My Top Stocks From The International Dividend Achievers Index

Why Dividends Matter? Companies that pay regular dividends tend to be in better financial health and produce sustained earnings and revenue growth. 

Dividends help identify well-managed companies; every dividend declaration represents a promise by management and a vote of confidence by the board of directors in the company's leadership. 

Companies that consistently raise their dividend payouts also raise the bar on their own performance expectations. 

Shares of dividend-paying companies possess built-in value that makes them generally more resilient in down markets, with solid appreciation potential during earnings-driven market upturns — with less price volatility.

That's the theory. In real, there are several indices you can follow in order to discover the best dividend paying stocks.

Very poplular are Dividend Aristocrats and the CCC Lists. But those have in common that they are focussed on national domiciled stocks.

For sure, on an international basis, the number of stocks with a long dividend growth history is very limited. That's the reason why we need to turn down the classic rules of Dividend Growth.

Today I screened the lists of International Dividend Achievers, stocks with more than 5 consecutive years of dividend growth by companies with good looking fundamentals and growth perspectives.

Attached you will find 17 of my top results. The list contains 6 stocks with a yield over 4 percent. 

Here are the results...

These Are The 20 Best Performing Dividend Stocks Of The Year 2015 - Can They Repeat Their Success in 2016?

When investing in dividend stocks, the primary goal isn't necessarily to make a boatload of money right away. 

Rather, most of us invest in dividend stocks for a stable, growing income stream that will build wealth over time. Still, dividend stocks do experience some big moves from time to time.

Today I like to give you an overview of the best performing dividend stocks of the year. The Dow Jones is negative year-to-date. It was a really hard year. Only seven stocks gained more than 100%. Around 40 companies had a performance over 50%.

You will see that high yields are not performance drivers.

Attached you can find the 20 best performing dividend paying stocks of the year. I've only selected those companies with a market cap over 300 million. The performance of the 20 top stocks starts at 60.19% and ends at 290.47%.

These were the best large cap dividend stock investments of the year 2015...

17 Cheap Large Cap Dividend Contenders Close To New 52-Week Highs

Cheaply valuated dividend growth stocks close to new 52-Week-Highs originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. I published recently a small article about Large Cap stocks close to new one-year highs with a single P/E.

The idea behind is that there could be more room for a higher stock price due to the low valuation and the break-out signal. I know that this kind of method is more technically but it should give you some new ideas from a different perspective of the capital market.

Today I would like to screen my dividend income growth stock database by shares with 10 to 25 years of consecutive dividend growth that are 5 percent or less away from new one-year highs. In addition, the earnings income multiple for the next year should be under 15 and the market capitalization over USD 10 billion.

Only 17 stocks fulfilled these criteria of which ten are currently recommended to buy.

10 Large Cap Dividend Stocks Close To New 52-Week Highs And A Single P/E Multiple

Cheaply valuated dividend stocks close to new 52-Week-Highs originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. The markets are at all time highs and the valuations is getting more and more expensive, measured by earnings multiples. Not all stocks are highly priced. Out there are still a lot of opportunities with a single P/E multiple.

Today I would like to show you those stocks that are close to new 52-Week-Highs and having a single earnings multiple at the same time. In order to reduce the results, I observed only companies with a market capitalization over USD 10 billion.

Ten stocks fulfilled my criteria of a very low P/E and a stock price up to 3 percent below new highs. All ten have a current buy or better rating.

12 Dividend Income Growth Stocks Below Book Value

Dividend growth stocks below book value originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. How would it be if you purchase a dollar for 50 cents? I believe it would a great deal but who gives you values for less than the price you pay?

For sure, nobody will gift you something on the market and there is definitely no free lunch. That’s a major rule I’ve learned from my years as a professional investor. But sometimes these are good companies with price to book ratios below the current market valuation. Theoretically, you get more values for each dollar but does it helps you if the corporate produces losses and decreases the book value year for year? I don’t think so. But the answer is always hidden.

Today I would like to present you dividend growth stocks that have hiked their payments uninterrupted over more than five years and have a price-to-book ratio below one at the same time. The financial industry is one of the biggest contributors to the screening results. Are there real values for investors?

Only 12 corporate stocks in total fulfilled these two criteria of which four yield over three percent and six of them have a current buy or better rating.

Cheapest Dividend Paying Large Caps As of August 2013

Cheap large capitalized stocks with high growth originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Dividend stocks with great looking fundamentals and cheap price ratios can promise you a good return but they are also very rare and hard to find in my view. The higher your efforts of your screen are, the lower the number of results you get.

Today I would like to update my monthly screen about the cheapest dividend paying stocks on the capital market. I use six very strong criteria and only around a dozen companies remain each month.

My criteria for the cheap large cap screen are:

- Market Capitalization over USD 10 billion

- Expected Earnings per share growth over 10 percent for the next year.

- P/E ratio under 15

- P/S and P/B ratio under 2

- Positive Dividends

Twelve companies fulfilled the above mentioned criteria and ten of them have a current buy or better rating. One stock has a high yield (5 percent dividend yield or more). To buy cheap stocks is no guarantee for a return but you get value for what you pay and the possibility to overpay a stock is also low if the business model is stable.

16 Top Dividend Contenders From Abroad

Foreign Dividend Contenders originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Everybody seeks for great opportunities on the stock market. If your equity base is not big enough in your home country, you need to look abroad for investment opportunities.

Today I like to show you all foreign Dividend Contenders (stocks with a dividend hike history between 10-25 years) with an U.S. Listing. 16 stocks fulfilled my criteria of which one is a High-Yield and nine are currently recommended to buy.

20 Biggest Foreign Dividend Growth Stocks

Large capitalized dividend growth stocks from foreign countries originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Europe is still on fire. The economy is in a triple dip recession and the European member states cut spending. The unemployment is high but every economic depression could be a solid basis for future engagements in the stock market. Today I like to scout for some dividend growth opportunities outside the United States.

I screened my database of stocks with a consecutive dividend increase of at least five years by foreign stocks. Around 35 (approx. 8 percent) of them have headquarters abroad. Below is a small list of the 20 biggest results. 11 of them are currently recommended to buy. Canada is the most represented country in the screen.

19 Foreign Stocks With Cheap Valuation And Good Yields

Top yielding foreign stocks with cheap price ratios originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Not only stocks from the United States are more expensive. Stock market all over the world rise to new highs but there are still some attractive opportunities.

Today I like to look at foreign dividend stocks. Europe could be a big source for cheap stocks because of the Euro crises. Sure they got a tough fight but if you believe that the 17 nation currency community will survive, you will definitely find some utilities or telecoms.

These are my stock screening criteria:

Headquarter: Ex-USA

Market Capitalization: Over 10 billion

Dividend Yield: +3 percent

Beta Ratio: Below 1

Forward P/E: Under 15

Nineteen companies fulfilled these criteria of which seven are High-Yields. Five of the results have a buy or better recommendation. The valuation is between 6 and 15 of the expected full year earnings.

20 Cheapest Technology Dividend Stocks | Innovative Growth At Low Valuation

Technology dividend stocks with low forward P/E ratios originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". The stock market goes up and its getting hard to find real bargains. The technology sector is still one of the sectors with cheap assets. Institutional investors love this field because of the high margin growth opportunities.

I’ve found no reason why stocks from the old technology area are so low priced. You can buy some of the major players for enterprise values of 5-10. That’s damn cheap if you compare this figure with companies like Coca Cola. There you pay 12 times of the enterprise value. One reason could be that the technology is changing very fast and every technology could lose their advantage in only a few years. But a ratio of 3 for technology market leader?

However, today I like to proceed with my monthly dividend screen of the cheapest stocks measured by the lowest forward P/E. Because of the huge amount of stocks and the higher risk from smaller companies, I observe only shares with a market cap over USD 10 billion.

The 20 cheapest technology stocks have a valuation multiple between 5.7 and 11.1 of the expected earnings. Two stocks with a double-digit yield are below the results and nine are currently recommended to buy.

19 Cheap Asian Large Cap Dividend Stocks

Large capitalized stocks with low forward P/E’s and good dividends originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Dividends are popular and Asian stocks too. A combination of both is not a guarantee for a great return but it brings more ideas to you and your thoughts broaden when you see how Asian stocks are priced.

Today I like to screen some of the best yielding Asian stocks with a listing in the United States. American Depositary Receipts, that’s the correct title. They do not include all top yielding stocks from Asia but ADR’s have a better volume and need to fulfill the SEC requirements. A full compilation of the top dividend stocks from Asia can be found in my weekly publised PDF Dividend Weekly. The book covers over 1,000 dividend paying shares and is completely free.

My criteria:

- Market Capitalization over USD 10 billion

- Positive Dividend Yield

- Forward P/E below 15

Nineteen stocks fulfilled the mentioned criteria of which thirteen have a current buy or better recommendation. Telecoms and oil stocks are dominating the screen.

20 Top Yielding Technology Stocks That Are Safer Than The Market

Technology dividend stocks with a volatility lower than the market originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Today I like to continue with my monthly screen theme “Stocks with a lower volatility than the market”. The technology sector is now subject of my analysis. In total, there are 859 stocks listed - one of the biggest sectors on the market.

Linked is a sheet of the 20 best yielding technology dividend stocks with a market capitalization over USD 10 billion as well as a beta ratio below one.

Three of the results are High-Yields and eleven are recommended to buy. Telecom services as well as wireless communication stocks are major contributors to the results. They have some great characteristics in term of safeness buy they are also higher leveraged with debt.

12 Safe Dividend Contenders With Low P/E Multiples

Dividend Contenders with low P/E and beta ratios originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Safety and growth is a good combination but hard to find. 

Safe stocks don’t exist because with your shares you are a part of the business and must carry all fluctuations. But there are more or less risky businesses.

Growth is your wealth driver. A growing business is a good business and makes you richer when your company employs more people and generates higher sales and incomes over a couple of years. 

In order to realize a return you must care about the current price ratios. The price you pay for growth should be acceptable in order to make a good return. Normally you have to pay a higher P/E with bigger growth expectations.

Today I try to combine all three factors: Growth, Bargains and Safeness. I like to screen dividend growth stocks with 10 to 25 years of consecutive dividend growth by low P/E and beta ratios: The P/E should be under 15 and the beta ratio must below 0.5.

Twelve stocks fulfilled the mentioned criteria of which three have a buy or better rating. Insurer, banks and telecom stocks are main contributors to the screen. Somehow strange - How banks fundamentals have changed over the recent years. They show low debt figures and good dividends but the banks in my screen are very low capitalized and have a greater risk.

20 Dividend Contenders With High Growth And Cheap Price Ratios

Dividend growth stocks with strongest earnings growth at low market price ratios originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". 

Dividend Contenders are the following class of the  Dividend Champions league. Contenders raised dividend payments over a period of 10-25 years without a break. Most of them have a huge potential to become a solid Dividend Champion.

The advantage of Contenders is that they are not in a main focus of many investors because of their smaller capitalization or lower media presence. As a result, we can often discover some high quality dividend growth stocks at a lower price.

I screened all 189 Contenders and selected those with an expected earnings growth of more than 10 percent as well as a low forward P/E ratio of less than 15. Exactly 20 companies fulfilled my criteria of which seventeen are currently recommended to buy.

26 Technology Growth Stocks With Highest Dividend Payments

Stocks from the technology sector with strong growth and high dividends originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". 

We all know that there are great investment opportunities within the technology sector. Think at Facebook or Google. Both are great companies and they made early stage investors very rich – mostly investors of the pre-capital market area.

Sure the field is not a great source for income investors because the companies need money to finance growth and perspectives and possibilities are really huge.

Not all companies have the ability manage growth in a successful way. They try hard but it doesn’t work. Think at Blackberry or Microsoft. Other companies with a solid market position have changed their statement to the financial market: They like to pay good dividends because they sit on big cash mountains and find no risk-adjusted way to grow. Cisco Systems or Microsoft are two stocks with strong growing dividends.

The biggest yields from the technology sector come from telecom companies. Those are also stocks with huge debt amounts and the slowest sector growth. But there are still some good yielding stocks with mid-term growth perspectives. Today, I like to show you the best yielding higher capitalized stocks with double-digit expected earnings per share growth.

Twenty-six stocks from the tech sector fulfilled these criteria. Most of the results come from the communication equipment industry. This is a hard playing industry were you have a higher downside risk as stock trader. But you can find some attractive stocks on the list below.

Dividend Income Growth: 20 Contenders With Highest Buy Rating

Dividend Contenders with highest buy or better rating originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Most people think that they don’t have enough money to invest bigger amounts into the stock market. They could only provide a few hundred bucks per month to stock trading. I tell you that should be enough. If you are also a young person with an investment horizon of more than 20 years, you should make a few hundred thousand dollars from these regular savings.

The most important item for wealth is growth. Only growth lifts to up to the next level of investing. Sure it will take a time if you see the first results. You only need to be disciplined.

Because I talk so much about growth, I want to show you some good dividend growth stocks. Today I highlight the second income growth category also named as Dividend Contenders. Those stocks raised dividend over a period of more than 10 years but less than 25. Exactly 185 companies fulfilled these criteria. Dividend Champions surpass this by more than 25 years of uninterrupted growth. But they are also the most expensive stocks you can consider. High quality has a good price.

I made a list of the 20 best recommended Contenders with a higher capitalization. I often choose bigger capitalized stocks because I think that they have a more diversified business model and imply less risk. Don’t invest like a blind dog. Please make your own thoughts about the companies; it’s your money you invest. My work here is only a first step of research and a source for ideas.

Below the 20 most recommended Dividend Contenders are three with a higher yield over three percent. Five have a strong buy rating.

20 Hottest Technology Stocks | Best Stock Buy Rating List

Technology stocks with highest buy ratings originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Technology fascinates us all also if we are not real techies who wants the latest stuff whatever it costs.

Technology stocks also made many people very rich. Some of the wealthiest and youngest persons in this world made their wealth on the internet or in related industries. I don’t talk about the Page brothers from Google, Facebook's Zuckerberg or Bill Gates.

This alone is a reason why we should observe the technology sector because there is a huge potential of growth at limited cots. Today, I like to proceed with my January research of the most recommended stocks and I do this at the technology sector.

Below is a small list with some fundamentals about tech stocks with the highest buy rating. I excluded stocks with a market capitalization below USD 2 billion because I think the risk should be much higher as for mid-capitalized stocks.

These are the results: Eleven of the best to buy rated stocks pay dividends; nine have a strong buy rating.

12 Dividend Contenders Below Book Value To Consider

Cheap Dividend Contenders In Terms Of Reproduction Value Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Contenders are stocks with a history of rising dividends of more than 10 years in a row but less than 25. Exactly 178 companies fulfilled these growth criteria but many are highly priced.

In order to find some opportunities, I screened all Dividend Contenders with a very low price to book ratio. Especially in times of heavy crises, the reproduction value or the market value of properties, machines and equipments is an award lowmark for investors. If the price of the whole company falls below the value of the equity, you should get real bargains from the value site. 12 Dividend Contenders have a current P/B ratio of less than one. Two of them are high-yields and eight are recommended to buy.

The Best Dividend Contenders By Free Cash Flow

Best Dividend Contenders With Cheapest Free Cash flow ratios Stocks Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend Contenders are stocks with a consecutive dividend growth of more than 10 years but less than 25. Exactly 175 companies have currently fulfilled this dividend growth criterion. In order to find the cheapest stocks by real income figures, I screened all contenders by a cheap price to free cash flow ratio of less than 15. Ten stocks remained of which three have a yield over three percent.

Cheapest Large Caps With Highest Expected Growth As Of March 2012

Cheapest Large Capitalized Stocks With Highest Earnings Per Share Growth By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of America’s cheapest Large Caps with the highest expected growth for the upcoming fiscal year. Stocks from the sheet have a market capitalization of more than USD 10 billion and earnings per share are expected to grow for at least 20 percent. Despite the strong growth, they still have a P/E ratio of less than 20 and a P/S ratio of less than 2. Thirty stocks fulfilled these criteria of which one company has a double-digit yield; nine yielding above 3 percent. Telefonica (TEF) is still in the first position of the screen. CRH, the Irish cement producer is new in our results and occupies rank two. Twenty-three stocks are recommended to buy.