Are there any dividend stocks you are considering buying but want to be sure their dividends are safe before going any further? Leave a comment at the end of this article with a stock you would like me to evaluate for dividend safety. This week, I will be taking a look at the [...]
After failing to increase its dividend in June like it has in past years and continuing to report double-digit declines in sales and earnings this week, Caterpillar has many dividend investors wondering about the safety of its current payout. Caterpillar’s revenue has declined from $66 billion in 2012 to a projected $40 billion in [...]
With more than four consecutive decades of dividend increases, Automatic Data Processing (ADP) is one of my favorite dividend aristocrats. The company’s excellent dividend growth track record is the result of its reliable business model. ADP benefits from providing mission-critical services, generating a high percentage of recurring revenues, maintaining a strong client retention [...]
Accenture (ACN) is the type of high quality dividend growth stock I like to own in our Top 20 Dividend Stocks portfolio. The company has raised its dividend every year since it began paying one in 2005, recording annual dividend growth greater than 20% during that time period. Accenture’s dividend scores extremely high [...]
Verizon (VZ) is one of Warren Buffett’s high-yield dividend stocks. The company has paid dividends for more than 30 years and has increased its dividend for over 10 straight years. Paying uninterrupted dividends for as long as Verizon has is usually the sign of a durable company. Verizon is a blue-chip dividend stock [...]
Warren Buffett sold AT&T out of Berkshire Hathaway’s portfolio of high-yield dividend stocks during the first quarter of 2016. Warren Buffett acquired his stake in AT&T during the third quarter of 2015 as a result of AT&T’s acquisition of DirecTV. Buffett had owned DirecTV prior to the acquisition (his first purchase was in [...]
Canadian National Railway (CNI) has increased its dividend every year since its initial public offering in 1995, averaging 17% annual growth over that time period. Since they were deregulated in the 1980s, railroad operators have enjoyed a boom in productivity and fortified their position as an essential piece of North America’s supply chain. [...]
Without Texas Instruments (TXN), most of the world’s electronic equipment would not function. The company is an extremely important player in virtually every end market and maintains numerous competitive advantages. Texas Instruments has also been a free cash flow machine, converting close to 30 cents of every $1 in sales into free cash flow. [...]
The railroad industry is extremely durable, and Union Pacific (UNP) has proven to be no exception since its founding in the 1860s. Railcars are a critical mode of transportation and move about 40% of U.S. freight as measured in ton-miles (the length freight travels). Without companies like Union Pacific, the country’s supply chain could [...]
Kraft Heinz (KHC) accounts for nearly 20% of Berkshire Hathaway’s portfolio and is one of Warren Buffett’s favorite dividend stocks. The company maintains a wonderful portfolio of brands, sells recession-resistant products, generates dependable free cash flow, and is taking steps to further bolster its margins and earnings. These are many of the qualities [...]
Home Depot (HD) has paid uninterrupted dividends since the late 1980s and is a dividend growth machine. Since making its first quarterly dividend payment of 0.044 cents per share in 1987, Home Depot’s dividend has increased to 69 cents. The quarterly dividend has also more than doubled since 2012. Home Depot possesses many [...]
Crown Castle (CCI) only began paying dividends in 2014, but the company currently offers income investors a high dividend yield near 4% with 6-7% annual dividend growth potential. Crown Castle also has an attractive business model with substantial recurring revenue, excellent free cash flow generation, and extremely high incremental margins. Let’s take a [...]
The best monthly dividend stocks provide predictable, growing income. With 550 consecutive monthly dividends paid and 74 consecutive quarterly increases, Realty Income (O) is one of the most dependable dividend-paying stocks in the market. If the valuation is reasonable, these are the types of companies I like to own in our Conservative Retirees dividend [...]
Eaton shares several characteristics with some of the companies we hold in our Top 20 Dividend Stocks portfolio. The company scores well for Dividend Safety and Dividend Growth, has paid dividends every year since 1923, generates excellent free cash flow, and has a relatively high dividend yield near 3.7%. Eaton’s stock also trades [...]
Deere (DE) is one of Warren Buffett’s top dividend stocks and has increased its dividend 12 times since 2004. Falling crop prices have caused demand to drop sharply for Deere’s tractors and combines, but the best time to buy high quality dividend stocks is usually during periods of distress. Warren Buffett seems to think [...]