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Franklin Resources (BEN): A Cheap Dividend Aristocrat or Value Trap?
When it comes to low-risk dividend investing, it's usually hard to go wrong with dividend aristocrats, those 51 S&P 500 companies that have managed to grow their payouts for at least 25 consecutive years. After all, such consistent growth generally requires that a company operate in a stable, growing, and wide moat business. As importantly, management needs to be conservative and take a long-term disciplined approach to growth, while continuously evolving the business in case the industry undergoes large and or rapid changes. However, as the saying goes, "past performance is no guarantee of future results." From time to time, secular technological or social shifts can occur that can make even mighty dividend aristocrats not worth owning. [...]
W.W. Grainger (GWW): 46 Straight Years of Dividend Growth and an All-Time High Yield
Industrial component wholesaler W.W. Grainger (GWW), with 46 consecutive years of rising dividends, is one of the venerable dividend aristocrats. Even more impressive is that Grainger has rewarded long-term dividend investors with impressive 11.5% annual dividend growth over the last three decades. Let's take a closer look at this dividend aristocrat to see whether or not it can continued its long-term double-digit dividend growth in the face of increasing competition from emerging rivals such as Amazon (AMZN). As importantly, learn whether or not Grainger could be a valuable long-term investment or a value trap with its dividend yield near its all-time high. Business Overview Founded in 1927 in Lake Forest, Illinois, W.W Grainger is North America's largest maintenance, repair, [...]
Crown Castle (CCI): The Highest-Yielding Stock Held by Bill Gates
Crown Castle (CCI) only began paying dividends in 2014, but the company currently offers income investors a dividend yield that's nearly twice as high as the market's with 7% to 8% annual dividend growth potential. More importantly, Crown Castle has an attractive business model with substantial recurring revenue, excellent free cash flow generation, substantial barriers to entry, and extremely high incremental margins. These are all likely reasons why Bill Gates' investment manager holds a meaningful stake in Crown Castle. You can view Bill Gates' complete dividend portfolio here. Let’s take a closer look at Crown Castle’s business to see if this company deserves to be in our list of the best high dividend stocks. Business Overview [...]
Chubb (CB): A Conservative Dividend Grower in the Insurance Industry
Chubb (CB) is one of the best managed insurance companies in the world and has increased its dividend for more than 20 consecutive years. Prior to the 2016 merger of Chubb and ACE (the largest merger ever in the history of the insurance industry), these companies had raised their dividends for 33 and 22 consecutive years, respectively. Chubb was even a member of the dividend aristocrats list. The insurance business can be a lucrative one, which is why Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway owns several of these businesses, including a couple in Buffett's dividend portfolio here. Let's take a closer look at Chubb to see if its future remains bright and if today could be a reasonable time to give [...]