Sentences with phrase «dividends over a few years»

I'm looking each day for good bargains on the stock market but only a few companies can give me a huge possibility to double dividends over a few years.

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Apple's long - term debt has grown to almost $ 100 billion over the past few years partly because it needs a source of funds to buy back stock and pay dividends.

That, combined with the demand for income from investors and the fact that companies have so much cash saved up, makes Iyer believe that over the next few years dividends will once again make up a significant part of the market's total return.

Dividend investors haven't necessarily had the easiest time finding good deals over the past few years.

Out of the few multi-bagger return stocks I've had over the past 16 years, none of them have been dividend stocks.

If anything, a slight acceleration of dividend growth moving forward (relative to where it's been at over the last few years) seems very plausible.

Even if their share price doesn't go up over the next few years, which I believe it will by quite a bit, then we are still covered by the near 7 % dividend that they are going to keep growing atleast 7 % a year for the next 3 years.

Admittedly, during the aggressive quantitative easing measures by the Fed over the past few years, high yielding dividend stocks have done quite well.

Blue - chip stocks like Exxon Mobil (XOM), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), DuPont (DD), General Electric (GE), or AT&T (T) may not double or triple in growth over the next few years, but they are big enough and established enough to provide steady dividends while weathering down markets.

As Dover is part of the few dividend kings who has underperformed the stock market over the past 10 years, it may be a good time to select this company.

One only has to look over the past few years to see the removal of well - known names from the Dividend Aristocrat list (including General Electric and Pfizer) to understand that backward - looking analysis is only part of the story.

Among the issues raised were the $ 2 trillion valuation Saudi Arabia wants for the world's largest oil producer, the scale of dividends Aramco's prepared to pay and the impact of the shale boom on oil prices over the next few years.

But actually, a few insurance companies have paid a dividend every year since they started offering this product — in some cases over 100 years ago.

Dividend equities have become the in - vogue investment over the last few years as a result of historically low bond rates.

Richard Ramsden, who heads Goldman's financials group in global investment research, says: «Banks can grow their dividends by roughly 20 % to 25 % per year over the next few years, given that both payout ratios and earnings will be growing for the banking system.»

Its yield is good at 3.4 %, but its dividend growth rate over the past few years has been in the 2 % -3 % range per year.

That said, Amgen could come in closer to that 7 % market over the next few years, or even beyond that period, and still provide for dividend growth somewhere near double digits for years to come simply by virtue of where the payout ratio is at (meaning the payout ratio would expand a bit).

KMI has an extremely attractive dividend and it looks like it will get even better over the next few years.

Admittedly, during the aggressive quantitative easing measures by the Fed over the past few years, high yielding dividend stocks have done quite well.

Although I've consistently invested in dividend stocks there have been a few minor changes in my strategy over the past couple years.

Emerson's dividend growth has been modest over the past few years.

Over the past few years, investors have bid up share prices of dividend stocks, due largely to low interest rates.

While the company is too young to be considered a blue - chip dividend stock, it's dividend growth profile over the next few years looks healthy.

Dividend yields are generally lower today than they were a few years ago, but it's still safe to assume that dividends will continue to supply perhaps a third of the market's total return over the next few decades.

Dividend focused strategies as well as strategies offering exposure to alternative income sources have become popular and proliferated over the past few years given the low interest rate environment.

Ultimately, both companies» dividend is likely to face environmental pressures over the next few years.

ACE's 5 - year compounded annual dividend growth rate (CADGR) is 15.40 %, making ACE one of the few companies that have doubled its dividend over the last 5 years.

The only flag is the declining rate of dividend growth over the past few years.

If anything, a slight acceleration of dividend growth moving forward (relative to where it's been at over the last few years) seems very plausible.

For one thing, it means that the dividend pool is spread over fewer shares each year, making it easier for the company to increase its dividend per share.

As a dividend growth investor myself, I have made apple by far my largest holding over the last few years.

Again, that doesn't include dividends, but they could have been used to buy more than a few presents over the years.

I'm just glad I've worked hard over the last few years to cement the dividend income I currently enjoy.

Recent dividend payout ratios have been high (between 71 and 93 percent over the last few years), which concerns me a bit.

Hence, the dividend payout ratio has been in the 80 % range over the past few years.

Higher - yielding, dividend - paying stocks have been a top choice by investors looking for decent return and steady stream of income over the past few years.

Hi Bert, I went through it with KMI too and a few other dividend reductions over the years.

«I've moved most of my investments into a buy - and - hold strategy over the last few years, with a focus on dividend stocks,» he says.

He also states that «Out of the few multi-bagger return stocks I've had over the past 16 years, none of them have been dividend stocks.»

With only a few exceptions, the company has given investors year - over-year dividend increases of more than 10 % over the last two decades.

I do love XOM though as I have received a huge sum of dividends over the last few of years and I believe they are a great company.

Over the last few years we have worked to develop some of the best investment tools available for dividend investors.

There are a number of global dividend growth funds that have low expense ratios and have increased dividends over the past few years.

Over the last few years Standard Chartered has not turned out to be a good investment, with shareholders being hit by both a rights issue and a suspended dividend.

If I would have been listening to all of those that said I was crazy for not holding a ton of cash over the last few years I'd be sitting on a lot less dividend income and a smaller portfolio.

The company pays a small dividend, and it certainly has the cash and earnings power to increase that payout over the next few years.