Basic Material Dividend Stocks With Highest YTD Performance And Which Are Still Cheap

Basic material dividend stocks with highest performance year-to-date originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. The basic material stock category were the real losing sector this year. Stocks from the sector are down 2.6 percent this year while the best performing sector, healthcare stocks, gained 24.3 percent.

But not all basic materials are loser. There are stocks that doubled its price since the beginning of this year. Others are up 50 percent. Below, you can find a small list of the 20 top basic material stocks. I excluded all companies with a market capitalization below USD 300 million and those without a dividend.

The 20 top dividend paying results gained from 44.58 percent to 65.14 percent. Three of the results have a market cap below a billion and additional seven are valuated between one or two billion. Small and mid-cap stocks are the main performance driver of the sector. Despite the strong stock price hikes, fourteen companies still have a buy or better rating.

The Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks On October 31, 2012

The Best And Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex-dividend dates. The ex-dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex-dividend date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on October 31, 2012. In total, 25 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend - of which 17 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.63%.

6 High Yield Stocks With Low Debt And Payout Ratio

Stocks With High Yields, Low Debt And Low Dividend Payout Ratio Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Stocks with high yields are sometimes risky because they pay dividends in a not sustainable way. A necessary requirement to reduce risks of dividend cuts is the fundamental basis; the company should have low payout ratios and low debt ratios.

In order to find the best high yield stocks with low debt and payout ratios, I screened the market by stocks with a yield over five percent, a debt to equity ratio of less than 0.3 and a payout ratio below 50 percent. Six companies fulfilledthese criteria of which two are recommended to buy.

Ex-Dividend Date Reminder For February 01, 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 February 01, 2012. In total, 30 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 15 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.48 percent.