Top 100 Dividend Stocks – June 2010

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Date posted: 06.01.2010 (4:16 am) | Write a Comment  (9 Comments)

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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. 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 Wednesday or Thursday.

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What to look for

The basic idea is that we not only want a company that pays a high dividend yield but also one that:

-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 held by Frontiers Communications Corp (FTR), see its year-to-date 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	Dividend Ex-Date
FTR	Frontier Communications Corp	7.95	12.58	-0.13	6/7/2010
WIN	Windstream Corp	10.67	9.37	-3.44	6/28/2010
CTL	CenturyTel Inc	34.33	8.45	0.64	6/4/2010
T	AT&T Inc	24.3	6.91	-6.75	7/7/2010
RAI	Reynolds American Inc	52.14	6.9	-2.4	6/8/2010
VZ	Verizon Communications Inc	27.52	6.9	-4.74	7/7/2010
MO	Altria Group Inc	20.29	6.9	-4.25	6/11/2010
POM	Pepco Holdings Inc	16.13	6.7	-3.64	6/8/2010
PBI	Pitney Bowes Inc	22.64	6.45	-9.54	8/11/2010
PGN	Progress Energy Inc	38.59	6.43	-3.33	7/8/2010
HCN	Health Care REIT Inc	43.08	6.31	-2.52	8/6/2010
FE	FirstEnergy Corp	35.21	6.25	-5.59	8/4/2010
AEE	Ameren Corp	24.66	6.24	-5.01	6/7/2010
NI	NiSource Inc	14.96	6.15	-8.22	7/28/2010
Q	Qwest Communications International Inc	5.24	6.11	1.76	8/18/2010
TEG	Integrys Energy Group Inc	45.22	6.02	-7.45	8/25/2010
DUK	Duke Energy Corp	15.96	6.02	-3.5	8/11/2010
PNW	Pinnacle West Capital Corp	35.11	5.98	-5.97	7/30/2010
LLY	Eli Lilly & Co	32.79	5.98	-4.91	8/11/2010
HCP	HCP Inc	31.86	5.84	-0.81	8/5/2010
CINF	Cincinnati Financial Corp	27.19	5.82	-4.26	6/21/2010
CNP	CenterPoint Energy Inc	13.62	5.73	-3.86	8/11/2010
LO	Lorillard Inc	71.49	5.6	-7.53	8/30/2010
ED	Consolidated Edison Inc	42.59	5.59	-4.52	8/16/2010
SO	Southern Co	32.7	5.57	-5.38	7/29/2010
BMY	Bristol-Myers Squibb Co	23.21	5.51	-8.22	6/30/2010
EXC	Exelon Corp	38.6	5.44	-10.35	8/11/2010
RRD	RR Donnelley & Sons Co	19.16	5.43	-10.84	8/4/2010
PPL	PPL Corp	25.81	5.42	4.24	6/8/2010
TE	TECO Energy Inc	15.55	5.27	-7	8/11/2010
PLD	ProLogis	11.38	5.27	-12.55	8/11/2010
PM	Philip Morris International Inc	44.12	5.26	-10.11	6/22/2010
AEP	American Electric Power Co Inc	31.96	5.26	-5.61	8/6/2010
SCG	SCANA Corp	36.29	5.24	-8.06	6/8/2010
SE	Spectra Energy Corp	20.01	5	-13.32	8/11/2010
XEL	Xcel Energy Inc	20.49	4.93	-5.79	6/22/2010
MCHP	Microchip Technology Inc	27.85	4.91	-3.5	8/17/2010
PCL	Plum Creek Timber Co Inc	35.02	4.8	-11.06	8/11/2010
HCBK	Hudson City Bancorp Inc	12.61	4.76	-4.11	8/4/2010
PFE	Pfizer Inc	15.23	4.73	-7.96	8/4/2010
D	Dominion Resources Inc/VA	38.96	4.7	-5.69	8/25/2010
DTE	DTE Energy Co	45.51	4.66	-5.52	6/17/2010
GAS	Nicor Inc	40.41	4.6	-7.12	6/28/2010
VTR	Ventas Inc	46.95	4.56	-0.59	6/9/2010
DD	EI du Pont de Nemours & Co	36.17	4.53	-8.26	8/11/2010
MRK	Merck & Co Inc	33.69	4.51	-3.85	6/11/2010
KIM	Kimco Realty Corp	14.3	4.48	-8.27	6/29/2010
PEG	Public Service Enterprise Group Inc	30.63	4.47	-4.67	6/7/2010
LEG	Leggett & Platt Inc	23.28	4.47	-5.1	6/11/2010
PBCT	People's United Financial Inc	13.97	4.44	-10.05	7/28/2010
ETR	Entergy Corp	75.07	4.42	-6.65	8/10/2010
PCG	PG&E Corp	41.5	4.39	-5.25	6/28/2010
KMB	Kimberly-Clark Corp	60.7	4.35	-0.91	6/2/2010
PAYX	Paychex Inc	28.54	4.34	-6.73	7/28/2010
FII	Federated Investors Inc	22.21	4.32	-6.99	8/6/2010
COP	ConocoPhillips	51.86	4.24	-11.44	7/29/2010
NYX	NYSE Euronext	28.67	4.19	-12.14	6/11/2010
CMS	CMS Energy Corp	14.68	4.09	-8.85	8/4/2010
HNZ	HJ Heinz Co	44.18	4.07	-5.74	6/22/2010
KFT	Kraft Foods Inc	28.6	4.06	-3.38	6/28/2010
GPC	Genuine Parts Co	40.61	4.04	-5.12	6/9/2010
FPL	FPL Group Inc	49.93	4.01	-4.07	6/2/2010
OKE	Oneok Inc	44.47	3.96	-9.5	7/28/2010
NU	Northeast Utilities	25.95	3.95	-5.69	9/1/2010
CVX	Chevron Corp	73.87	3.9	-8.46	8/17/2010
EIX	Edison International	32.36	3.89	-5.85	6/28/2010
WM	Waste Management Inc	32.51	3.88	-5.35	9/2/2010
MWV	MeadWestvaco Corp	23.9	3.85	-11.26	8/3/2010
HRB	H&R Block Inc	16.08	3.73	-12.18	6/8/2010
JNJ	Johnson & Johnson	58.3	3.7	-8.5	8/20/2010
ABT	Abbott Laboratories	47.56	3.7	-7.04	7/13/2010
MMC	Marsh & McLennan Cos Inc	21.81	3.67	-9.95	7/7/2010
AVB	AvalonBay Communities Inc	98.06	3.64	-5.75	6/28/2010
MTB	M&T Bank Corp	79.24	3.53	-8.51	8/30/2010
CLX	Clorox Co	62.82	3.5	-2.91	7/26/2010
MAT	Mattel Inc	21.66	3.46	-6.03	11/24/2010
PSA	Public Storage	92.69	3.45	-4.35	6/11/2010
KO	Coca-Cola Co/The	51.4	3.42	-3.84	6/11/2010
SRE	Sempra Energy	46	3.39	-6.47	6/16/2010
MHP	McGraw-Hill Cos Inc/The	27.8	3.38	-16.87	8/23/2010
PPG	PPG Industries Inc	64.07	3.37	-8.19	8/6/2010
SYY	Sysco Corp	29.81	3.35	-5.49	6/30/2010
VNO	Vornado Realty Trust	77.68	3.35	-6.05	8/9/2010
NUE	Nucor Corp	43.05	3.34	-5.01	6/28/2010
ADP	Automatic Data Processing Inc	40.88	3.33	-5.72	6/9/2010
AVP	Avon Products Inc	26.49	3.32	-17.41	8/13/2010
CAG	ConAgra Foods Inc	24.18	3.31	-1.19	7/28/2010
LLTC	Linear Technology Corp	27.96	3.29	-6.26	8/11/2010
MCD	McDonald's Corp	66.87	3.29	-4.49	8/26/2010
WEC	Wisconsin Energy Corp	49	3.27	-5.96	8/11/2010
MRO	Marathon Oil Corp	31.09	3.22	-2.53	8/16/2010
BMS	Bemis Co Inc	28.68	3.21	-4.93	8/18/2010
PG	Procter & Gamble Co/The	61.09	3.15	-1.72	7/21/2010
LMT	Lockheed Martin Corp	79.92	3.15	-5.12	8/30/2010
NOC	Northrop Grumman Corp	60.49	3.11	-10.13	8/19/2010
SLE	Sara Lee Corp	14.17	3.11	0.42	9/7/2010
VFC	VF Corp	77.35	3.1	-10.5	6/4/2010
CPB	Campbell Soup Co	35.81	3.07	-0.14	7/1/2010
PEP	PepsiCo Inc/NC	62.89	3.05	-3.57	6/2/2010
K	Kellogg Co	53.43	3.03	-2.07	8/30/2010

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1. Comment by The Financial Blogger — June 1, 2010 @ 6:28 am
   

   Hey IS, how many stocks are you going to talk about in your newsletter? I guess you won’t cover them all, right?

2. Comment by IS — June 1, 2010 @ 7:51 am
   

   @TFB – Not sure yet, probably 2 or 3. It will depend on many of the stocks fit in the model:)

3. Comment by Craig — June 1, 2010 @ 8:41 am
   

   Question; if you are shorting one of this stock and it pays dividend while you are shorting it, do you have to pay the dividend as well. If yes, to whom?

   This could be interesting to make play with dividend paying stocks (long/short), isn’t?

4. Comment by IS — June 1, 2010 @ 9:11 am
   

   @Craig – If only it was that easy. When you are short a stock, you can expect the stock to diminish when it reaches the ex-date. However, you must pay the dividend amount so it comes out to the same result as if there had not been a dividend. No easy way to make money, sorry:)

5. Comment by John — June 1, 2010 @ 11:34 am
   

   I’ve just subscribed! I don’t usually trade options. Do you collect dividends when you own call options?

   What strategy do you recommend for a liquid stock that pays dividend but is losing its value right now??

   Thank you.

6. Comment by IS — June 1, 2010 @ 7:09 pm
   

   @John – Thanks for joining:)

   No, you do not collect dividends when you own call:) As for that strategy, honestly I think the main criteria is finding a good investment. The good dividend is just a nice addition but a stock losing its value does not sound like it would fit the good investment criteria! Did you have a stock in mind?

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9. Comment by Dan — June 19, 2010 @ 11:59 am
   

   Interesting.

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