19 High-Yield Stocks Close To New 52-Week Highs

Dividend Stocks Close To New Highs By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Do you often feel that your dividend income is not high enough and grows to slow? I do. The main reason for this is my low portfolio dividend yield of around 3 percent pre-tax. I often look for higher yielding companies with low risk buy I don’t find many stocks. The results are mainly dominated by Altria. A good technical indicator to screen stocks with solid growth is the 52-Week High mark. Stocks that crossed this mark become in focus of main stream investors and they have normally a positive momentum.

In order to find the best investment opportunities to buy, I made a sheet of high yielding dividend stocks that are close to realize new 52-Week Highs (up to 3 percent below new high). In addition, the market capitalization should be over USD 300 million. Nineteen high dividend paying companies fulfilled these criteria of which 10 are recommended to buy.

The 20 Best Yielding Dividend Achievers

The Best Yielding Dividend Achievers Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend Achievers are stocks with continuous rising dividends of at least ten years in a row. Only 189 companies have such an impressive dividend growth history. The dividend yield structure is mixed. The investment class has 62 stocks with a yield below two percent, 113 stocks with a yield up to three percent and 150 yielding below four percent. Exactly 11 percent of the Dividend Achievers are high yields.

I screened the investment category by the best yielding stocks. All of the 20 high yields have a market capitalization over USD 300 million but only eight of them are recommended to buy.

Ex-Dividend Date Reminder For March 15, 2012

Here is a current overview of best yielding stocks that have their ex-dividend date on the next trading day. If your broker settles your trade today, you will receive the next dividend. A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks March 15, 2012. In total, 20 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 10 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.33 percent.

The Safest Dividend Achievers With Highest Yield And Buy Recommendation

Dividend Achievers With Low Beta Ratio And Buy Or Better Recommendation Researched by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current overview of the best yielding Dividend Achievers. Those stocks have raised dividends over a period of more than 10 years. Out there are 185 companies with such an impressive dividend history. I’ve tried to summarize such stocks with the lowest beta ratio and a buy or better rating. Twelve companies fulfilled my criteria of which five are high yields.