DIS sports
much higher dividend growth (as I pointed out in the article and valuation analysis) than many other stocks with higher yields.
Not exact matches
While you can find plenty of stocks with
higher yields, General Dynamics» double - digit
dividend growth rate implies that over time, investors could collect a
much higher yield on cost.
The flip side of that
high yield is that the payout ratio is at 96 %, leaving not
much room for (near) future
dividend growth.
I wouldn't focus so
much on the low current yield of these companies as
much as their very
high dividend growth rates.
When it comes to
high - quality
dividend growth stocks, there are few companies that shine as much as the Dividend Aris
dividend growth stocks, there are few companies that shine as
much as the
Dividend Aris
Dividend Aristocrats.
- Also there may be an opportunity cost associated with deploying this
much capital into index funds with lower
dividends, given the chance for
higher returns in a
dividend growth portfolio.
There are plenty of other investments to consider in the market that provide
much higher yield (review some of the best
high dividend stocks here) or
much faster long - term
growth prospects than Franklin Resources.
Dividend stocks have a reputation for being less vulnerable to downturns in the stock market, and their mature businesses also tend to be more resistant to recessions and other economic headwinds that can send more volatile
high -
growth stocks to
much larger losses.
My portfolio is certain unorthodox, eschewing the
much more common
dividend growth investing approach and instead going for
high yield ETFs.
Much of my
dividend growth investing is currently focused on looking for
high quality
dividend growth stocks that are yielding 3 % or better.
Add in the
higher yield that WPC offers along with
much better
dividend growth, and the choice was easy for me.
I simply save as
much as I can and then invest that excess capital into
high - quality
dividend growth stocks, collecting and reinvesting that growing
dividend income all along the way.
Lowell Miller went on to show that selecting utilities with middle level yields (relative to the utility sector, but
much higher than those of the market overall) along with a
high likelihood of
dividend growth consistently outperformed the S&P 500 index.
I'd also
much rather buy
high - quality
dividend growth stocks than pretty
much anything you can find at your local mall.
Currently in this volatile market, it's
much better and safer if you analyze a company's
dividend growth to gauge performance than look for
high yield.
PG has that venerable
dividend growth record, but UL offers a
much higher yield right now.