My 20 Favorite S&P 500 Stocks

Dividend Growth Stocks Of The Past Week

18 High Growth, Low Beta At Fair Prices Stocks

For the uninitiated, each stock has a beta, which is indicative of its volatility. The beta of a stock is considered in relation to that of the broad market: The lower the beta, the less volatile the stock. So a stock with a beta of less than 1 is considered to be less volatile than the market, while a stock that has a beta of more than 1 is more volatile than the market.

We have scoured the market for several low-beta, high-performance stocks that look promising for the future and can safeguard your portfolio against risks. Each of the stocks are selected by high profitable growth criteria and cheap market valueations.

These stocks belong in your dividend portfolio....

8 Interesting Income Stocks For Investors With A Long Horizon

When it comes to building long-term wealth, there is no better means than the stock market. 

Even during times of massive social, economic, and geopolitical instability, blue-chip dividend stocks have shown an incredible ability to climb “the wall of worry.”

However, even better than dividend stocks in general are dividend growth stocks, which studies have found to outperform the broader market over time.

This is because companies that pay growing dividends, such as Dividend Aristocrats, need to be more careful and selective with their capital allocation, meaning maintain stronger balance sheets and only invest in the best growth opportunities.

Of course, finding great dividend growth stocks, and building a high-quality dividend portfolio isn’t always easy. You need to not just focus on the size of the current yield and potential payout growth potential but also make sure that a company’s earnings and cash flows can make the dividend reliable and secure.

The following is a look at nine fresh-faced dividend stocks that have only begun a regular payout sometime over the past five years:

9 Best Undervalued Stocks To Buy And Hold For The Next 9 Years

The best holding period is forever, according to Warren Buffett, and we all should agree. 

Buying shares of high-quality businesses and holding them for years is the best way to compound your wealth. 

And if you can buy those shares at a discount to fair value, even better.

I evaluated 60 different companies this week to determine whether they are suitable for Defensive Investors. 

Out of those 60 companies, only 21 were found to be undervalued or fairly valued and suitable for either Defensive or Enterprising Investors.

Here are the 9 best results...

18 Fast Growing Dividend Jewels You Should Consider

The Brexit dominates the market in several ways. He creates massive uncertainty, especially within the foreign exchange market which affects so many businesses around the world. 

The news is that those effects are limited. The big cake is still in America and the rest of the world. That’s also one reason why I want to screen the domestic market by stocks which are less affected by currency fluctuations. 

I like high margin companies that are big enough to finance its own growth without taking debt or issuing shares.

Finally, shareholders should get a decent amount of money as compensation for their risk and rental for their money. 

Today’s stock market screen tries to capture this issue in a special way. 

Here are my criteria: 

- Market Capitalization over USD 2 Billion
- Positive Dividend Yield 
- EPS to Grow By More Than 10% for The Next Half Decade 
- Debt/Equity Under 0.5 
- Operating Margin over 15% 
- Positive Return on Assets 
- Forward P/E under 15 

Exactly eighteen stocks fulfilled the above mentioned criteria of which five paying dividends over 3 percent. 

16 of the results are currently recommended to buy. 

These are my five favorites from the screening results...

The Best Internet of Things Dividend Stock Portfolio

The various personal and household devices and hardware connected to the Internet are expected to reach nearly 30 million in the next five years, up from 10 million in 2014.

With that kind of massive growth on the horizon, investors have been looking for the best ways to play the Internet of Things boom.

There’s a plethora of stocks to buy that could produce good gains over the next several years, and many of the tech industry’s established leaders seem like obvious choices.

If you’ve got a longer time horizon and aren’t scared of a little volatility, read on to learn about three stocks to buy the play the Internet of Things.

Attached you will find my selection of the most promising internet of things stocks investors might get. It's only a small couple of stocks with a solid dividend payment history.

Here are the stocks...

16 Stocks With Potential To Double Dividends Soon

Dividend stocks can be the foundation of a great retirement portfolio. Dividend payments not only put money in your pocket, which can help hedge against any downward moves in the stock market, but they're usually a sign of a financially sound company. 

Dividends also give investors a painless opportunity to reinvest in a stock, thus boosting future payouts and compounding gains over time. Yet not all income stocks live up to their full potential. 

Utilizing the payout ratio, or the percentage of profits a company returns in the form of a dividend to its shareholders, we can get a good bead on whether a company has room to increase its dividend. Ideally, we like to see healthy payout ratios between 50% and 75%. 

Here are three income stocks with payout ratios currently below 50% that could potentially double their dividends within the following years.

Each of the results has fulfilled the following criteria:

- Double Digit EPS Growth For The Next Five Years
- Sales Growth Over 5% Over The Recent Half Decade
- Positive Dividend Payments
- Payout Ratio Below 30%
- Debt/Equity Under 0.2


These are the results...

13 Dividend Stocks With The Highest Profitable Earnings Growth For The Future

Stocks of companies that initiate dividends tend to fare well. Shares of dividend payers raise an average of 15% in the 12 months following the announcement of the initial disbursement. 

Growing companies have better things to do with their money than dole it out as dividends. Reinvesting in the business is usually a better idea, especially if a firm is racking up high returns on invested capital (a measure of profitability). 

But a corporate that doesn’t pay money to shareholders is nothing worth. Only the stock market could reward the rising business structure with hopes to get all of the invested money back.

I'm a big fan of dividends and share buybacks. Better is the cash source of the company. If it generates tons of cash and don't need to put most of the money back into the company, it's one of the best investments if they have a stable business with big competitive advances.

Growth combined with value and predictable business models is one of my key premises when I put money into stocks.

Today I like to highlight those dividend paying stocks with the highest growth expectations for the next five years. Especially cyclic stocks have enormous EPS growth rates when they come out of their business cycle.

I like to exclude those companies by implementing a positive sales growth rule of the past years. In addition, the company should not have unsustainable high debt and a double digit Return on Investment ratio. Only a profitable growth makes sense over the long-term.

13 companies fulfilled these criteria of which four yield over 3 percent. Attached you can find the full list of the results with some fundamentals. I hope you find new inpirations and get a broader view on the market. If you like my articles, you can easily subscribe my free newsletter via RSS.

Here are the top yielding results...

These 14 Promising Income Stocks Should Grow Earnings Over 10% Yearly

Investors often pick between growth and income. Why limit yourself? I sit here and watch my market screener, trying to find the next stock that could deliver me a good return. 

I'm a strong believer in growth and hope that dividends could bring me some risk compensation. Today I've created a forward orientated screen for U.S. domiciled stocks.

These are my criteria:

- Market Cap over 2 billion
- Positive Dividend Yield
- EPS growth forecasts over 10% yearly for the next half decade
- P/E less than 15
- Sales growth over 5% in the past 5 years
- Operating Margin over 15%
- Debt to Equity under 1

14 stocks fulfilled exactly these criteria for the moment. There are some pretty known companies on the screen. 

All stocks discussed in this article all pay dividends and have double-digit growth rates. Some of these companies are industry-dominating forces, stocks that you have undoubtedly heard of, while others are lesser known.

Here are the top yielding results...

13 Mispriced Dividend Stocks (Growth To Valuation)

The market often misprices assets due to fears, false expectations, unexpected events or something else. Sometimes a stock is traded away of its internal value because it’s not the hot industry.

Growth plays an important role in the market valuation and is often the basic reason for a difference in valuation.

Today I like to start a discussion by introducing 13 stocks that might be higher priced due to their growth perspectives. I've compiled the stocks from a market screening that has a strong focus on future growth and low P/E multiples. In addition, a solid profit situation and adequate initial yield are essential.

Here are stocks that might have a misleading valuation in terms of price to growth....

Dividend Growers of the Week

I'm a dividend growth investor and watch daily what companies have raised their dividends. During the past week, seven stocks with a market capitalization of more than 1 billion increased dividends. Five of them have a current yield of more than 4 percent.

I've compiled all stocks with dividend growth in one sheet. Attached, you can find the list. The biggest names are U.S. Bancorp which Warren Buffett also owns. He recently added the company to his portfolio. 

Agilent, Morgan Stanley and the monthly dividend payer Realty Income increased dividends. 

Others are the fast growing semiconductor company Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) who has an unbelievable momentum as well as the Retail REIT W.P. Carey.

Agilent is also a stock that Warren Buffett should love while Morgan Stanley announced a huge dividend hike in April this year. Realty Income is still one of the most favored High-Yield stocks that pay monthly dividends.

Many banks and REITs are on the list. It should be a sign that those stocks benefit from low interest rates and quantitative easing.

Banks benefit not as much as REITs due to the low interest rates, but banks start to hike because their regulation allows it after the shocking financial crises in 2008.

Remember that those two industries are not in my dividend growth focus because they are cyclic and offer a kind of black-box for investors which I don't like. I like to see what I get.

Here are the dividend growers of the week:

17 Fast Growing Dividend Stocks With An Unbelievable Momentum

Growth investors are looking for the next big thing that rules the market. They scout for stocks with enormous growth with hopes to pay later big dividends on a small investment when they have grown out.

Growth is wonderful and if I'm honest, I like stocks like Apple or Facebook too. Regretless, they are not only unicorns, more often prices are skyrocket; more likely in the case of Salesforce or Amazon than for Apple.

Today I've tried to compile a list of the fastest growing dividend stocks with unbelievable high growth rates, stocking not at a rate of more than 10 percent for the latest quarter over quarter reports.

I've selected only those stocks with a very large market capitalization of more than 10 billion in order to keep the big risk off the table.

As a result, 17 stocks joined my finishing list. Four of them have a yield over 2 percent, which is very comfortable in times of low interest rates.

Please let me know your thoughts about the winning list. Do you like some of the stocks?

Here are some highlights....

The Best Internet Of Things Dividend Stocks You Should Know

Everybody is talking about the internet 4.0, the internet of things (IoT). It means that every device and technical gadget or tool is cross linked to each other.

The total is already in kids shoes and should become a multi-billion dollar market within the next years.

Today, I like to show you which dividend paying companies can benefit from this new trend. Attached are my five top results in detail. In addition, attached is a nice list of interesting non-dividend paying stocks from the IoT Theme.

On the first view, there are a lot of companies from the semiconductor and network industry who should generate money from the connectivity of devices. But on the second view, software houses like SAP or Oracle should also grab a big piece of the new cake.

I've not listed companies who produce devices like Apple or maybe Nike or Under Armour who make fitness apps.

You may also like my articles about dividend paying stocks from the technology sector.

These are the top results...

16 Dividend Paying Growth Stocks That Could Double Sales and Income

As a long-term investor, I'm seeking stocks that grow over the long-term. My optimum case by selecting a stock is that the company is acting within a positive business environment and could grow sales over the past decade by around 100 percent.

There are a lot of companies out there who have doubled sales and over doubled net income within the recent 10 years. That’s no joke and quiet possible.

Today I like to show you 16 growth stocks with a good growth history that pay currently solid dividends and have no or nearly no debt. In addition, analysts predict a 5+ percent EPS growth for the next five years.

I love stocks with financial flexibility because those stocks have one problem less and could focus themselves more on business development. 

These are my 5 top picks from the list…

82 Shareholder Friendly Stocks of the Week

Below are the top dividend growth stocks and share buyback companies of the week. On the list are some pretty good yielding stocks. Big names like Starbucks, Emerson Electric or Honeywell.

AIG, Motorola and Royal Caribbean Cruises are the biggest stocks with a fresh buyback announcement during the past week.

Cheap is a question of growth. A faster growing company can be higher valuated. Only 17 of the stocks have a forward P/E of less than 15.

The 7 Top Dividend Growth Stocks Of the past Week are...