Analysts Saying These 30 Stocks Have The Biggest Upside Potential - Dividend Growth Stocks At Strong Buy Rating

There is one rule that investors need to keep in mind. The higher the projected return on an investment generally means that there is a lot more risk.

That is certainly true of the latest pack of analyst upside calls for massive upside. Some of these are beaten down stocks, some are very risky companies with uncertain futures, and some could easily end up in the “what ever happened to that company?” category.

Conservative investors and those who are averse to risk should not even remotely consider investing in speculative companies just because some Wall Street analyst says there is upside.

It is undeniable that many analyst calls do prove to be wrong. And many companies just never grow into their full potential. Now that you have been reminded that these are full of much more risk than you might expect from a Dow or S&P 500 stock, these are six of the last week’s analyst upgrades and positive research calls with massive upside.

Below you can get a quick overview of those stocks with the highest upside potential right now. Each of the attached listed dividend growth stocks has a strong buy rating.

Here are the results...

13 Dividend Income Stocks On Which Dividend Re-Investing Works (Value At Deep Discounts)

My personal portfolio goal is to create an income stream from dividends paid out by low risk, financially strong (high-quality) companies. Reinvesting your portfolio income is also an essential part for your financial freedom.

Reinvesting your dividends received from high-quality dividend growth stocks is a great, relatively conservative and proven way to build wealth over the long term.

This is especially true and appropriate for investors in the accumulation phase that are planning for future retirement. Accumulating additional shares of dividend growth stocks can, and will, provide an increasing and eventually larger stream of income available at retirement when income is needed most.

Attached you can find a list of stocks that might be interesting for long-term investors who like to reinvest their dividends in their portfolio while looking at raising dividends.

My main focus was on valuation. If you buy a stock at a moderate valuation, your initial yield should help you to get a solid starting yield.

Every stock on the attached list has a dividend yield of more than 3 percent. Debt-to-equity ratio is under 1, EPS growth for the next five years over 5% and the forward P/E under 15

As a result, 13 stocks remained on my screen. Some of them might also be interesting. It's a first step for further research but good to find value stocks with a decent income as inflation hedge.

Here are 13 top stocks for re-investing...

The Safest UK Dividend Stocks With Yields Over 4%

If you like to diversify your portfolio, you should look at stocks abroad. The United Kingdom is a great domicile for income orientated investors.

I've often written about foreign high yielding dividend stocks. But you must keep an eye of the additional currency risk of your investment.

Attached you can find a visual list of more or less safe high yielding stocks from the FTSE 100. It's in my view a great overview.

Here are the safest dividend stocks from the UK...

38 Dividend Growth Utilities With A Solid Finance Basis Or Earnings Growth

If there is one thing every investor can appreciate, it is a growing stream of reliable dividends. With the Federal Reserve aiming to raise rates in December, the rate sensitive stocks have seen some price declines.

One of those rate sensitive sectors is the utility sector. To help investors find some of the best companies in the sector, I began researching those utility stocks with at least 5 straight years of dividend increases. 54 companies are part of the results. That's a huge number which I want to reduce by implementing higher restrictions. More about this method can be read below.

Some investors like to build their dividend growth portfolio with very different strategies. One trick that I have found can help investors stay on track is to mentally consider the costs they will need to pay each month of their life and to set a goal for covering those costs with dividend income.

There is a beautiful irony in being able to cover the costs an investor faces in their life with a dividend check from the same company that is selling them a product. When it comes to the utility companies, it makes sense to have a more diversified portfolio rather than simply owning the utility that covers the investor's primary residence. 

The simple geographic risk of a natural disaster impacting the company and the investor's life at the same time makes it ideal to use a portfolio with at least a few different utility companies, even when the investor wants to use a utility dividend check to pay for their cost.

Utilities are mostly not diversified but you can do it on your own by investing smaller amounts into several sub-industries.

I've created two charts from my dividend growth utility database. The first table lists all utilities with a debt-to-equity ratio below one. I think its also important to have a look at financial ratios, especially when rates go up in the near future.

The second chart gives an overview of dividend growth utilities with a predicted 5% earnings growth for the next five years. It's a more bullish view on future earnings.

Here are the results…

The Cheapest Stocks On Deutsche Bank’s List Of The 30 S&P 500 Constituents

Attached you can find a great list from Deutsche Bank. It's a very detailed list with P/E's, EPS growth, yield and buyback yield.

All of the qualifying companies have a market capitalization > $10 billion, trade at a 2015 P/E of less than 22 and are expected to report positive earnings growth this year.

Also, Deutsche Bank’s equity research team has calculated a Net Buyback Yield for each of its 30 stock picks (trailing 12-month buyback expenditures less option exercise proceeds and less stock option expense / Market Cap).

The cheapest stocks on Deutsche Bank’s list of the 30 S&P 500 stocks to buy are Bank of America Corp (2015 P/E of 12.6), JPMorgan Chase & Co (11.3), SunTrust Banks Inc (12.3), Ameriprise Financial Inc (12.4), Mylan Inc (11.9), American Airlines Group Inc (4.7), United Continental Holdings Inc (4.9) and Exelon Corp (11.3).

My top picks are...