Best Yielding Railroad Stocks

The Most Promising Dividends in Railroads By Fool. Dividend payers deserve a berth in any long-term stock portfolio. But seemingly attractive dividend yields are not always as fetching as they may appear. Let's see which companies in the railroad industry offer the most promising dividends.

Below, I've compiled some of the major dividend-paying players in the railroad industry (and a few smaller outfits), ranked according to their dividend yields:

Company	Recent Yield	Payout Ratio	5-Year Avg. Annual Div. Growth Rate
Guangshen Railway	3.50%	32%	-1.60%
Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC  )	2.70%	32%	18.60%
CSX (NYSE: CSX  )	2.50%	19%	23.80%
Canadian Pacific Railway(NYSE: CP  )	2.30%	34%	10.70%
Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP  )	2.20%	26%	20%
Canadian National Railway(NYSE: CNI  )	1.90%	23%	14.90%
Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN  )	1.50%	25%	10.60%
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies	0.20%	1%	24.60%

Related Ticker:
NSC, CSX, CP, UNP, CNI, TRN,

Source: Fool.com

The Top Dividend Stock Pick From Every Sector

The Coffee Can Dividend Portfolio By Fool. It's not impossible to find companies with sustainable competitive advantages, of course, but those companies tend to be well-known by the market and rarely go on sale. With that said, however, the recent market decline has opened a window of opportunity to pick up shares in some great companies that, when put together, can create a solid Coffee Can portfolio.

Company	Sector	Dividend Yield
Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG  )	Consumer goods	3.40%
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ  )	Health care	3.60%
Intel (Nasdaq: INTC  )	Technology	4.30%
Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW  )	Industrials	3.40%
Chevron (NYSE: CVX  )	Energy	3.30%
Exelon (NYSE: EXC  )	Utilities	5.00%
Aflac (NYSE: AFL  )	Financials	3.50%
Portfolio Average		3.80%
S&P 500 Average		2.20%

Related Stock Ticker:
PG, JNJ, INTC, ITW, CVX, EXC, AFL

Source: Fool.com

Top Dividend Champions List September 2011

The 25 Highest-Yielding Dividend Champions By Fool. Below I highlight the 25 fastest-growing Dividend Champions ranked in order by dividend growth. I've also included the number of years that they've paid out a dividend and their yields:

Company	Yield	Number of Years	5-Year Dividend Growth Rate
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL  )	8.80%	37	63.90%
Nucor (NYSE: NUE  )	4.40%	38	32.80%
McDonald's (NYSE: MCD  )	2.90%	34	28.90%
Lowe's (NYSE: LOW  )	3.00%	49	27.40%
Brady Corp. (NYSE: BRC  )	2.80%	25	22.30%
Walgreen (NYSE: WAG  )	2.50%	36	21.90%
Target (NYSE: TGT  )	2.40%	44	20.10%
AFLAC (NYSE: AFL  )	3.50%	28	19.70%
Medtronic (NYSE: MDT  )	2.90%	34	17.80%
W.W. Grainger (NYSE: GWW  )	1.80%	40	17.70%
Weyco (Nasdaq: WEYS  )	3.00%	29	16.40%
Raven Industries (Nasdaq: RAVN  )	1.50%	25	16.30%
Franklin Resources (NYSE: BEN  )	0.90%	30	16.10%
Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT  )	2.80%	37	16.00%
Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW  )	3.40%	48	15.60%
Harleysville Group (Nasdaq: HGIC  )	5.80%	25	15.50%
Parker Hannifin (NYSE: PH  )	2.20%	54	15.40%
Automatic Data Processing(Nasdaq: ADP  )	3.00%	36	14.90%
Clorox (NYSE: CLX  )	3.60%	34	14.40%
Becton, Dickinson (NYSE: BDX  )	2.20%	38	14.20%
Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL  )	2.60%	48	12.80%
PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP  )	3.40%	39	12.60%
Eaton Vance (NYSE: EV  )	3.20%	30	12.50%
V.F. (NYSE: VFC  )	2.20%	38	12.20%
Hormel Foods (NYSE: HRL  )	1.90%	45	12.10%
Average	3.07%	36.84	19.58%

Related Ticker:
CTL, NUE, MCD, LOW, BRC, WAG, TGT, AFL, MDT, GWW, WEYS, RAVN, BEN, WMT, ITW, HGIC, PH, ADP, CLX, BDX, CL, PEP, EV, VFC, HRL,


Source: Fool.com

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13 Stocks At New 52-Week Lows With Best Dividend Yield

New Breakout Stocks By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. I screened the market by stocks with a market capitalization of more than $10 billion and a new price low for 52-Weeks. 29 stocks met this criteria of which 26 pay dividends and 14 yielding above 4 percent. Here are the results:

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Large Capitalized Stocks At 52-Week Lows (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio amounts to 9.3 while the average forward price to earnings ratio amounts to 7.6. The average dividend yield is 7.8 percent. Price to book ratio is 1.2 and price to sales ratio 1.2. In average, stocks being traded 1.3 percent above 52-Week Low.


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Richard T. Cunniff – Sequoia Q2-2011 Fund Portfolio

Richard T. Cunniff – Sequoia Q2-2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Richard T. Cunniff’s - Sequoia - portfolio movements as of Q2/2011 (June 30, 2011). In total, he has 34 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 3,345,103,000.

Richard T. Cunniff’s fund positions as of Q2/2011 with actual share movements:

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VSX, BRK.A, TJX, FAST, IDXX, MHK, PCP, AAP, RYCEF, ORLY, MA, GOOG, IBM, TGT, GS, BRK.B, WMT, SMTGF, PRGO, FSLR, OMC, QNTQF, HCXLF, RBA, DHR, PX, BDX, BRO, EXPD, CNQ, MTD, COST, TRMB, CRSK

Best Yielding Apparel Stores

Best Dividend Yields from Apparel Stores Industry by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of stocks from the apparel stores industry, a root of the service sector. 45 stocks belong to the industry of which 19 pay dividends and 6 yielding above 3 percent.

Here is the table with some fundamentals:

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Take a closer look at the full table of 19 best yielding stocks from the apparel stores industry. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 22.6 while the average forward P/E ratio is 12.0. The dividend yield has an average value of 2.7 percent. Price to book ratio is 3.1 and price to sales ratio 0.8. The operating margin amounts to 8.2 percent.

Best Yielding Apparel Stores (Click to enlarge)

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CBK, DEST, AEO, CATO, HOTT, FL, GPS, GES, SSI, BKE, LTD, JWN, JNY, MW, CHS, BEBE, ROST, ANF, FINL

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Best Yielding Specialty Chemicals Stocks

Best Dividend Yields from Specialty Chemical Industry by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of stocks from the specialty chemical industry, a root of the basic material sector. 56 stocks belong to the industry of which 31 pay dividends and 10 yielding above 3 percent.

Here is the table with some fundamentals:

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Take a closer look at the full table of 31 best yielding stocks from the specialty chemicals industry. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 12.6 while the average forward P/E ratio is 10.1. The dividend yield has an average value of 2.5 percent. Price to book ratio is 2.1 and price to sales ratio 1.1. The operating margin amounts to 12.6 percent.

Best Yielding Specialty Chemicals Stocks (Click to enlarge)

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WPZ, BAK, RPM, OLN, ODC, SHLM, HUN, KWR, PPG, KOP, KRO, MEOH, WDFC, IPHS, LYB, SXT, VAL, CPC, IFF, CBT, ARJ, NEU, FUL, ALB, POL, CYT, SIAL,  LZ, KMGB, WLK, MOS,

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