Oversold Dividend Growth Stocks As Buying Opportunity? Check out These 11 Stocks

A lot of people like to “cheer” for higher prices in the short-term. Yet for the long-term net buyer, it’s lower prices that can provide the ultimate benefit.

This allows you to purchase more shares, which creates more income and a greater underlying earnings claim. Personally when I see lower prices, that’s when I tend to get more interested.

It's a first step to discover those stocks that might get cheaper but you need to discover carefully if there is a reason for the cheapness.

Attached you will find a selection of stocks from the dividend growth space that become cheaper over the recent year.

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

40 Dividend Stocks With Potential To Boost Future Payments

In volatile markets, investors look for both growth and income in their portfolios. This can be achieved by honing in on companies that not only pay dividends but have been consistently increasing their payout. 

Stocks that have a history of enhancing shareholder returns through consistent dividend hikes make an investor’s portfolio immune to large swings in stock prices in turbulent times.

Simultaneously, these offer outsized payouts or sizable yields on a regular basis irrespective of the market direction. Although these stocks do not necessarily have the highest yields, they are proven outperformers over the long term.

In today's screen you will find a couple of stocks with good potential to hike dividends for the next years. Each of the stocks have attractive fundamentals in my view.

You will find the lists attached at the end of this article. The focus from the screen was growth with solid financials.

Here are the best yielding results in detail....

11 Stocks With Strong Potential To Double Dividends

Dividend stocks are often the foundation for a great retirement portfolio. Dividend payments not only put money in your pocket, which can help hedge against any downward move in the stock market, but they're usually a sign of a financially sound company.

Dividend payments also give investors the opportunity to reinvest into more shares of stock, thus boosting future dividend payments and compounding gains over time.

Yet not all income stocks are living up to their full potential. Utilizing the payout ratio, or the percentage of profits a company returns in the form of a dividend to its shareholders, we can get a good bead on whether or not a company has room to increase its dividend.

Ideally, we like to see healthy payout ratios between 50% and 75%. Here are a few income stocks with payout ratios currently far below 50% that could potentially double their dividends.

Stocks to double dividend payments are....

7 Good Stocks With Return Promise

Buying big companies with strong cash flows and competitive advantages is one of my key philosophies when I think about investments. 

I also like such companies that grow and give more and more money back to shareholders.

I believe that each company should work for its owners and give them a good and solid return. 

That's one of the reasons why I'm scouting each week for the latest stocks with dividend growth and share buyback announcements.

Below are seven large caps with shareholder-friendly activities. I've tried to select a good mix from several sectors and industries but you can also find more by looking at the full list of dividend growers at the end of this article. I hope you get some inspirations.

7 good stocks with dividend growth or share buyback announcement are....

These 42 Stocks Planning To Pay More Dividends

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Last week, around 42 companies announced a high dividend. I published all stocks with dividend growth from the recent week in the attached dividend list. In average, stocks from the list of the latest dividend growth stocks have increased their dividend payments by 15.51 percent.

It’s always good to see how the dividend growth strategy works. Some of the dividend growers have raised their payments forty times and more. The biggest names come from the oil and gas sector. Eni and Total are the two biggest stocks followed by the British spirit maker Diageo.

Five of the results have a double-digit dividend yield and seven yielding above five percent. Analysts and brokerage firms recommend more than half, 26 in total, of the dividend growth stocks.

The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (August 06 – August 12, 2012)

Stocks With Biggest Dividend Hikes From Last Week by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of companies that have announced a dividend increase within the recent week. In total, 45 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 26 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 14.68 percent. Exactly 12 stocks have a yield over five percent and 16 are currently recommended to buy.

12 Of The S&P 500 Dividend Stocks With Highest Expected Growth

Fastest Growing S&P 500 Dividend Stocks Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index is of huge importance and often used by investors for their asset allocation. The index includes 500 leading companies in leading industries of the U.S. economy, capturing 75 percent coverage of U.S. equities. Year-to-date, the index is up 11.64 percent which is roughly four percentage points above the performance of the Dow Jones but also six percentage points below the NASDAQ Composite index. Growth and expectations of growth is driving the performance of the indices.

I screened stocks from the S&P 500 by dividend yield and growth figures: First, the dividend yield should be positive and second, the expected earnings per share growth for the next five years should be over 25 percent. Twelve companies fulfilled these criteria of which nine are recommended to buy.

Robert A. Olstein - Olstein Value Q3-2011 Fund Portfolio

Robert A. Olstein - Olstein Value Q3-2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Robert A. Olstein’s - Olstein Value - portfolio movements as of Q3/2011 (September 30, 2011). In total, he has 79 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 475,201,000.

Robert A. Olstein’s fund positions as of Q3/2011 with actual share movements:

Sym - Stock	Portfolio Weight	Recent activity	Reported Price*
INTC - Intel Corp.	2.47	Reduce 18.52%	$21.33
MSFT - Microsoft Corp.	2.42	Reduce 11.06%	$24.89
M - Macy's Inc.	2.12	Reduce 10.12%	$26.32
XRX - Xerox Corp.	2	Add 6.24%	$6.97
LM - Legg Mason	1.87	Add 1.76%	$25.71
HD - Home Depot	1.85	Add 7.23%	$32.87
HAR - Harman Int'l Industries	1.82	Add 24.28%	$28.58
XOM - Exxon Mobil Corp.	1.73	0	$72.63
DD - Du Pont (E.I.)	1.72	Reduce 2.39%	$39.97
DPS - Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc.	1.71	Reduce 20.75%	$38.78
CSCO - Cisco Systems	1.71	Reduce 12.06%	$15.49
LOW - Lowe's Cos.	1.69	Add 7.79%	$19.34
AAPL - Apple Inc.	1.68	Reduce 25.00%	$381.19
EFX - Equifax Inc.	1.62	Add 2.04%	$30.74
ZMH - Zimmer Holdings	1.59	0	$53.50
DIS - Walt Disney Co.	1.59	Add 19.33%	$30.16
SYK - Stryker Corp.	1.57	Add 3.95%	$47.13
JLL - Jones Lang Lasalle Inc.	1.55	Add 94.52%	$51.81
ABB - ABB Ltd.	1.55	Add 21.47%	$17.08
IR - Ingersoll-Rand Plc	1.54	Add 40.54%	$28.09
LIFE - Life Technologies Corp.	1.53	Add 8.00%	$38.43
RT - Ruby Tuesday Inc.	1.52	Add 14.77%	$7.16
AVY - Avery Dennison Corp.	1.5	Add 16.39%	$25.08
TFX - Teleflex	1.47	Reduce 13.91%	$53.77
STZ - Constellation Brands	1.44	Reduce 8.21%	$18.00
TYC - Tyco International	1.42	Add 3.75%	$40.75
IGT - International Game Technology	1.42	Reduce 6.11%	$14.53
BDX - Becton Dickinson	1.42	Reduce 16.36%	$73.32
ADI - Analog Devices	1.41	Add 72.00%	$31.25
JNJ - Johnson & Johnson	1.41	Add 15.38%	$63.71
BAX - Baxter International Inc.	1.39	Reduce 7.09%	$56.14
WHR - Whirlpool Corp.	1.39	Add 20.00%	$49.91
COV - Covidien Plc.	1.37	Add 1.37%	$44.10
BLK - BlackRock Inc.	1.37	Add 10.00%	$148.00
CFN - CareFusion Corp.	1.36	0	$23.95
TMO - Thermo Fisher Scientific	1.35	Add 29.59%	$50.64
NWL - Newell Rubbermaid Co.	1.32	Add 35.90%	$11.87
SCHW - Charles Schwab	1.32	Add 18.72%	$11.27
TKR - Timken Co.	1.31	Add 29.25%	$32.82
CB - Chubb Corp.	1.31	0	$59.99
DAL - Delta Air Lines Inc.	1.3	Add 16.20%	$7.50
PETM - PETsMART Inc.	1.29	Reduce 25.66%	$42.65
AXP - American Express	1.26	Reduce 22.67%	$44.90
USB - U.S. Bancorp	1.21	Buy	$23.54
COP - ConocoPhillips	1.2	0	$63.32
ADBE - Adobe Systems	1.14	Add 17.89%	$24.17
ACN - Accenture	1.13	Reduce 2.86%	$52.68
CMI - Cummins Inc.	1.13	Add 29.41%	$81.67
ASNA - ascena retail group inc.	1.11	Add 0.78%	$27.07
MS - Morgan Stanley	1.11	Add 41.82%	$13.50
JPM - JPMorgan Chase & Co.	1.1	Add 10.13%	$30.12
SON - Sonoco Products	1.09	Add 2.81%	$28.23
TER - Teradyne Inc.	1.08	Add 7.20%	$11.01
SEE - Sealed Air Corp.	1.08	Add 12.41%	$16.70
A - Agilent Technologies	1.07	Add 174.58%	$31.25
BER - W. R. Berkley Corp.	1.07	Reduce 12.46%	$29.69
IBM - International Bus. Machines	1.03	Reduce 36.36%	$175.04
BBBY - Bed Bath & Beyond	1.03	Reduce 41.38%	$57.31
XRAY - Dentsply International	1.03	0	$30.69
TJX - TJX Companies Inc.	1.03	Reduce 29.60%	$55.47
MMM - 3M Co.	1	0	$71.79
FDX - FedEx Corp.	1	Add 32.08%	$67.69
KO - Coca Cola Co.	0.78	Reduce 40.86%	$67.56
KMB - Kimberly-Clark	0.78	Reduce 46.39%	$71.02
MCD - McDonald's Corp.	0.78	Reduce 50.59%	$87.81
HSIC - Schein (Henry) Inc.	0.78	Reduce 7.69%	$62.02
SNA - Snap-On Inc.	0.77	Buy	$44.40
ATML - Atmel Corp.	0.77	Buy	$8.07
NKE - NIKE Inc.	0.77	Add 7.50%	$85.51
ENTG - Entegris Inc.	0.77	Add 27.11%	$6.38
GPC - Genuine Parts	0.75	Add 4.48%	$50.80
PG - Procter & Gamble	0.74	Reduce 41.58%	$63.17
SPLS - Staples Inc.	0.74	Buy	$13.30
GE - General Electric	0.57	Buy	$15.24
APA - Apache Corp.	0.56	Buy	$80.24
HPQ - Hewlett-Packard	0.55	Buy	$22.45
SLB - Schlumberger Ltd.	0.54	Buy	$59.72
FCX - Freeport-McMoran Cp & Gld	0.53	Buy	$30.45
KFY - Korn/Ferry International	0.51	Buy	$12.19

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