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Eaton (ETN): Paying Dividends Every Year for Nearly a Century
While Eaton (ETN) won't show up on the list of dividend aristocrats, the company has one of the most impressive dividend streaks in the world. Eaton has paid dividends every year for more than 90 years (dating back to 1923) and compounded its payout by more than 10% annually over the past decade. With a dividend yield near 3.4% and a forward P/E ratio below the broader market's, today is a reasonable time to take a closer look at Eaton to see if it could be one of the better high dividend stocks to consider. Business Overview Eaton is a large industrial conglomerate with approximately $20 billion in annual sales and an operating history dating back to 1911. [...]
Pentair (PNR): 40 Years of Dividend Increases and Double-Digit Payout Growth Potential
With 40 straight years of dividend growth under its belt, Pentair (PNR) is a dividend aristocrat that is just a decade away from joining an even more elite club, the dividend kings. Over the past three decades, Pentair shareholders have enjoyed dividend growth that's not only been remarkably consistent, but strong as well (8.9% annual payout growth). Let's take a closer look at this industrial blue chip to see what makes its business model so successful. More importantly, learn if Pentair and its upcoming spin off are likely to continue generating strong total returns and dividend growth for many years to come. Business Overview Founded in 1966 in London, England (with roots going back to [...]
Cisco (CSCO): A High Yield Stock With a Fast-Growing Dividend and Low Expectations
Cisco (CSCO) is a rather unusual dividend stock because it offers a relatively high yield near 4% but has grown its payout at a fast clip, including a 12% boost earlier this year. In fact, the company’s quarterly dividend payment has increased from 6 cents per share in 2011 to 29 cents most recently, nearly quintupling over the course of six years. With Cisco's stock trading off on the company's latest earnings report and sporting at a relatively low forward P/E ratio of 14.3, let's take a closer look to see if this company is appealing for conservative investors living off dividends or if it could be a value trap. If you are interested in Cisco because of [...]
Air Products & Chemicals (APD): A Dividend Aristocrat With Improving Payout Growth Prospects
Air Products & Chemicals (APD), is one of the few (51 S&P 500 companies) to make it into the dividend aristocrat club, meaning that it's been raising its dividend for at least 25 consecutive years. In fact, since 1983 Air Products has been growing its dividend at an annual rate of 9.6%, which has not only resulted in exponentially growing income for shareholders, but also decades of market-beating total returns (10.5% annual total return vs 8.7% for the S&P 500 over the last 22 years). However, the key to such consistent success is being able to evolve with changing market and industrial conditions, which in recent years have been rather challenging for APD and resulted in much slower payout growth [...]