Dividend Stocks

McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) is a very stable quick-service restaurant company with good earnings upside. MCD stock is worth 18-to-20% more than today’s price and has good value and growth characteristics. Source: 8th.creator / Shutterstock.com For example, its dividend yield of 2.5% is well covered by this year’s expected earnings of $5.76 per share. Moreover, 35 analysts

The transportation sector is critical for GDP growth and global supply chain. The broad sector includes airline, shipping, railroad, trucking and logistics. Amidst the novel coronavirus pandemic, many transportation stocks have witnessed headwinds. However, there are several names in the space with robust fundamentals, high dividend payouts and are trading at attractive valuations. We’ll discuss

Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) stock is very attractive given its high dividend yield and other value markers. For example, at today’s price, $42.50, the annual dividend represents a dividend yield of nearly 8%. Source: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com I pointed out in prior articles that Exxon Mobil’s management said maintaining the dividend is a priority. I

2020 has definitely been a roller coaster for oil stocks. The novel coronavirus has resulted in steep declines in demand, leading OPEC to drastically reduce production. While all this was going on, there was a point when crude oil dropped well below zero! It was, well, jaw dropping. But during the past couple months, the

The world’s economies have been on life support for months. Major therapeutic efforts to combat this are coming from global central banks, which have been more aggressive than ever in pumping liquidity into financial systems to varying degrees of success. Against that backdrop, let’s discuss the need for dividend stocks in every investment portfolio. Like

The novel coronavirus and subsequent global economic slow-down have hurt the energy sector hard. Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) has been among the hardest hit by weakness in energy prices over the past few months. ET stock is down more than 50% so far this year even though the firm has managed to claw back 30% of

Fund managers have a secret ingredient to deliver steady gains in client portfolios. UnitedHealth (NYSE:UNH) is the country’s dominant health insurance company. Over the last five years UNH stock has risen nearly 30% per year, its dividend rising from 50 cents to $1.25 per quarter. That’s about 50% better than the average Nasdaq stock. Source:

Utility stocks are among the most defensive of defensive stocks. One reason for this is that utility companies are highly regulated, so they have limited pricing power. That means that they are not poised for big gains, and despite (perhaps even because of) the pandemic, many investors have been looking for growth stocks. However, with

A well-diversified portfolio is one that’s spread across asset classes. Within the equities segment, portfolio diversification can be in terms of high growth stocks and dividend stocks. In general, companies with robust cash flows and steady growth in dividends are from mature industries. These dividend stocks have relatively low beta and are a good defensive

Energy-market traders will be watching closely as oil and natural gas giant Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) reports its second-quarter earnings data on July 20. Expect the implied volatility on HAL stock to ramp up over the coming days as this is a hotly anticipated earnings announcement. Source: Trismegist san / Shutterstock.com If you’re looking for absolute perfection

Energy stocks have had a volatile year, and Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) stock has been no exception. The pipelines and energy infrastructure company saw its shares plummet from a 52-week high of $15 to just $4 in March. Source: Casimiro PT / Shutterstock.com However, shares surged back to $9 recently, as investors feasted on its huge

Equity markets continue to bounce around, unnerving many investors as they wonder whether a new wave of COVID-19 cases can trigger another stock market crash. In such volatile times, market participants may want to consider buying solid dividend stocks which typically are more resilient during market downturns. Today I’ll discuss seven of the best dividend-paying

Many traders today are looking for cyclical turnarounds, or else are looking to get on the bandwagon of the latest “momentum” stock. These stocks make new highs each day but are untethered from any real value or reason anchor. In the end, they tend to falter when growth fails. I would rather look for reliable

On June 25, the Federal Reserve announced the results of its annual stress tests and additional sensitivity analyses for banks, such as Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC). Following speculation about the bank’s dividends, on June 29, the California-based bank cut its dividend for the third quarter. Now, investors in Wells Fargo stock are wondering whether WFC belongs in

Unlike most companies, Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) stock hasn’t rebounded much since the market crashed in March. With Wells Fargo stock at $25 now, it’s up only modestly above its multi-year low of $22, which it reached in May. And, thanks to the latest negative news, the shares are likely to remain volatile in coming days.

AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) stock is both cheap and has a very attractive dividend yield. In addition, this pharmaceutical company’s growth prospects are high, now that its purchase of Allergan is closed. Source: Piotr Swat / Shutterstock.com For example, the stock trades on a forward earnings ratio of just 9.2 times 2020 expected earnings. It is even

Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) survived the attack of Luckin Coffee (NASDAQ:LK) on its China business and is taking what it learned back to the U.S. Source: monticello / Shutterstock.com Luckin is in the process of being de-listed by NASDAQ after a scandal where it created false sales. But the company had some real sales and interesting ideas,

With its 7% dividend and its $209 billion market cap, AT&T (NYSE:T) is widely considered a blue-chip investment. However, General Electric (NYSE:GE) investors know all too well how quickly a blue-chip stock can fall from grace. Unfortunately for T stock investors, the company seems to be joining GE in failing to adapt to the 21st

Exxon (NYSE:XOM) has made it clear that it plans on maintaining its dividend. That makes Exxon Mobil stock very attractive with its 7.7% dividend yield. Source: Harry Green / Shutterstock.com I have written several articles about this, including the most recent one on May 12: “Exxon’s Safe Dividend Makes XOM Stock Very Attractive.” Since then,

I wanted to find five stocks to buy with steady dividends and earnings that are reasonably cheap. Moreover, they each of these dividend stocks have attractive upside target prices. This actually turned out to be harder to find than I expected. I finally found the stocks by setting a dividend and earnings screen that mirrored