Why Not Investing In A High-Yield Dividend Achievers Portfolio?

Do you want to put your money to work? Then it needs to do more than just sit in a bank account or get traded in and out of stocks. 

Your money needs to get you paid, and the way to do that is through high-dividend stocks. Now, doing that isn't as easy as going out and buying the first high payer you can get your hands on. There are some characteristics to look for that will ensure you'll continue to get paid for years to come. 

Let's look at why an individual investor should be buying high-dividend stocks, and what you need to seek out and what to avoid when picking these stocks for your portfolio.

In order to avoid big investing mistakes, investors should focus on stocks with a higher market capitalization, a broader diversified business model which is also less volatile and finally a constantly growing business. The latest point makes it easier for the company to hike dividends in the future. For income investors like me and you, it is a very essential point.

However, today I like to introduce those dividend growth stocks that offer most of the above mentioned criteria. I like to show you only Dividend Achievers, stocks that have grown dividends over 10+ years without a break.

Attached is a list of the best yielding Dividend Achievers. Which do you like?

These are my 9 favorite results...

7 Cheap International Dividend Stocks

I've found a new screener who selects stocks by several criteria and is more forward looking and more international. The database is from Reuters in my view but I'm not sure about that.

However, I run several screens based on yield and valuation ratios. Today I like to show you the cheapest stocks with top yields from the international market.

I've also included business stability measures into the screen. Below are the top results with a market capitalization of more than 10 billion USD. Which do you like?

These are the results...

6 Mid Capitalized Dividend Achievers For Growth And Income Seeking Investors

Recently, I wrote about foreign small cap dividend stocks with growth potential. Small- and midcaps offer investors a higher opportunity because sales could grow faster from a low basis.

But there is no free lunch. Those stocks are also much riskier than large caps. Generally, smaller cap securities are more volatile, but often offer a higher rate of return over the long-term.

 Today I like to show you 6 small and mid capitalized stocks form the Dividend Achievers list that have risen dividends over more than 10 years in a row.

These are the results:

15 Cheap Dividend Achievers With Solid Fundamentals (ADM, QCOM, GPS, NSC ...)

While the markets hit new all time highs on a regular basis, each investor fears the power of a strong market correction; me too!

I'm watching the markets and buy only stocks on a very selective and very restrictive basis. I like to buy stock when everybody is anxious.

Today I've compiled 15 Dividend Achievers, stocks with more than 10 years of consecutive dividend growth, with attractive fundamentals and solid growth forecasts.

I believe in return of high yielding and cheap stocks. If the company grows earnings and sales and you pay a good price, you must get a higher price for your investment one day.

Each of the 15 stocks has a market capitalization over USD 2 billion and a low forward price-to-earnings ratio.

In addition, earnings are expected to grow at a double-digit pace within the next five years and more equity is available than debt.

These are my top results...

7 Dividend Achievers Good Enough To Buy And 10 To Watch

The last sell-off on the market gave me reasons to look back on my dividend growers lists to check the current price ratios.

You know that stocks are too expensive but some of them show good growth ratio and have also attractive price ratios in relation to the cash income and enterprise values.

This week I've screened all Dividend Achievers by cheap fundamentals, solid growth figures and low dividend payouts. 

Dividend Achievers are stocks that have raised dividends over a period of 10 consecutive years or more. 

These are my criteria in detail:

- Dividend Yield over 2 percent

- Dividend Payout below 40 percent

- Expected 5-Year Earnings Growth over 5 percent

- Forward P/E under 15

- Only Large Caps

- 10 Years of consecutive dividend growth or more

My screen delivered me 17 results. The best yielding results come from the oil and gas sector. Those stocks suffered under falling oil and gas prices. Russian crises and recession fears in Europe are main forces to the cheap fundamentals.

I'm a guy who believes in technology, old school technology. IBM is a top pick in my view. For sure IBM did not grow over the past decade but they have a strong focus on profit and shareholder return. Earnings doubled and due to massive buybacks, EPS skyrocket.

IBM is no island in a raw sea. It's only a big company with a strong cash flow and they must pay attention to the competition.

Which stocks did you buy from the list below? Or would you buy some of the top yielder?

Here are seven Dividend Achievers with cheap fundamentals from seven different sectors. A good and broad diversification is good for most investors because they can reduce your portfolio volatility.

7 cheap top yielding Dividend Achievers are....

19 International Dividend Achievers With Double-Digit Earnings Growth Forecasts

International Dividend Achievers stock list with high predicted earnings per share growth for the mid-term originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Dividend growth investors like you or me should always have a focus on stocks from abroad. It diversifies your portfolio and gives you more opportunities from different countries.

But you always have a currency risk if you stock is traded in a foreign currency. But you also own these risks with U.S. stocks that have a huge share of foreign sales. The corporate manages these risks for you.
Today I would like to discover my International Dividend Achievers list by stocks with the highest earnings per share growth forecast for the mid-term (5 Years). You can find a list attached about those stocks with double-digit earnings predictions by brokerage firms.

Only 19 of 55 dividend growth stocks from abroad with a dividend growth history of more than 5 consecutive years fulfilled my restrictions. Six of them still have a low forward P/E of less than 15 and eleven got a current buy or better rating. The yields are low in this environment thanks to Ben Bernanke who said that the tapering must wait until the economy improves stronger. The highest yielding stock from the list has a 3.45 percent yield.

Get The Current Dividend Yield Fact Books Now

I've recently updated my Dividend Yield Fact Books and I'd like to share these wonderful books with you now. 

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Here is what you get:

- Dividend Champions Yield Fact Book (5 Pages, approx. 105 companies)

   Stocks with over 25 years of dividend growth

- Dividend Contenders Yield Fact Book (8 Pages, approx. 176 companies)
   Stocks with 10-25 years of dividend growth

- Dividend Challengers Yield Fact Book (8 Pages, approx. 190 companies)
   Stocks with 5-10 years of dividend growth

- Dividend Aristocrats Fact Book (over 50 companies)
   All stocks from the Dividend Aristocrats Index with fundamentals

- Dogs of the Dow Jones Fact Book
   The 10 cheapest stocks from the Dow Jones

- International Dividend Achievers Fact Book

   Over 60 foreign companies with over 10 years of consecutive dividend growth

- Dividend Yield Fact Book "Indices" (16 Pages, approx. 560 companies)
   Dividend stocks from major indices with fundamentals and ratings

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Being supported by our readers enables us to give our creative output (articles, pdf free downloads) to the public domain, so it's completly free for everybody. Only with support from our readers, we can make the capital market more transparent for normal income seeking investors like you.

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Dividend Yield Fact Books For A Donation

I've recently updated my Dividend Yield Fact Books and I'd like to share these wonderful books with you. 

All you need to do is to make a donation for our blog. We've published around 2,000 articles over the recent years and we really enjoyed it to work for you and hope you could get some wonderful dividend stock ideas for your own asset allocation.

Here is what you get:

- Dividend Champions Yield Fact Book (5 Pages, approx. 105 companies)

   Stocks with over 25 years of dividend growth

- Dividend Contenders Yield Fact Book (8 Pages, approx. 176 companies)
   Stocks with 10-25 years of dividend growth

- Dividend Challengers Yield Fact Book (8 Pages, approx. 190 companies)
   Stocks with 5-10 years of dividend growth

- Dividend Aristocrats Fact Book (over 50 companies)
   All stocks from the Dividend Aristocrats Index with fundamentals

- Dogs of the Dow Jones Fact Book
   The 10 cheapest stocks from the Dow Jones

- International Dividend Achievers Fact Book

   Over 60 foreign companies with over 10 years of consecutive dividend growth

- Dividend Yield Fact Book "Indices" (16 Pages, approx. 560 companies)
   Dividend stocks from major indices with fundamentals and ratings


Just make a small donation to your blog and work. We send you the 7 Dividend Yield Factbooks to your Paypal verified address.

Being supported by my readers enables me to give my creative output (articles, pdf free downloads) to the public domain, so it isn't copyrighted.

Please share it freely so that others may benefit from it.

Thanks so much for your support. I really appreciate it.

16 Really Cheap International Dividend Achievers

Bargains from the International Dividend Achievers Index originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". If you like to make money with dividend stocks or you are a dividend growth investor, you should have a quiet overview of the best dividend paying stocks from abroad.

Sure, I know that you can enumerate all Dividend Achievers from the United States. Those stocks have raised their dividends over a period of more than 10 consecutive years. But if you should do the same with European stocks, you would fail.

What is different compared to U.S. Dividend Achievers? The effort in dividend growth is lighter. Stocks need to increase dividends uninterrupted over 5 years or more. In additon, the stocks must be incorporated outside the U.S. but must be listed on a U.S. or U.K. Stock Exchange.

Why is dividend investing so important? I am a private trader and made most of my wealth through trading of high-quality dividend growth stocks. Over the recent 10 years, around 1/3 of my performance was made with dividend payments.

Today I try to find some really cheap stocks below the International Dividend Achievers Index. The forward P/E should be under 10. Only 16 of 51 stocks meet these criteria. Eleven of them are currently recommended to buy.