ketchup. This is a U.S. food processing company with world
headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company is widely engaged in
manufacturing and marketing of food products throughout the world. This principally
produces ketchups, condiments and sauces, frozen foods, soup, beans and pasta
meal, infant nutrition and other food products. This has operated in five
segments such as North American Consumer Products, Europe, Asia/Pacific, U.S.
Foodservice and Rest of World.
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Dividend paid since 1911.
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Dividend yield is 3.7%.
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The total value of the company
in the stock market is 23.26 bn.
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Price to earnings ratio is
22.28.
- MGE Energy (NASDAQ:
MGE) is a holding company which is based in Madison. This is wholly own
subsidiary of MGE energy. This works in five segments: Regulated electric
utility operations, Regulated gas utility operations, Non-regulated energy
operations, transmission investments and investing in companies and property
that relate to the regulated operations and financing the regulated operations.
Its primary asset is Madison Gas and Electric Co. (MGE), which are regulated
utility providing natural gas and electric service and promoting economic
development. In MGE Energy also includes MGE Power LLC, MGE Power West Campus,
LLC, MGE Power Elm Road, LLC, MGE Transco Investment LLC, Central Wisconsin
Development Corporation, MAGAEL, LLC, and MGE Construct LLC.
MGE generates and distributes electricity to 139,000 customers in
Dane County. Purchases and distributes gas to 144,000 customers in seven
south-central and western Wisconsin counties. At the end of 2011, MGE Energy's
assets total nearly $1.5 billion.
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Dividend paid since 1909.
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Dividend yield is 3.3%.
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The total value of the company
in the stock market is 1.27 bn.
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Price to earnings ratio is
19.75.
- Teco Energy (NYSE:
TE) is also a holding company. This is a S&P 500 energy-related company
based in Tampa, Florida. It electrical division provides retail electric
service to more than 678,000 customers in West Central Florida with a net
winter system generating capability of 4,684 megawatts. It regulated Florida
operations of Tampa Electric and Peoples Gas, TECO Energy businesses are
engaged in coal production in TECO Coal in Kentucky and Virginia and electric
power generation and related businesses in TECO Guatemala. In 2000, TECO Energy
was fined $3.5 million for making changes in emissions producing facilities
without installing new updated pollution controls. In 2004 leads in coal and
natural gases. In 2010 it will reduce nitrogen oxide emissions at the plant by
approximately 85 percent from levels recorded in 1998.
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Dividend paid since 1900.
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Dividend yield is 4.6%.
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The total value of the company
in the stock market is 3.77 bn.
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Price to earnings ratio is
15.24.
- Avista Corporation (NYSE:
AVA) is an energy company. Its function is the generation, transmission and
distribution of energy or other energy related businesses. AVA has two
business segments: Avista Utilities and Ecova. The company is providing reliable and
safe energy services to customers in eastern Washington, northern Idaho and
parts of southern and eastern Oregon.
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Dividend paid since 1899.
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Dividend yield is 4.3%.
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The total value of the company
in the stock market is 1.58 bn.
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Price to earnings ratio is
20.04.
