The phrase
"dividend stalwarts" refers to companies that consistently pay out dividends to their shareholders and have a strong history of doing so. These companies are known for their reliability in distributing profits to their investors.
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We have witnessed
dividend stalwarts like Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) get dragged through the mud in the recent days.
Most blue -
chip dividend stalwarts such as Coca - Cola (KO), 3M (MMM), Procter & Gamble (PG), etc. will be found here.
Similarly, several
other dividend stalwarts seem to have been falling on harder times as of late as their stock prices declined considerably driving their yields to attractive levels once again.
When I think of
solid dividend stalwarts, names such as The Coca - Cola Co (KO) and Toronto - Dominion Bank (TD) come to mind.
To put the astonishing records of these 10 super-fast small to mid-cap growth stocks into perspective, I'm including the 11 - year performance results of three blue -
chip dividend stalwarts, Colgate - Palmolive (CL), Coca - Cola (KO) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).
The dividend stalwart that all dividend investors love.
Johnson & Johnson is what we consider
a dividend stalwart.
Next on my list of potential buys is another industrial
dividend stalwart, Emerson Electric Co. (EMR).
The historic rut has pressured
the dividend stalwart to cut its quarterly dividend twice in 2016, first from $ 0.38 per share to $ 0.25 per share, then again to $ 0.10.
We also think it can turn into
a dividend stalwart, a company with a long track record of paying and increasing its dividend every year.
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Dividend Stalwarts: Companies that have strong dependable market positions, that pay a reasonable dividend (~ 2 - 3 %), and have shown an ability to grow their dividends over a long period of time at a pace far faster than inflation.
We first bought Pfizer in our dividend growth portfolio in September of 2011 because we thought they were extremely cheap and because Pfizer is
a dividend stalwart, a company that raises its dividend year - in and year - out.
The company is
a dividend stalwart, with a 40 - year history of quarterly dividend payments.
But there's a lot to like about
this dividend stalwart, with plenty of opportunity for future growth.
One of
these dividend stalwarts is a good buy at current levels.
That's changed lately — and these three
dividend stalwarts are growing the fastest.
At the moment, the 5 - Year Rule keeps me away from some stocks that in the past were
dividend stalwarts, but that (unlike the companies above) were brought down by the financial crisis and Great Recession.
We focus on 3 core types of dividend payers when building your portfolio:
Dividend Stalwarts, New Dividend payers, and Restructuring / Special Situations.
Baxter International looks like
a dividend stalwart.
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Dividend Stalwarts: Companies that have strong dependable market positions, -LSB-...]
Our initial time frame for these investments is one year but if, after the restructuring, one of the companies» appears to offer good odds of becoming
a dividend stalwart we may hold our investment for a longer time frame.