Dividend Stocks To Buy

There are so many stocks that investors can buy and many are very confused about the fundamentals and data overflow. They may ask themselves "what dividend stocks should I buy". You can follow so many stock buying approaches like the Dividend Aristocrats, or Dogs of the Dow Jones. You can follow ETFs or cover a simple index of dividend stocks to buy that have outperformed the market. Not all of these strategies are of success. Today, I like to show you what kind of profit you could make by buying dividend stocks and hold them over a very long period. I selected a portfolio of 24 best dividend paying stocks with a well diversified product portfolio. The portfolio was created by buyupside.com and is suitable for a conservative long-term investor.

Here is our dividend buying stock portfolio:

Portfolio Overview

Over the past ten years, stocks from the portfolio grew on average by 148.48% including dividends. This represents an annulized return of 8.71%. Not much but enough for beating the inflation and to increase your private wealth. Below the the portfolio return chart over the recent ten years:

Not all of the stocks have a buy or better recommendation for the time being. Only four companies of the best dividend paying stock portfolio are currently recommended.

Our list of dividend-stocks-to-buy follows:

Chevron Corporation (CVX) has a market capitalization of $207.73 billion. The company generates revenue of $253.706 billion and has a net income of $27.008 billion. The firm’s EBITDA amounts to $60.545 billion. The EBITDA margin is 23.86% (operating margin 18.78% and net profit margin 10.65%).

The total debt represents 4.85% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 8.36%. Last fiscal year, a return on equity of 23.75% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $12.19. Last fiscal year, the company paid $3.09 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 8.68, Price/Sales 0.83 and Price/Book ratio 1.75. Dividend Yield: 3.35%. The beta ratio is 0.80.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has a market capitalization of $191.58 billion. The company generates revenue of $65.030 billion and has a net income of $9.672 billion. The firm’s EBITDA amounts to $15.993 billion. The EBITDA margin is 24.59% (operating margin 19.01% and net profit margin 14.87%).

The total debt represents 17.27% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 34.39%. Last fiscal year, a return on equity of 17.02% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.04. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.25 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 22.88, Price/Sales 2.98 and Price/Book ratio 3.36. Dividend Yield: 3.47%. The beta ratio is 0.55.

Northeast Utilities (NU) has a market capitalization of $12.00 billion. The company generates revenue of $4.465 billion and has a net income of $400.51 million. The firm’s EBITDA amounts to $1.096 billion. The EBITDA margin is 24.55% (operating margin 17.78% and net profit margin 8.97%).

The total debt represents 34.36% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 130.20%. Last fiscal year, a return on equity of 10.09% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.00. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.10 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.14, Price/Sales 2.70 and Price/Book ratio 1.69. Dividend Yield: 3.58%. The beta ratio is 0.48.

Northwest Natural Gas (NWN) has a market capitalization of $1.15 billion. The company generates revenue of $848.80 million and has a net income of $63.90 million. The firm’s EBITDA amounts to $214.85 million. The EBITDA margin is 25.31% (operating margin 17.06% and net profit margin 7.53%).

The total debt represents 29.98% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 115.23%. Last fiscal year, a return on equity of 9.08% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.26. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.75 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.00, Price/Sales 1.37 and Price/Book ratio 1.63. Dividend Yield: 4.19%. The beta ratio is 0.26.

Take a closer look at the current valuation of the best dividend paying stock portfolio. The average P/E is 19.12 and the dividend yield amounts to 4.26%.

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