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Warren Buffett Buys Precision Castparts. These Are 11 Dividend Alternatives From The Industry

Warren Buffett used his trigger to shoot a white elephant. He announced to buy Precision Castparts, a metal fabrication company with focus on the aero plane industry.

PCP is a huge investment for Warren Buffett.

Today I like to introduce some alternatives from the same industry. 18 public listed companies are located to the metal fabricaton industry but only 6 stocks have a market capitalization of more than 1 billion USD.

There is a huge conentration in the industry. PCP next competitor, Tenaris, has a 15 billion market cap, nealy half the value Warren Buffett paid for PCP.

However, here are the best dividend picks from the metal fabrication industry...

6 Dividend Growth Stocks With A Cheap P/E Ratio

Investing in cheap stocks is popular because investors believe that the market will clarify one day the mispricing of a stock.

Attached is a compilation of the 6 cheapest stocks with a single-digit price-to-earnings ratio. Only six companies have a forward P/E ratio of less than 10.

Cheap for a resaon or not? That's the 100 million dollar question. If you're right, you will make money, if not, you lose some.

If I look at the results, there are some great picks like IBM on it. Attached is a full list of the results with more fundamental details in a quick list.

These are the results:

40 Stocks With Dividend Growth (A Compilation Of The Latest Dividend Hikes)

Attached is a full compilation of the latest dividend growers. In total, 40 companies raised their dividend payments. The biggest stocks are AIG, Monsanto and PPL.

Dividend growth is important for income investors but more essential is the sustainability of the payments.

These are the cheapest stocks by forward price to earnings:

Why Not Investing In A High-Yield Dividend Achievers Portfolio?

Do you want to put your money to work? Then it needs to do more than just sit in a bank account or get traded in and out of stocks. 

Your money needs to get you paid, and the way to do that is through high-dividend stocks. Now, doing that isn't as easy as going out and buying the first high payer you can get your hands on. There are some characteristics to look for that will ensure you'll continue to get paid for years to come. 

Let's look at why an individual investor should be buying high-dividend stocks, and what you need to seek out and what to avoid when picking these stocks for your portfolio.

In order to avoid big investing mistakes, investors should focus on stocks with a higher market capitalization, a broader diversified business model which is also less volatile and finally a constantly growing business. The latest point makes it easier for the company to hike dividends in the future. For income investors like me and you, it is a very essential point.

However, today I like to introduce those dividend growth stocks that offer most of the above mentioned criteria. I like to show you only Dividend Achievers, stocks that have grown dividends over 10+ years without a break.

Attached is a list of the best yielding Dividend Achievers. Which do you like?

These are my 9 favorite results...

12 Stocks That Are No Dividend Champs Due To Flat Payments But Great Dividend Investments

Dividends are nice, to be sure … particularly to long-term investors who specifically need reliable income.

But not all dividend stocks are created equally. To remain a viable long-term holding to income seekers, these cash-producing stocks also need to offer reliable dividend growth over time to fight off the effects of inflation.

What good is a stagnant dividend, after all — as the payout stays the same, its purchasing power slowly erodes. And it’s surprising how many dividend paying companies don’t up their payouts to even keep pace with inflation.

It's not a shame when a company runs his dividend flat for a few years but the strengh dividend growth criteria don't add them up into the Dividend Champions league.

Here is a list of stocks that can be classified the the non-consistent dividend growers. You can also check out the Dividend Aristocrats list from 1989 to 2014. There is a great overview about how the index has changed his members.

These are some of the results: