Learn About Simply Safe Dividends
[/fusion_text]
These are our most recent articles. Also see which stocks have been this week’s best and worst performers.
Sysco (SYY): A Dependable Dividend Aristocrat for Retirement Income
Sysco (SYY) is a holding in our Conservative Retirees dividend portfolio. The company is a dividend aristocrat that has paid dividends since 1970 and appears to offer a very safe 3% yield today. While SYY’s growth rate is very moderate, the company’s durability has been noteworthy. The pace of change in the foodservice distribution industry is really slow, and SYY derives several benefits from being the largest player in the market. Despite several years of sluggish growth and some pricing pressures, we believe SYY will keep plodding forward as it executes on its cost improvement plan and becomes even more competitive. A well-known activist investor also purchased 7% of the company in August 2015 and could help the [...]
Becton Dickinson (BDX): A Healthcare Dividend Aristocrat With Consistent Double-Digit Dividend Growth
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) is a world leader in medication management and patient safety solutions. The company has been in operation for more than 115 years and has increased its dividend for 44 consecutive years. With a diverse portfolio of medical products, meaningful exposure to emerging markets and a large acquisition under its belt, BDX appears to be an excellent candidate for long-term dividend growth investors to consider. While the stock’s 1.7% dividend yield is too low for investors living off dividends in retirement, its total return potential appears to be attractive today. Business Overview BDX was founded in 1897 and manufactures a wide range of medical supplies, devices, lab equipment, and diagnostics products. Some of [...]
Diageo (DEO): A Safe 3.2% Dividend Yield in the Alcoholic Beverage Market
Diageo (DEO) is a leading player in the alcoholic beverages market. Up until the last few years, the company enjoyed great success. However, consumer trends have started to shift in DEO’s most profitable region – North America. The company has struggled to grow volumes and is now in a bit of a transitional period in an effort to strengthen its long-term growth prospects. For these reasons, the stock appears to be relatively cheap today and offers investors living off dividends in retirement a safe 3.2% dividend yield and mid-single digit dividend growth potential. However, is now the time to buy the stock given some of its challenges? Business Overview DEO is the largest producer of spirits [...]
Waste Management (WM): An Excellent Moat and 13 Years of Consecutive Dividend Increases
Waste Management (WM) is not widely known by dividend investors, but its moat and consistency are remarkable. As the largest integrated waste management company in the country, WM possesses several key advantages that have enabled it to increase its dividend for 13 consecutive years. While WM’s operating history isn’t as long as some other companies, its economies of scale, durability, unique assets, consistent free cash flow generation, and mission-critical services make the company one of our favorite blue chip dividend stocks. Business Overview WM is the biggest integrated waste management company in North America and serves more than 21 million residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers. The company makes money by entering into contracts with customers to [...]