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International Flavors (IFF): Your Everyday Dividend Growth Stock
You probably use several products every day that are touched by IFF. The company has a presence in thousands of consumer products, yet it has largely flown under the radar operating in the chemicals industry. We like boring, durable businesses that can predictably pay us more income every year, and IFF certainly checks these boxes. We added IFF to our Long-term Dividend Growth Portfolio earlier this year. While the stock trades at a premium relative to the market today, we continue to believe the company is a solid long-term holding that will reward investors with double-digit dividend growth for years to come. Business Overview IFF was founded over 125 years ago and is the behind-the-scenes company that works [...]
Four Safe Dividend Stocks Yielding At Least 4%
All too often, yield-starved investors give in to the temptation of high yield dividend stocks. Dividend yields greater than 5% look like an easy way to grab more current income on the surface, but dividend income is just part of the total return equation. If a stock with a 6% dividend yield sees its price cut in half, an investor living off dividends in retirement would have been better off purchasing a lower yielding stock with less business risk and volatility, occasionally selling shares to meet his or her cash flow needs. Remember, the market is quite efficient most of the time, so think first before chasing a high yield dividend stock that appears to be too good to be [...]
Is It Finally Time to Buy IBM’s 3.8% Dividend Yield?
IBM trades at a forward earnings multiple of 9x and has a dividend yield approaching 4%. The stock is either really cheap, or the market is sniffing out more trouble ahead with management’s current strategy. We aren’t ready to jump in just yet and keep the stock out of our Top 20 Dividend Stocks portfolio for now. However, Warren Buffett sees value and added to his position during the third quarter as IBM reported another disappointing set of results. IBM’s third quarter revenue declined for the 14th straight quarter and came in below all 17 analysts’ estimates. While there is plenty of talk about how the move to off-premise cloud computing is hurting many of IBM’s “old technology” [...]
GE’s Transformation Continues Building Momentum
Investors have long been frustrated with GE. The share price is lower than it was 10 years ago. The company has generally overpromised and under delivered for years, leading many to question whether or not CEO Jeff Immelt is still the right man for the job. And who can forgive and forget the 2009 dividend cut after the company had defended its dividend plan for months? We believed the pessimism surrounding GE was deserved but underappreciated the quality of GE's industrial services business and the chance for GE to "get it right" this time for shareholders with its portfolio transformation. As a result, we added GE to our Top 20 Dividend Stocks portfolio in July 2015 and, while [...]