7 Best Dividend Aristocrats To Consider

I recently dug into the list of dividend aristocrats and looked for the best potential among this group of income investments, zeroing in on seven top stocks that I think offer investors both stability in their share price, as well as a robust dividend.

Dividend stocks with reliable dividends are a good fundament for small pocket investors. For sure, you don't might to earn the 20+ percent yearly that might Warren Buffett catch but a 6-12 percent return is a better alternative that low yields from 10 Year Treasuries.

If you’re looking for the best dividend aristocrats to buy now — for both current yield, share potential and future dividend growth — I’ve identified seven worth a look. Here they are:

16 Dividend Paying Mega Caps And Which Are The Cheapest

I like big companies because they often have a huge cash flow and broad diversification for self-repairment.

It's often not correct, especially when you think at the Tech sector. Apple was the only turn-around story I remember.

Today I like to introduce 16 mega capitalized dividend paying companies. Apple dominates the list with a 740 billion market cap and still has a cheap P/E of 13.2. That's unbelievable but do you trust them over the long-term?

However, don't fall in love with a single stock. Just diversify and keep the big risks out of your portfolio. That's what I say.

Attached is a full and detailed list of the 16 mega caps with important fundamentals.

These are the 7 cheapest mega caps:

27 Dividend Growers Of The Past Week (CMI, KMI, SJM, COP, OHI ...)

As dividend growth investor, I do look at fresh dividend hike in order to identify the next Dividend King.

During the past Week 27 companies raised dividends of which six pay yields over five percent. Below is a snapshot of the 18 midcaps+, stocks with a market cap over 2 billion.

Dividend Growers Of The Past Week (click to enlarge)

I like Cummis, J.M. Smucker, Carnival, Agilent and Goldman Sachs. Which are your favorites.

Here are all dividend growth picks of the recent week.

Company	Ticker	New Yield	Dividend Growth
Goldman Sachs Pfd. A	GS+A	4.77	1.11
Goldman Sachs Pfd. C	GS+C	4.84	1.11
Goldman Sachs Pfd. D	GS+D	4.95	1.11
Ryder System	R	1.79	10.81
Bank of America Dep pfd L	BMLL	4.79	3.37
Select Income REIT	SIR	9.12	45.18
Cummins	CMI	3.00	25.00
Education Realty Trust	EDR	4.54	2.78
Healthcare Services Group	HCSG	2.15	0.70
Saratoga Investment	SAR	7.72	22.22
West Pharmaceutical Svcs	WST	0.79	9.09
Ala Pwr 5.83% O pfd.	ALPO	5.52	0.01
Codorus Valley Bancorp	CVLY	2.60	4.00
CONE Midstream Partners	CNNX	5.12	3.53
Kinder Morgan	KMI	5.24	2.08
National Retail Prperties	NNN	4.68	3.57
Omega Hlthcare Investors	OHI	6.16	1.85
Antero Midstream Partners	AM	2.74	5.56
Bassett Furniture Inds	BSET	0.98	12.50
Carnival	CCL	2.30	20.00
ConocoPhillips	COP	5.17	1.37
HealthSouth Cp	HLS	2.03	9.52
JM Smucker	SJM	2.47	4.69
Penske Automotive	PAG	1.81	4.35
SunCoke Energy	SXC	5.05	100.00
Tallgrass Energy Partners	TEP	5.19	11.54
Two River Bancorp	TRCB	1.54	16.67
Value Line	VALU	5.66	6.67

5 Buy And Hold Forever Dividend Stocks With Initial Yields Over 3%

Whether you look back to the European debt crisis of 2011 or the mortgage meltdown of 2008, long-term investors with a focus on high-quality stocks are nearly always made whole — and often come out significantly ahead on a total-return basis.

Particularly if you’re at or near retirement and focusing on income, you need to think about where stocks are going to be in a decade or two instead of a month or two.

That’s because hiding out in cash doesn’t give you much to live on, while long-term bond funds may expose you to considerable interest-rate risks.

The answer for many investors, then, is to rely on stable dividend payers that have strong operations that enable them to weather anything the market throws their way and sustain their dividends even during a downturn. Here are five such “forever stocks” I think investors should consider. 

Each of the results pay a minimum dividend yield of more than 3 percent. It's important not to count on stocks that start with 1 percent.

These are the results:

20 High-Yield Ex-Dividend Stocks Of The Upcoming Week

I'm a real dividend investor and I do search for stocks that pay solid dividends. High-Yields are good but that's not the trigger for my choice. I also try to avoid stocks that pay no dividends.

The ex-dividend date is a major issue related to the dividend payment. If I buy a stock before the ex-dividend date, I will receive the next dividend soon. That's good because I don't need to wait 3 months or a year or half year to receive the next payment.

Attached is a list of the highest yielding stocks that go ex-dividend within the upcoming week.  The full list can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks Of The Next Week July 20 – 26, 2015.

Below is a current stock list of dividend stocks (common shares, preferred shares and American Depositary Receipts – ADR’s), paying forthcoming dividends and having their ex-dividend within the week July 20 - 26, 2015. The average dividend-yield amounts to 5.60 percent.

High-Yield Ex-Dividend Stocks Of The Next Week

Which stocks do you like? Many REITs are on the list. Asset Managers became also cheap in recent months.