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19 Monthly Dividend Paying Stocks With Yields Over 3%

Attached you will find another portfolio of high yielding monthly dividend paying stocks.

Each of the stocks offer a yield over 3%. Reits and Oil and Gas companies dominating the screening results.

Here is the portfolio...

4 Dividend Stocks That Might Grow Earnings And Dividends Much Faster Than The S&P 500

Even after a 15% pullback, the S&P 500 yields just 2.3% today.

Which means if you buy an index fund today, and you never saw a dividend increase, it’d take you more than 40 years to get your initial investment back in cash.

Fortunately companies with growing earnings often do pass their higher profits along to shareholders. 

And you can really accelerate your returns by buying only those that increase their payouts annually.

Attached you will find 4 dividend stocks that are growing their earnings and dividends much faster than the S&P 500 at large.

They all pay a better-than-average dividend today, and have promising business prospects. Investors who buy these stocks today will likely soon enjoy an outsized yield on their initial investment, thanks to rapid payout growth.

Here are the results...

5 Top Yielding Large Cap Cash Cows With High Potential To Boost Dividends

Today, I screened my dividend growth stock lists for stocks with the following criteria:

- Debt to total capital less than 35%
- Positive FCF Payout of 60% or lower
- Market Cap. greater than $2 billion
- Dividend growth of 4% or higher
- Dividend yield of 2.5% or higher

Five stocks jumped into my eyes directly. Take a look at the following results...


Cisco Systems -- Yield: 4.02%

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) employs 71,833 people, generates revenue of $49,161.00 million and has a net income of $8,981.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $138.09 billion.

Cisco Systems’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $13,696.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 27.86% (the operating margin is 21.91% and the net profit margin 18.27%).

Financials: The total debt represents 22.34% of Cisco Systems assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 42.47%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 15.44% was realized by Cisco Systems.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.02. Last fiscal year, Cisco Systems paid $0.80 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.09, the P/S ratio is 2.67 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.20. The dividend yield amounts to 4.02%.

Stock Charts:


Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Cisco Systems (CSCO)
Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Cisco Systems (CSCO)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Cisco Systems (CSCO)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Cisco Systems (CSCO)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Cisco Systems (CSCO)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Cisco Systems (CSCO)



Cummins -- Yield: 3.93%

Cummins (NYSE:CMI) employs 55,200 people, generates revenue of $19,110.00 million and has a net income of $1,470.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $17.62 billion.

Cummins’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,500.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 13.08% (the operating margin is 10.76% and the net profit margin 7.69%).

Financials: The total debt represents 10.83% of Cummins assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 22.13%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 18.46% was realized by Cummins.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $7.82. Last fiscal year, Cummins paid $3.51 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.65, the P/S ratio is 0.90 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.35. The dividend yield amounts to 3.93%.

Stock Charts:


Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Cummins (CMI)
Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Cummins (CMI)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Cummins (CMI)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Cummins (CMI)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Cummins (CMI)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Cummins (CMI)



Genuine Parts Company -- Yield: 2.93%

Genuine Parts Company (NYSE:GPC) employs 39,000 people, generates revenue of $15,280.04 million and has a net income of $705.67 million. The current market capitalization stands at $13.65 billion.

Genuine Parts Company’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,265.36 million. The EBITDA margin is 8.28% (the operating margin is 7.35% and the net profit margin 4.62%).

Financials: The total debt represents 7.67% of Genuine Parts Company assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 19.86%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 21.89% was realized by Genuine Parts Company.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.63. Last fiscal year, Genuine Parts Company paid $2.42 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.19, the P/S ratio is 0.88 and the P/B ratio is finally 4.29. The dividend yield amounts to 2.93%.

Stock Charts:


Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Genuine Parts Company (GPC)
Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Genuine Parts Company (GPC)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Genuine Parts Company (GPC)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Genuine Parts Company (GPC)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Genuine Parts Company (GPC)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Genuine Parts Company (GPC)



Microsoft -- Yield: 2.82%

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) employs 118,000 people, generates revenue of $93,580.00 million and has a net income of $12,193.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $417.65 billion.

Microsoft’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $34,129.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 36.47% (the operating margin is 19.21% and the net profit margin 13.03%).

Financials: The total debt represents 20.03% of Microsoft assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 44.07%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 14.36% was realized by Microsoft.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.40. Last fiscal year, Microsoft paid $1.24 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 37.17, the P/S ratio is 4.32 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.12. The dividend yield amounts to 2.82%.

Stock Charts:


Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Microsoft (MSFT)
Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Microsoft (MSFT)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Microsoft (MSFT)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Microsoft (MSFT)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Microsoft (MSFT)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Microsoft (MSFT)



AFLAC Incorporated -- Yield: 2.82%

AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) employs 9,235 people, generates revenue of $20,872.00 million and has a net income of $2,533.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $25.65 billion.

AFLAC Incorporated’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,862.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 18.50% (the operating margin is 18.50% and the net profit margin 12.14%).

Financials: The total debt represents 4.24% of AFLAC Incorporated assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 28.83%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 14.18% was realized by AFLAC Incorporated.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.85. Last fiscal year, AFLAC Incorporated paid $1.58 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.13, the P/S ratio is 1.19 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.42. The dividend yield amounts to 2.82%.

Stock Charts:


Long-Term Stock Price Chart of AFLAC Incorporated (AFL)
Long-Term Stock Price Chart of AFLAC Incorporated (AFL)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of AFLAC Incorporated (AFL)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of AFLAC Incorporated (AFL)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of AFLAC Incorporated (AFL)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of AFLAC Incorporated (AFL)

20 Cashflow Strong Stocks With 3.5% to 12.8% Dividend Yields And Potential To Hike

Investors love dividend stocks, even during times of turmoil. Some focus on current income, while others track the correlation between dividend increases and outperformance. 


Cash flow is a key issue in investing. It's in my view a better view on the earnings power of a company. Even better is the free cash flow, that's the amount of operating cash ex capital spending.

Those amounts of money could fully used for dividends, investment (Mergers, Acquisitions), share buybacks and more.

As a follow-up to our look at companies with high free cash flow that could be used to raise dividends, we decided to take a broader and simpler approach to list dividend stocks favored the most by analysts.

Analysts say a lot about stocks and often they are wrong with their opinion. Don't put too much trust in their work. The do the same as you, simple desk research and often your results will be better.

Here are the results...


20 Cashflow Strong Stocks (click to enlarge)
Source: Marketwatch, FactSet