8 Small Cap Dividend Growth Stocks Warren Buffett Would Love

Today I'd like to share small-capstocks with businesses that are both understandable and durable, but trade at prices I personally deem too high. All businesses have traits Buffett would love: durable brands, strong competitive positions, and low-cost advantages. If Mr. Market gives me a deal, I'll be buying shares of each with both hands.

The fascinating thing about low market valuations is that the company can grow at a faster pace because their current market potential seems to be enormous.

The bad thing about those stocks is that they offer a higher risk. However, let's try the screen and face the facts.

Here are the results:

4 Safe High-Yielding Stocks To Consider

Safety comes first, that's also one of my rules when I started to invest money into the stock market. I believe that it gives you a solid return to avoid the big risks because each loss you don't need is also a gain you don't need to catch by taking higher risks.

Growth is just as important. Investors in or near requirement should demand their investments grow dividend income at least as fast as inflation - and hopefully much faster. This gives you a boost in your standard of living each year.

Today I like to introduce 4 stocks with a large dividend growth history (more than 30 years that give investors a solid ground to invest.

Each of these businesses also has maintained a growth rate higher than the inflation rate for the last several years and has a dividend yield 3% or higher. These high yield stocks should provide income now and growth for future income. 

They all have exceptionally low stock price standard deviations. These 3 businesses also have strong competitive advantages that insulate them from the worst effects of recessions. In short, these are 4 high quality businesses that score high marks for safety.

These are the results:

5 Top Picks From The Safe Heaven Large Cap Screen

Security is a big point when you start to invest money and trying to build wealth with dividend stocks. The reason is simple: Each loss you create doesn’t need to be compensated by a capital gain.

There are several methods to scout for low risk stocks. A very popular way is to look at ratios like Beta or the volatility.

Today I run my safe heaven large cap screen by stocks with the highest dividend yields and beta ratios under one. In addition, the debt is lower than the equity. 

Attached are the 20 top yielding stocks. 

These are the 5 top yielding results in detail. Which do you like?

11 Good Yielding Dividend Growth Stocks You Don't Want To Miss In Your Portfolio

If you are a fearful investor who scared about the ups and downs of the stock market, you must consider low volatility stocks with strong and growing cash flows.

In addition, the management team of the company should pay a solid amount of the net income back to shareholders. I talk about dividends and buybacks. Those are very shareholder friendly activities to create value for investors.

Today I like to introduce 11 dividend stocks that combine stable cash flows with high dividend yields above 3% and low stock price volatility. The stocks below reward investors each year with steady or rising dividend payments. Each of these 11 stocks has not reduced its dividend payments in over 25 years.

These are the results in detail:

8 Dividend Picks With A Predictable Growing Business

I like growing stocks which give returns back to shareholders via dividends and buybacks.
Both are very popular and shareholder-friendly activities.

Attached is a fresh list from today's screen I've created. I was looking for solid yielding stocks with good fundamentals and modest growing sales and income.

8 U.S. based stocks appeared on my screen. Also on the list were two German Car makers, Daimler and BMW. Those are too cyclic for me and they cause much CAPEX.

The screening criteria looks a little bit like a safe haven screen but stocks are risky in general. I've written in the past about stocks with a low beta ratio. That's a great measure to evalueate stocks by their risk in relation to the overall market.

These are my highlights from the dividend screen:

12 Of The Safest Dividend Aristocrats

Happy New Year! It was a fantastic year 2014 and I hope you've also generated a good performance.

I hope that this year can also produce a solid for my portfolio depite the fact that many analysts are scared about the current market valuation.

I think that we must own stocks but we need to keep a larger amount of cash in order to be prepared for a potential market correction. If dividend yields go up, it's good for us because we can earn more money by holding stocks and receiving dividends, all with a smaller amount of money.

What to do with price fluctuations?

One of my most important lessons on the stock market was - how do I become more diversified and secure?

The answer was very simple: Don't put all your money into one basket; don't put all your money into one asset. Keep diversified over industries, sectors and try to look for higher capitalized stocks who are acting within several countries.

Those are one of my keystones when I talk about investment security. For sure, it's no guarantee to avoid losses but I can sleep much better and can take a bigger part of the capital market.

Today I like to show you some new stocks with focus on security. These are my main criteria:

- Dividend yields over 2%

- Beta below 0.5

- Dividend Payout Ratios under 60%

- Market Caps are over $10 billion

My screen produced a few interesting results of which three have a very long history with their dividends, going back more than 40 years (close to Dividend Kings). I like to highlight some oft them now. 

Here are 12 of the safest Dividend Aristocrats...

20 Of The Safest Dividend Champions

20 Of The Safest Dividend Champions originally appeard on long-term-investments. More and more people talk about an overvaluation of the market. Sure P/E ratios skyrocket within the past five years but earnings did also improve.

You might agree with me that the risk of a market correction is improving with rising stock prices. What investors like you and me need to do is to hedge their risks.

I personally look for low beta stocks. Those have a lower correlation to the overall market and should fall less. Below are 20 of the safest Dividend Champions by beta ratio.

I've created a detailed snapshot of my 4 favorites and attached the full list. Let's go forward...

6 Low Beta And High Yield Dividend Stock Ideas

Over the past months, I've published a lot of long-term orientated stock ideas on my blog. The aim was to get new and fresh ideas for our asset allocation and I generated tons of great articles but most of them have a clear focus on dividend growth.

This weekend, I've also looked at my dividend growth stock database but I still notice that yields are low and price ratios are very ambitious.

I decided to start a new screen which is not based on dividend growth but count in safe heaven criteria like the beta ratio and high market valuations.

I've attached 6 big names below with some great charts about the long-term yield, dividend and price developments.

The 6 top safe heaven stocks with yields above 3.5 percent are...

5 Long-Term Dividend Growth Stocks To Stay Hedged In A Market Correction

The market shows a clear signal that the interest rates should rise in the near future but what should this mean for your long-term orientated dividend growth stocks?

I believe that the high valuations must come down in some way. It could also be possible that the market prices stay stable due to a solid business growth and the high liquidity in the market. 

We still have dividend yields of more than 2 percent for the average market, that's a solid and defensible value during a market correction. What's your opinion about a rising interest rates? Should stocks fall or rise?

However, to stay productive, I've attached a few long-term orientated dividend growth stock ideas with low beta ratios and high dividend yields.

Each of them have raised dividends by more than five consecutive years and cover the market volatility with a beta ratio of less than 0.5.

These are the final criteria:
- Beta ratio below 0.5
- Market Cap over USD 10 billion
- Expected 5-Year earnings growth of more than 5 percent
- Forward P/E under 15

The Top 5 results are...

6 Best Risk Rewarded Dividend Stocks From The S&P 500

Investors should take care about the risk when they plan to invest. A good and well-known indicator for the risk assessment is the Shape ratio.

The ratio evaluates the performance of the stock in relation to its volatility. It's also a figure that is based on the past performance data. Future developments are not detected.

Below are 6 stocks from the S&P 500 with very attractive Sharpe ratios. My main criteria are a dividend yield of more than 1 percent at a payout ratio of less than 100 percent of earnings.

The top risk rewarded dividend stocks from the S&P 500 are....

13 Safe Haven Large Caps With Over 3% Dividend Yields

Low volatility dividend stocks with cheap price ratios and top yields originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. On my blog I’ve listed over 100 stocks with safe haven characteristics. For sure no stock is safe and no dividend is guaranteed but there are some shares with a higher risk and bigger volatility which I don’t like. I’m looking for low yielding stocks with solid debt ratios and modest growth perspectives with a proven business model and a long-term dividend growth history.

Today, I produced a screen with the following core criteria:

- Market Capitalization over USD 10 billion

- Debt-to-Equity Ratio below 0.5

- Beta Ratio Below one

In order to get the top yielding results with cheap expected P/E’s, I selected only those stocks with a forward P/E of less than 15 as well as a dividend yield of more than 3 percent. Only thirteen stocks fulfilled my safe haven characteristics of which two are High-Yields and seven are recommended to buy. Many telecoms are part of the results.

The sector is definitely low priced and there is a huge rumor about takeovers. I also have shares of AT&T and Rogers in my Dividend Yield Passive Income Portfolio.

11 Cheap High Beta Consumer Goods Dividend Stocks

Cheap high beta dividend stocks from the consumer goods sector originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. You might know that I really love stocks from the consumer goods sector. They offer a very good risk profile for income seeking investors with a desire for future dividend growth. The problem is that they are also highly valuated. This was one of the reasons why I needed to purchase more and more stocks from other sectors like industrials and healthcare stocks.

I’m not worried about this because with every single stock purchase of other industries and sectors, my diversification rises. The second negative item in terms of consumer good stocks is that most of them are low beta stocks. If you like to make money in a strong upside market, you lose performance with low beta stocks.

This is the reason why I discovered some high beta stocks with attractive valuation figures this month in an article serial. If you are interested, here are the links to the articles:

· 15 Cheap High Beta Industrial Dividend Stocks

· 13 Cheap High Beta Basic Material Dividend Stocks

· 18 High Beta Services Dividend Paying Stocks

· 9 High Beta Utilities | Good Yields At High Potential

· 19 High Beta Technology Dividend Stocks At Reasonable Prices Compared To Growth

· 17 High Momentum Healthcare Dividend Stocks

· Cheap Financial Dividend Stocks With +15% Expected 5Y Earnings Growth

Back the current screen about high beta consumer dividend stocks. I observed this time large capitalized consumer dividend stocks with a low forward P/E and a beta ratio above one.

My screen produced only eleven results with yields between 0.71 percent and 2.58 percent. Nearly all of them (10 stocks) have a current buy or better rating by brokerage firms.

13 Cheap High Beta Basic Material Dividend Stocks

Cheap high beta dividend stocks from the basic material sector originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. The basic material sector is under fire. Nobody wants to go long on raw material producer or related industries. The fear of a slowing growth in China with the result of cheaper commodity prices is still aware.

The whole sector is down 3.1 percent over the recent six months while the best sector gained 17.9 percent during the same period. So many stocks can be bought for a single P/E within the sector but the risk is still high.

Today I would like to proceed my monthly screening serial about high beta dividend stocks. The basic material sector has a huge base of stock ideas on this field. In order to get the best results, I need to increase my limitations like this:

- Market capitalization over USD 10 billion

- Forward P/E below 15

- 5Y future earnings per share growth over 15 percent yearly

- Beta ratio over 1

Thirteen companies fulfilled these criteria of which one is a High-Yield. All results have a current buy or better rating.

15 Cheap High Beta Industrial Dividend Stocks

Industrial dividend stocks with high beta ratios at a cheap valuation originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. I love it to look for cheap stocks but bargains at the market are really hard to find especially because of the hundreds of thousands metrics you can use to identify an undervalued stock.

A major criterion which is often used by many investors is the price to earnings ratio. It tells you how many years do you need to get your investment back in corporate earnings. The lower the ratio, the cheaper your investment is. A P/E of 10 also means that the earnings yield is at 10 percent.
This month, I’ve created an article serial about high beta stocks. Those stocks are stronger correlated than the overall market and tend to outperform the broad S&P 500 in bullish times. They also tend to lose performance when the markets are going down.

Today I would like to screen high beta dividend stocks from the industrial sector with a cheap forward P/E ratio. Only fifteen stocks from the sector fulfilled these criteria and eleven of them are currently recommended to buy.

9 Financial Dividend Stocks With +15% Expected 5Y Earnings Growth At Cheap Prices

Financial dividend stocks with high beta and growth ratios and a low valuation originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. The financial sector still suffers under the aftermath effects of the Lehman crises and the current low interest environment. But some financial stocks are back to pay good dividends to shareholders.

In my today’s screen about high beta dividend financial stocks I needed to implement some additional criteria in order to limit the huge screen amounts. You can see the detailed limitations here:

- Market Capitalization over USD 10 billion

- Positive Dividend Yield

- Forward P/E below 15
- Beta Ratio over one

- 5-Year Future Earnings Growth Rate Over 15% yearly

Only nine stocks fulfilled these strong criteria. Seven of them have a current buy or better rating by brokerage firms and one high yield stocks is part of the results.

13 High Beta Dividend Champions With Cheap Forward P/E’s

Dividend Champions with high beta ratios and low valuation originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. The Dividend Champions list is a compressed compilation of stocks with the longest dividend growth history. Those stocks raised their cash dividend payments over a period of more than 25 years.

In my current article serial, I write about high beta stocks and the possibility to make more money in a bullish market with high beta stocks. High beta stocks are stronger correlated with the market and can result in a higher performance.

Today I would like to observe those Dividend Champions with a beta ratio above one as well as a forward P/E below 15. It’s very important to make sure that the companies are cheap because only with a high initial earnings yield you can increase the possibility of a good long-term total return. Thirteen stocks fulfilled the above mentioned criteria of which ten are currently recommended to buy.

18 High Beta Services Dividend Paying Stocks With High Growth And Low Valuation

Services dividend stocks with high betas and big growth at low valuation originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Today I would like to go forward with my monthly screen serial about high beta dividend stocks. Beta is a financial stock market ratio that shows how much the performance of a stock differs from the performance of the overall market. Beta ratios over one mean that the stock is stronger correlated to the market. Shares of the company move stronger up and down.

In bullish markets, you can make a better performance if you have high beta stocks in your portfolio. Today I would like to show you which of the services dividend stocks have the highest betas. Because of the huge amount of results, I needed to implement additional criteria. All stocks should have a low valuation measured by a forward P/E under 15 at earnings per share growth rates for the next five years of more than 10 percent yearly. Not enough, all stocks must have a market valuation over USD 10 billion.

Eighteen stocks fulfilled the above mentioned criteria. Sixteen have a current buy or better rating. The disadvantage is that the best results are low yielders. The highest dividend yield amounts to 2.81 percent. Low yields don’t mean low returns: The stocks generated a return between 8.94 percent and 76.75 percent since the beginning of the trading year.

16 Dividend Aristocrats With High Beta Ratios

Dividend income growth stocks with highest beta ratios published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Dividend Aristocrats are stocks with a very long tradition in dividend growth. Those stocks hiked its 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 company selects 54 constituents for the index. All income investors love this index but he has also lacks.

Dividend Aristocrats normally have a lower volatility than other stocks. This could also be an disadvantage because you give up performance in a strong up moving market. The solution is simple: Look at high beta stocks. They can give you a better return when the market is very bullish.

I observed all current 54 Dividend Aristocrats by the highest rate of beta, starting with a value above one. Only 16 of them are more volatile than the overall market. It’s how I told it: Only a few Dividend Aristocrats, around 30 percent, are riskier than the market but they can also deliver you a better performance in return. For the time being, twelve of the High Beta Dividend Aristocrats have a buy or better rating.

9 High Beta Utilities | Good Yields At High Potential

Utility dividend stocks with highest beta ratios published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Utilities are necessary within the economy but they have huge problems to increase prices for utility products. Utility stocks normally have a lower volatility because of its stable revenue streams and income focused stakeholder structure. They are less risky than a high growth momentum stock with a highly priced business model that works only in the best dreams.

In today’s screen about the utilities with the highest beta ratio are only 9 stocks with a higher correlation to the broad market. This shows the real investment profile of utilities. Low growth, low risk and high debt as you might know it from real estate trusts.

Below the results are seven stocks with a buy or better rating. Only two big companies with a market capitalization over $10 billion are part of the results. Three are mid-capitalized.

19 High Beta Technology Dividend Stocks At Reasonable Prices Compared To Growth

Cheap technology dividend stocks with highest beta ratios and good growth originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. High beta stocks are risky but they offer also big opportunities for risk seeking investors. The technology sector is one of the investment fields with a huge base of risk-adjusted business models.  Not every investment is a “win or fail” strategy.

Today I would like to continue my monthly screen serial about high beta stocks from several sectors. Technology dividend stocks are in my focus now. Because of the huge amount of high beta dividend paying technology stocks, I implemented three additional criteria in my screen: A very high market capitalization, an expected five year earnings per share growth as well as a low forward price-to-earnings ratio.

Growth should be over 10 percent for the next half decade and the P/E should below 15. In my view, this ratio represents a very good price for the future growth opportunity but the business model could be much riskier because of the high beta ratio. The betas of the 19 results are between 1.3 and 4. Some stocks like Telecom Italia, Orange or Broadcom have a really bad mid-term performance. Others like TE Connectivity from Swiss or Eaton increased during the same period by over 55 percent or more.