Top 100

Top 100 Yearly Performance 12.31.18

Here is the latest performance data on the Dividend Manager's Top 100 Dividend Stock Companies as of 12.31.18. Company Ticker MTD QTD YTD Merck & Co Inc MRK -3 8.49 39.33 Kohl’s Corp KSS -0.33 -10.19 26.83 Pfizer Inc PFE -5.58 -0.18 24.27 Infosys Ltd INFY -3.45 -5.46 22.36 Microsoft Corp MSFT -8.4 -11.19 20.21… Continue reading Top 100 Yearly Performance 12.31.18

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Top 100 Monthly Performance 08.31.18

Here is the latest performance data on the Dividend Manager's Top 100 Dividend Stock Companies as of 8.31.18. Company Ticker MTD CVS Health Corp CVS 16 Cisco Systems Inc CSCO 12.96 Progressive Corporation PGR 12.53 Fluor FLR 12.43 AmerisourceBergen Corp ABC 10.41 Discover Financial Services DFS 9.96 Target Corp TGT 9.25 The Kroger Co KR… Continue reading Top 100 Monthly Performance 08.31.18

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Top 100 Monthly Performance 07.31.18

Here is the latest performance data on the Dividend Manager's Top 100 Dividend Stock Companies as of 7.31.18. Company Ticker MTD Marathon Petroleum Corp MPC 15.21 Qualcomm Inc QCOM 14.2 United Parcel Service Inc UPS 12.86 Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc WBA 12.67 Eaton Corp PLC ETN 11.28 Novartis AG NVS 11.07 JP Morgan Chase and… Continue reading Top 100 Monthly Performance 07.31.18

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Top 100 Quarterly Performance 6.30.18

Here is the latest performance data on the Dividend Manager's Top 100 Dividend Stock Companies as of 6.30.18. Company Ticker MTD QTD Hess Corporation HES 11.12 32.64 Occidental Petroleum Corp OXY 0.3 30 Darden Restaurants Inc DRI 22.48 26.32 Apache Oil APA 16.88 22.14 Valero Energy Corp VLO -8.56 20.33 The Kroger Co KR 16.93… Continue reading Top 100 Quarterly Performance 6.30.18

Dividend Stock of the Month, Top 100

Adding Hershey to Top 100

Consumer staples stocks have lagged the market by a wide margin over the past year. Hershey's shares have fallen along with the sector. Margins are getting compressed so rapidly across the sector along as commodity inflation increases. Hershey's stock price has dropped by 20 percent as the sector has been out of favor and Hershey’s adjusted gross… Continue reading Adding Hershey to Top 100

ADR Stocks, Sector Analysis, Top 100

2 Premier Healthcare Dividend Stocks in 2018

The S&P 500 is currently trading at a forward P/E ratio of 17.1. The current valuation of the stock market is well above the 5-year average (15.1) and its 10-year average (14.4) as well. That is making it difficult for dividend investors to find new potential candidates for purchase, especially after the election rally.  Many stocks within the… Continue reading 2 Premier Healthcare Dividend Stocks in 2018

Top 100

Top 100 Monthly Performance 11.30.17

Company Ticker MTD YTD L Brands Inc LB 31.67 -11.19 Qualcomm Inc QCOM 31.17 5.18 The Kroger Co KR 25.53 -23.65 Gap Inc GPS 24.32 47.06 GGP Inc GGP 20.76 -3.28 Viacom Inc VIAB 17.85 -17.61 Hormel Foods Corp HRL 16.98 6.66 Kohl’s Corp KSS 14.87 0.49 Fluor FLR 12.35 -6.63 CVS Health Corp CVS… Continue reading Top 100 Monthly Performance 11.30.17

Top 100

Updated Top 100 Rankings

New Top 100 Stocks Added: Novo Nordisk, Boston Properties, Bristol Myers, Emerson Electric, Hormel Foods, The Mosaic Co., Apache Oil, Realty Income, Agrium Inc., Fluor, and Philip Morris International. Deleted Top 100 Stocks: Ford Motor, Toronto Dominion Bank, UnitedHealth Group, Boeing Co., Chevron, Praxair Inc., Halliburton, AvalonBay Communities, BASF SE, Apple and Potash Corp. Ranking Stock Name… Continue reading Updated Top 100 Rankings

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Top 100 Monthly Performance 4.30.17

Company Ticker MTD Novo Nordisk A/S NVO 12.84 L Brands Inc LB 12.12 Société Générale ADR SCGLY 9.12 Gap Inc GPS 8.81 McDonald’s Corp MCD 7.96 Quest Diagnostics Inc DGX 7.91 Invesco Ltd IVZ 7.54 UnitedHealth Group Inc UNH 6.63 United Technologies Corp UTX 6.04 CVS CareMark CVS 5.66 State Street Corporation STT 5.39 Unilever… Continue reading Top 100 Monthly Performance 4.30.17

ADR Stocks, Top 100

3 Attractive French ADR Dividend Stocks

U.S. dividend investors should think outside the box in finding undervalued dividend stocks.  Nearly one-third of our Top 100 stocks are located outside the U.S and trade as ADRs, or American Depository Receipts.  Foreign stocks now provide higher dividend yields than their U.S. counterparts, especially in Europe.  Although many of these ADRs have infrequent trading… Continue reading 3 Attractive French ADR Dividend Stocks