3 Solid Dividend Stocks With Buy Rating And Yields Over 3%

It's been a great time to be invested in the stock market recently. The S&P 500 is up 22% during the past 12 months and more than 83% in the past five years. 

Even more, with dividends from the S&P 500 automatically reinvested during the past five years, the market index is up more than 100% during this period. 

 But in a market like this, it's getting increasingly difficult to find solid dividend stocks, particularly dividend stocks with dividend yields over 3%. But there are still some hanging around. Here are a few stocks...

These Companies Announced Dividend Increases In The Past Week

One way to identify dividend growth stocks for further analysis is to monitor dividend increases. 

Companies that regularly increase dividends show confidence in future earnings growth potential.

In the past weeks, 18 companies announced dividend increases. The table below presents a summary of these increases. 

Here are the results...