It isn't a surprise that yield focused sectors pay high yields, nor is it surprising and sectors with
below average dividends are primarily high growth industries and commodity stocks.
Not exact matches
Of course, in recent years, stock prices have grown much faster than earnings and
dividends, driving the P / E far above its historical
average and the
dividend yield (D / P) far
below its historical
average.
A direct consequence of this is that
dividend yields on S&P 500 stocks have fallen to 1.91 % and are now 32 %
below their long - term
average.
Thus, you may see different signals from time to time and small differences in percentages above /
below a moving
average depending on whether an ETF has paid a
dividend in the past 10 months.
Australian
dividend yields have continued to
average just
below 4 per cent (Graph 58).
Low returns have followed characteristics that are more similar to today — a CAPE ratio in the mid-20's, where
dividend yields, bond yields, and inflation were
below average.
Still, CAT is a
dividend machine that is currently yielding a high 5.04 % and a current PE of 12.7 which is well
below its five year
average.
Those strong performers tended to have
below -
average exposure to economic cycles or had above -
average dividend yields.
Since tracking the data, companies cutting their
dividends had an
average Dividend Safety Score below 20 at the time of their dividend reduction announ
Dividend Safety Score
below 20 at the time of their
dividend reduction announ
dividend reduction announcements.
This second trend borne from ultra-loose monetary policy has forced many investors to seek out higher - yielding alternatives including
dividend stocks, which, on
average, yield more than 10 - year government bonds in most major developed markets, including Canada (see chart
below).
If the balance drops
below a $ 50
average daily balance over the course of the statement cycle,
dividends no longer accrue on the account.
As of this writing, Newell Rubbermaid has a market cap of 20 billion, a forward P / E ratio of 15 and a
dividend yield of 1.71 %, which is just
below its five - year
average.
Large Diversified
Dividend Portfolios /
Below Average Option Looking For Exposure to Industrial Sector / Avoid Deep Value Investors / Avoid
Thus, you may see different signals from time to time and small differences in percentages above /
below a moving
average depending on whether an ETF has paid a
dividend in the past 10 months.
Based on the stock's price at the time of this writing, the
dividend yields 0.93 %, well
below the
average yield of the S&P 500 at 2.31 %.
• At 1.7 % (including the impact of the most recent 11 %
dividend increase on April 27), AAPL's yield is below average for the best dividend growth stocks, and well below the average yield of all 690 Dividend Champions, Contenders, and Challengers (CCC), which stands a
dividend increase on April 27), AAPL's yield is
below average for the best
dividend growth stocks, and well below the average yield of all 690 Dividend Champions, Contenders, and Challengers (CCC), which stands a
dividend growth stocks, and well
below the
average yield of all 690
Dividend Champions, Contenders, and Challengers (CCC), which stands a
Dividend Champions, Contenders, and Challengers (CCC), which stands at 2.8 %.
The stocks listed
below are considered core holdings of our portfolio and offer an
average yield of 3.5 %, well above that of the
average dividend aristocrat at only 2.5 %.
With the
average dividend yield on the S&P 500 now
below 2 % and prices at all - time highs,
dividend stocks may end up being a safety - minded investor's worst nightmare.
Despite the company's solid track record of raising its
dividend for 26 consecutive years, we can see
below that
dividend growth has only
averaged about 3 % for most the past decade.
Type of Investor / Recommendation Large Diversified
Dividend Portfolios /
Below Average Option Looking For Exposure to the Industrials Sector / Avoid Deep Value Investors / Avoid
As a result, the sector has a
below -
average yield and the smallest percentage of
dividend payers in the index.
Large Diversified
Dividend Portfolios /
Below Average Choice Looking For Exposure to Technology Sector /
Below Average Choice Deep Value Investors / AVOID
The company's strengths really begin with management's focus on generating consistent annual funds from operations (FFO) per share growth, increasing the
dividend annually, and assuming
below average balance sheet and portfolio risk.
As seen
below, the company's payout ratios have been somewhat volatile over the last decade but have
averaged around 50 - 60 %, providing reasonable cushion and opportunity for
dividend growth.
In fact, the
average dividend yield among S&P 500 companies is now
below 2 %, down from around 3 % in 2009.
A
dividend - focused fund that seeks companies with above -
average yields,
below -
average valuations, and the ability to sustain and / or grow
dividends.
Since tracking the data, companies cutting their
dividends had an
average Dividend Safety Score below 20 at the time of their dividend reduction announ
Dividend Safety Score
below 20 at the time of their
dividend reduction announ
dividend reduction announcements.
A
Dividend Checking Account will be charged a $ 6.00 fee for each statement period that the
average daily account balance drops
below the minimum $ 2,500 level.
As I mentioned before, this is well
below the
average yield of the portfolio, but offers greater long - term growth and greater increases to my
dividend income.
Large Diversified
Dividend Portfolios /
Below Average Option Looking For Exposure to Industrials Sector / AVOID Deep Value Investors / AVOID
In this article, I review a specific hand - selected list of
Dividend Champions that I believe are reasonably priced and therefore capable of generating above -
average returns at
below -
average risk.
A global fund that seeks high - quality companies with
below average valuations and the ability to sustain and / or grow their
dividends.
Still, the
below -
average volatility of the stock and the above -
average dividend yield make IBM well - suited for retirees» portfolios.
At 0.8, the latter is well
below the
average for all 753
Dividend Champions, Contenders, and Challengers, which is 1.2.
Historically, the
dividend yield on stocks has
averaged about 4 %, and has fluctuated both above and
below this 4 % figure.
Low returns have followed characteristics that are more similar to today — a CAPE ratio in the mid-20's, where
dividend yields, bond yields, and inflation were
below average.
Jim Cramer recently screened S&P 500 stocks looking for companies selling
below the market's P / E of 16 with an above -
average 3.75 % yield and a
dividend that he thinks is not only sustainable but can grow.
By Year 20, after a decade in the Great Depression,
dividend growth fell slightly
below average.
Using an alternate criterion (that the
average of five years of payout ratios or the ratio of the
average of five years of
dividends divided by five years of earnings must be
below 40 %), there were three sequences with returns less than 1 % over 5 - years: 1997, 1998 and 2000.
And with
dividend payouts for the broad stock market now
below 2 % and the
average domestic - stock fund's expense ratio more than 1 %, it's easy to see how the math can get very ugly very fast for investors in high - cost
dividend - focused funds.
People had assumed that Utilities, with their high
dividend yields, produced
below average total returns.
Since then, companies reducing their
dividends had an
average Dividend Safety Score
below 20 at the time of their announcements.
If their share prices increase by a modest 2 % a year — well
below the long - term market
average — investors can expect annualized total returns, including
dividends, to top 7 %.
It would put the
dividend yield at just 2.8 %, far
below the historical
average of 4 % which has been attained at every bear market low.
Of course, I also used a very conservative
dividend growth rate (well
below their
average to date).
Below is the historical data for the S&P
average dividend yield.
As a result, most utility businesses have
below -
average dividend growth rates, and Duke Energy is no exception.
DUK's stock has a
dividend yield of 4.1 %, which is somewhat
below its five - year
average dividend yield of 4.3 %.