Next Week's Dividend Stocks To Watch

Starting this weekend I will start giving you an overview of three or four dividend stocks worth looking at...reasons can be a recent dividend increase, a bad performance in the stock price etc. Please do not interpret that as a recommendation of buying those stocks. It should only give you a hint there are stocks out there which are not overpriced. Also I do not include any deeper analysis of the stocks; I will just give you quick overview which dividend stocks currently look attractive. Today, I will have a quick look at the following four stocks: 

  • Altria Group
  • IBM
  • General Mills
  • Qualcomm

Please be aware that all of the stocks mentioned above are already in my portfolio.

Altria Group

MO is probably one of the most popular stocks for income investor, with its long and impressive dividend history. Recently MO announced a dividend increase of 8.20% from a yearly dividend of $ 2.44 to $2.64.

  • Share Price: 63.54 USD
  • Dividend: 2.64 USD
  • Yield: 4.15%

Median Earnings Estimates

  • 2017: 3.27 USD
  • 2018: 3.54 USD

Performance last three months: -15.73%

IBM 

IBM is also a stock which can be found in lot of dividend portfolios, but the business of IBM is struggling in the last couple of years. Nevertheless the financials are still in a good shape. This year IBM announced a dividend increase of 7.14% from a yearly dividend of $5.60 to $6.00.

  • Share Price: 144.08 USD
  • Dividend: 6.00 USD
  • Yield: 4.16%

Median Earnings Estimates

  • 2017: 13.77 USD
  • 2018: 14.04 USD

Performance last three months: -5.63%

General Mills 

GIS has increased its dividend for now 13 years in a row and operates in the consumer food sector and of course it can be found as well in a lot of dividend portfolios. This year GIS announced a dividend increase of 2.08% from a yearly dividend of $1.92 to $1.96.

  • Share Price: 53.72 USD
  • Dividend: 1.96 USD
  • Yield: 3.65%

Median Earnings Estimates

  • 2017: 3.12 USD
  • 2018: 3.25 USD

Performance last three months: -6.66%

Qualcomm 

QCOM has been very popular among the DGI community lately. It does not only offer a great dividend yield it also is in good financial shape.This year QCOM announced a dividend increase of 7.55% from a yearly dividend of $2.12 to $2.28.

  • Share Price: 52.05 USD
  • Dividend: 2.28 USD
  • Yield: 4.38%

Median Earnings Estimates

  • 2017: 4.00 USD
  • 2018: 4.11 USD

Performance last three months: -11.21%

Conclusion

As you can see although the market jumps from one all time high to another one there are still a couple of opportunities for good investments. The companies mentioned above have clearly underperformed the market but offer at the same time a stable financial situation and enough room for future dividend growth. 

 

Disclaimer: I do not recommend any decision to the reader or any user, please consult your own research. Thank you for your understanding.

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