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Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR): A Boring but Excellent Dividend Growth Stock
Dick Grasso, the former CEO and chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, called Broadridge “the most important firm on Wall Street that you’ve never heard of.” Sometimes, the most boring, under-the-radar businesses prove to be the best long-term investments. We think BR could be one of them...
5 Dividend Stocks that Powered Through the Financial Crisis
The following five dividend stocks grew sales, GAAP earnings per share, and free cash flow during the 2008-09 financial crisis, allowing them to raise their dividends and outperform the S&P 500 by more than 25% in 2008. With global economies facing increased uncertainty and stock markets showing higher volatility in recent weeks, maintaining a dividend portfolio that provides safe income and capital preservation in down markets is more important than ever. The five dividend stocks that breezed through the great recession are Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Church & Dwight (CHD), Comcast Corporation (CMCSA), Rollins, Inc. (ROL), and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT). WMT has even increased its dividend for more than 25 consecutive years, making it one of the 52 dividend aristocrats. [...]
General Electric (GE) – An Unloved Dividend Stock with Long-term Potential
GE is one of the most unloved blue chip stocks. Almost anywhere you read a GE article on the internet, commentators are quick to rip into CEO Jeff Immelt, the company’s poor capital allocation decisions, the dividend cut during the financial crisis, the bureaucracy, the lack of capital returned to shareholders, the company’s deceptive PR efforts, and more. And why not - there is plenty to be frustrated about if you are or were a long-term GE shareholder. Since Immelt took over the role of CEO from Welch in 2001, GE’s total shareholder return (includes dividends) is a whopping 0%. Without dividends, the stock is down more than 35% compared to the near doubling of the rest of the [...]
10 Dividend Stocks to Consider Before the Ex-Dividend Date
With thousands of dividend stocks out there, finding good ideas is no small task. No two dividends are created equal, and chasing high dividend yields, high growth rates, or dividend aristocrats alone can be very dangerous. When we look for a dividend investment, we prefer to invest in companies that have survived over long periods of time, demonstrated consistent sales and earnings growth along the way, shown a commitment to shareholders by paying out increasing dividends, maintained a conservative balance sheet for their type of business, and trade at reasonable to cheap prices compared to their intrinsic value. How can you even begin to find dividend stocks checking all of those boxes? The following table displays the results from [...]