Despite The Market Sell-Off: Here Are 20 Dividend Stocks At Fresh New 52-Week Highs

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Ticker	Company	P/E	Fwd P/E	P/S	P/B	Dividend	Price	Target Price
MTBCP	Medical Transcription Billing, Corp.	-	-	9.89	11.14	9.89%	27.80	-
FRO	Frontline Ltd.	-	16.45	1.65	0.95	9.45%	6.35	5.10
OHI	Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.	79.26	20.24	7.45	1.87	7.99%	33.05	30.78
AM	Antero Midstream Partners LP	24.68	15.82	7.13	4.19	4.88%	34.03	37.79
VZ	Verizon Communications Inc.	15.78	11.45	1.73	4.32	4.44%	54.33	56.58
FE	FirstEnergy Corp.	-	15.3	1.41	2.41	3.78%	38.05	39.47
OGE	OGE Energy Corp.	18.72	17.57	3.27	1.91	3.57%	37.27	37.83
AES	The AES Corporation	34.78	11.3	0.92	2.95	3.52%	14.78	13.75
PEG	Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated	19.3	16.48	2.97	1.94	3.30%	54.53	56.00
WEC	WEC Energy Group, Inc.	20.54	19.64	2.83	2.23	3.21%	68.88	68.50
SJI	South Jersey Industries, Inc.	-	21.08	2.32	2.32	3.11%	36.04	36.29
NXRT	NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc.	12.69	-	4.98	2.96	2.92%	34.23	34.21
CMS	CMS Energy Corporation	20.34	20.08	2.1	3.04	2.84%	50.28	50.53
AEE	Ameren Corporation	20.88	20.26	2.56	2.18	2.78%	65.94	65.03
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	48.35	15.18	4.55	5.81	2.73%	70.45	73.92
NWN	Northwest Natural Gas Company	-	28.65	2.83	2.67	2.68%	70.43	58.67
NEE	NextEra Energy, Inc.	13.89	20.64	4.86	2.46	2.57%	172.75	178.94
NJR	New Jersey Resources Corporation	9.33	23.48	1.46	2.85	2.49%	47.03	47.00
OGS	ONE Gas, Inc.	24.77	24.87	2.65	2.19	2.19%	83.97	75.20
TDS	Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.	-	25.8	0.71	0.8	2.00%	32.07	34.33

A List Of All Recent Dividend Growth Stocks

A stock with a high yield doesn’t mean much if the dividend is cut or eliminated, and the stock price declines significantly.

Sometimes it is desirable to accept higher risk for a higher yield. Other times we may be accepting higher risk and are not being adequately compensated for the additional risk.

One measure of dividend sustainability is the ability of management to consistently raise their dividends each year. A first step is to observe all dividend growth stocks at a time when the raise is announced.

Below are all companies raising the dividend over the past week:

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…

20 Highest Yielding Ex-Dividend Stocks Of The Next Week

Attached is a list of the highest yielding stocks that go ex-dividend within the upcoming week. The full list can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks Of The Next Week August 03 - 09, 2015. Only MidCaps with a market cap over 2 billion were included.

IBM and Intel are the biggest stocks from the tech sector. The highest yielding stocks come from the oil and gas pipeline industry.

Below is a current stock list of dividend stocks (common shares, preferred shares and American Depositary Receipts – ADR’s), paying forthcoming dividends and having their ex-dividend August 03, 2015 – August 09, 2015. The average dividend-yield amounts to 4.32 percent.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On July 31, 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 July 31, 2013. In total, 17 stocks go ex dividend - of which 8 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.13%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
CCA Industries Inc.	CAW	24.62M	-	1.08	0.51	8.02%
PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P.	PNG	1.56B	21.73	1.29	3.83	6.51%
Main Street Capital Corporation	MAIN	1.06B	9.18	1.64	11.10	6.08%
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.	PAA	18.38B	1.82	2.73	0.38	4.30%
CMS Energy Corp.	CMS	7.48B	17.46	2.25	1.14	3.61%
Tesoro Logistics LP	TLLP	2.42B	32.18	6.38	13.41	3.56%
Pfizer Inc.	PFE	212.30B	20.95	2.58	3.69	3.25%
MOCON Inc.	MOCO	78.95M	39.72	2.35	1.43	3.08%
PNM Resources, Inc.	PNM	1.89B	19.22	1.18	1.39	2.79%
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.	CFFN	1.84B	26.37	1.12	5.89	2.37%
Ford Motor Co.	F	67.00B	11.54	3.80	0.49	2.34%
Ocean Shore Holding Co.	OSHC	96.61M	20.67	0.91	2.68	1.61%
Coca-Cola Bottling Co.	COKE	597.02M	25.35	4.27	0.37	1.55%
SB Financial Group, Inc.	SBFG	38.62M	7.49	0.71	1.49	1.51%
Pall Corp.	PLL	7.81B	25.17	4.50	2.94	1.43%
PetSmart, Inc.	PETM	7.47B	19.60	7.10	1.09	0.91%
Signet Jewelers Limited	SIG	5.81B	15.87	2.48	1.42	0.83%

20 Of The Safest Dividend Challengers On The Market

Dividend Challengers with lowest beta ratios originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". I love high-quality dividend growth stocks and the stocks with the longest history of consecutive payments are definitely Dividend Kings and Dividend Champions. But the big disadvantage of them is that they are also highly priced.

You cannot make a greater return with stocks that have a P/E ratio of 22 and grows only at 5 percent. You need real bargains to make big profit with your asset.

This problem can be solved when you look into the dividend potentials. Those stocks haven’t yet reached a longer dividend payment history but they can become a great Dividend Champion within the next years. The price ratios are also lower for some companies and you have a better choice to find good investments because out there are around 160 stocks with five or more years of consecutive dividend payments and 207 with a payment between 10 to 25 years.

Today I like to screen the third class of dividend growth stocks by the safest alternatives. The 20 safest dividend growth stocks have a beta ratio between 0.18 and 0.55. All three top picks come from the oil & gas pipeline industry, a branch with very stable sales and future growth perspectives due to the shale gas boom in the United States.

From the 20 safest Dividend Challengers have nine a current buy or better rating.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On May 01, 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 May 01, 2013. In total, 21 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 10 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.36%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P.	PNG	1.34B	22.79	1.53	3.45	6.34%
American Strategic Income P III	CSP	158.49M	-	-	-	6.06%
Barclays PLC	BCS	58.27B	-	0.67	1.72	4.58%
Reed Elsevier NV	ENL	32.78B	14.78	6.79	6.69	4.36%
Reed Elsevier plc	RUK	23.00B	16.41	7.64	4.59	4.26%
National Penn Bancshares Inc.	NPBC	1.41B	26.24	1.24	4.59	4.12%
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.	PAA	19.15B	23.74	2.88	0.51	4.04%
CMS Energy Corp.	CMS	7.85B	17.31	2.43	1.21	3.47%
Tesoro Logistics LP	TLLP	2.66B	33.86	-	16.95	3.30%
MOCON Inc.	MOCO	78.08M	31.38	2.30	1.76	3.12%
Ford Motor Co.	F	53.71B	9.63	3.36	0.40	2.93%
Credit Suisse Group	CS	43.76B	32.67	0.97	1.87	2.74%
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.	CFFN	1.81B	25.28	1.08	5.63	2.53%
Boston Private Financial Holdings	BPFH	765.99M	17.62	1.24	3.49	2.06%
Coca-Cola Bottling Co.	COKE	563.69M	25.08	4.16	0.35	1.64%
Ocean Shore Holding Co.	OSHC	102.81M	19.93	0.98	2.79	1.63%
Enersis S.A.	ENI	18.40B	15.75	1.50	1.32	1.07%
PetSmart, Inc.	PETM	6.88B	18.82	6.28	1.02	0.99%
Signet Jewelers Limited	SIG	5.46B	15.44	2.35	1.37	0.89%
Empresa Nacional de Electricidad	EOC	14.31B	28.76	2.68	2.85	0.59%