Dividend Stocks At Fresh New 52-Week Highs - #Evergy #Verizon #Popular #Ball #NextEraEnergy

Dear Reader, find below a list of Dividend Stocks At Fresh New 52-Week Highs. 

Ticker	Company	P/E	Fwd P/E	P/S	P/B	Dividend	Price	Target Price
VZ	Verizon Communications Inc.	15.76	12.52	1.87	4.48	4.1%	59.40	57.87
OGE	OGE Energy Corp.	18.76	18.44	3.48	1.95	3.7%	39.33	37.71
NWE	NorthWestern Corporation	6.09	18.66	2.58	1.69	3.5%	64.20	58.33
EVRG	Evergy, Inc.	24.31	20.64	4.36	1.51	3.1%	60.23	59.94
PG	The Procter & Gamble Company	23.15	19.9	3.5	4.57	3.1%	94.41	88.58
ES	Eversource Energy	20.26	19	2.54	1.84	3.1%	66.42	64.34
XEL	Xcel Energy Inc.	29.25	19.73	2.26	2.15	3.0%	51.60	50.08
DTE	DTE Energy Company	16.06	19.07	1.58	2.13	3.0%	119.57	114.62
AEE	Ameren Corporation	20.22	21.19	2.7	2.21	2.7%	69.60	66.69
CCEP	Coca-Cola European Partners plc	20.17	16.76	1.78	3.01	2.6%	48.71	-
NEE	NextEra Energy, Inc.	14	21.4	5.16	2.47	2.5%	178.81	181.41
NJR	New Jersey Resources Corporation	9.63	24.25	1.52	2.94	2.4%	48.79	47.00
RSG	Republic Services, Inc.	26.7	23.2	2.45	3.11	2.0%	75.69	74.63
AWK	American Water Works Company, Inc.	28.63	25.94	4.89	2.84	2.0%	93.21	92.75
ATO	Atmos Energy Corporation	21.3	21.62	3.15	2.32	2.0%	99.07	98.86
BPOP	Popular, Inc.	12.61	9.83	3.09	1.09	1.8%	56.02	58.75
AWR	American States Water Company	38.67	33.85	5.58	4.34	1.7%	65.90	55.67
CME	CME Group Inc.	34.07	26.47	16.41	2.79	1.5%	192.03	188.09
FFIN	First Financial Bankshares, Inc.	31.31	27.58	15.85	4.43	1.3%	65.36	52.50
BLL	Ball Corporation	32.71	18.63	1.48	4.75	0.8%	50.29	51.92

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20 Low Beta / Risk Dividend Contenders - #Dividend #Yield #Beta #Stocks

Attached you will find a list of 20 Dividend Contenders with the lowest Beta Ratio. 

Ticker	Company	P/E	Fwd P/E	P/S	P/B	Dividend	Beta
RGCO	RGC Resources, Inc.	30.21	26.8	3.27	2.49	2.31%	-0.06
SO	The Southern Company	53.96	14.65	1.93	1.81	5.24%	0.04
DLR	Digital Realty Trust, Inc.	105.34	70.86	8.27	2.43	3.80%	0.04
CMS	CMS Energy Corporation	19.61	18.09	1.9	2.77	3.16%	0.05
EAT	Brinker International, Inc.	14.76	11.7	0.64	-	3.47%	0.05
AAN	Aaron's, Inc.	19.08	10.43	0.82	1.64	0.29%	0.06
SR	Spire Inc.	20.23	18.79	1.73	1.57	3.20%	0.06
WEC	WEC Energy Group, Inc.	19.12	17.81	2.57	2.03	3.56%	0.07
FMAO	Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc.	28.35	24.28	9.25	2.84	1.25%	0.07
ARTNA	Artesian Resources Corporation	9.55	23.72	4.35	2.39	2.47%	0.08
DUK	Duke Energy Corporation	21.78	15.3	2.22	1.27	4.70%	0.1
NWFL	Norwood Financial Corp.	15.41	-	4.88	1.7	2.83%	0.13
XEL	Xcel Energy Inc.	19.88	17.3	2.01	1.97	3.39%	0.14
EIX	Edison International	23.18	13.87	1.64	1.75	3.86%	0.15
AWK	American Water Works Company, Inc.	26.01	22.99	4.45	2.68	2.22%	0.15
TLP	Transmontaigne Partners L.P.	17.96	14.82	3.13	1.99	8.12%	0.19
NKSH	National Bankshares, Inc.	21.92	17.21	8.12	1.81	2.41%	0.2
AUBN	Auburn National Bancorporation, Inc.	18.43	-	5.7	1.85	2.23%	0.21
ELS	Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.	40.81	34.74	8.4	7.53	2.50%	0.21
CPK	Chesapeake Utilities Corporation	24.29	20.37	1.85	2.47	1.70%	0.21

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5 Safe Dividend Stocks To Consider Now

With interest rates sitting near record lows, the stock market hitting all-time highs, and global growth remaining sluggish, many conservative investors seeking safe retirement income are anxious.

Dividend stocks have been a popular place to hunt for retirement income because they offer yields higher than Treasuries and provide the potential for income growth and capital appreciation.

However, not all dividend stocks are safe -- especially those with high yields and risky fundamentals.

But what should you add to your portfolio this year? Dividend stocks are good -- and often safe -- places for your cash.

Here are a few diverse industrial companies to consider investing in for 2017. Each not only pays a solid dividend, but also anticipates a strong year ahead, which could lead to share price appreciation as well.

These are the results...

4 Best Dividend Stocks To Buy And Hold Until 2025

Dividend stocks are always popular with investors. What could be better than getting a quarterly check just for holding a stock?

While many investors tend to gauge these stocks primarily by the size of their yields, there are other factors to consider. 

Long-term investors will want to pick stocks with substantial future growth potential and ones that are able to continue funding dividend increases.

After all, the true divided yield you get is based on the price you paid, not the current price of the stock.

We've tried to predict what will be the best dividend stock to have in your portfolio 10 years from now. 4 stocks came in our minds.

These are the results...

4 Stocks That I Think Will Be Great Dividend Investments Built For The Next Century

There are a handful of stocks on the market that have been paying a dividend for over 100 years. Procter & Gamble, ExxonMobil, and General Mills are three such names, and one thing they hold in common is that they run very stable and (arguably) boring businesses.

They're also not involved in the volatile tech industry, where some of the world's biggest companies are today, but where businesses can also go from household name to obscurity in just a few years (see BlackBerry).

Nor do they sell volatile consumerdiscretionarygoods that can swing in and out of favor. As we look forward to the next century, investors looking for low-risk dividends that can last another 100 years should be on the lookout for businesses that won't be easily disrupted by new technology or changing lifestyles.

Here are four stocks that I think will be great dividend investments built for the next century...

11 Best Dividend Paying Water Utilities Dividend Stocks

Water utility companies provide drinking water and wastewater services for residential, commercial, and industrial sectors on municipal, state, and federal levels. Many times, these are natural monopolies and are stable, established corporations. These companies generally pay average to slightly above average dividend yields.

Providing clean water all over the world is a significant global challenge, both for water utility stocks and for conservationists. In a 2012 article, I mentioned that the United Nations and organizations such as Water.org were addressing this problem. Today I focus on water conservation on Main Street -- where water bills are higher due to new water meters and the general overuse of water.

But high water bills may make water utility stocks more appealing for investors.

The following table includes 11 water utilities. Many water utilities have multiyear histories of increasing their dividends making them candidates for a dividend reinvestment portfolio.

Here are the 11 Best Dividend Paying Water Utilities Dividend Stocks...

6 Best Dividend Stocks To Consider Now

Income investors need to remain disciplined in their strategy, however, and not fall for the latest fads. The best dividend stocks to buy now aren’t swing trades or picks that could explode on one earnings report or buyout rumor.

After all, dividend yields are calculated based on one year of distributions, so if you’re not buying these picks for the long term then you might as well not even look at that metric!

The good news is that if you can stick to your guns and keep a cool head, the best dividend stocks to buy now can pay off not just in 2016 and 2017, but for many years down the road thanks to consistent performance and reliable dividend payments.

So if you’re the kind of investor who finds a sleepy master limited partnership with a 4% yield and a 5% annual return more attractive than a gut-wrenching momentum play, this list is for you.

Here are the 6 best dividend stocks to consider now....

38 Dividend Growth Utilities With A Solid Finance Basis Or Earnings Growth

If there is one thing every investor can appreciate, it is a growing stream of reliable dividends. With the Federal Reserve aiming to raise rates in December, the rate sensitive stocks have seen some price declines.

One of those rate sensitive sectors is the utility sector. To help investors find some of the best companies in the sector, I began researching those utility stocks with at least 5 straight years of dividend increases. 54 companies are part of the results. That's a huge number which I want to reduce by implementing higher restrictions. More about this method can be read below.

Some investors like to build their dividend growth portfolio with very different strategies. One trick that I have found can help investors stay on track is to mentally consider the costs they will need to pay each month of their life and to set a goal for covering those costs with dividend income.

There is a beautiful irony in being able to cover the costs an investor faces in their life with a dividend check from the same company that is selling them a product. When it comes to the utility companies, it makes sense to have a more diversified portfolio rather than simply owning the utility that covers the investor's primary residence. 

The simple geographic risk of a natural disaster impacting the company and the investor's life at the same time makes it ideal to use a portfolio with at least a few different utility companies, even when the investor wants to use a utility dividend check to pay for their cost.

Utilities are mostly not diversified but you can do it on your own by investing smaller amounts into several sub-industries.

I've created two charts from my dividend growth utility database. The first table lists all utilities with a debt-to-equity ratio below one. I think its also important to have a look at financial ratios, especially when rates go up in the near future.

The second chart gives an overview of dividend growth utilities with a predicted 5% earnings growth for the next five years. It's a more bullish view on future earnings.

Here are the results…

6 Defensive Dividend Stocks To Beat The Market In Crash Times

It seems hard to imagine that investors would get excited about very much at all when the market has slid this far south of late. Still, many investors are treating this as a pullback, because the trend for four years now is to buy every market sell-off.

Some investors are looking at value stocks, and others are going defensive. The stocks that have limited business cycles are a great focus for investors in a time of worry. These are six of the very defensive stocks we monitor that are either ignoring the market sell-off or are not down anywhere near as much as the broad market.

Here are the results...

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On August 15, 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 15, 2013. In total, 54 stocks go ex dividend - of which 17 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.86%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
The GEO Group, Inc.	GEO	2.45B	13.13	2.37	1.58	5.79%
Highwoods Properties Inc.	HIW	2.92B	55.02	2.37	5.42	4.83%
Tronox Limited	TROX	2.60B	1.54	1.05	1.39	4.36%
Chevron Corporation	CVX	235.37B	9.93	1.65	1.01	3.27%
AEGON N.V.	AEG	15.14B	11.80	0.40	0.24	3.08%
Companhia Siderurgica Nacional	SID	4.88B	-	1.27	0.58	2.99%
PartnerRe Ltd.	PRE	5.00B	9.56	0.79	0.95	2.89%
United Parcel Service, Inc.	UPS	82.71B	101.99	22.84	1.52	2.83%
American Water Works	AWK	7.57B	20.69	1.68	2.64	2.63%
L-3 Communications Holdings	LLL	8.39B	11.11	1.50	0.63	2.36%
Deluxe Corp.	DLX	2.17B	12.35	4.51	1.41	2.33%
Ryder System, Inc.	R	3.08B	13.89	1.99	0.49	2.27%
Allison Transmission Holdings	ALSN	4.26B	35.29	2.98	2.19	2.09%
j2 Global, Inc.	JCOM	2.37B	19.86	3.68	5.27	1.84%
Tim Hortons Inc.	THI	9.01B	22.52	7.52	2.95	1.70%
AmerisourceBergen Corporation	ABC	13.43B	22.98	5.55	0.16	1.44%
SemGroup Corporation	SEMG	2.32B	37.58	2.10	1.92	1.39%
FLIR Systems, Inc.	FLIR	4.72B	20.88	3.03	3.24	1.08%
Tractor Supply Company	TSCO	8.50B	29.24	7.43	1.74	0.85%
Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation	COG	15.82B	75.99	6.92	10.62	0.11%