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Franklin Resources (BEN): A Cheap Dividend Aristocrat…Or A Value Trap?
Franklin Resources (BEN) increased its dividend by a hefty 20% last week, continuing its dividend growth streak dating back to 1981. This dividend aristocrat has recently fallen on hard times, causing its stock price to drop by 37% over the last year. BEN’s stock now has a dividend yield twice as high as its five-year average yield, and it trades for a forward earnings multiple of just 12.6x. Let’s take a closer look at the business, which has several notable strengths despite the fall in its stock price. Business Overview Franklin Resources is a global investment management firm with more than $725 billion in assets under management as of 1/31/16. It provides equity, fixed income, alternative, and [...]
7 High Quality Dividend Stocks Increasing Their Payouts
A dividend increase is one the surest signs of financial strength and management's confident in the underlying business. Not surprisingly, company's that consistently raise their dividends year after year have historically been some of the best performing stocks in the market. That is one reason why the list of dividend aristocrats is so popular. Monitoring stocks that are raising their dividend payouts can be a great way to discover new dividend growth stocks to buy and hold for the long haul. The seven high quality dividend stocks all announced dividend increases over the past week and scored very well for Dividend Safety and Dividend Growth using our proprietary dividend rating system. Not surprisingly, some of these blue chip dividend [...]
When Should I Sell My Stocks?
We have all been there. One of our stocks is down over 30% from where we bought it, and we know it is time to make a tough decision – should I sell my stock, or is it time to double down? Alternatively, it can be just as hard to decide what to do when some investments are up significantly, causing us to wonder if we should sell our stocks to lock in some profits. Selling stocks is hard for numerous reasons. We are almost always forced to make decisions based on incomplete information. No one has a crystal ball that can perfectly forecast the future, which can make us feel paralyzed to act. Even worse, our [...]
The Walt Disney Company (DIS): A Premier Dividend Growth Stock
Walt Disney (DIS) is the type of business we like to own in our Top 20 Dividend Stocks portfolio. The company has some of the highest scores for Dividend Safety (96) and Dividend Growth (99) in our entire database, and we think Disney’s future is bright. Despite its portfolio of extremely well-known consumer brands and hard-to-replicate assets, the stock has traded down from $120 per share in late 2015 to roughly $95 per share today. Is it time to buy some shares, or is more downside likely ahead? Let’s take a closer look at the business. Business Overview Disney was founded in 1923 and has grown into a diversified worldwide entertainment company with a number of cable [...]