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Forbes Dividend Investor identifies undervalued stocks with above-average dividend yields.
Not a day passes that I don’t scour the market for opportunities in stocks and equity options. As editor of the Forbes Dividend Investor newsletter service, I recommend new dividend stocks every Monday and Wednesday, and on Friday I send out a weekly update with the best 25 current buys. My twice-weekly picks have beaten the market since I started sending them out in July 2012. On Tuesday and Thursday, as editor of Forbes Premium Income Report I recommend income-generating options trades.

Outside of newsletters, I'm also responsible for money and investing coverage on Forbes.com and in Forbes magazine. In 2003 I launched Forbes Stock of the Week and made more than 350 picks through 2010 based on fundamental and technical analysis. I’ve been at Forbes since 2001, originally coming here to do e-learning. I spent five years with CNN Financial News working with Lou Dobbs, where I produced long-form pieces and reported on management, entrepreneurship and financial markets. I've also

worked at Bloomberg TV and Inc. Magazine. I’m a native Floridian and graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor of science degree in finance.
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  • November

    Forbes Dividend Investor: November 21 Weekly Update

    NOVEMBER 21, 2014 - It was the fifth straight week of gains for U.S. large cap stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index both nailed new highs, propelled by a fresh rate cut by the People's Bank of China, which also helped the entire spectrum of [...]

  • Grappling For Value With Houston Wire & Cable

    Houston Wire & Cable (HWCC) Price: $12.80 Market Cap: $224 Million Dividend Yield: 3.7% Annual Dividend: $0.48 EPS (2014 est.): $0.84 P/E (2014 est.): 15.2 Price/Sales: 0.57 Price/Book Value: 2.02   November 19, 2014 - Sometimes you find a stock that looks cheap, you buy it and it performs very well for you only to give back a big chunk [...]

  • Riding First Niagara After It Goes Over The Rapids

    What happens when a stock takes a dive after a big earnings disappointment followed by aggressive buying by multiple company insiders? In the case of First Niagara Financial Group (FNFG), you got a decent little bounce off of the lows. There could be more to come for the stock’s recovery, based on measures of valuation relative to historical averages.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: November 14 Weekly Update

    NOVEMBER 14, 2014 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index both gained nearly 0.40% for the week and nailed new highs on Thursday. Dividend-paying stocks as a group lost ground this week, with the iShares Select Dividend ETF (DVY) falling 1.04% for the week. Share prices continued [...]

  • Dividend Growth And Cheap Valuation Make Crane A Buy

    For the current year, analysts expect Crane to grow revenue 13.1% to $2.93 billion. Earnings should grow 6.7% to $4.46 per share. That's a modest 13.7 price-earnings ratio for a company growing sales at a 13% clip.

  • Tuning In To Canadian Dividends And Value With Rogers Communcations

    Rogers has a history of paying dividends dating back to 2000 and it has hiked the payout every year. At a current quarterly clip of $0.4575 in Canadian currency, that works out to about $0.40 in U.S. dollars and an annualized payout of $1.60 good for a yield of 4.6%.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: November 7 Weekly Update

    NOVEMBER 7, 2014 - Despite a monthly payrolls report showing 214,000 jobs created in October--about 20,000 fewer than expected, stocks fought off early weakness to close near their highs for the day on Friday. The S&P 500 Index notched its third straight weekly gain since the October tumble, advancing 0.69% [...]

  • Banking On Buckeye State's FirstMerit For Yield And Value

    I originally recommended FirstMerit on March 6, 2013 at a dividend-adjusted price of $14.53. Today it trades at $18.25 and warrants further buying at current prices.

  • Big-Time Value In Small-Town Department Stores

    When a stock underperforms the overall market, you have to be wary, but cheap valuations relative to history, a safe and regularly rising dividend, and some significant buying of company stock by the CEO make this operator of small-town department stores an attractive investment at current prices.
  • October

    Forbes Dividend Investor: October 31 Weekly Update

    OCTOBER 31, 2014 - The Bank of Japan unleashed a surprise stimulus package Friday morning, sending stocks around the world sharply higher on Friday.  On Wednesday, markets held firm after the Federal Reserve confirmed the expected, that it would discontinue its bond-buying program this month. The recovery in stocks has been [...]

  • Brookline Shines As Bargain-Priced Regional Bank With Nice Yield

    Valuation relative to history makes a compelling case for Brookline. Over the past five years, the stock has traded for an average price-sales ratio of 3.31, nearly 35% higher than its current multiple of 3.31 times revenue.

  • Running With Deere

    Deere has recovered back above $84, and at these prices the stock is trading at valuation discounts that make now a good time to get into the stock if you don't already own it, or to keep it if you already have it.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: October 24 Weekly Review

    OCTOBER 24, 2014 - The rebound from the lows in mid-October has been ferocious, carrying the S&P 500 4.12% higher for the week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining 2.59% to close at 16805. The big rally was in the Nasdaq, up 5.29% for the week, pushed higher by [...]

  • Kellogg Good For Breakfast And Dividends

    Here is a reliable dividend-payer that's been in business for more than a century and offers a discounted valuation compared to historical averages.

  • Apartment REIT Boasts Fat Yield, Rapid Growth

    Revenue is shooting higher thanks to IRT's buying spree. Analysts expect revenue to grow 152% to $50.3 million in 2014. For the first six months of 2014, IRT reported core funds from operations of $5.9 million, more than double the $2.6 million in core FFO for the six months that ended June 30, 2013.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: October 17 Weekly Review

    OCTOBER 17, 2014 - If you like the thrill of a roller coaster, you enjoyed the action in stocks this week. Steep drops were followed by rapid ascent as investors wrestled with European economic weakness and weak numbers out of China and the U.S., as well as more cases of [...]

  • CoreSite Serving Up Nice Yields On The Data Farm

    CoreSite Realty (COR) Price: $34.87 Market Cap: $738.5 Million Dividend Yield: 4.01% Annual Dividend: $1.40 EPS (2014 est.): $2.14 P/E (2014 est.): 16.3 Price/Sales:  2.99 Price/Book Value: 3.55   October 15, 2014 - Thursday saw extreme moves in stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Index were down more than 2% at one point as the yield on [...]

  • Plowing Into Douglas Dynamics For Value And Yield

    Douglas Dynamics (PLOW) Price: $18.54 Market Cap: $413.1 Million Dividend Yield: 4.69% Annual Dividend: $0.87 EPS (2014 est.): $1.25 P/E (2014 est.): 14.8 Price/Sales: 1.64 Price/Book Value: 2.53   October 13, 2014 - October has proven to be a bearish month in stocks so far, with all major averages tumbling last week. In this kind of environment, it's wise [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: October 10 Weekly Review

    OCTOBER 10, 2014 - Stocks fell hard for the week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 2.7% and the S&P 500 Index falling 3.1%. The Nasdaq tumbled 4.5% and the Russell 2000 Small Cap Index was hammered 4.6% lower. It was the sixth week in a row of losses [...]

  • Laclede Group Delivers Natural Gas With A Nice Yield

    St. Louis-based Laclede Group (LG) provides natural gas services to approximately 1.5 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers across Missouri and Alabama.

  • Getting Paid 5.5% To Take A Ride On Six Flags

    Six Flags Entertainment (SIX) Price: $34.32 Market Cap: $3.27 Billion Dividend Yield: 5.48% Annual Dividend: $1.88 EPS (2014 est.): $1.44 P/E (2014 est.): 23.8 Price/Sales: 2.99 Price/Book Value: 10.9   October 6, 2014 - Back in the first month of Forbes Dividend Investor in July 2012, I recommended theme park operator Cedar Fair, L.P. (FUN) at a split and dividend-adjusted [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: October 3 Weekly Review

    OCTOBER 3, 2014 - Friday had the feel of a stayed execution in the stock market when equities got an early and substantial lift this morning from a better than expected monthly jobs report that showed payrolls rising by 248,000 in September, blowing past forecasts for 215,000. Bond yields jumped [...]

  • Domtar Offers Fat Dividends From Printer Paper And Adult Diapers

    Domtar produces products from paper pulp. Revenue has been on the rise since the second quarter of 2013 and totaled $5.51 billion over the past 12 months. Analysts expect 5.5% sales growth for 2014 and 30% earnings growth to $3.07 per share.
  • September

    Getting Into AGL Resources For Yield And Value

    AGL has paid dividends every quarter since November 1988 and they consistently hike the payout. The next quarterly installment of $0.49 comes in two months, offering a compelling yield of 3.82%

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: September 26 Weekly Review

    SEPTEMBER 26, 2014 - Following a tumble of more than 1.3% in both the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Thursday, stock recovered a bit on Friday but still betrayed plenty of volatility during a historically unfavorable season for the market.  The S&P 500 was down [...]

  • Oneok Has A Streak Like Jeter's, Hitting For Yield And Gains

    From a split and dividend adjusted closing price of $2.83 on its first day of trading on September 1994, Oneok Partners has delivered a total return of 1,811%. Not bad at all, and a big chunk of that return comes from the partnership's yield, which remains fat at 5.6%.

  • Franklin Street Smells Like A Cheap REIT With Fat Yield

    Franklin Street’s fall in the past month has been just about on par with the rest of the REIT universe, but it has some very attractive factors in its favor, including discounted valuations to historical averages, respectable growth and widespread insider buying.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: September 19 Weekly Review

    Equal investments in each of our 302 dividend stock picks since July 12, 2012 produced a total return of 26% with an average yield of 5.7%.

  • Tank Farm MLP Pumping Out Fat Distributions

    Master limited partnerships are yield-gushing favorites of income investors and we have more than two dozen among past recommendations. Here is another one, this one in the business of crude oil and refined product storage.

  • Filling Up On Dividends With Garden State Gas Company

    New Jersey Resources looks cheap on nearly every metric used to assess value. Its 12.2 forward price-earnings ratio is 40% lower than its five-year average P/E. Its price-to-sales ratio of 0.55 times trailing revenue is 15% lower than the 0.65 five-year average. As a multiple of operating cash flow per share, NJR trades at a 63% discount to its five-year average.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: September 12 Weekly Review

    SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 - The S&P 500 dropped 1.1% for the week, snapping what had been its best stretch of the year with five straight weeks of gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average followed suit, dropping 0.87% for the week, and the Nasdaq was lower by 0.33%. Small caps continued [...]

  • Guess Has Question Marks But Secure Dividend Makes Stock An Easy Fit

    Although declining revenue can justify somewhat lower price-to-sales multiples, Guess shares currently trade at a 37% discount to their five-year average price-sales ratio of 1.23. As a multiple of cash flow, Guess also looks cheap, trading at 7.54 times operating cash flow per share, a 20% discount to the 9.35 five-year average. Guess' price-to-book value ratio is 39% lower than its average since 2010.

  • Say Aloha To Dividends And Value From Matson

    Analysts expect Matson's revenue to grow 4% this year to $1.7 billion, with earnings basically flat at $1.33 per share. At 20.8 times expected 2014 EPS, Matson does not trade at a P/E ratio that looks especially cheap, but that multiple is 28% lower than the 28.8 five-year average. As a multiple of sales, Matson trades at 0.72 times annual revenue, a 17% discount to the five-year average price-to-sales ratio.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: September 5 Weekly Review

    SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 - Despite the monthly employment report from the Labor Department showing far fewer jobs created than were expected, stocks were higher on Friday. Some traders dismissed the data as a statistical anomaly and others felt that it would delay the Federal Reserve from raising rates. Staying Ahead Of [...]

  • Timeshare Outfit Priced Cheaply With Rising Dividend

    Interval Leisure Group (IILG) Price: $21.50 Market Cap: $1.23 Billion Dividend Yield: 2.04% Annual Dividend: $0.44 EPS (ttm): $1.37 P/E (ttm): 15.7 Price/Sales: 2.31 Price/Book Value: 3.38 September 3, 2014 - Longtime subscribers know that I like a stock to have a lengthy history of paying dividends because of the stability and commitment to returning cash to shareholders that comes with such [...]
  • August

    Forbes Dividend Investor: August 29 Weekly Review

    AUGUST 29, 2014  -  Stocks capped off their fourth straight winning week and runs of 5% or more off of lows on August 7 for each of the major averages.  The S&P 500 finished this Friday at 2003, a record high closing price. The Nasdaq and Russell 2000 Small Cap [...]

  • Walking Into Cliffs Natural Resources With An Iron Stomach

    Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF) Price: $16.02 Market Cap: $2.45 Billion Dividend Yield: 3.74% Annual Dividend: $0.60 EPS (ttm): $1.67 P/E (ttm): 57.2 Price/Sales: 0.52 Price/Book Value: 0.46 August 27, 2014 - Today’s recommendation, Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF), is a stock that long-time subscribers may remember from the early days of this newsletter. Truthfully, I wouldn't mind if everybody had forgotten about [...]

  • Good Time To Get Into Fastenal

    Fastenal (FAST) Price: $45.77 Market Cap: $13.6 Billion Dividend Yield: 2.18% Annual Dividend: $1.00 EPS (2014 Est.): $1.67 P/E (2014 Est. ): 27.4 Price/Sales: 3.89 Price/Book Value: 7.27 August 25, 2014 - Winona, Minnesota-based Fastenal (FAST) is a global wholesaler and retailer of industrial and construction supplies. The company produces mostly fastener products including bolts, nuts, and screws. It also sells [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: August 22 Weekly Review

    This letter features a weekly ranking of the top 25 stocks suitable for fresh buying based upon our seven criteria.

  • Dividends Small But Growing At Ebix

    Ebix (EBIX) Price: $14.15 Market Cap: $542.4 Million Dividend Yield: 2.15% Annual Dividend: $0.30 EPS (2014 Est.): $1.49 P/E (2014 Est. ): 9.5 Price/Sales: 2.67 Price/Book Value: 1.24 August 20, 2014 - Insurance stocks have been good to us and you'll find eight of them among past recommendations: Mercury General (MCY), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Donegal Group (DGICA), EMC Insurance Group [...]

  • Firing Up A Fat Yield With Suburban Propane

    Suburban Propane (SPH) Price: $44.11 Market Cap: $2.7 Billion Dividend Yield: 7.93% Annual Dividend: $3.50 EPS (2014 Est.): $1.85 P/E (2014 Est. ): 23.8 Price/Sales: 1.38 Price/Book Value: 2.36   August 18, 2014 - Among past recommendations, we have a handful in the natural gas distribution business that include Star Gas Partners, L.P. (SGU), WGL Holdings (WGL), Delta Gas (DGAS) and Amerigas [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: August 15, 2014 Weekly Review

    AUGUST 15, 2014 - Even as horrible economic data came pouring out of Europe and ominous signs of a confrontation loomed between Kiev and Moscow, U.S. stocks continued to muscle higher.  The Nasdaq led the averages, rallying 2.15% for the week. The S&P 500 Index powered higher by 1.22%. Small [...]

  • Asset Manager Trades Cheaply, Kicks Out Consistent Dividends

    Analysts expect strong estimates for WDR for the upcoming year and the company has not failed to exceed past quarterly expectations either. Although the financial sector hasn't been doing well as a whole, in just the last 30 days, six analysts have raised their forecasts for WDR sales and profits.

  • Tiny Wireless Equipment Stock Sports Steady Growth In Profits, Dividend

    PCTEL (PCTI) Price: $7.60 Market Cap: $141.6 Million Dividend Yield: 2.1% Annual Dividend (LTM): $0.16 EPS (2014 Est.): $0.54 P/E (2014 Est. ): 14.1 Price/Sales: 1.3 Price/Book Value: 1.3   August 11, 2014 - Dividend investing is traditionally about buying into a business that has been around forever and paid dividends for just about as long. Occasionally, however, you do come across [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: August 8, 2014

    AUGUST 8, 2014 - Coming off the drubbing they took during the last week of July, stocks are off to a rocky but respectable start in August. Despite numerous concerns that include the prospect of the Fed removing monetary stimulus sooner than expected, geopolitical flare-ups in Ukraine, Israel and Iraq, [...]

  • Plum Creek: A Peachy Looking REIT With A Plump Yield

    Plum Creek has paid regular quarterly dividends for the past 25 years and they have generally risen. At the present rate of $1.76 per year, the REIT is good for a yield of 4.3%.

  • Fat Dividends Flowing From Bolt Technology

    Bolt Technology is another stock you should keep on your radar. Here's why.
  • July

    Forbes Dividend Investor: July 31 Weekly Review

    This week the S&P 500 Index started off steady but took a plunge this morning. It finished the day with a 2% tumble. Here's 25 stocks that are still good to invest in despite today's pessimism.

  • Storing Up Fat Dividends With Tupperware

    Tupperware Brands looks like an attractive buy. Here's why.

  • Quality Systems Looks Cheap With Healthy 4.6% Yield

    Today’s stock is another one that I’m revisiting from my past picks. I recommended Quality Systems back in early October 2012 and advised to sell the stock in April 2013. During this period our total return was 7.8%.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: July 25 Weekly Review

    JULY 25, 2014 - The S&P 500 Index finished the week virtually flat, up 0.1%, but selling pressure emerged on Friday when and took the large cap index lower by 0.48%. The Dow did even worse because of a heavy selloff in shares of Visa (V). Small caps in the [...]

  • Generic Drink Maker Quenches Thirst For Yield And Cheapness

    Right now Cott shares trade at significant discounts to historical valuations. The price to sales multiple of 0.3 is 25% lower than the five-year average of 0.4. At $21.70 for sales per share, we are looking at stock worth $8.68 at that five-year average multiple.

  • Landauer Radiating Value With A Fat Yield

    Today's recommendation is another past pick which I jettisoned for reasons of valuation, but now it looks downright cheap relative to history and its dividend yields north of 5%.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: July 18 Weekly Review

    Friday was an extreme turnaround for stocks as the drubbing on Thursday gave way to a forceful rebound.

  • Going Offshore For Value With Gulf Island Fabrication

    Houston-based Gulf Island Fabrication builds and sells offshore drilling and production platforms, hull and deck sections of floating production platforms, and specialized structures used in offshore oil and gas production.

  • Taking Another Ride On QUAD

    Quad/Graphics (QUAD) Price: $22.25 Market Cap: $1.09 Billion Dividend Yield: 5.4% Annual Dividend: $1.20 EPS (2014 Est.): $1.40 P/E (2014 Est. ): 15.9 Price/Sales: 0.22 Price/Book Value: 0.86   JULY 14, 2014 - With every stock I recommend, I advise using a 10% trailing stop loss order. This means you would sell the stock if it were to drop 10% [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: July 11 Weekly Review

    JULY 11, 2014 - Fear returned to the markets this week as most stock indexes suffered weekly declines. The S&P 500 fell 0.9% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was lower by 0.73%. The real carnage was in small caps with the Russell 2000 Index tumbling 4% on the week. Performance [...]

  • Tapping Into The Power Of Brazil

    Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELP) Price: $15.10 Market Cap: $4.5 Billion Dividend Yield: 6.3% Annual Dividend: $0.95 EPS (2014 Est.): $2.10 P/E (2014 Est. ): 7.2 Price/Sales: 0.94 Price/Book Value: 0.72   JULY 9, 2014 - Although Brazilians are still mourning over their country’s resounding 7-1 defeat at the feet of Germany during the semi-finals [...]

  • Yield And Value Aplenty In This Massachusetts Regional Bank

    The regional banks industry has held up well. Here is another stock to buy for the trend.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: July 3 Weekly Review

    These 25 stocks rank the highest along the seven criteria by which they were originally selected and factors such as dividend growth and cash flow.

  • Qualcomm Is Cheap And Kicking Out The Cash

    Valuation makes a compelling case for buying this communications company at current prices.
  • June

    Steep Discounts From This Oil Giant

    It has been a good year for the oil and gas industry. Consider this stock to add to your portfolio.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: June 27 Weekly Review

    These 25 stocks rank the highest along the seven criteria by which they were originally selected and factors such as dividend growth and cash flow.

  • Buy Barry Sternlicht With An 8% Yield

    Starwood Property Trust (STWD) Dividend Yield: 8.05% Price: $23.84 Annual Dividend: $1.92 EPS (2014 Est.): $2.16 P/E (2014 Est. ): 11.0 Price/Sales: 5.76 Price/Book Value: 1.46 Market Cap: $4.7 Billion With Fed Chair Janet Yellen emphasizing last week that the Fed is in no hurry to hike interest rates, real estate related ventures may are looking more attractive. Today's pick is be a real estate investment trust (REIT), [...]

  • Perfect Stock For China Bulls And Dividend Lovers

    Here is why you should love this Beijing based online gaming stock.

  • Investment Management Company Boasts Long Dividend History

    T. Rowe Price Group (TROW) Dividend Yield: 2.14% Price: $82.27 Annual Dividend: $1.76 EPS (2014 Est.): $4.56 P/E (2014 Est.): 18.0 Prices/Sales: 6.07 Price/Book Value: 4.29 Market Cap: $21.6B Asset management firms do better during bull markets since their incomes rises and fall with the amount of assets under management. Three past picks riding the wave, and producing spectacular [...]

  • Huge Discounts on PetroChina

    PetroChina Ltd. (PTR) Dividend Yield: 4.16% Price: $123.39 Dividend (TTM): $5.14 EPS (2014 Est.): $11.70 P/E (2014 Est.): 10.5 Prices/Sales: 0.61 Price/Book Value: 1.20 Market Cap: $226B Even though China may be struggling to maintain its target of 7.5% annual GDP growth, its comparative slowdown still puts it at a growth rate nearly quadruple the 2% forecasted this year [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: June 13 Weekly Review

    These 25 stocks rank the highest along the seven criteria by which they were originally selected and factors such as dividend growth and cash flow.

  • Sufficient Dividends From Mining Company

    BHP Billiton (BHP) Dividend Yield: 3.53% Price: $66.90 Annual Dividend: $2.36 EPS (2014 Est.): $5.55 P/E (2014 Est.): 12.2 Prices/Sales: 2.63 Price/Book Value: 2.34 Market Cap: $179B Shares of mining companies that produce iron ore are trading lower this morning, although that provides us an opportunity to buy a discounted stock even cheaper with a bit higher yield. Morgan Stanley [...]

  • Steady Sales In Book Manufacturing Business

    Courier Corp (CRRC) Dividend Yield: 6.51% Price: $12.90 Annual Dividend: $0.84 EPS (2014 Est.): $0.62 P/E (2014 Est.): 20.8 Prices/Sales: 0.52 Price/Book Value: 1.05 Market Cap: $149M Back in December 2012, I recommended Courier Corp. (CRRC) at $11.59 per share because it offered an extraordinarily high dividend yield and traded at substantial discounts to historical multiples of sales, earnings and book [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: June 6 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor: For the third week in a row, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index both closed at new all-time highs. Helping to boost stocks was Friday morning’s nonfarm payrolls report from the Department of Labor showing 217,000 jobs added in May, making it four months in a row [...]

  • Insurance Industry Stocks Stays Strong

    Infinity Property and Casualty (IPCC) Dividend Yield: 2.26% Price: $63.77 Annual Dividend: $1.44 EPS (2014 Est.): $3.69 P/E (2014 Est.): 17.4 Price/Sales: 0.5 Price/Book Value: 1.1 Market Cap: $739M We have dipped into the insurance business for several past recommendations, including Maiden Holdings (MHLD), Mercury General (MCY), United Fire (UFCS), EMC Insurance Group (EMCI), Donegal Group (DGICA) and Erie [...]

  • Hidden Value Buried South of the Panama Canal

    Ecopetrol (EC) Dividend Yield: 7.2% Price: $36.70 Annual Dividend: $2.65 EPS (2014 Est.): $3.37 P/E (2014 Est.): 10.8 Price/Sales: 1.98 Price/Book Value: 2.36 Market Cap: $75.5B We've enjoyed tremendous success with numerous past recommendations of foreign integrated oil companies, including BP (BP), Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A), Total (SA) and Occidental Petroleum (OXY). There's also Russia's Lukoil (LUKOY), which has [...]
  • May

    Forbes Dividend Investor: May 30 Weekly Review

    Sell in May and go away? Not this year. Wrapping up their fourth straight month of gains, the  Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index both finished the final trading day of May at fresh all-time highs. The S&P 500 tacked on 2.3% for the month, helped by [...]

  • Office Supplies Company Shows Huge Discounts

    Ennis (EBF) Dividend Yield: 4.59% Price: $15.25 Annual Dividend: $0.70 EPS (2014 Est.): $1.49 P/E (2014 Est.): 10.2 P/S: 0.73 P/BV: 1.10 Market Cap: $399.6M Some of our biggest success stories among past recommendations have come in companies and industries that seem like dinosaurs. We have triple-digit gains in Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBGI) and Gannett (GCI), two players in [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: May 23 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor: This stock market has shown that it can rebound like Wilt Chamberlain, the NBA lifetime leader with 23,924 boards over his 14-year career. After four weeks of looking choppy and sloppy, large caps in the S&P 500 Index gained 1.2% for the week and closed above 1900 for the first time. [...]

  • Massive Amounts Of Insider Action At Houston-Based Company

    Kinder Morgan (KMI) Dividend Yield: 5.02% Price: $33.44 Annual Dividend: $1.68 EPS (2014 est.): $1.36 P/E (2014 est.): 24.5 Price/Sales: 2.29 Price/Book Value: 2.68 Market Cap: $34.4B Pipeline plays have been attractive sources of yield and total return. Many of these outfits are structured as master limited partnerships, paying no taxes at the corporate level in exchange for flowing [...]

  • WGL Holdings Stands Strong Compared To Competitors

    WGL Holdings (WGL) Dividend Yield: 4.43% Price: $39.76 Annual Dividend: $1.76 EPS (2014 est.): $2.33 P/E (2014 est.): 17.1 Price/Sales: 0.75 Price/Book Value: 1.57 Market Cap: $2.06B The drop in the yield on the 10-year Treasury note over the past week from 2.65% to 2.50% gave a big boost to utility stocks, which benefit from lower interest rates. Monday's [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: May 16 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor, With alternating spurts of despondency and glee, stocks finished a week with lots of action but little net movement from one week ago. Large caps in the S&P 500 finished strong on Friday to turn midweek carnage into a basically breakeven -0.03% weekly change, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average [...]

  • Natural Gas Company Shows Steady Performance

    Delta Natural Gas (DGAS) Dividend Yield: 3.93% Price: $19.34 Annual Dividend: $0.76 EPS (2014 est.): $1.19 P/E (2014 est.): 16.2 Price/Sales: 1.39 Price/Book Value: 1.75 Market Cap: $134M Stock market averages are tumbling again on Thursday after dipping on Wednesday. Momentum and growth stocks are getting hit the hardest. Today's recommendation, although a very small stock, is a far [...]

  • This MLP Expects Huge Distribution Jumps

    Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (PAA) Distribution Yield: 4.3% Price: $56.57 Annual Distribution: $2.52 Earnings/Unit (2014 est.): $2.46 P/E (2014 est.): 22.9 Price/Sales: 0.46 Price/Book Value: 2.34 Market Cap: $20.4B MLPs have performed admirably for us, and today we have another one to add. Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (PAA) is a master limited partnership engaged in transporting, storing, terminalling and [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: May 9 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor, The bull market is breathing more rare air, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average finishing Friday at a fresh all-time high of 16,583. For the week, the Dow gained 0.43% but the Russell 2000 Small Cap Index was down another 1.9%, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.25%. For the past [...]

  • Western Union Still Looks Cheap

    Western Union Dividend Yield: 3.09% Price: $16.17 Annual Dividend: $0.50 EPS (2014 est.): $1.46 P/E (2014 est.): 11 Price/Sales: 1.60 Price/Book Value: 8.15 Market Cap: $8.7 billion If love is lovelier the second time around, then prepare for some big gains ahead with today's pick. Indeed, we had a very lovely run during our one-year fling with Western Union from [...]

  • Dividend Hike From Regional Bank

    First Financial Corp. (THFF) Dividend Yield: 3.02% Price: $31.74 Annual Dividend: $0.96 EPS (2014 est.): $2.41 P/E (2014 est.): 13.1 Price/Sales: 2.83 Price/Book Value: 1.06 Market Cap: $424.6 million Banks make more money when the spread widens between the interest rates at which they can borrow and those at which they lend. Banks borrow at the rate they pay [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: May 2 Weekly Review

      Our 270 past picks have produced a total return of 25.4% with an average yield of 5.7%. Buying the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) at each of the same times returned 22.5%. Below is the list of the Top 25 stocks. Other recommendations may also be suitable for fresh buying, but [...]
  • April

    Berkshire Hills Bancorp: Small Firm But Mighty Dividends

    Berkshire Hills (BHLB) Dividend Yield: 3.07% Price: $23.43 Annual Dividend: $0.72 EPS (2014 est.): $1.70 P/E (2014 est.): 13.8 Price/Sales: 2.58 Price/Book Value: 0.87 Market Cap: $589 million Shares of smaller banks had a good run last year and the momentum carried into 2014. For the past six weeks, it's been a different story. The SPDR S&P Regional Banking [...]

  • Teck Resources Makes A Comeback

    Teck Resources Dividend Yield: 3.86% Price: $22.00 Annual Dividend: $0.85 Operating Cash Flow/Share (ttm): $4.21 Forward P/E (2015 est.): 13.8 Price/Sales: 1.48 Price/Book Value: 0.74 Market Cap: $12.5 billion Dealing with weak stocks can get you into trouble, as losers tend to keep on losing. At some point in a security's downtrend, however, there is going to be a [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: April 25 Weekly Review

    Below is the list of the Top 25 stocks. Other recommendations may also be suitable for fresh buying, but these 25 rank highest along the criteria by which they were originally chosen. The three columns on the far right show percentage discounts to five-year average multiples of price to sales [...]

  • Promising Valuations From Trustmark

    Trustmark (TRMK) Dividend Yield: 3.89% Price: $23.65 Annual Dividend: $0.92 EPS (2014 est.): $1.70 P/E (2014 est.): 13.9 Price/Sales: 2.6 Price/Book Value: 1.2 Market Cap: $1.64 billion It's been a while since we jumped into a regional banking stock. In 2013, we enjoyed big success with more than a dozen smaller financial institutions that pay reliable and sizable dividends. [...]

  • Vanguard Natural Resources Gushing With Yield

    Vanguard Natural Resources (VNR) Dividend Yield: 8.5% Price: $30.54 Annual Dividend: $2.52 Earnings Per Unit (2014 est.): $1.45 P/E (2014 est.): 13.1 Price/Sales: 2.83 Price/Book Value: 1.06 Market Cap: $424.6 million Earlier this month on April 2, I recommended Linn, an upstream oil and gas master limited partnership that pays monthly cash distributions. Today we have a similarly attractive [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: April 18 Weekly Review

    Stocks snapped back from brutal declines one week ago as deeply oversold conditions and some surprisingly good earnings reports from companies Goldman Sachs, Coca-Cola  and Intel helped recoup nearly all of the prior week's losses. The put-call ratio, which we noted was at elevated levels, began to turn lower and [...]

  • GulfMark Offshore Shows Double-Digit Percentage Increases

    GulfMark Offshore (GLF) Dividend Yield: 2.27% Price: $44.14 Annual Dividend: $1.00 EPS (2014 est.): $4.07 P/E (2014 est.): 10.8 Price/Sales: 2.54 Price/Book Value: 111 Market Cap: $1.17 billion Energy services stocks have had a decent run in the past two months, with the Market Vectors Oil Services (OIH) ETF up 14% since February 3. That outpaces the 7.5% move [...]

  • Coca-Cola: 52-Year History Of Bountiful Dividends

    Coca-Cola (KO) Dividend Yield: 3.15% Price: $38.70 Annual Dividend: $1.22 EPS (2014 est.): $2.09 P/E (2014 est.): 18.5 Price/Sales: 3.63 Price/Book Value: 5.13 Market Cap: $170.6 billion After a sharp selloff last week, defensive stocks are looking more appealing. Among companies that sell food and drink, one that looks refreshing and delicious at current valuations is one of the [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: April 11 Weekly Review

    The selloff that gained strength at the end of last week resumed in earnest on Thursday and Friday, sending the S&P 500 down by 3% over the two-day period and knocking the Nasdaq lower by 4.3%. Biotechnology stocks  again got hammered again. The iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology Index (IBB) is down 20% [...]

  • Canadian Innergex Renewable Energy Shows Surges In Revenue

    Innergex Renewable Energy (INGXF) Dividend Yield: 5.68% Price: $9.50 Dividends (ttm): $0.54 EPS (ttm): $0.40 P/E (2014 est.):23.7 Price/Sales: 4.54 Price/Book Value: 1.98 Market Cap: $916 million Utilities worldwide have staged an impressive rally over the past several months. Shares of previously recommended Emera (EMRAF), an electric producer in Canada's maritime provinces, are up 16% since late January. Several smaller [...]

  • AmeriGas Partners: Lean Valuations, Fat Yields

    AmeriGas Partners Dividend Yield: 7.67% Price: $43.76 Annualized Distribution: $3.36 Earnings Per Unit (2014 est.): $2.77 P/E (2014 est.): 15.8 Price/Sales: 1.3 Price/Book Value: 2.8 Market Cap: $4.06 billion One year ago on April 8, 2013, I recommended buying Star Gas Partners, L.P. (SGU) at a dividend-adjusted price of $4.24. Through the close on Monday, Star Gas had delivered [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: April 4 Weekly Review

    It was a bloody day for big technology stocks and small caps, with the Nasdaq 100 tumbling 2.66% on Friday, and the Russell 2000 Small Cap Index down 2.35%. These gauges of risk appetite can serve as early warning indicators of a trouble ahead in the overall market, kind of [...]

  • Linn Energy Expects Jump in Revenue

    Linn Energy (LINE) Dividend Yield: 10.1% Price: $28.65 Annual Dividend: $2.90 EPS (2014 est.): $1.60 P/E (2014 est.): 17.9 Price/Sales: 2.92 Price/Book Value: 1.61 Market Cap: $9.5 billion What I've noticed as I'm looking around for undervalued income stocks is that the pool of candidates that I'd consider buying and haven't already recommended is getting smaller. That's what big [...]
  • March

    Look To Realty Income For Consistent Growth

    Realty Income Corp. (O) Dividend Yield: 5.36% Price: $40.86 Annual Dividend: $2.19 EPS (2014 est.): $2.57 P/E (2014 est.): 15.9 Price/Sales: 10.02 Price/Book Value: 1.78 Market Cap: $8.48B If you spot a company with an operating history spanning several decades that shows consistent growth in sales, profits and dividends, it's certainly something you should consider buying. It's impossible to [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: March 28 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor: Just when it seems U.S. stocks are ready to hit the mat, they answer the bell and come out swinging to revive optimism that the bull market will rage on. From a midweek peak on Wednesday morning, selling was swift until late Thursday. Good news overnight that Japan [...]

  • CNOOC Shows Discounted Valuations

    CNOOC Ltd. (CEO) Dividend Yield: 4.37% Price: $155.25 Dividends (TTM): $7.35 EPS (2013 est.): $22.87 P/E (2013 est.): $6.8 Price/Sales: 1.63 Price/Book Value: 1.33 Market Cap: $69.3B Chinese stocks showed weakness early in 2014 as fears of a slowing economy took their toll. Also helping to depress prices of large state-owned companies was Beijing's crackdown on corruption. The big [...]

  • Philip Morris International Pays Meaty Yields

    Philip Morris International  Dividend Yield: 4.68% Price: $80.42 Annual Dividend: $3.76 EPS (2014 est.): $5.10 P/E (2014 est.): 15.8 Price/Sales: 1.65 Price/Book Value: N/A Market Cap: $127.48B Over the past year, diving into dividend stocks has been no magic bullet for beating the market. On the contrary, fat dividend payers in the iShares Select Dividend (DVY) ETF have lagged the [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: March 21 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor, Imagine Russian President Vladimir Putin acting as your ally to assure higher stock prices, while Fed Chair Janet Yellen tugs in the other direction, dragging the market lower. Over the past week this was the case, as stocks caught a bid early on when Putin said that Russia was satisfied [...]

  • Royal Bank of Canada Anticipates High Earnings

    Royal Bank of Canada (RY) Dividend Yield: 4.4% Price: $64.08 Annual Dividend: $2.84 EPS (2014 est.): $5.38 P/E (2014 est.): 11.9 Price/Sales: 3.15 Price/Book Value: 22.9 Market Cap: $92.4B We have had success with more than a dozen regional banks that yield 3.5% or better. Here is another bank, but not a small regional one from the U.S., rather [...]

  • NetEase.com Shows Strong Growth Potential

    NetEase.com (NTES) Dividend Yield: 2.14% Price: $65.93 Annual Dividend: $1.41 EPS (2014 est.): $5.89 P/E (2014 est.): 11.2 Price/Sales: 6.20 Price/Book Value: 2.76 Market Cap: $8.57B With a market capitalizaion of nearly $58 billion, Baidu.com is biggest Chinese Internet-related business by far. Among the others, NetEase.com (NTES) occupies a lucrative niche of the digital economy providing online games, in addition to [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: March 14 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor: Stocks lost ground this week, weighed down by more news of manufacturing weakness and business failures in China, as well as heightened tensions in Ukraine ahead of this weekend's referendum in Crimea on secession from Ukraine and joining Russia. The S&P 500 lost early gains all week and [...]

  • Generous Yields From Erie Indemnity Company

    Erie Indemnity Company (ERIE) Dividend Yield: 3.63% Price: $3.30 Annual Dividend: $2.54 EPS (2014 est.): $3.30 P/E (2014 est.): 21.2 Price/Sales: 0.59 Price/Book Value: 4.43 Market Cap: $3.25B Today's pick was an insurance company from 1925 through the end of 2010 when it divested the actual insurers. For the past three years, it has functioned as a management company, [...]

  • Fortress Investment Group: Higher Yields To Come

    Fortress Investment Group LLC (FIG) Dividend Yield: 3.7% Price: $8.64 Annual Dividend: $0.32 EPS (2014 est.): $0.87 P/E (2014 est.): 9.93 Price/Sales: 1.66 Price/Book Value: 2.96 Market Cap: $3.77B Among our past picks, we've done quite well in investment management business, with shares of companies like Blackstone Group (BX), AllianceBernstein (AB) and Greenhill & Co. (GHL). Today we add [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: March 7 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor: Major stock indexes are hitting fresh peaks again. The S&P 500 added 1% for the week to finish Friday at a new closing high of 1878.04. That’s a gain of nearly 7.5% since lows in early February. Stocks spiked initially after Friday morning’s non-farm payrolls report from the [...]

  • Freeport-McMoRan Pays Reliable Dividends

    Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) Dividend Yield: 3.7% Price: $33.84 Annual Dividend: $1.25 EPS (2014 est.): $2.84 P/E (2014 est.): 15.6 Price/Sales: 1.62 Price/Book Value: 1.67 Market Cap: $35.1B We have a past relationship with today's pick. I originally recommended Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) on January 13, 2013, but the stock violated its 10% trailing stop loss and we had to part ways on April 18. [...]

  • Rent-A-Center Dividends On The Rise

    Rent-A-Center (RCII) Dividend Yield: 3.69% Price: $24.96 Annual Dividend: $0.92 EPS (2014 est.): $2.34 P/E (2014 est.): 10.7 Price/Sales: 0.44 Price/Book Value: 0.99 Market Cap: $1.34B Sometimes a stock gets shellacked because a company fails to perform up to expectations. When quarterly reports fall short of Wall Street forecasts, the reaction can be swift and severe, sending the stock [...]
  • February

    Forbes Dividend Investor: February 28 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor: Last week, I noted with a bit of concern that U. S. stocks had not advanced to new highs despite rallying strongly off of early February lows. This week we finally got the breakout, even if it came a bit more slowly than recoveries from corrections last year. [...]

  • American Campus Communities Revenue Soars

    American Campus Communities (ACC) Dividend Yield: 3.96% Price: $36.33 Annual Dividend: $1.44 EPS (2014 Est.): $2.33 P/E (2014 Est.): 15.6 Price/Sales: 5.78 Price/Book Value: 1.45 Market Cap: $3.81B College kids need places to live. Many double-up in dorm rooms on-campus for their freshman year, but then begin to peel off into alternate haciendas like fraternity or sorority houses, or get some roommates and move into an off-campus [...]

  • Consistency Is Key For Oil Exploration

    Crescent Point Energy (CPG) Dividend Yield: 7.06% Price: $35.20 Annual Dividend: $2.49 EPS (2014 Est.): $0.96 P/E (2014 Est.): 36.7 Price/Sales: 4.29 Price/Book Value: 1.66 Market Cap: $13.94B There is no certainty in investing, but a lengthy track record of consistent performance can provide a good deal of confidence when you're considering a stock to buy. This is certainly the case with today's recommendation, an oil and [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: February 21 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor: U. S. stocks treaded water for the most part during the four-day President’s Day week. After failing to hold on to decent gains before noon on Friday, the S&P 500 Index finished 0.13% lower on the week. Since the rally that began from lows on February 3, breadth has [...]

  • Risky, Unpredictable, But Oh So Satisfying.

    The ADT Corporation (ADT) Dividend Yield: 2.54% Price: $31.45 Annual Dividend: $0.80 Earnings Per Share (2014 Est.): $1.92 P/E (2014 Est.): 16.4 Price/Sales: 1.87 Price/Book Value: 1.77 Market Cap: $5.76B There's an old maxim on Wall Street that says you shouldn't try to catch a falling knife. The idea is that a stock in freefall is like a wounded animal, unpredictable and dangerous. Like a tumbling knife, [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: February 14 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor: After reversing from lows on February 5,  the S&P 500 Index has surged nearly 6% in the past eight trading days, notching a gain of 2.3% for the week just finished. It was the biggest weekly gain so far in 2014. Risk appetite in the market is alive [...]

  • China's Banks See Revenue Increase

    China Construction Bank (CICHY) Dividend Yield: 5.2% Price: $13.91 Dividends (TTM): $0.73 Earnings Per Share (2014 Est.): $3.05 P/E (2014 Est.): 4.6 Price/Sales: 2.16 Price/Book Value: 1.02 Market Cap: $173B Since 1991, the annual growth of China's gross domestic product has never been slower than 6%, a rate to which it dipped only twice, in 2000 and 2009. More recently, China's GDP growth has slowed from a [...]

  • Climbing Revenue For Ammonia Conversion

    CVR Partners, LP (UAN) Dividend Yield: 10.1% Price: $17.34 Dividend (TTM): $1.75 EPS (2013 Est.): $1.59 P/E (2013 Est.): 11.3 Price/Sales: 4.13 Price/Book Value: 2.89 Market Cap: $1.27B Agriculture-related stocks come with their own set risks, including the pace of global economic growth, crop prices, weather conditions and even the actions of international cartels. Last July, fertilizer stocks were crushed after Russia's Uralkali pulled out of a [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: February 7 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor: Stocks pulled out of the dive they had been in since nailing new highs in mid-January, but after a bomb of a jobs report Friday morning, it looked like a lock for the S&P 500 to put in its fourth consecutively weekly loss. According to the U.S. Department [...]

  • America Runs On Pharmaceuticals

    Pfizer (PFE) Dividend Yield: 3.39% Price: $30.65 Dividend (ITM): $1.04 EPS (2014 Est.): $2.27 P/E (2014 Est.): 13.5 Price/Sales: 4.01 Price/Book Value: 2.55 Market Cap: $198.7B Pharmaceutical stocks, like utilities, have traditionally been considered logical choices for dividend stocks, but among our past picks there are very few from either group. Among past Forbes Dividend Investor pharmaceutical stock recommendations are AstraZeneca (AZN), Johnson & Johnson [...]

  • Rising Dividends For Insurance Companies

    United Fire Group (UFCS) Dividend Yield: 2.91% Price: $24.73 Annual Dividend: $0.72 Earnings Per Share (2013 Est.): $2.38 P/E (2013 Est.): 10.4 Price/Sales: 0.73 Price/Book Value: 0.84 Market Cap: $628.2M When the overall stock market is slumping, it's usually a good idea to seek out industry groups and individual companies exhibiting relative strength. One place where you can find stocks [...]
  • January

    Forbes Dividend Investor: January 31 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor: Two weeks ago we noted the bearish buying climax when the S&P 500 hit a new all-time high but closed the week lower. Slippage from that peak continues with the large cap index down another 0.43% this week, finishing just above lows hit in mid-December. Past declines have not undercut the lows before the prior rally. [...]

  • China's Financial Beast Takes Over

    Bank of China (BACHY) Dividend Yield: 5.6% Price: $10.42 Dividend (TTM): $0.59 EPS (2014 Est.): $0.89 P/E (2014 Est.): 11.7 Prices/Sales: 1.86 Price/Book Value: 0.80 Market Cap: $116.35B Emerging markets have been blamed for much of the overall stock market's recent weakness. After all, there has been a devaluation of the Argentine peso, a free-fall in the Turkish lira [...]

  • High Growth Company Sitting In Your Pantry

    ConAgra Foods (CAG) Dividend Yield: 3.03% Price: $32.99 Annual Dividend: $1.00 EPS (2014 Est.): $2.34 P/E (2014 Est.): 14.1 Prices/Sales: 0.81 Price/Book Value: 2.50 Market Cap: $13.92B After more than a year of rip-roaring stock market performance, dividend-paying stocks trading at bargain valuations are becoming harder to find. Still, there are a few to be found with the appropriate [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: January 24 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor, The week ended with carnage in stocks as the major averages fell better than 3% since Wednesday's close. On Thursday, the Argentine peso was devalued by nearly 20% against the U.S. dollar, and a big investment fund in China was refusing to honor redemption requests from investors, unleashing a cascade of selling in all of the emerging markets. Friday's high‐volume [...]

  • Mining Company May Still Be Golden

    Forbes Dividend Investor January 22, 2014 Yamana Gold (AUY) Dividend Yield: 2.72% Price: $9.55 Annual Dividend: $0.26 EPS (2014 Est.): $0.43 P/E (2014 Est.): 22.2 Prices/Sales: 3.60 Price/Book Value: 0.95 Market Cap: $7.19B Gold and copper miners are largely at the mercy of market prices for the metals that they produce. With gold down more than 25% in price last year, [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: January 17 Weekly Review

    Forbes Dividend Investor January 17, 2014 Dear Fellow Investor: Despite a record high close on Wednesday, the S&P 500 index finished the week 0.20% lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was higher by 0.13%. Small caps and technology continued to lead, with the Russell 2000 up 0.33% for the week, and the Nasdaq Composite advancing [...]

  • Moscow Oil Company Pumps Out Great Yield

    Lukoil (LUKOY) Dividend Yield: 5.13% Price: $59.78 Dividend (TTM): $3.07 EPS (TTM.): $13.57 P/E (TTM): 4.4 Prices/Sales: 0.33 Price/Book Value: 0.57 Market Cap: $45.1B On Monday, I sent out a recommendation to buy gas station landlord Getty Realty (GTY). Today's pick is another one from the fuel pumping world with a nice yield and discounted valuations--plus it will give [...]

  • Getty Cranks Out Meaty Dividends

    Getty Realty Corp. (GTY) Dividend Yield: 4.31% Price: $18.58 Annual Dividend: $0.80 EPS (2013 Est.): $1.53 P/E (2013 Est.): 12.1 Prices/Sales: 5.85 Price/Book Value: 1.48 Market Cap: $620.8M Gas station ownership provides a reliable stream of income, one that has allowed Jericho, N.Y.-based Getty Realty Corp. (GTY) to pay 17 years of uninterrupted dividends since December 1995. As a bonues, those [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: January 10 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor: The December nonfarm payrolls report from the Department of Labor sure looked like a real stinker, and a head-scratcher. According to the data, payrolls grew by 74,000 last month. That’s wildly short of the consensus forecast for 197,000 new jobs. Despite the huge whiff on payrolls, the nation’s unemployment rate dropped to [...]

  • Don't Overlook Promising Canadian Stocks

    Rogers Communications (RCI) Dividend Yield: 3.71% Price: $44.20 Annual Dividend: $1.64 EPS (2013 Est.): $3.53 P/E (2013 Est.): 12.5 Prices/Sales: 1.76 Price/Book Value: 4.97 Market Cap: $22.8B From almost 240 past stock recommendations, just nine of them are Canadian companies, and the only loser has been Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (POT). Let's make it an even ten. With an economy [...]

  • Regional Banks: Steady And Safe

    Northwest Bancshares (NWBI) Dividend Yield: 3.5% Price: $14.73 Annual Dividend: $0.52 EPS (2013 Est.): $0.68 P/E (2013 Est.): 13.8 Prices/Sales: 4.24 Price/Book Value: 1.21 Market Cap: $1.38B It may be a reflection of the current valuation of stocks, but it's getting harder and harder to find reliable dividend-paying stocks trading at historically cheap valuations. Thank goodness for the regional [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: January 3 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor, Happy New Year! Although we are coming off of one of the best years for the overall stock market, the first two days of January have the major averages seeing red so far in 2014. The S&P 500 is down 0.59% over the past week, retreating to its 10‐day moving average after a [...]
2013
  • December

    Precious Metals Mining On The Rise

    Dear Fellow Investor, Please accept my very best wishes for good health and prosperity to you and your family in 2014, as we are just hours away from the last ticks of 2013. It has been a great year for us, and truly gratifying for me that our value‐based strategy for finding attractively priced [...]

  • CBS This Morning 12/31

    Dear Fellow Investor, I wanted to alert you that tomorrow morning, Tuesday, January 31, I will be on CBS This Morning at 7:30 a.m. Eastern time. I will be talking about stocks and sectors that look good going into 2014. If you have a chance to watch it or record it, please do. I [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: December 27 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor: Two weeks ago, stocks got all they needed to finish the year on a high note when investors cheered the Federal Open Market Committee’s decision to taper its monthly bond purchases from the current $85 billion down to $75 billion next month. With trading volumes thin and most market participants on vacation for [...]

  • Hidden Value In Oil Drilling

    Seadrill Ltd. (SDRL) Dividend Yield: 6.36% Price: $40.25 Dividend (TTM): $2.56 EPS (2014 Est.): $3.62 P/E (2014 Est.): 11.1 Prices/Sales: 3.8 Price/Book Value: 2.5 Market Cap: $18.9B We already have a few lines in the water for the offshore oil drillers dividend derby. Three past picks--Ensco (ESV), Transocean (RIG) and Noble (NE)--own fleets of deepwater drilling rigs and other [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: December 20 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor: Just when it looked like U.S. stocks could possibly stage an uncharacteristic slide through the holiday season and into the New Year, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke bailed out the bulls again. This time he didn’t do it by staying the course but by actually announcing that the FOMC would begin [...]

  • Proven Consistency In Oil Industry

    Tesoro Logistics LP (TLLP) Dividend Yield: 4.44% Price: $49.09 Ann. Distribution: $2.18 EPU (2014 Est.): $2.22 P/E (2014 Est.): 22.1 Price/Sales: 8.85 Price/Book Value: 9.02 Market Cap: $2.31B It's fashionable in the energy sector for drillers, refiners and integrated oil producers to spin off a subset of their assets into a separately-traded company. Deepwater offshore drillers, like recent recommendations [...]

  • Fertilizer Stocks Show Strong Dividend Hikes

    Agrium (AGU) Dividend Yield: 3.34% Price: $89.75 Annual Dividend: $3.00 EPS (2013 Est.): $7.56 P/E (2013 Est.): 11.9 Prices/Sales: 0.78 Price/Book Value: 1.81 Market Cap: $12.97B Agriculture related stocks have been laggards for most of the past year although prices have picked up in recent months. One Canadian company in the fertilizer business has shown exceptional relative strength while [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: December 13 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor: U.S. stocks slipped lower this past week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Index both declining 1.65%. The Nasdaq Composite held up better than the other averages, down 1.5% on the week. Smaller stocks fell harder than the big ones as the Russell 2000 retreated 2.15%. Last Friday, [...]

  • Head Back To The Casino For More Gains

    International Game Technology (IGT) Dividend Yield: 2.89% Price: $33.16 Annual Dividend: $0.40 EPS (2014 Est.): $1.29 P/E (2014 Est.): 13.8 Prices/Sales: 1.98 Price/Book Value: 3.69 Market Cap: $4.64B Investing in gambling-related stocks may seem like just that, a gamble, but buying at the right times--just like betting big at the poker table when you hold a good hand of [...]

  • Offshore Drillers Look Good This Season

    Noble Corp. (NE) Dividend Yield: 2.62% Price: $38.21 Annual Dividend: $1.00 EPS (2013 Est.): $2.94 P/E (2013 Est.): 13.0 Prices/Sales: 2.4 Price/Book Value: 1.2 Market Cap: $9.68B Because of the cyclical nature of business and investor appetite, stocks from the same industry groups tend to move with each other. When one stock is cheap, its competitors often look cheap, [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: December 6 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor: Stocks erupted higher on Friday morning after the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that nonfarm payrolls rose by 203,000 in November. Forecasts called for 185,000. The unemployment rate also dropped to 7.0% from 7.3% even as the civilian labor force rose by 455,000. Despite the higher odds that the Federal [...]

  • Transocean Shows Huge Discounts In Valuations

    Transocean (RIG) Dividend Yield: 4.45% Price: $50.29 Annual Dividend: $2.24 EPS (2013 Est.): $4.18 P/E (2013 Est.): 12.0 Prices/Sales: 1.91 Price/Book Value: 1.11 Market Cap: $18.13B It's usually a sign of underlying buying interest in a stock when it gains in price on a day when the overall market is negative. That's what happened on Monday with Switzerland-based Transocean (RIG), [...]

  • Regional Banks Make Good Buys

    First Niagara Financial Group (FNFG) Dividend Yield: 2.92% Price: $10.95 Annual Dividend: $0.32 EPS (2013 Est.): $0.76 P/E (2013 Est.): 14.4 Prices/Sales: 2.67 Price/Book Value: 0.84 Market Cap: $3.83B If you're a new subscriber, you may not be aware of my apparent predilection for regional banks. Of the 196 currently recommended stocks, 24 of them are regional or savings banks. [...]
  • November

    Forbes Dividend Investor: November 29 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor: The S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average both closed the week just below fresh highs hit on Thursday, and the Nasdaq finished out the week at a 13-year high, trading above 4,000 for the first time since September 2000. Renewed strength in small caps lends credibility to [...]

  • Analysts Expect This Brazilian Bank To Make A Comeback

    Banco Santander Brasil (BSBR) Dividend Yield: 4.5% Price: $6.39 Dividend (TTM): $0.28 EPS (2014 Est.): $0.63 P/E (2014 Est.): 10.1 Prices/Sales: 0.86 Price/Book Value: 0.66 Market Cap: $24.2B Many of the recommendations in recent weeks reflect some foreign flavor. Belgacom is Belgium's largest telecom company, Liquor Stores NA is a Canadian booze retailer and Mitsubishi is one of Japan's [...]

  • Territorial Bancorp Suggests Promising Gains

    Territorial Bancorp (TBNK) Dividend Yield: 2.87% Price: $23.00 Annual Dividend: $0.66 EPS (2013 Est.): $1.45 P/E (2013 Est.): 15.8 Prices/Sales: 3.98 Price/Book Value: 1.10 Market Cap: $234.2M When mutually owned savings banks go public, it can often represent a windfall for depositors, who have the first rights to by shares. Especially in the 1980s and 1990s when a wave [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: November 22 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor: U.S. stocks continue to move higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index both hitting new highs on Friday and closing just below them. What’s more, small caps are back on track after slumping for three weeks in late October and early November. Also hitting a fresh all-time high on Friday was the Russell [...]

  • Liquor Sales Steadily Rise

    Liquor Stores N.A. (LQSIF) Dividend Yield: 7.5% Price: $13.73 Annual Dividend: $1.03 EPS (2013 Est.): $0.85 P/E (2013 Est.): 9.5 Prices/Sales: 0.49 Price/Book Value: 1.03 Market Cap: $316.9M Today's recommendation is a way to earn some outsized dividend income from a Canadian booze retailer growing through new store openings and expansion in the U.S. market. Edmonton, Alberta-based Liquor Stores [...]

  • Tokyo-Based Conglomerate Makes For A Sufficient Stock Chart

    Mitsubishi Corp. (MSBHY) Dividend Yield: 1.5% Price: $40.49 Annual Dividend: $0.60 EPS (TTM): $5.33 P/E (TTM): 7.6 Price/Sales: 0.42 Price/Book Value: 0.68 Market Cap: $33.3B Japanese stocks are getting a lift as policies undertaken by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the Bank of Japan are showing signs of stimulating the Japanese economy, including rising wages which can stoke consumer demand. Just last week, the Nikke 225 rose [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: November 15 Weekly Review

    Since July 11, 2012, our 226 dividend stock picks and subsequent sell recommendations have produced a total return of 25.6% with an average yield on cost of 5.6%. If you had instead bought and sold the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) at each of the same times, you would have earned [...]

  • Intriguing International Investing With Belgacom

    Belgacom SA (BGAOY) Dividend Yield: 10.5%  Price: $5.43 Annual Dividend: $0.57 EPS (TTM): $0.54 P/E (TTM): 10.1 Price/Sales: 1.04 Price/Book Value: 2.11 Market Cap: $8.6B Belgacom brings to the table all of the intrigue and surprise of international investing. To be sure, it has taken its lumps in recent years with a cadre of fellow large European national phone companies like France Telecom, now branded Orange, and [...]

  • A Good Pocket Of Value In Housing

    M.D.C Holdings (MDC) Dividend Yield:  3.6% Price: $27.80 Annual Dividend: $1.00 EPS (2013 Est.): $5.82 P/E (2013 Est.): 4.8 Price/Sales: 0.87 Price/Book Value: 1.15 Market Cap: $1.36B There was a significant bottom for housing stocks on October 3, 2011, from which took the iShares Dow Jones US Home Construction (ITB) ETF rose 206% through May 13 of this year. PulteGroup (PHM) soared 560% and KB Home shot [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: November 8 Weekly Review

    Fresh evidence rolled in this week showing that the U.S. economic recovery is still on track. On Thursday, the U.S. Commerce Department reported 2.8% annualized GDP growth in the third quarter, up from 2.5% in the second quarter, although the number was plumped up by inventory building, without which growth [...]

  • Rise In Profits For Petroleum Partners

    Susser Petroleum Partners LP (SUSP) Dividend Yield: 5.9% Price: $31.62 Annual Distribution: $1.87 EPU (2013 Est.): $1.77 P/E (2013 Est.): 17.9 Price/Sales: 0.16 Price/Book Value: 8.8 Market Cap: $690.2M Master limited partnerships continue come in many stripes. From oil and gas exploration and production to coal and natural gas transport and storage, there are several areas of specialization from which you can choose nearly 100 MLPs. Houston-based Susser Petroleum [...]

  • Growth In Revenue For Select Medical

    Select Medical Holdings (SEM) Dividend Yield: 4.6% Price: $8.70 Annual Dividend: $0.40 EPS (2013 Est.): $0.92 P/E (2013 Est.): 9.5 Price/Sales: 0.40 Price/Book Value: 1.47 Market Cap: $1.19B Even though there is a lot more uncertainty surrounding the health care economy in the United States, it remains a growing market, driven by sheer demographics like an aging population and the constant arrival of new immigrants. Specialized hospitals and [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: November 1 Weekly Review

    The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a new high of 15,721 on Wednesday, while the S&P 500 Index tagged a high of its own at 1775 on the same day. For the week, the Dow advanced 0.29%, and the S&P 500 scratched out a gain of 0.11%. Potentially troubling is [...]
  • October

    High Credibility From Long Standing Brady Corp.

    Brady Corp. (BRC) Dividend Yield: 2.66% Price: $29.32 Annual Dividend: $0.78 EPS (July 2014 Est.): $1.85 P/E (July 2014 Est.): 15.8 Price/Sales: 1.35 Price/Book Value: 1.87 Market Cap: $1.53B A good track record will cut you some slack. Companies that have been in business for decades with a long history of paying steadily rising dividends earn an extra measure of credibility from investors for their demonstrated ability [...]

  • Regional Bank Racks Up Capital Gains

    Hancock Holding Company (HBHC) Dividend Yield: 2.89% Price: $33.16 Annual Dividend: $0.96 EPS (2013 Est.): $2.23 P/E (2013 Est.): 14.9 Price/Sales: 2.96 Price/Book Value: 1.16 Market Cap: $2.72B Investing in regional banks has been a great way to pick up some meaty yields and rack up capital gains. We've done it more than a dozen times with previously recommended banking outfits. Let's do it again today. Gulfport, Miss.-based Hancock [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: October 25 Weekly Review

    Instead of political wrangling driving the stock market, this week the focus was on quarterly corporate earnings reports. Results have been largely impressive. Almost half of the companies in the S&P 500 have reported so far during this cycle, and three-fourths of them have topped analysts’ earnings expectations. Stocks reacted [...]

  • Smaller Banks Fundamentals Prove To Be Favorable

    Ames National Corp. (ATLO) Dividend Yield: 2.85% Price: $22.44 Annual Dividend: $0.64 EPS (TTM): $1.52 P/E (TTM): 14.7 Price/Sales: 5.28 Price/Book Value: 1.51 Market Cap: $209M If you are a longtime Forbes Dividend Investor subscriber, you're quite familiar by now with the way that our model favors the fundamentals found at regional banks. The recovering economy and real estate market also provide tailwinds for these smaller banks. Even though the [...]

  • Positive Earnings For Regional Network

    NTELOS Holdings (NTLS) Dividend Yield: 9.01% Price: $19.00 Annual Dividend Per Share: $1.72 EPS (Jan. 2014 Est.): $1.00 P/E (Jan. 2014 Est.): 18.8 Price/Sales: 0.86 Price/Book Value: 9.22 Market Cap: $409M The wireless business is an industry dominated by big players like AT&T and Verizon, with progressively smaller competitors from Sprint and T-Mobile to a number of rural networks around the U.S. The bigger phone companies frequently [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: October 18 Weekly Review

    If you read newspapers or listen to talking heads that light up cable TV news—or if you get your news from the likes of Leno, Letterman or Jon Stewart—you no doubt know that the 17-day government shutdown is over and that the country isn’t going to stiff its creditors. Congress [...]

  • Steady Increase In Distributions With Rose Rock

    Rose Rock Midstream (RRMS) Dividend Yield: 5.17% Price: $33.98 Annual Distribution: $1.76 EPU (2013 Est.): $1.77 P/E (2013 Est.): 19.2 Price/Sales: 0.55 Price/Book Value: 3.22 Market Cap: $730.2M Many investors interested in yield naturally gravitate to the large payouts afforded by master limited partnerships. In our past picks, we've chosen about a dozen MLPs, which is not really that much when you consider the 215 picks made [...]

  • Revenue Jump For Fifth Street

    Fifth Street Finance (FSC) Dividend Yield: 11.4% Price: $10.10 Annual Dividend: $1.15 EPS (2013 Est.): $1.06 P/E (2013 Est.): 9.5 Price/Sales: 6.07 Price/Book Value: 1.02 Market Cap: $1.2B Business development companies have been reliable sources of fat income for investors over the past several years as the economy has recovered from the financial crisis and commerce has expanded. Even after the strong performance as a group, there [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: October 11 Weekly Review

    In last week’s Friday letter, I noted the spiking CBOE Put-Call Ratio, and how it was up near past levels that preceded rallies in stocks. As the ratio peaks and turns back lower, there’s an updraft in stock prices as pessimism turns around and short positions rush to cover. You [...]

  • Electricity Distribution Anticipates Uptick In Revenue

    Emera (EMRAF) Dividend Yield: 4.98% Price: $28.08 Annual Dividend: $1.40 EPS (TTM): $1.76 P/E (TTM): 10.6 Price/Sales: 1.73 Price/Book Value: 2.01 Market Cap: $3.7B Recent elections in Canada brought the Liberal Party to power in Nova Scotia. Among the topics covered by Liberal candidates in political rhetoric leading up to the vote were the price of power and the profits earned by power companies. Now with Liberals in [...]

  • Good Looking Fundamentals With Russia

    CTC Media (CTCM) Dividend Yield: 5.91% Price: $10.82 Annual Dividend: $0.64 EPS (2013 Est.): $1.02 P/E (2013 Est.): 10.6 Price/Sales: 2.06 Price/Book Value: 2.45 Market Cap: $1.69B Investing in emerging markets brings with it some additional risks that you do not find as frequently in companies based in the United States. Two of these are political risk and the inequitable application of the rule of law. In [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: October 4 Weekly Review

    Stocks shrugged off the government shutdown for the most part, with the S&P 500 Index closing Friday just 0.07% lower than last Friday. Fears of a prolonged deadlock between President Obama and Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives raised the specter of government default—which is what would happen [...]

  • Earnings Double For Clothing Company

    Cherokee (CHKE) Dividend Yield: 3.08% Price: $12.96 Annual Dividend: $0.40 EPS (Jan. 2014 Est.): $0.91 P/E (Jan. 2014 Est.): 14.2 Price/Sales: 3.86 Price/Book Value: 6.51 Market Cap: $109M Charity has no place in investing. Hard luck stories are heart-tugging, but don't let them sucker you into wasting your money. When possible, try to find when that luck is turning around and be there to profit when the [...]
  • September

    Real Estate Boom In The Golden State

    Banc of California (BANC) Dividend Yield: 3.51% Price: $13.67 Annual Dividend: $0.48 EPS (2013 Est.): $1.61 P/E (2013 Est.): 8.5 Price/Sales: 1.07 Price/Book Value: 1.21 Market Cap: $246.3M California was among the states hardest hit when the residential real estate boom turned bust six years ago. Banks involved in the mortgage origination business minted money until 2007, but then deteriorating credit quality turned into a maelstrom that [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: September 27 Weekly Review

    Stocks lost some momentum this week after the big 'no-taper' surprise decision from the Federal Reserve the week before. Speeches from the presidents of Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, New York and Minneapolis seemed to indicate that it could be several months before the Fed slows down its $85 billion [...]

  • Textbook Value With Smaller Banks

    Financial Institutions Inc. (FISI) Dividend Yield: 3.82% Price: $19.91 Annual Dividend: $0.76 EPS (2013 Est.): $1.76 P/E (2013 Est. ): 11.8 Price/Sales: 2.42 Price/Book Value: 1.16 Market Cap: $273.6M In a scene from the Godfather, an aging Vito Corleone is speaking to his son, Michael, looking back at his life. "I work my whole life, I don't apologize, to take care of my family," he tells [...]

  • UMH Properties Produces High Dividend Yield

    UMH Properties (UMH) Dividend Yield: 7.25% Price: $9.92 Annual Dividend: $0.50 FFO (2013 Est.): $0.84 P/FFO (2013 Est. ): 11.8 Price/Sales: 3.15 Price/Book Value: 2.00 Market Cap: $187.4M Real estate investment trusts remain attractive spigots of long-term income even though the past several months of rising interest rates have taken their toll on prices. The benchmark Cohen & Steers Realty Majors (ICF) ETF is down 9.5% in [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: September 20 Weekly Review

    The Federal Reserve drove much of the market action this week, especially on Wednesday afternoon when the Federal Open Market Committee concluded its two-day meeting and announced that it would not slow down its $85 billion in monthly purchases of government bonds and agency mortgage-backed securities. Markets had been expecting [...]

  • Profit Margin At Highest Level For PetroLogistics

    PetroLogistics L.P. (PDH) Dividend Yield: 10.0% Price: $12.01 Annual Dividend: $1.20 EPS (2013 Est.): $1.44 P/E (2013 Est. ): 8.4 Price/Sales: 2.43 Price/Book Value: 4.68 Market Cap: $1.68B Markets got a huge surprise when the Federal Open Market Committee's statement from its two-day meeting came out on Wednesday afternoon. The Fed's decision not to slow down its $85 billion in monthly purchases of government bonds and mortgage-backed [...]

  • Regularly Rising Dividends With Shoe Company

    Weyco Group (WEYS) Dividend Yield: 2.94% Price: $24.53 Annual Dividend Per Share: $0.72 EPS (TTM): $1.69 P/E (TTM): 14.5 Price/Sales: 0.90 Price/Book Value: 1.52 Market Cap: $265.6M This recommendation is about a shoe company that's hitting its stride and kicking out a steady flow of dividends that regularly rise. Milwaukee-based Weyco Group (WEYS) is the business behind Florsheim and Nunn Bush shoes, which it designs and markets throughout [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: September 13 Weekly Review

    Stocks rallied this week, partially in response to President Obama deciding to shelve an immediate U.S. strike on Syria and allow a Russian plan to put the Assad regime’s chemical weapons arsenal under international control. The S&P 500 Index rose 1.98% for the week to 1688, closing comfortably above its [...]

  • Regional Banks Continue To Sport Impressive Credentials

    Brookline Bankcorp (BRKL) Dividend Yield: 3.66% Price: $9.28 Annual Dividend Per Share: $0.34 EPS (2013 Est.): $0.55 P/E (2013 Est. ): 16.8 Price/Sales: 3.29 Price/Book Value: 1.07 Market Cap: $647M The regional banks that performed so well for us from May through early August have continued to sport impressive value credentials, while prices have pulled back slightly. The SPDR Regional Banking ETF (KRE) is down 2.3% in [...]

  • Growth In Revenue For Teen Fashion

    American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) Dividend Yield: 3.35% Price: $14.91 Annual Dividend: $0.50 EPS (Jan. 2014 Est.): $0.89 P/E (Jan 2014 Est. ): 16.7 Price/Sales: 0.83 Price/Book Value: 2.36 Market Cap: $2.87B Fashion taste in the world of teen apparel is a notoriously fickle beast, with clothes that were cool last year likely to be today's discards. During the latest back-to-school shopping season, it seems that none of [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: September 6 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor: The August nonfarm payrolls released by the Labor Department Friday morning showed that the job market is not as strong as prior reports have suggested. Payrolls grew by 169,000 last month, short of expectations for 180,000. What’s worse is that July’s initial reading of 162,000 jobs created was [...]

  • Earnings Expected To Grow For Corning

    Corning (GLW) Dividend Yield: 2.78% Price: $14.41 Annual Dividend: $0.40 EPS (2013 Est.): $1.28 P/E (2013 Est. ): 11.2 Price/Sales: 2.68 Price/Book Value: 0.98 Market Cap: $21.04B One of the oldest continuously operating companies in the United States, Corning dates back to 1851. Until 1989, it was known as Corning Glass Works and was primarily known as a maker of CorningWare and Corelle tableware and Pyrex glass [...]

  • Positive Of Owning Canadian Oil Sands

    Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. (COSWF) Dividend Yield: 7.3% Price: $19.23 Annual Dividend Per Share: $1.40 EPS (TTM): $2.01 P/E (TTM): 9.5 Price/Sales: 2.37 Price/Book Value: 2.00 Market Cap: $9.3B Despite the threat of conflict in Syria and the greater Middles East, crude oil is not spiking wildly. President Obama putting the decision to attack Syria before Congress took oil down a few notches, but strong August PMI [...]
  • August

    Forbes Dividend Investor: August 30 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor: The stock market needed a new bogeyman. Ben Bernanke was getting old. Investors had been fretting over when and by how much the Fed would trim its $85 billion in monthly purchases of government bonds and mortgage paper purchases. This week the market got a new bad guy, Syrian President [...]

  • Abundant Value In Nam Tai

    Nam Tai Electronics (NTE) Dividend Yield: 7.87% Price: $7.62 Annual Dividend: $0.60 EPS (TTM): $1.63 P/E (TTM): 4.67 Prices/Sales: 0.25 Price/Book Value: 0.97 Market Cap: $345M Some companies have a checkered past and even an uncertain future, but because their fundamentals flash big-time value with a fat yield that's well covered, you're willing to give them the benefit of [...]

  • Meaty Payouts In REITs

    One Liberty Properties (OLP) Dividend Yield: 6.47% Price: $21.63 Annual Dividend: $1.40 EPS (2013 Est.): $1.68 P/E (2013 Est.): 12.9 Prices/Sales: 6.94 Price/Book Value: 1.30 Market Cap: $336.6M Higher interest rates have taken a toll on real estate investment trusts. Since May 1, REITs in the iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors (ICF) ETF have tumbled 12.4%. Marquee names [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: August 23 Weekly Review

    Dear Subscriber: Stocks finished out the week higher on Friday, but thanks to a big drop in Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), the Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped 0.47% on the week to its third straight weekly decline. The Dow dipped below 15,000 for the first time since early July, but closed above the threshold. The [...]

  • Expect Revenue Climbs From This Offshore Driller

    Ensco plc (ESV) Dividend Yield: 3.63% Price: $55.10 Annual Dividend: $2.00 EPS (2013 Est.): $6.47 P/E (2013 Est.): 8.5 Prices/Sales: 2.82 Price/Book Value: 1.06 Market Cap: $12.87B Shares of offshore energy services companies tend to bob up and down like the rigs and drilling platforms that they own when they're deployed on the waves somewhere in an active oil [...]

  • Huge Discounts From Minnesota Business

    C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) Dividend Yield: 2.5% Price: $56.02 Annual Dividend: $1.40 EPS (2013 Est.): $2.81 P/E (2013 Est.): 19.9 Prices/Sales: 0.73 Price/Book Value: 5.98 Market Cap: $8.93B If you're in the business of arranging shipments of all types of goods and materials around the globe, a good proxy for how well your company does is the pace of [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: August 16 Weekly Review

    Dear Subscriber: Stocks are once again feeling the pressure of higher interest rates. The spike in rates that began in May caught a fresh updraft this week as a continued flow of robust economic data reinforced the idea that the Federal Reserve will soon tap the brakes on its $85 billion in monthly purchases of government [...]

  • ArcelorMittal On The Rebound

    ArcelorMittal (MT) Dividend Yield: 5.66% Price: $14.13 Annual Dividend: $1.08 EPS (2014 Est.): $0.80 P/E (2014 Est.): 13.1 Prices/Sales: 0.29 Price/Book Value: 0.46 Market Cap: $22.06B Just a few weeks ago, you couldn't find many people saying anything good about China and Europe. Most talking heads on TV focused on the slowdown in China's GDP growth, and the recessionary [...]

  • Scoop Up A Bargain With This Oil Company

    EXCO Resources (XCO) Dividend Yield: 2.55% Price: $7.83 Annual Dividend: $0.52 EPS (2013 Est.): $0.20 P/E (2013 Est.): 15.0 Prices/Sales: 2.89 Price/Book Value: 4.42 Market Cap: $4.38B Oil and gas prices are notoriously volatile, providing opportunities to buy producers of these commodities at bargain prices, but also to overpay. In the case of Dallas-based EXCO Resources (XCO), valuations suggest [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: August 9 Weekly Review

    Dear Subscriber: The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted a weekly decline for the first time in the past seven weeks on Friday, dropping 1.49% after hitting a new high at the end of last week. Drops of more than 3% in big banks like Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Goldman Sachs and Morgan [...]

  • Good Upside From Restaurant Business

    Frisch's Restaurants (FRS) Dividend Yield: 3.02% Price: $21.18 Annual Dividend: $0.64 EPS (May 2014 Est.): $1.41 P/E (May 2014 Est.): 15.0 Prices/Sales: 0.53 Price/Book Value: 1.29 Market Cap: $106.7M Cincinnati-based Frisch's Restaurants, with its distinctively themed Big Boy restaurants, has a name and a heritage much larger than the company's current micro-cap stature with a market value just north [...]

  • Another Chance At Redemption By This Regional Bank

    Valley National Bancorp (VLY) Dividend Yield: 6.1% Price: $10.66 Annual Dividend: $0.65 EPS (TTM): $0.71 P/E (TTM): 15 Prices/Sales: 3.63 Price/Book Value: 1.39 Market Cap: $2.12B It's been a few weeks since I recommended another regional bank, but after poring over possibilities for today's pick, here is another smaller bank, this one based in the Garden State. Headquartered in Wayne, [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: August 2 Weekly Review

    Dear Subscriber: Intraday swings can be wild on days when big reports hit the market. The U.S. Department of Labor’s monthly nonfarm payrolls report on Friday morning showed an increase of 162,000 jobs in July, well short of the 184,000 consensus forecast. In a separate survey, the unemployment rate dropped to 7.4% from [...]
  • July

    Dividend Triples For Real Estate Company

    DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT) Dividend Yield: 4.4% Price: $22.61 Annual Dividend Per Share: $1.00 EPS (Est.): $0.72 P/E (Est. ): 31.4 Price/Sales: 4.27 Price/Book Value: 1.58 Market Cap: $1.46B Real estate investment trusts are a staple of income investing but after the four-year run-up in prices coming out of the financial crisis, yields have been pushed down to levels not much higher than you can find on [...]