Large Cap Dividend Stocks At Fresh New 52-Week Highs - #AES #McCormick #Aetna

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

Ticker	Company	P/E	Fwd P/E	P/S	P/B	Dividend	Price	Target Price
HCP	HCP, Inc.	71.94	51.61	7.38	2.64	5.19%	28.49	27.20
AES	The AES Corporation	37.67	12.24	1.01	3.2	3.25%	16.01	14.33
KO	The Coca-Cola Company	31.38	22.05	6.43	11.45	3.18%	49.11	51.44
TRI	Thomson Reuters Corporation	37.34	38.3	3.21	2.93	2.87%	48.10	46.09
CCE	Coca-Cola European Partners plc	19.39	16.12	1.75	2.9	2.74%	46.72	48.34
CINF	Cincinnati Financial Corporation	14.87	24.22	2.15	1.57	2.64%	80.16	77.50
MCD	McDonald's Corporation	24.27	22.2	6.72	-	2.54%	182.71	191.81
CLX	The Clorox Company	27.27	23.5	3.27	29.83	2.43%	158.10	140.53
KDP	Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.	6.1	18.6	5.48	1.8	2.21%	27.21	24.86
JWN	Nordstrom, Inc.	20.58	17.81	0.7	9.94	2.19%	67.46	60.59
SBUX	Starbucks Corporation	20	21.96	3.77	22.76	2.18%	66.01	58.71
CME	CME Group Inc.	33.14	26.27	15.97	2.74	1.50%	186.40	185.09
MKC	McCormick & Company, Incorporated	33.68	27.58	3.66	6.30	1.40%	148.50	128.82
CHD	Church & Dwight Co., Inc.	30.49	27.6	4.06	7.09	1.28%	67.88	59.61
DG	Dollar General Corporation	21.64	16.96	1.25	4.78	1.01%	114.39	116.36
AET	Aetna Inc.	18.14	16.69	1.12	3.71	0.97%	207.05	206.80
LW	Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.	32.34	24.12	3.35	-	0.96%	80.26	76.92
ROST	Ross Stores, Inc.	25.03	22.29	2.53	11.83	0.89%	101.48	100.57
JEC	Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.	29.75	14.95	0.84	1.89	0.75%	79.53	86.92
NRG	NRG Energy, Inc.	13.02	8.51	1.08	-	0.32%	37.95	41.72

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The Best Consumer Defensive Stocks Now!

Consumer defensive stocks can add some stability to a portfolio, as they tend to hold up relatively well during downturns while also participating in rising markets. 

The sector's relatively sleepy return over the past year led me to wonder if there are any high-quality bargains there. To find competitively advantaged stocks in the sector, I screened all the stocks from the sector and included those with attractive equity story, valuation, and growth figures.

Below are some highlights from our research reports of the companies.

4 Best Consumer Dividend Growth Stocks

Dividend growth investors have different approaches to stock picking, but I think there are some important factors that every investor looks at. As far as I am concerned, I think a good dividend growth pick has to show some simple characteristics.

The first is a stable and solid business with low volatility in top line and margins. The second factor is a low payout ratio and a commitment to increase dividends, typically shown by at least 5-10 consecutive years of dividend raises. 

The third factor is a competitive advantage that should guarantee future stability for the company’s business. It’s obvious that an analysis based on these simple factors must be completed by an accurate analysis of the company’s financial condition and every position should be started only if valuation gives the prospects of decent returns.

On the basis of these initial factors, I am going to list and briefly discuss four dividend growth stocks in consumer-related industries that I think are worthy of consideration. All these companies have a stable business, a healthy balance sheet, some competitive advantages that help their business and trade at good or acceptable valuations.

Dividend Growth Stocks Of The Past Week - Full Compilation List

3 Cheap Large Cap Dividend Stocks With 25% Discount

With the broader markets at or near all-time highs, there are a lot of analysts who will bemoan that there aren't any cheap investments out there to be had. An even bigger complaint is that investors can't find decent yields from investments because of fed interest rates.

When stocks fall more than 25% from their highs, they can indicate trouble. On the other hand, they can also be buying opportunities.

For these large-cap companies that have economic moats and are at least investment grade if not A-grade, we can lean towards the side that they are more likely bargains at the current lower valuations than trouble. This means they have a good chance of being winners when the companies recover.

Here are the stocks I'm talking about...

A Portfolio Of Stocks With A High Domestic Sales Share

A Portfolio Of Stocks With A High Domestic Sales Share (click to enlarge),
Source: Goldman Sach, MarketWatch

7 Good Running Companies That May Pay A Dividend For The First Time

Dividends are great but not all companies pay a dividend. Why? Well, there are many reasons, some might put all free cash-flow into the business in order to boost growth or they are buying back own shares and increases your stake in the company.

Those activities make only sense whey they have a stable running and continuous growing business like McDonalds or Coca Cola.

The second reason why a corporate pays no dividend is because they do not earn money and make losses. That's a really bad issue and I can tell you that it doesn't make sense to put money into a loss-generating machine.

Back to the topic of this article, today I like to introduce 7 stocks with a forward-orientated business that did not pay dividends buy may do it in the near future. It's always great to see what kind of stocks may appear on your dividend radar before others might see it.

Don't look to critical at the P/E valuation. The Enterprise Value gives a more fair view of the stocks. Most of them sit on tons of cash. I've written also a good article about stocks with the biggest cash accounts abroad. GE was on the first place there.

If you like more ideas about Dividend Champions with zero debt, you should check out this article: Dividend Champions With Zero Debt And Promising Payout Growth.

These are the results....

Best Services Stock Picks For 2013 | A Selection Of Growth Stocks

Dividend income investors seeking for a high income stream from dividends. In addition, capital gains from stocks trades are a welcome bonus for a long-term investor like me. Over a long period, such capital gains are much higher than the amount of dividends. I personally have a ratio of 1:2. This means for every dollar in dividends I could generate additional two dollars of stock gains. Most of my capital gains are unrealized because I hold them for a very long time.

However, I started a new screen from the services sector. I wanted to know what stocks picks could be the best for next year. Last year’s picks gained 31.16 percent while the sector was up 23.16 percent compared to the previous year.

These are my criteria:

- Forward P/E under 15

- Past 5Y Sales growth over 10 percent

- Earnings per share growth for the next five years over 10 percent

- Operating Margin over 10 percent

- Market capitalization above USD 2 billion

Fourteen stocks fulfilled these criteria of which eight pay dividends and twelve are currently recommended to buy. The results are dominated by business services stocks and discount, variety store concepts. 

Stephen Mandel - Lone Pine Capital Q4/2011 Fund Portfolio

Stephen Mandel - Lone Pine Capital Q4/2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Stephen Mandel's - Lone Pine Capital - portfolio movements as of Q4/2011 (December 31, 2011). In total, he held 48 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 13,063,798,000.