7 Good Stocks With Return Promise

Buying big companies with strong cash flows and competitive advantages is one of my key philosophies when I think about investments. 

I also like such companies that grow and give more and more money back to shareholders.

I believe that each company should work for its owners and give them a good and solid return. 

That's one of the reasons why I'm scouting each week for the latest stocks with dividend growth and share buyback announcements.

Below are seven large caps with shareholder-friendly activities. I've tried to select a good mix from several sectors and industries but you can also find more by looking at the full list of dividend growers at the end of this article. I hope you get some inspirations.

7 good stocks with dividend growth or share buyback announcement are....

17 High-Yield Oil And Gas Pipeline Stocks

Oil & gas pipeline operators with highest dividend yields originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Stocks from the basic material sector could complement your portfolio and hedge it against strong commodity price increases. One industry from the basic material sector with the highest yielding stocks is the oil and gas pipeline industry.

39 companies are linked to the industry of which 37 pay dividends. Combined they have a total market capitalization of USD 800 billion. Nearly 60 percent of the industry players have a yield over 5 percent and some have a really great dividend history. Thanks to the share gas boom it’s now possible that more pipeline infrastructure is needed. The average industry yield amounts to 4.72% and the P/E ratio is 33.40.

You should have seen some interesting pipeline companies on my blog in the past. Normally I am no fan of real estate companies because of the huge amounts of money they need for growing. But pipeline operators look different. They pay huge dividends and have the ability to grow dividends year over year. Their business model works but I don’t know how long. Pipeline operators are better than real estate stocks but it could be possible that the time brings some changes, especially when the energy demand and supply is changing.

Oil and gas pipeline stocks are real asset companies and they have a huge leverage on their balance sheet. The average industry long-term debt to equity ratio is over 123 percent but as long as revenue and cash flow streams are stable, this figure is still healthy.

Linked is a list of all higher capitalized oil and gas pipeline operators (over USD 2 billion market cap) with a yield over 5 percent. Seventeen stocks fulfilled these criteria of which eight have a current buy or better recommendation.

The Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks On November 02, 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 November 02, 2012. In total, 24 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend - of which 15 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.63%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized Ex-Dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Energy Transfer Partners LP	ETP	10.50B	9.34	1.51	1.73	8.35%
Regency Energy Partners LP	RGP	3.92B	57.65	1.04	2.74	7.98%
Suburban Propane Partners	SPH	1.52B	37.07	4.53	1.49	7.93%
Linn Co, LLC	LNCO	1.18B	-	-	-	7.27%
Linn Energy, LLC	LINE	9.87B	-	2.36	7.47	6.89%
Spectra Energy Partners, LP	SEP	2.93B	17.93	1.73	12.64	6.59%
Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.	ETE	12.32B	27.34	5.36	1.55	5.68%
Health Care REIT, Inc.	HCN	15.16B	104.26	1.58	9.16	4.98%
Magellan Midstream Partners	MMP	9.82B	21.72	6.50	5.27	4.47%
Dime Community Bancshares	DCOM	514.90M	10.74	1.33	2.58	3.86%
CDI Corp.	CDI	332.28M	30.70	1.22	0.30	3.03%
Duff & Phelps	DUF	528.77M	18.01	1.46	1.14	2.90%
Bryn Mawr Bank Corp.	BMTC	303.38M	14.33	1.51	4.13	2.83%
Sterling Financial Corp.	STSA	1.32B	3.51	1.06	3.37	2.82%
StellarOne Corporation	STEL	316.93M	15.95	0.73	2.72	2.33%
Kennametal Inc.	KMT	2.82B	10.24	1.67	1.04	1.81%

The Best Dividends On May 03, 2012

Here is a current overview of the best yielding stocks with a market capitalization over USD 2 billion 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 May 03, 2012. In total, 24 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 15 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.49 percent.