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It is that time again, time to look at the top US dividend stocks. We’ve done this in past months and it’s been gaining popularity every time as many are like us, trying to build passive income through a dividend portfolio. Those who have been following this list know that we can probably expect the Communications sector to do very well here. They have been the highest yielding stocks for some time now. That being said, I think many other criteria need to be considered when picking dividend stocks and that is why I will be narrowing down the list later this week for our mailing list members. If you are interested in finding out what are top dividend stock picks are, simply join our mailing list it’s free! I expect to send it out Saturday or Sunday.
What to look for
Last month, the priority really was on finding a fairly reliable high dividend yield stock. This time however, we will be putting more emphasis on dividend growth as the impact it will have on your dividend portfolio is critical.
-Consistently increases its dividend payout over the years (over 1 year, 3 years & 5 years)
-Is profitable enough to keep paying the dividend
-Has strong financial statements (lots of cash and assets)
-Is trading over 5$ (to avoid having smaller stocks that can be very volatile)
-The return on Equity (ROE) should be high
In terms of dividend yield only, the top yield is still held by Frontiers Communications Corp which currently yields over 14%. Anytime you see a stock that yield that much higher than the others, you know there probably is something wrong! Here is the chart:
We will filtering out the top 100 list to find the ones that fit all of these criteria! In the meantime, here is the list!
Ticker Name Price Dividend Yield Return MTD Ex-Dividend Date
FTR Frontier Communications Corp $7.11 14.06 -7.71 9/7/2010
WIN Windstream Corp $10.56 9.46 1.23 9/28/2010
CTL CenturyLink Inc $33.31 8.71 -0.89 9/7/2010
MO Altria Group Inc $20.04 6.99 0.49 9/13/2010
T AT&T Inc $24.19 6.95 -0.45 7/7/2010
RAI Reynolds American Inc $52.12 6.91 1.7 9/8/2010
POM Pepco Holdings Inc $15.68 6.89 -1.09 9/8/2010
VZ Verizon Communications Inc $28.02 6.78 1.82 7/7/2010
PBI Pitney Bowes Inc $21.96 6.65 -3 8/11/2010
AEE Ameren Corp $23.77 6.48 -2.06 9/7/2010
HCN Health Care REIT Inc $42.12 6.46 -2.23 8/6/2010
RRD RR Donnelley & Sons Co $16.37 6.36 -14.56 8/4/2010
NI NiSource Inc $14.50 6.34 -3.07 7/28/2010
PGN Progress Energy Inc $39.22 6.32 1.63 7/8/2010
FE FirstEnergy Corp $35.23 6.24 0.06 8/4/2010
TEG Integrys Energy Group Inc $43.74 6.22 -3.27 8/25/2010
DUK Duke Energy Corp $16.00 6.13 0.25 8/11/2010
CINF Cincinnati Financial Corp $25.87 6.11 -3.5 9/15/2010
Q Qwest Communications International Inc $5.25 6.1 0.19 8/18/2010
CNP CenterPoint Energy Inc $13.16 5.93 -3.38 8/11/2010
PLD ProLogis $10.13 5.92 -10.98 8/11/2010
LLY Eli Lilly & Co $33.50 5.85 2.17 8/11/2010
PNW Pinnacle West Capital Corp $36.36 5.78 3.56 7/29/2010
HCP HCP Inc $32.25 5.77 1.22 8/5/2010
PPL PPL Corp $24.95 5.61 -2 9/8/2010
LO Lorillard Inc $71.98 5.56 0.69 8/30/2010
EXC Exelon Corp $37.97 5.53 -1.63 8/11/2010
ED Consolidated Edison Inc $43.10 5.52 1.2 8/16/2010
SO Southern Co $33.28 5.47 1.77 7/29/2010
TE TECO Energy Inc $15.07 5.44 -3.09 8/11/2010
SCG SCANA Corp $35.76 5.31 -0.15 9/8/2010
AEP American Electric Power Co Inc $32.30 5.2 1.06 8/6/2010
LEG Leggett & Platt Inc $20.06 5.18 -12.85 9/13/2010
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Co $24.94 5.13 8.83 9/29/2010
PM Philip Morris International Inc $45.84 5.06 5.24 9/24/2010
PFE Pfizer Inc $14.26 5.05 -6.37 8/4/2010
SE Spectra Energy Corp $20.07 4.98 0.3 8/11/2010
MCHP Microchip Technology Inc $27.74 4.93 -0.39 8/17/2010
HCBK Hudson City Bancorp Inc $12.24 4.9 -2.93 8/4/2010
XEL Xcel Energy Inc $20.61 4.9 1.8 9/21/2010
PCL Plum Creek Timber Co Inc $34.53 4.87 -1.4 8/11/2010
PAYX Paychex Inc $25.97 4.77 -9 7/28/2010
KIM Kimco Realty Corp $13.44 4.76 -4.9 10/1/2010
DD EI du Pont de Nemours & Co $34.59 4.74 -4.37 8/11/2010
D Dominion Resources Inc/VA $38.74 4.72 -0.56 8/25/2010
DTE DTE Energy Co $45.61 4.65 1.32 9/16/2010
ETR Entergy Corp $71.62 4.64 -4.6 8/10/2010
FII Federated Investors Inc $20.71 4.64 -6.75 8/6/2010
PBCT People's United Financial Inc $13.50 4.59 -3.36 7/28/2010
GAS Nicor Inc $40.50 4.59 1.34 9/28/2010
VTR Ventas Inc $46.95 4.56 1.17 9/8/2010
COP ConocoPhillips $49.09 4.48 -5.34 7/29/2010
PCG PG&E Corp $41.10 4.43 0.11 9/28/2010
PEG Public Service Enterprise Group Inc $31.33 4.37 3.42 9/7/2010
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corp $60.63 4.35 0.96 9/1/2010
MRK Merck & Co Inc $34.97 4.35 4.93 9/1/2010
NYX NYSE Euronext $27.63 4.34 -2.62 9/10/2010
CVX Chevron Corp $67.86 4.24 -8.14 8/17/2010
HNZ HJ Heinz Co $43.22 4.16 -1.2 9/20/2010
GPC Genuine Parts Co $39.45 4.16 -1.84 9/1/2010
MWV MeadWestvaco Corp $22.20 4.14 -7.11 7/29/2010
KFT Kraft Foods Inc $28.00 4.14 -1.12 9/27/2010
NEE NextEra Energy Inc $48.76 4.1 -1.36 8/25/2010
CMS CMS Energy Corp $14.65 4.1 -0.2 8/4/2010
OKE Oneok Inc $43.25 4.07 -2.74 7/28/2010
WM Waste Management Inc $31.29 4.03 -3.75 9/2/2010
NU Northeast Utilities $25.48 4.02 -1.81 9/1/2010
EIX Edison International $31.72 3.97 -1.03 9/29/2010
HRB H&R Block Inc $15.69 3.82 -1.48 9/8/2010
AVB AvalonBay Communities Inc $93.37 3.82 -3.91 9/24/2010
ABT Abbott Laboratories $46.78 3.76 -1.64 7/13/2010
NUE Nucor Corp $38.28 3.76 -10.28 9/28/2010
JCP JC Penney Co Inc $21.48 3.72 -21.86 7/7/2010
JNJ Johnson & Johnson $59.06 3.66 1.3 8/20/2010
PSA Public Storage $87.91 3.64 -4.33 9/13/2010
PPG PPG Industries Inc $60.41 3.58 -5.71 8/6/2010
VNO Vornado Realty Trust $72.95 3.56 -6.09 8/9/2010
MMC Marsh & McLennan Cos Inc $22.55 3.55 3.39 7/7/2010
MAT Mattel Inc $21.16 3.54 -2.31 11/24/2010
CLX Clorox Co $62.16 3.54 -1.05 7/26/2010
KO Coca-Cola Co/The $50.12 3.51 -1.66 9/15/2010
SYY Sysco Corp $28.57 3.5 -3.32 10/5/2010
NOC Northrop Grumman Corp $54.44 3.45 -10 8/19/2010
CAG ConAgra Foods Inc $23.32 3.43 -3.56 7/28/2010
BMS Bemis Co Inc $27.00 3.41 -5.86 8/18/2010
LMT Lockheed Martin Corp $74.50 3.38 -6.78 8/30/2010
ADP Automatic Data Processing Inc $40.26 3.38 -0.7 9/8/2010
VFC VF Corp $71.18 3.37 -7.24 9/7/2010
HD Home Depot Inc $28.07 3.37 -16.52 8/31/2010
MOLX Molex Inc $18.24 3.34 -13.21 9/28/2010
MHP McGraw-Hill Cos Inc/The $28.14 3.34 1.22 8/23/2010
MCD McDonald's Corp $65.87 3.34 -1.5 8/26/2010
SRE Sempra Energy $46.79 3.33 2.52 9/21/2010
AVP Avon Products Inc $26.50 3.32 0.04 8/13/2010
LLTC Linear Technology Corp $27.81 3.31 -0.54 8/11/2010
UPS United Parcel Service Inc $56.89 3.3 -9.35 8/19/2010
EMN Eastman Chemical Co $53.36 3.3 -10.99 9/9/2010
MTB M&T Bank Corp $84.95 3.3 7.21 8/30/2010
DRI Darden Restaurants Inc $38.85 3.29 -9.44 7/7/2010
EQR Equity Residential $41.64 3.24 -7.05 9/16/2010
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