It is the time once again to do an update of what has become one of the more anticipated posts on IntelligentSpeculator as we do a summary of the best candidates for dividend stocks when investing in the broad US markets and more specifically in the S&P500 index!
As always, I urge investors to look at the dividends offered but also the general health of the company to ensure that they will be able to maintain a high payout! You better look at the entire list to find the rare companies that are not only paying dividends but also who keep taking up their dividend offering a solid long term growth perspective.
As was the case in past months, many communication companies dominate these charts as they have kept up the payments despite being in a rocky environment with lots of competition! I personally would strongly consider a company like Verizon(VZ) which does have issues but is generally still a solid player in the mobile industry and offers a dividend yield close to 7%!
What are your favourites on this list?
Top March 2010 Dividend stocks
Ticker Name Shares July 28 2014 Price July 28 2014 Values
OMC Omnicom Group Inc 32 $72.96 $2,334.72
MSFT Microsoft Corp 74 $43.97 $3,253.78
JCI Johnson Controls Inc 42 $48.65 $2,043.30
PEP PepsiCo Inc/NC 30 $90.97 $2,729.10
ETN Eaton Corp 33 $76.75 $2,532.75
DOV Dover Corp 26 $88.11 $2,290.86
ITW Illinois Tool Works Inc 30 $84.75 $2,542.50
XLNX Xilinx Inc 39 $41.33 $1,611.87
SJM JM Smucker Co/The 21 $104.08 $2,185.68
BLK BlackRock Inc 13 $316.43 $4,113.59
TROW T Rowe Price Group Inc 31 $80.25 $2,487.75
OXY Occidental Petroleum Corp 24 $99.82 $2,395.68
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp 21 $104.37 $2,191.77
ADI Analog Devices Inc 46 $50.55 $2,325.30
HAS Hasbro Inc 31 $51.14 $1,585.34
MAT Mattel Inc 45 $35.42 $1,593.90
AFL Aflac 31 $63.65 $1,973.15
BAX Baxter International 26 $76.47 $1,988.22
IVZ Invesco Ltd 69 $38.43 $2,651.67
CVX Chevron 20 $133.24 $2,664.80
TXN Texas Instruments Inc 32 $47.35 $1,515.20
VWO Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets 81 $45.14 $3,656.34
BND Vanguard Total Bond Market 46 $82.15 $3,778.90
Cash $93.30
USDP $56,539.47
SPX 16.17845817 $3,588.68 $58,059.31
A big thank you!