I know that it is always interesting to get a full throughout analysis on a high dividend paying stock but I thought of searching through the highest paying dividend stocks of the S&P 500.
I have used the following filters to produce this dividend stock list:
– Dividend yield over 3%
– Stock price over $10.00
– Payout Ratio under 60%
While you could do this kind of filter with financial websites, it’s always handy to have the list done for you ;-). Please note that price, dividend yield and dividend payout ratio are as of August 11th 2010.
Is there any other filters you would like me to apply and post a new chart later on?
Great list. A few to add:
– Exxon Mobil (XOM) has been hovering around a 3% yield and has a forward payout ratio around 30.
– Analog Devices (ADI) has a yield a little over 3% and a forward payout ratio under 40.
– Intel (INTC) yields 3.5% and has a forward payout ratio around 35.
I did a similar list last week, although much shorter than yours:
http://dynamicdividend.com/seven-strong-dividends-with-room-to-grow/
How about dividend growth?
IMHO, the stock price over $10 isn’t relevant, and you’re cutting out plenty of stocks that would be great additions to the portfolio.
My personal screen adds in the following filters:
– In addition to Yield over 3%, Dividend Yield is under 7% – Past research I’ve read suggests the high payout ones don’t last in the long haul
– P/E Ratio Under 20 though I try to stay under 15 for actual purchases
And then a couple of somewhat obvious filters (for my investment preferences anyways) to cut out the junk from my list:
– Dividend growth above 0% for the last 5 or 10 years
– Revenue growth above 0% for the last 5 years
For me, that produces a much more concise list with better investment options, and I think it always returns a decent number of results.
Though I should add that the P/E ratio addition is purely for more value stocks that I try to focus on. This would likely cut out a number of great dividend stocks like PG, KO, etc.
Great list TDG! 5-year dividend growth would be a great filter for next time.
HRB looks like a good buy right now, @ at 52-week low.
Keep up the good charts.
Cheers!
Great list!!
Thanks for an interesting blog.
I have recently compiled a list of interesting stocks with the use of these filters:
– Total debt to assets ratio 5%
– p/e <15
– Price to cash flow ratio <10
The low debt ratio means that a large share of the cash flow can be used for dividends. Some of the companies I get from this filter also have substantial net liquidity.
Through this filter I have found around 10 stocks on the Scandinavian stock exchanges, where I operate. (Since these exchanges have relatively few listed stocks compared to the North American ones, you should probably be able to find some as well.) I have then looked through the financial statements of these stocks over the last 5 years or so to see how they have progressed and how well they handled the financial downturn, after that I have selected four or five stocks to invest in.
The only negative aspect of this restrictive filter is that a majority of the companies I have found are relatively small and that their stocks have low liquidity. This could of course be dealt with through an additional filter criteria on market cap.
Sorry. Lost some text in my last comment. The filter list should be:
– Total debt to assets ratio 5%
– p/e <15
– Price to cash flow ratio <10
Ok. One more try:
– Total debt to assets ratio less than 0.1
– Dividend yield above 5%
– p/e <15
– Price to cash flow ratio <10
Hello:
I was just wondering what stock screener you are using? To find the payout ratio I end up having to due some math–which i would rather skip.
Also have you considered looking into buy backs as well?
@Dd,
I’m a wizard
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