Dividend Growth Stocks Of The Week 20/2016

Dividend growth investing is a popular model followed by the investing community to build assets. 

Companies which not only pay dividends, but raise them year after year have been shown to perform better overall for investor returns. 

Following companies announced dividend increases this week. These are the dividend grower from the past week... If you like them to receive in the future, just subscribe to my free newsletter.

Company	Ticker	New Yield	Dividend Growth in %
Connecticut Water Service	CTWS	2.31	5.61%
Hawthorn Bancshares	HWBK	1.34	3.99%
Mesa Royalty Trust	MTR	3.14	8.66%
MetLife Floating Ser A	META	4.08	1.10%
Clorox Co	CLX	2.5	3.90%
Group 1 Auto	GPI	1.53	4.55%
JPMorgan Chase	JPM	3	9.09%
Leggett&Platt	LEG	2.8	6.25%
Northrop Grumman	NOC	1.68	12.50%
Blue Hills Bancorp	BHBK	0.81	50.00%
First Financial Indiana	THFF	2.81	2.04%
Monro Muffler Brake	MNRO	1.1	13.33%
Republic Bancorp KY Cl A	RBCAA	3.08	5.56%
Southwest Airlines	LUV	0.95	33.33%
Towne Bank	TOWN	2.5	8.33%
United Fire Group	UFCS	2.42	13.64%
Brocade Comm Systems	BRCD	2.76	22.22%
Gentex	GNTX	2.27	5.88%
Houlihan Lokey Cl A	HLI	2.94	13.33%
KeyCorp	KEY	2.72	13.33%
Kilroy Realty	KRC	2.42	7.14%
Marsh&McLennan	MMC	2.12	9.68%
Medical Properties Tr	MPW	6.53	4.55%

20 Potentially Undervalued Dividend Stocks

One of the most common pitfalls for investors is their tendency to chase returns in the market; that is to say, many investors are prone to being lured by “hot” names on Wall Street that are making big gains, as opposed to focusing on the “out of favor,” high-quality companies that may be due for a rebound. But it's risky to follow market gurus or to go with the trend.

Maybe a better approach could be buying, fundamentally-sound dividend stocks that seem to be underpriced at the moment. Make no mistake, like many feats in the investing world, this one is also easier said than done. 

As such, below we’ve tried to discover a few undervalued stocks that might be interesting for income investors. We've used a tool with data from CapitalIQ, a Standard&Poors Company. 

These stocks pay at least 2% dividend and are available at a discount to their share price.

The following criteria have been used to create this view:

- Modest dividend of at least 2%

- Potentially undervalued Discount > 10%)

- An acceptable financial position.

- No 'warning' companies

The forward P/E from most of the results are close to 10 or below.

These are the results:

20 Potentially Undervalued Dividend Stocks
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George Soros Biggest Dividend Stock Buys And His Latest Portfolio

Georges Soros latest dividend stock moves and his asset allocation originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. George Soros is a legendary and speculative driven hedge fund manager. He manages around $9.22 billion in his asset vehicle Soros Fund Management LLC. The money is invested in over 200 companies.

George Soros is a very active Trader. He bought 59 new companies, around 30 percent of his total assets. Half of his latest big stock purchases pay a dividend. The most important changes were made within the technology and cyclical consumer goods sector. 

He changed assets in this category with impact to his portfolio of around 8.7 percent or net 7.4 percent. Also important areas where he put money in were communication services and defensive consumer stocks. The 20 biggest stock purchases had an impact to his portfolio of around 14 percent.

George Soros is an unpredictable investor. He jumps on everything he believes to make money with. The positive thing is that he is a much diversified guy. 

None of his stock assets is too big to be over weighted. The biggest position has a 3.8 percent portfolio share. His 20 top stock positions represent only 31.5% of his portfolio value, including ETFs, the ratio rises to 47.7 percent.