Dividend Stocks

CVS Health (NYSE:CVS) beat market estimates for sales in its May 6 report but the share fell 5% anyway. The CVS stock price has eked out a 3% gain since its mid-March low, while the S&P 500 index is up 5.1% in the same seven or so weeks. Source: Shutterstock That report? Earnings of $2.01 billion,

In the center of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the question on income investors’ minds is whether any stock can afford to pay its dividend. United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS) stock can handle that load. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com For the March quarter, UPS had net income of $935 million, $1.11 per share diluted, on revenue

In March, Chevron (NYSE:CVX) stock saw a sharp decline to near $50 per share, putting it in deeply oversold territory as panic-selling engulfed the markets. Source: Denis Kuvaev / Shutterstock.com Subsequently, fiscal stimulus and expansionary monetary policy triggered a sharp market rally. Production cut agreement between OPEC and non-OPEC members also boosted sentiments for the

Chevron (NYSE:CVX) produced significant cash flow during Q1, covering its dividend, just like it said it would last month. As a result, CVX stock has an attractive 5.8% dividend yield. It is worth at least 40% more than its price today, mainly because the energy multi-national is going to continue paying its dividend. Last month

The difference between Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) is that Shell knows it’s a zombie, something Exxon refuses to believe. Regardless of whether you trade the Dutch version of Shell stock (NYSE:RDS.A) or the British version (NYSE:RDS.B), you’re buying an fossil fuel company that is now promising to disappear. Source: JuliusKielaitis / Shutterstock.com Shell

If you got into Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) on March 16, you are seeing a great bargain. That was when XOM stock dropped to its low of under $33 per share. It will open May at $46.47. It just announced the 87-cent per share dividend will remain (for now). Source: Harry Green / Shutterstock.com If you

Yes, the markets are roaring back and even first-quarter earnings are looking better than expected. But even as businesses open up and the novel coronavirus fades, we’re not headed back to normalcy quickly. It’s going to take a while. Also, all measures of performance are in an odd spot. How do you calculate what good

When the equity markets were in a meltdown mode, Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) plunged to $19.25. But RCL stock doubled from the lows and trades at $39.47. This has been in line with some respite for the broad markets. Source: Laszlo Halasi / Shutterstock.com At current levels, I believe that it might not make sense

So far, 2020 has been a difficult year for long-term investors in Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) stock. In 2020, CAT stock is down about 23%. Source: Shutterstock However, that number gives only half the story. On March 12, the shares hit a 52-week low of $87.50. Now they are hovering around $114. In other words, over the past

In a time of pandemic, stocks that are good for their dividend are shelter from the storm. Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) stock is such a shelter. Source: Ken Wolter / Shutterstock.com Its first-quarter report offered earnings of $1 per share, and cash flow of $8.8 billion, on revenue of $21.8 billion. That’s more than enough to justify

AT&T (NYSE:T) looks like an oil company stock, with a yield that looks too good to be true. As trading opened April 23 AT&T stock was as trading at $29.50. Source: Roman Tiraspolsky / Shutterstock.com Its 52-cent-per-share dividend now yields 7% if you buy now. By way of comparison, Chevron (NYSE:CVX), the second-largest U.S. oil

The Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE:KO) celebrated its centennial as a member of the New York Stock Exchange last year. It’s still going strong, with the KO stock price currently sitting just below the mid-point of its 52-week range. Source: Fotazdymak / Shutterstock.com The company beat earnings estimates by almost 17% on April 21. CEO James Quincey’s

Despite what critics have said of late, 3M (NYSE:MMM) is actually a very solid and safe company for investors. MMM stock has at least 45% upside from current prices based on its dividend-paying track record and solid cash flow. Source: r.classen / Shutterstock.com The company has been in the news lately due to its production

I wanted to find five dividend stocks that had very high yields that appeared to be quite secure. As you know, the dividend yield ratio is calculated by dividing the annual dividend by the price of the stock. In this case, the dividend is the latest quarterly dividend paid by the company annualized over the

With OPEC+ agreeing to terms on a production cut, does that make BP plc (NYSE:BP) a buy? Shares have been hammered, as have most energy names, with BP stock still down 38.6% from its 2020 highs. Source: FotograFFF / Shutterstock.com From peak to trough, BP fell more than 60%. Investors were dumping everything in the

BP (NYSE:BP) stock has been hit pretty hard in the past year. It is down 45% from the 52-week peak. In the past month, though, the stock has actually risen 34% from its low on March 18.  Right now BP stock has a very attractive dividend yield of more than 10%. But will this last?

With Ford (NYSE:F) not paying a dividend and facing plenty of uncertainty, many investors are wondering why they should consider buying F stock.  The shares are still down 46% this year, as the automaker desperately attempts to work through this tough economic patch. Source: Vitaliy Karimov / Shutterstock.com Unfortunately, automotive stocks never really recovered from

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) stock, previously labeled a slow-growth “loser” pharmaceutical play, is now hot again. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com Shares are up 19% since March 23. They rose almost 5% on April 14, after the company delivered a strong first quarter and said it was working on a vaccine for the novel coronavirus.

Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) just reported its first-quarter earnings on Tuesday. Since there was no dividend cut, WFC stock looks very attractive with its present 6.8% dividend yield. Source: Ken Wolter / Shutterstock.com Earnings per share on a non-GAAP basis were 74 cents per share, including addbacks due to deteriorating economic conditions. In effect, this is

Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) is in the midst of a 37% rally off its 52-week low. Still, shares of Exxon Mobil stock are lower by more than 50% over the past year and with oil prices sagging, it’s easy to understand why some investors aren’t flocking this or plenty of other energy equities. Source: Harry Green