12 Stocks That Are No Dividend Champs Due To Flat Payments But Great Dividend Investments

Dividends are nice, to be sure … particularly to long-term investors who specifically need reliable income.

But not all dividend stocks are created equally. To remain a viable long-term holding to income seekers, these cash-producing stocks also need to offer reliable dividend growth over time to fight off the effects of inflation.

What good is a stagnant dividend, after all — as the payout stays the same, its purchasing power slowly erodes. And it’s surprising how many dividend paying companies don’t up their payouts to even keep pace with inflation.

It's not a shame when a company runs his dividend flat for a few years but the strengh dividend growth criteria don't add them up into the Dividend Champions league.

Here is a list of stocks that can be classified the the non-consistent dividend growers. You can also check out the Dividend Aristocrats list from 1989 to 2014. There is a great overview about how the index has changed his members.

These are some of the results:

These S&P 500 Stocks Created The Highest Shareholder Return Over The Past 25 Years

The S&P 500 had total returns of 7.2% a year over the last 25 years. At this rate, the S&P 500 doubled investor wealth every 10 years.

Investors often think of dividend stocks as stodgy slow growers that offer current income but little in the way of capital appreciation. This is often not the case.

In fact, if you look at the top 15 dividend stocks of the past 25 years, you'll see that even the worst of them way outperforms the market.

To find the 15 best-performing dividend stocks of the last 25 years, we reviewed the dividend history of all dividend-paying stocks in the S&P 500. Businesses that paid dividends from 1990 through 2015 without missing more than one year were included as dividend stocks.

Here are the 15 best stocks from the large index with the highest total return of the past 25 years.

20 Financials With The Highest YTD-Performance And Which Are The Cheapest Stocks

Financial dividend stocks with highest performance year-to-date originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Today I would like to discover the financial sector by the best performing dividend stocks. Financial companies are in focus of main street investors.

We live in a span of a financial bubble and financial services stocks, banks as well as insurer are the main provider for the financial system. Not all of them benefited from the money easing by the fed but in some cases you can see a definitely increase in the company’s balance sheet. The risks rose and yields went down over the recent years. Today, we need much more money to receive the same capital income as 10 years before.

I personally do not own banks or insurer. I still have no opinion or idea about how they could reduce their risk exposure in the financial market. They are real black boxes for me.

However, the 20 best performing financial dividend stocks with a market capitalization over USD 300 million gained 54.50 percent to 97.22 percent since the beginning of the year. Nine of the results still have a buy or better recommendation.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On May 08, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. 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 date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks May 08, 2013. In total, 49 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 16 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 2.65%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
GlaxoSmithKline plc	GSK	125.59B	19.55	12.03	3.07	4.31%
American Electric Power Co.	AEP	24.53B	19.87	1.59	1.62	3.88%
Pfizer Inc.	PFE	206.37B	20.37	2.57	3.58	3.34%
Unilever NV	UN	127.20B	21.16	6.07	1.89	3.29%
Macerich Co.	MAC	9.73B	35.76	3.16	11.04	3.28%
Unilever plc	UL	129.29B	21.51	6.24	1.92	3.24%
Wells Fargo & Company	WFC	200.45B	10.74	1.24	4.19	3.17%
RPC Inc.	RES	2.91B	12.46	3.19	1.56	3.03%
BB&T Corporation	BBT	21.81B	13.04	1.03	3.19	2.95%
Weyerhaeuser Co.	WY	17.00B	34.88	4.00	2.26	2.58%
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.	WMT	259.54B	15.70	3.42	0.55	2.38%
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.	AHL	2.55B	10.82	0.76	1.11	1.87%
Parker Hannifin Corporation	PH	13.70B	13.65	2.57	1.05	1.87%
PPG Industries Inc.	PPG	21.65B	20.34	4.52	1.46	1.61%
Reinsurance Group of America	RGA	4.65B	6.74	0.68	0.46	1.52%
Rollins Inc.	ROL	3.52B	31.68	9.67	2.75	1.50%
CONSOL Energy Inc.	CNX	8.09B	28.09	2.04	1.53	1.41%
The Charles Schwab Corporation	SCHW	22.46B	25.43	2.37	4.51	1.37%
Altera Corp.	ALTR	10.59B	19.24	3.07	5.94	1.21%
Dana Holding Corporation	DAN	2.58B	14.04	1.40	0.37	1.14%

100 Most Bought Stocks By Popular Investment Gurus

100 most bought stocks by investment professionals originally published on Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. 

I personally follow the activities from Warren Buffett. He is a highly trusted investor with a proven long-term track record. I also look at Carl Ichan’s (estimated net worth of USD 20 billion) stock purchases because he is one younger investor who can replace Warren Buffett's presence one day. 

Both have a different view on the capital market but they are very successful in the way how they act. These two guys are only an example of people who have build a great career on Wall-Street and developed to a top investment guru.

Investment gurus are asset or fund managers with big amounts of cash under management. They became popular by big returns and spectacular investment strategies. I also talk about investors like George Soros. They all have one thing in common: The average return beats the market and if they invest, the market follows.

In order to find the hottest stocks at the investment premier league, I made a screen of the biggest stock buys from 49 super investors over the recent six months and ranked them in my 100 best guru buy list. They all combined bought 569 stocks within the recent half year.

The top stock picks are now Berkshire Hathaway and AIG. Berkshire was bought by 14 gurus and AIG stakes were increased by 12 investors. Technology dividend stocks and insurers are hot picks within the guru scene. 71 of the top 100 guru stock buys pay dividends.

The Best Yielding Stock Buys Of David A. Katz - Matrix Advisors Value Fund

David A. Katz Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of David Katz’s best yielding stock buys from the last quarter. In total, he bought four companies and all of them pay good dividends. The highest yielding stock is Teva (TEVA) with a yield of 2.12 percent. The position was increased by 9.43 percent and has a portfolio weighting of 1.54 percent.

Stock Upgrades And Downgrades From January 06, 2012

Upgrades and downgrades are positive (negative) changes in the rating of a security. An upgrade is usually triggered by a steady improvement in the fundamentals and financials of the entity that has issued the security. Downgrade ratings are vice versa. Changes in the analyst rating could affect the company’s stock price significantly. Watch out the current rating decisions and their market ratios. Here is a current list of recent company upgrades and downgrades by brokerage firms.

Upgrades:

TD Ameritrade (AMTD) has a market capitalization of $9.09 Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Deutsche Bank” from “Hold” to ”Buy ($18)”. The stock price closed at $16.55 and has changed by 1.85% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.91, Price/Sales 3.28 and Price/Book 2.23. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 16.38% for next year and 15.23% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of TD Ameritrade (Click to enlarge)

Cerner (CERN) has a market capitalization of $10.75 Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Deutsche Bank” from “Hold” to ”Buy ($71.5)”. The stock price closed at $63.47 and has changed by 1.67% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 38.47, Price/Sales 5.15 and Price/Book 4.87. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 22.28% for next year and 19.44% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Cerner (Click to enlarge)

Cepheid (CPHD) has a market capitalization of $2.22 Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “RBC Capital Mkts” from “Sector Perform” to ”Outperform ($42)”. The stock price closed at $34.65 and has changed by 1.08% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 385.00, Price/Sales 8.66 and Price/Book 10.73. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 400.00% for next year and 20.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Cepheid (Click to enlarge)

Forest Oil (FST) has a market capitalization of $1.61 Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Stifel Nicolaus” from “Hold” to ”Buy ($20)”. The stock price closed at $14.12 and has changed by 0.93% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.34, Price/Sales 2.18 and Price/Book 1.38. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 10.48% for next year and 4.70% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Forest Oil (Click to enlarge)

Gen-Probe (GPRO) has a market capitalization of $2.79 Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “RBC Capital Mkts” from “Sector Perform” to ”Outperform ($72)”. The stock price closed at $60.06 and has changed by 1.32% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 50.05, Price/Sales 5.04 and Price/Book 3.63. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 16.02% for next year and 12.57% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Gen-Probe (Click to enlarge)

KapStone Paper and Packaging (KS) has a market capitalization of $788.80 Million. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Deutsche Bank” from “Hold” to ”Buy ($21)”. The stock price closed at $17.00 and has changed by 5.92% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.78, Price/Sales 0.94 and Price/Book 1.67. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 37.23% for next year and 5.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of KapStone Paper and Packaging (Click to enlarge)

Macerich (MAC) has a market capitalization of $6.82 Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “UBS” from “Neutral” to ”Buy ($55)”. The stock price closed at $51.68 and has changed by 0.60% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 369.14, Price/Sales 8.66 and Price/Book 2.51. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 150.00% for next year and 7.95% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Macerich (Click to enlarge)

Pioneer Drilling (PDC) has a market capitalization of $605.82 Million. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Morgan Keegan” from “Mkt Perform” to ”Outperform ($14.5)”. The stock price closed at $9.83 and has changed by 1.87% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, Price/Sales 0.92 and Price/Book 1.21. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 105.88% for next year and 9.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Pioneer Drilling (Click to enlarge)

SanDisk (SNDK) has a market capitalization of $12.00 Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Sterne Agee” from “Neutral” to ”Buy ($57)”. The stock price closed at $49.93 and has changed by 1.67% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.17, Price/Sales 2.22 and Price/Book 1.79. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 10.99% for next year and 16.20% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of SanDisk (Click to enlarge)

Downgrades:

Ancestry.com (ACOM) has a market capitalization of $1.20 Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Morgan Keegan” from “Outperform” to ”Mkt Perform ($27)”. The stock price closed at $27.33 and has changed by -0.51% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 23.77, Price/Sales 3.18 and Price/Book 3.69. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 22.58% for next year and 17.75% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Ancestry.com (Click to enlarge)

BOK Financial (BOKF) has a market capitalization of $3.86 Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Stifel Nicolaus” from “Buy” to ”Hold”. The stock price closed at $56.74 and has changed by -0.70% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.01, Price/Sales 4.76 and Price/Book 1.41. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 0.93% for next year and 8.55% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of BOK Financial (Click to enlarge)

Career Education (CECO) has a market capitalization of $587.08 Million. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Argus” from “Buy” to ”Hold”. The stock price closed at $7.74 and has changed by -2.40% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 3.79, Price/Sales 0.29 and Price/Book 0.62. The earnings per share is expected to grow by -54.95% for next year and -2.33% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Career Education (Click to enlarge)

Coinstar (CSTR) has a market capitalization of $1.26 Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Morgan Keegan” from “Outperform” to ”Mkt Perform ($42)”. The stock price closed at $40.98 and has changed by -5.51% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.46, Price/Sales 0.74 and Price/Book 2.56. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 22.86% for next year and 18.61% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Coinstar (Click to enlarge)

Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI) has a market capitalization of $462.44 Million. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Hilliard Lyons” from “Buy” to ”Neutral ($31)”. The stock price closed at $29.97 and has changed by -0.53% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.04, Price/Sales 2.91 and Price/Book 1.28. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 2.02% for next year and 10.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Community Trust Bancorp (Click to enlarge)

EnCana (ECA) has a market capitalization of $13.80 Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “BMO Capital Markets” from “Outperform” to ”Market Perform ($20)”. The stock price closed at $18.77 and has changed by -2.34% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, Price/Sales 1.86 and Price/Book 0.83. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 22.22% for next year and 5.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of EnCana (Click to enlarge)

Intel (INTC) has a market capitalization of $128.57 Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Sterne Agee” from “Buy” to ”Neutral ($26)”. The stock price closed at $25.25 and has changed by -0.59% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.93, Price/Sales 2.49 and Price/Book 2.80. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 0.42% for next year and 10.65% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Intel (Click to enlarge)

Kohl's (KSS) has a market capitalization of $11.79 Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Argus” from “Buy” to ”Hold”. The stock price closed at $46.51 and has changed by -0.02% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.00, Price/Sales 0.63 and Price/Book 1.83. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 16.93% for next year and 13.83% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Kohl's (Click to enlarge)

Legg Mason (LM) has a market capitalization of $3.34 Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Deutsche Bank” from “Buy” to ”Hold ($27)”. The stock price closed at $23.90 and has changed by -2.01% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.40, Price/Sales 1.18 and Price/Book 0.60. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 34.62% for next year and 13.91% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Legg Mason (Click to enlarge)

Main Street Capital (MAIN) has a market capitalization of $569.67 Million. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Ladenburg Thalmann” from “Buy” to ”Neutral”. The stock price closed at $21.36 and has changed by -0.19% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 8.48, Price/Sales 9.78 and Price/Book 1.47. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 2.42% for next year and 7.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Main Street Capital (Click to enlarge)

ProLogis (PLD) has a market capitalization of $13.22 Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “UBS” from “Buy” to ”Neutral ($31)”. The stock price closed at $28.79 and has changed by -1.54% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, Price/Sales 10.66 and Price/Book 0.95. The earnings per share is expected to grow by is not forecasted for next year and 37.83% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of ProLogis (Click to enlarge)

RF Micro Device (RFMD) has a market capitalization of $1.26 Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “DA Davidson” from “Buy” to ”Neutral ($5)”. The stock price closed at $4.54 and has changed by -19.50% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.13, Price/Sales 1.33 and Price/Book 1.82. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 35.71% for next year and 13.86% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of RF Micro Device (Click to enlarge)

RF Micro Device (RFMD) has a market capitalization of $1.26 Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Oppenheimer” from “Outperform” to ”Perform”. The stock price closed at $4.54 and has changed by -19.50% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.13, Price/Sales 1.33 and Price/Book 1.82. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 35.71% for next year and 13.86% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of RF Micro Device (Click to enlarge)

Charles Schwab (SCHW) has a market capitalization of $15.28 Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Deutsche Bank” from “Buy” to ”Hold ($13)”. The stock price closed at $12.03 and has changed by 0.96% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.70, Price/Sales 3.25 and Price/Book 2.00. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 2.82% for next year and 15.13% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Charles Schwab (Click to enlarge)

WCA Waste (WCAA) has a market capitalization of $153.88 Million. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Wunderlich” from “Buy” to ”Hold ($6.5)”. The stock price closed at $6.49 and has changed by -0.15% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, Price/Sales 0.58 and Price/Book 0.87. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 200.00% for next year and is not forecasted for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of WCA Waste (Click to enlarge)