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Walgreen: The Leading Drug Store Stock For My Portfolio

I purchased 30 Walgreen shares last Friday for my Dividend Yield Passive Income Portfolio. The drug retailer has a market cap of USD 41 billion and is on a track to diversify its global sales. As of now, WAG still generates all of its sales in America.

The company disappointed investors with the latest quarter results and was downgraded by Cantor Fitzgerald from buy to hold with target price USD 45. The stock plunged from its high around 14 percent.

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For readers who a new to the matter and my dividend growth philosophy: I funded a virtual portfolio with 100k on October 04, 2012 with the aim to build a passive income stream that doubles each five to ten years. I plan to purchase each week one stock holding until the money is fully invested. The total number of constituents is expected at 50 – 70 companies and the dividend income should be at least at $3,000 per year.

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Walgreen, together with its subsidiaries, operates the drugstore chain in the United States. The Company provides its customers with access to consumer goods and services, pharmacy, and health and wellness services in communities across America. The Company offers its products and services through drugstores, as well as through mails, by telephone and online. The Company sells prescription and non-prescription drugs, as well as general merchandises, including household items, convenience and fresh foods, photofinishing and candy. On August 2, 2012, it acquired 45% interest in Alliance Boots GmbH (Alliance Boots).



The company yields at 2.49 percent and has a P/E ratio of 19.49. The forward P/E amounts to 12.36. I spent around USD 1,327 on the Walgreen stake that will give me yearly around USD 33 in dividends. The current full year dividend income is not expected at USD 1,979.

Here is the income perspective:

Sym
Name
P/E Ratio
Dividend Yield

Buy
# Shrs
Income
Value
TRI
Thomson Reuters C
15.54
3.94

28.90
50
$64.50
$1,629.00
LMT
Lockheed Martin C
12.38
4.15

92.72
20
$89.00
$2,173.20
INTC
Intel Corporation
11.88
3.79

21.27
50
$45.00
$1,203.00
MCD
McDonald's Corpor
18.61
3

87.33
15
$45.15
$1,497.90
WU
Western Union Com
10.17
2.81

11.95
100
$47.50
$1,704.00
PM
Philip Morris Int
16.87
3.92

85.42
20
$68.78
$1,750.20
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
23.57
2.87

69.19
20
$49.80
$1,757.40
MO
Altria Group Inc
16.42
4.96

33.48
40
$70.40
$1,419.60
SYY
Sysco Corporation
19.62
3.29

31.65
40
$44.40
$1,357.60
DRI
Darden Restaurant
16.26
2.94

46.66
30
$45.00
$1,539.90
CA
CA Inc.
13.55
3.57

21.86
50
$50.00
$1,413.00
PG
Procter & Gamble
17.6
2.91

68.72
25
$57.20
$1,958.50
KRFT
Kraft Foods Group
20.63
3.62

44.41
40
$80.00
$2,209.60
MAT
Mattel Inc.
19.53
2.98

36.45
40
$53.60
$1,827.60
PEP
Pepsico Inc. Com
20.68
2.7

70.88
20
$43.60
$1,616.00
KMB
Kimberly-Clark Co
21.11
3.19

86.82
15
$46.50
$1,460.85
COP
ConocoPhillips Co
10.04
4.27

61.06
20
$52.80
$1,246.20
GIS
General Mills In
17.54
2.02

42.13
30
$29.70
$1,470.90
UL
Unilever PLC Comm
20.32
3.17

39.65
35
$44.91
$1,429.40
NSRGY
NESTLE SA REG SHR
18.41
3.32

68.69
30
$65.31
$1,957.50
GE
General Electric
16.97
3.23

23.39
65
$48.10
$1,510.60
ADP
Automatic Data Pr
23.89
2.42

61.65
25
$42.50
$1,768.75
K
Kellogg Company C
25.56
2.71

61.52
25
$44.00
$1,633.50
KO
Coca-Cola Company
21.19
2.64

38.83
40
$42.80
$1,620.80
RTN
Raytheon Company
11.43
3.22

57.04
20
$42.00
$1,316.80
RCI
Rogers Communicat
11.54
4.2

51.06
50
$83.30
$1,933.50
GPC
Genuine Parts Com
20.01
2.49

77.06
20
$41.28
$1,674.80
TSCDY
TESCO PLC SPONS A
204.4
4.49

17.98
110
$75.68
$1,702.80
APD
Air Products and
16.37
2.95

85.71
15
$40.50
$1,378.20
GSK
GlaxoSmithKline P
18.5
4.64

52.16
30
$70.38
$1,536.00
WMT
Wal-Mart Stores
14.73
2.32

79.25
20
$34.72
$1,504.20
BTI
British American
16.43
3.98

114.6
13
$53.82
$1,361.10
CHL
China Mobile Limi
10.07
4.31

55.32
25
$54.95
$1,281.25
MMM
3M Company Common
17.26
2.24

110.27
15
$36.75
$1,673.10
TUP
Tupperware Brands
22.96
2.47

80.98
15
$29.40
$1,203.30
IBM
International Bus
13.33
1.81

206.35
8
$28.00
$1,559.44
HAS
Hasbro Inc.
18.25
3.22

44.09
30
$44.40
$1,398.30
T
AT&T Inc.
27.55
3.76

34.47
30
$40.20
$1,074.90
WAG
Walgreen Co. Comm
19.3
2.49

44.25
30
$33.00
$1,327.50
















$1,978.93
$61,080.19
















Average Yield
3.24%
















Yield On Cost
3.44%

5 Stocks and 5 Funds Announced A Dividend Growth Last Week

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. We’ve reached new lows in weekly dividend hikes. Last week, only five stocks and five additional funds announced a dividend hike. That’s not much but the big dividend growth stocks have increased their payments earlier this year. The others still have 6 month or more to met the straight criteria of a real dividend Champion, Challenger or Contender.

Below is a detailed look of the five dividend growth stocks from last week. You can find additional information in the attached table. Despite the low number of dividend growth stocks and funds, the power of is still impressive. 62.35 percent, that’s the rate of dividend growth.

Dividend Weekly World Yield Stock Report 27/2013 | Free PDF Download

Attached is the current Dividend Weekly, a weekly yield and performance report of the world's best dividend paying stocks. Find on over 30 pages the best and highest dividend yields worldwide. The report is available as free PDF download.
The Dividend Weekly is a weekly published Fact Book with focus on dividend stocks. With this book, investors get a full overview of major leaders and laggards. In addition, they get a feeling of which dividend stocks are popular and which ones are the best investment opportunities in markets that are going up and down.

The book has the following items:
- Best 1-Week Performing Dividend Stocks
- Best Dividend Stocks Year-To-Date
- Best Yielding Stocks At New Highs
- Most Recommended Dividend Stocks
- Overbought Dividend Stocks
- Most Shorted Dividend Stocks
- Best Dividend Aristocrats in Canada and USA
- Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week
- Best Yielding Stocks From the World's Leading Stock Exchanges and Indices
- Ex-Dividend Stocks For Next Week

Here is the full book for free read and download:

The Best Performing Utilities And Which Of Them Are Still Cheap

Utility dividend stocks with highest performance year-to-date originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Utilities are often high dividend payers but they also have high debt amounts and their growth abilities are very limited.

Normally, you should not expect higher capital gains due to the slow growth and high investment costs.

It’s surprising that the best performing utilities gained 18 percent to 80 percent within the first six months of the year. I my view, it’s a shift to quality business models with higher yields and stable returns. Investors look for investment alternatives outside the bond sector and utilities are a place to be for the time being.

You can find a small list of the 20 best performing utility dividend stocks. I excluded all companies with a market capitalization below 300 million. They are definitely too risky and some of them have an extraordinary high return. Lower valuated companies dominating the top results. The average market capitalization amounts to 3.6 billion.

Despite the large price increase of the stocks, twelve of them still have a buy or better rating.


Next Week's Top Yielding Large Cap Ex-Dividend Stocks

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 week.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks Between July 08 - 14,2013. In total, 75 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 29 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.37%.

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


Company
Ticker
Mcap
P/E
P/B
P/S
Yield
AT&T, Inc.
T
197.53B
27.99
2.24
1.56
5.02%
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold
25.97B
8.91
1.45
1.44
4.57%
Shaw Communications, Inc.
10.58B
14.82
3.00
2.20
4.13%
Verizon Communications Inc.
147.03B
128.25
4.41
1.26
4.02%
AbbVie Inc.
67.84B
12.60
22.97
3.66
3.75%
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan
33.04B
15.59
3.16
3.99
3.67%
General Mills, Inc.
31.80B
18.03
4.53
1.82
3.10%
Marsh & McLennan Companies
22.44B
18.45
3.38
1.87
2.44%
General Growth Properties Inc.
18.82B
-
2.23
7.37
2.40%
Yum! Brands, Inc.
32.61B
22.75
14.22
2.43
1.87%
Chesapeake Energy Corporation
13.70B
-
1.08
1.03
1.66%
Abbott Laboratories
54.78B
71.27
2.42
2.54
1.60%
NetApp, Inc.
13.90B
28.09
2.95
2.19
1.55%
Gap Inc.
20.09B
16.85
6.36
1.26
1.39%
Aetna Inc.
20.50B
12.93
1.92
0.55
1.28%
Lincoln National Corp.
10.53B
8.60
0.71
0.90
1.23%
Intuit Inc.
18.58B
23.52
5.20
4.18
1.09%
Oracle Corporation
146.03B
13.80
3.27
3.93
0.77%
Roper Industries Inc.
12.64B
25.52
3.34
4.19
0.52%