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General Mills (GIS): A High Quality Dividend Stock Changing With the Times
The branded food manufacturing industry is experiencing meaningful change as consumers’ health consciousness and eating habits evolve, impacting all of the major players including General Mills (GIS). Several of GIS’s major product categories, such as cereal, have seen growth decline in recent years, weighing on the stock’s performance. Like many of its peers, GIS is shifting its mix to better align with new consumer trends that could shape the market for the next several decades. We believe in GIS’s business strategy, financial strength, and high quality dividend. For these reasons and more, GIS is a holding in our Conservative Retirees dividend portfolio. Business Overview GIS maintains a diversified sales mix of packaged meals, cereal, snacks, baking products, [...]
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM): A Dividend Aristocrat Yielding 3%
ADM’s stock sits near its 52-week low price and yields 3.1% after falling by more than 30% over the past year. Whenever we see dividend aristocrats such as ADM in these situations, we get excited – perhaps an excellent business is now on sale for long-term investors. After all, ADM has been around for more than 100 years and is a critical piece of the US agricultural landscape. People will keep eating, and volatile commodity prices will eventually return to more favorable levels. Right? Probably. However, after a closer inspection of the business, we uncovered several factors that complicate ADM’s investment case. In the research below, we analyze ADM’s business and evaluate its appropriateness for our Top 20 [...]
8 Master Limited Partnerships Risks
Master limited partnerships risks are increasingly in focus by dividend investors as energy prices remain depressed. The sector has attracted income investors thanks to its relatively high dividend yields, historically stable cash flows, and perceived protection from swings in commodity prices. However, with many energy master limited partnerships down over 30% in 2015, it’s time for investors to seriously revisit the topic of master limited partnerships risks. We identified a handful of the biggest risks facing master limited partnerships (MLPs) below. In addition to understanding MLPs unique corporate, legal, and tax structures, which we covered in our article, “What is a Master Limited Partnership?”, remaining aware of the risks facing the industry is extremely important. With that said, let’s [...]
Blue Chip Dividend Stocks
Blue chip dividend stocks can be some of the most appealing investment opportunities for income and capital appreciation. If you have ever wondered what blue chip dividend stocks are, why they are attractive, where you can find them, and what the best ones are, you have come to the right place. What are Blue Chip Dividend Stocks? The term “blue chip” is said to have originated in the 1920s by Dow Jones reporter Oliver Gingold. The story goes that Gingold was at a brokerage firm when he observed several trades that took place at high prices (e.g. $200 per share) and said to nearby securities analyst Lucien Hooper that he planned to write about these “blue chip stocks” when [...]