Sentences with phrase «average dividends compared»

Not exact matches

The stocks that hedge funds have largely ignored tend to be much larger than the hotels, have less debt, grow earnings more slowly but consistently, and pay bigger dividends (an average yield of nearly 3 % for the S&P 500 constituents, compared with 2 % for the index overall).

I plan on talking about dividend stocks, where they are at today and comparing them to 5 year dividend yield averages.

If you've ever had occasion to look into the academic research comparing different types of returns from stocks that have different characteristics, as a class, dividend stocks tend to do better than the average stock over long periods of time.

There are a multitude of reasons as to why this occurs but it's a powerful enough force that many investors have done quite well for themselves over an investing lifetime by focusing on dividend stocks, specifically one of two strategies - dividend growth, which focuses on acquiring a diversified portfolio of companies that have raised their dividends at rates considerably above average and high dividend yield, which focuses on stocks that offer significantly above - average dividend yields as measured by the dividend rate compared to the stock market price.

A value under 1.0 suggests the dividend growth rate has declined compared to the 10 year average.

That compares favorably to all of the Dividend Champions, Contenders, and Challengers, whose average D / E is 1.0.

Based on the Dividend Discount Model (DDM) with a 10 % discount rate (the target rate of return), if the company grows the dividend by an average of 7 % per year for the long term, then the fair price is over $ 90, compared to the current stock price of only aboDividend Discount Model (DDM) with a 10 % discount rate (the target rate of return), if the company grows the dividend by an average of 7 % per year for the long term, then the fair price is over $ 90, compared to the current stock price of only abodividend by an average of 7 % per year for the long term, then the fair price is over $ 90, compared to the current stock price of only about $ 83.

This dividend yield compares favorably with the market average of 2 %.

Given the wild popularity of dividends these days, I'm surprised the daily trading volume averages only about 13,000, compared with more than 100,000 for Claymore's S&P / TSX Canadian Dividend ETF.

In down markets during 1970 - 1996, the highest dividend stocks fell 3.8 % (per quarter, averaged) in down quarters as compared to 7.5 % for the market overall.

Quite a lackluster yield compared to the 9 % yield my dividend portfolio averages.

For example, over five years is it just the average of the dividend growth rates for each year individually, or do you take the dividend at year 1 and compare it to the dividend in year 5?

I have read that re-invested dividends lower your taxes by increasing your average cost of the security so that when you sell your security, the difference between the sales price minus the book value (which includes re-invested dividends), becomes less compared to if you didn't re-invest your dividends.

Most of our investments have characteristics that have been associated empirically with above - average investment rates of return over long measurement periods: a low stock price in relation to book value, a low price - to - earnings ratio, a low price - to - cash - flow ratio, an above - average dividend yield, a low price - to - sales ratio compared to other companies in the same industry, a significant pattern of purchases by insiders, a significant decline in share price.

The year finished with the S&P 500 up 9.5 % (not including dividends), compared to the index's average annual rate of 8.1 % since 1977.

The current dividend yield is 4.11 %, which is great compared to the S&P 500 average of 1.7 %.

Now compare these rates to a guaranteed lifetime rate of return averaging 4 % in a whole life policy from a mutual life insurance company, AND don't forget to add an additional 3 - 4 % on top as an average annual whole life insurance dividend.

Therefore, tracking the dividend yield and comparing it to the historical average of that stock can highlight times when it may be undervalued.

Siegel compares the change in the long - term average dividend yield with the change in long - term average earnings growth.

This compares to a peer average dividend yield of 2.39 percent and a payout level of 46.70 percent.

This Zacks Rank # 2 (Buy) company has a dividend yield of 5.35 %, compared with the industry average of 4.38 %.

A higher current yield compared to the stock's historical average suggests better valuation, because dividend yield is higher when price is lower, all else equal.

The company's payout ratios are relatively low compared to peers as well, which should provide at least average dividend growth going forward.

The dividend yields within this sector are above average when compared to the wider market, largely because of the high - yielding telecom plays.

As displayed in Exhibit 2, the portfolio's 3.57 % average dividend yield was supported by a 9.5 % average free cash flow yield, compared with the benchmark's 1.99 % average dividend yield funded by 4.87 % average free cash flow yield over the sampled history.

The top 30 % of dividend payers had an average return of 11.3 %, compared to an average return of 8.6 % for companies that did not pay a dividend.

This compares to a five - year average dividend yield of 1.6 %.

On a dividend yield standpoint, the stock appears cheap but when we compare its p / e, price / books, price / cashflow MCD is trading quite in line with its five years averages and no bargain seems to be made here.