20 Most Hated Dividend Stocks From The Services Sector

Most sold short services dividend stocks originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". The services sector is a big part of the economy and the financial markets. Roughly 850 companies have a relationship to the sector – That’s around 13.3 percent of the overall market by number of constituents.

Today I like to show you which services dividend stocks are most hated within the financial industry. Investors hate such stocks by selling them short. They believe in a falling stock price and want to profit from it.

My screen includes only mid- and large capitalized companies with a float short ratio of more than 5 percent.

The 20 most hated stocks have a float short ratio between 8.79 and 29.31 percent. Gamestop is the most sold company. Seven of the results have a current buy or better rating by brokerage firms.

20 Best Yielding Stocks From The Share Buyback Achievers Index

The highest yielding stocks from the Share Buyback Achievers index originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". I love dividends and dividend growth but most investors are fixed on these themes. Some companies know this and they try to catch investors by paying dividends and let them grow. The problem is that they have only a middle class business model and they burn shareholder value by following the dividend growth approach.

Better variants to give money back to shareholders are share buyback programs. The company buys own stocks and reduces the current amount of outstanding shares. As a result, earnings per share grow at a higher rate and the share price should follow because the P/E goes down and yields are up.
There exists an index that covers the best stocks with share buy backs of at least 5 percent or more for the trailing 12 months. The index is called Buyback Achievers Index. Over 200 companies are constituents but only half of them pay dividends.

Today, I like to introduce the 20 highest yielding stocks from the index. Below results are completely different stocks compared to my regular screens about Dividend Champs and other growth picks. Just take a look and get inspired.

13 Highest Dividend Paying Grocery Stores

High dividend paying grocery store stocks originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". A very interesting investment field is to buy chains. Every company has a chain but I don’t talk about the relationship structures of a company when they buy commodities, manufacture products and sell them in the end to customers. I talk about store systems like McDonalds or Wal-Mart. For sure, these are two very successful chains with strong brands and lot’s of value. Normally a smaller chain has no big values.

To buy a store system is a way to make fast money because a profitable concept can be copied all over the world in a very short time. All you need is the right location to expand your selling space. Think about Starbucks and how they work. The critical point is if your business concept will be accepted by different cultures and if your customers are loyal to your products when competition rises. All will be measured in the ratio “Same Store Sales”. That’s a figure which counts the percentage sales increase of older stores space (because a new opened store has higher sales in the first six month).

Today I like to look at the grocery stores industry. The average dividend yield of grocery stores is 1.46% and the P/E ratio is around 35. Linked is a small list of the highest dividend paying grocery store concepts which you can buy at the market.

13 grocery stores pay dividends of which one is a High-Yield. Six of the results are recommended to buy.

16 Very Cheap Dividend Challengers With A Single P/E Ratio

Dividend Challengers With Very Low P/E Ratios Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Challengers are dividend growth stocks from the third category. They raised dividends over a period of more than five consecutive years but less than ten years. Behind Dividend Contenders (10-24 years) and Dividend Champions (>25 years) is this investment class the latest stage for dividend growth investments.

In order to find the cheapest Challengers, I screened all 184 companies by a very low P/E ratio of less than ten. Sixteen stocks fulfilled these pricing criteria of which five are high-yields and six are currently recommended to buy.

The Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks On September 18, 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 September 18, 2012. In total, 20 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend - of which 12 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 5.36%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Safeway	SWY	4.04 b	9.11	1.56	0.09	4.15%
Xcel Energy	XEL	13.72 b	16.27	1.60	1.34	3.84%
Greif	GEF	2.20 b	17.36	1.80	0.51	3.63%
Las Vegas Sands	LVS	38.47 b	27.02	4.36	3.74	2.14%
Tiffany	TIF	8.31 b	19.07	3.47	2.24	1.95%
Avago Technologies Limited	AVGO	8.59 b	15.72	3.75	3.62	1.83%
International Game Technology	IGT	3.53 b	17.86	3.25	1.71	1.82%
Total System Services	TSS	4.49 b	18.94	3.24	2.42	1.68%

13 Service Dividend Stocks With Highest Short Float Ratio

Dividend Stocks From The Service Sector With Highest Short Float Ratio Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. The services sector is the second basic stage of the economy behind the agricultural. Stocks from the sector are characterized by low margins and undercapitalized business models.

At the stock markets are 908 companies linked to the sector with a total market capitalization of USD 48.2 trillion. The average sector yield amounts to 1.92 percent and the average P/E ratio is 20.11. The highest dividend paying industries are consumer services, publishing and computer wholesale.

I screened the sector by dividend stocks with the highest amount of short selling stocks, measured by the float short ratio. The ratio shows how many stocks are shorted by investors. Companies with a high ratio of float short have a little upside potential if investors need to close their short position. Thirteen dividend stocks from the services sector have a float short ratio of more than 25 percent.

Ex-Dividend Date Reminder For March 27, 2012

Here is a current overview of best yielding stocks with a market capitalization over USD 300 million 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 March 27, 2012. In total, 8 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 2 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 5.96 percent.