19 Cheap Dividend Aristocrats

Dividend Aristocrats with low forward Price-to-earnings originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Everybody talks about Dividend Aristocrats when discussing the best dividend growth stocks. Those companies have raised their dividend payments over a period of more than 25 years in a row and being selected by the credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s. The index has only 54 constituents. Normally, Dividend Aristocrats are highly valuated because of their high quality and low risk business models.

If you pay a big premium on your asset, you will not get a good return in the end. It’s very simple. All you need to do is to scout for attractive bargains at the capital market.

Today I would like to screen the Dividend Aristocrats Index by the cheapest companies in terms of forward P/E. Only 19 stocks have a current forward P/E ratio below 15. Some of them have bigger amounts of debt and others are slow growing. However, nearly 70 percent of the results have a current buy or better rating by brokerage firms.

All members of the Dividend Aristocrats Index generated a positive year-to-date performance. It’s also a sign for the quality of the index. In average, they have a stock price performance of 16.03 percent. 1.02 percent points better than the broader S&P 500.

11 Stocks With A Growing Dividend From Last Week

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Summer days are coming and the financial market goes to hibernation.

Last week was the weakest week in terms of dividend growth. Only 11 companies announced a dividend hike within the recent week and additional three funds followed to hike dividends. Five of them are yielding over three percent and eight have a current buy or better rating.

The biggest stocks with recent dividend growth are Caterpillar, the retail discounter Target as well as the medical instruments and supplies company CR Bard.

20 Most Profitable Dividend Aristocrats

Dividend Aristocrats with highest operating margins originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Dividend Aristocrats are some of the best dividend growth stocks with a proven dividend hike series of more than 25 years. But if you are a fundamental investor, you also look for a strength business. Margins are a good indicator for a healthy business.

The margins are important for investors. They show if a company is getting stronger or even weaker within its business area. A very high margin shows that the company has products with a big customer satisfaction and desire. Clients need those products and they pay a high price because they can’t find a better provider.
Sometimes margins are very high due to one-off effects. Basic material companies benefitted from high raw commodity prices. They are in a one-off situation which can also keep up for years.

Today I like to look at the Dividend Aristocrats list and show you the most profitable companies, measured by the highest operating margin. The index has 54 constituents and the top 20 stocks have a margin between 16 and 45 percent. That’s well above the index average. 14 of the results have a current buy or better rating.

Best Dividend Paying Ex-Dividend Shares On January 17, 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 January 17, 2013. In total, 6 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 1 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 2.52%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	PFLT	-	-	-	-	7.45%
PNM Resources, Inc.	PNM	1.62B	7.99	0.99	1.19	2.85%
Hormel Foods Corp.	HRL	9.08B	18.52	3.22	1.10	1.97%
Graco Inc.	GGG	3.23B	23.66	7.56	3.32	1.88%
Apache Corp.	APA	31.46B	12.86	1.02	1.85	0.85%
CR Bard Inc.	BCR	8.40B	17.17	4.43	2.85	0.78%

Best Dividend Paying Ex-Dividend Shares Between January 14 - 20, 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 week.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks January 14- 20, 2013. In total, 35 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 14 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.98%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Teekay Corporation	TK	2.31B	-	1.66	1.18	3.77%
The Clorox Company	CLX	9.87B	18.24	-	1.79	3.38%
Empresa Nacional de Electricidad	EOC	13.54B	19.13	2.60	2.72	3.01%
Enersis S.A.	ENI	12.18B	17.93	1.52	0.87	2.95%
Foot Locker, Inc.	FL	5.06B	13.81	2.21	0.85	2.14%
Hormel Foods Corp.	HRL	9.09B	18.54	3.22	1.10	1.97%
Potash	POT	37.00B	16.03	3.85	4.54	1.96%
Graco Inc.	GGG	3.24B	23.77	7.60	3.33	1.87%
Lowe's Companies Inc.	LOW	40.30B	21.33	2.83	0.79	1.79%
Franco-Nevada Corporation	FNV	8.26B	256.27	2.57	19.15	1.28%
Pier 1 Imports, Inc.	PIR	2.20B	12.45	1.26	1.35	0.96%
Whole Foods Market, Inc.	WFM	16.45B	35.18	4.32	1.41	0.90%
Apache Corp.	APA	31.53B	12.89	1.03	1.86	0.84%
PerkinElmer Inc.	PKI	3.95B	-	2.03	1.90	0.81%
CR Bard Inc.	BCR	8.49B	17.36	4.47	2.88	0.78%
EOG Resources, Inc.	EOG	34.03B	28.42	2.47	2.97	0.54%

My Best Dividend Aristocrat Growth Picks For 2013

Buying high quality stocks at cheap prices is one of the major missions of a successful trader. Many investors failed to implement this strategy. I have also done a lot of loss-trades within the recent years and lost much money. If I accumulate all this money which is now far away at other investors who sold the stocks earlier, I would be a rich man. I learned a lot from it. People should buy some higher valuated companies with a safer business model. I believe that if you realize a return of 5-9 percent plus a final dividend of 1-3 percent, you have done a real good investment.

However, I proceed with my 2013 stock picks. Today, Dividend Aristocrats are in my main focus. Those stocks raised dividends over a period of more than 25 consecutive years and being selected by the credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s.

These are my criteria:

- Forward P/E under 15

- Past 5Y Sales growth over 5 percent

- Earnings per share growth for the next five years over 5 percent

- Operating Margin over 5 percent

Fourteen Dividend Aristocrats fulfilled these criteria of which three yielding above three percent. Nine are currently recommended to buy. Dividend Aristocrats are not as cheap as other potential dividend growth stocks because the market has identified the quality of the stocks. Would you pay a higher price for more quality or do you prefer cheaper stocks with more return potential. Let me know your thoughts below in our comment box.

The 20 Safest Dividend Growth Stocks – A Summary

Dividend Achievers With Low Beta Ratios Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend growth is an investment strategy that works if you have enough time. At the market are 187 stocks with a consecutive dividend growth of more than five years (Dividend Achievers). I made a list of the 20 dividend growth stocks with the lowest beta ratio, in total a value of less than 0.4. Especially in times of crises like the European debt crisis and the slowing China GDP growth, a safe haven strategy should be a wise decision. The low beta ratio shows that the stock is only low correlated with the market. If he goes 10 percent down, the 0.4 beta stock follows the market only by 4 percent.

Below the 20 results are two High-Yields and five with a buy or better recommendation.

The Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks On October 18, 2012

The Best And Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. 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-dividend date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on October 18, 2012. In total, 18 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend - of which 8 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.76%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized Ex-Dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Gladstone Commercial Corp.	GOOD	232.06M	234.88	1.63	4.92	7.98%
Gladstone Investment Corporation	GAIN	166.70M	11.27	0.83	7.62	7.95%
Costamare Inc.	CMRE	922.08M	9.51	2.15	2.32	7.94%
Hospitality Properties Trust	HPT	3.00B	23.79	1.02	2.38	7.75%
Government Properties Income Trust	GOV	1.08B	20.54	1.23	5.46	7.48%
Senior Housing Properties Trust	SNH	3.95B	21.73	1.51	7.25	6.97%
Select Income REIT	SIR	772.20M	11.57	1.08	7.07	6.79%
CommonWealth REIT	CWH	1.24B	42.14	0.36	1.25	6.78%
The Washington Post Company	WPO	2.69B	27.59	1.04	0.66	2.71%
Caterpillar Inc.	CAT	55.50B	9.50	3.49	0.84	2.45%
Hormel Foods Corp.	HRL	7.72B	16.32	2.68	0.95	2.04%
Graco Inc.	GGG	2.94B	21.67	7.51	3.11	1.85%
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.	EPHC	514.78M	20.70	7.76	5.57	1.84%
AAR Corp.	AIR	660.21M	9.72	0.75	0.31	1.81%
CVS Caremark Corporation	CVS	59.67B	16.57	1.57	0.51	1.39%
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana	HFBL	50.18M	17.73	1.02	3.94	1.35%
CR Bard Inc.	BCR	8.57B	17.33	4.46	2.91	0.78%
Apache Corp.	APA	34.07B	10.43	1.11	1.99	0.78%