6 Best Risk Rewarded Dividend Stocks From The S&P 500

Investors should take care about the risk when they plan to invest. A good and well-known indicator for the risk assessment is the Shape ratio.

The ratio evaluates the performance of the stock in relation to its volatility. It's also a figure that is based on the past performance data. Future developments are not detected.

Below are 6 stocks from the S&P 500 with very attractive Sharpe ratios. My main criteria are a dividend yield of more than 1 percent at a payout ratio of less than 100 percent of earnings.

The top risk rewarded dividend stocks from the S&P 500 are....

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12 Dividend Income Growth Stocks Below Book Value

Dividend growth stocks below book value originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. How would it be if you purchase a dollar for 50 cents? I believe it would a great deal but who gives you values for less than the price you pay?

For sure, nobody will gift you something on the market and there is definitely no free lunch. That’s a major rule I’ve learned from my years as a professional investor. But sometimes these are good companies with price to book ratios below the current market valuation. Theoretically, you get more values for each dollar but does it helps you if the corporate produces losses and decreases the book value year for year? I don’t think so. But the answer is always hidden.

Today I would like to present you dividend growth stocks that have hiked their payments uninterrupted over more than five years and have a price-to-book ratio below one at the same time. The financial industry is one of the biggest contributors to the screening results. Are there real values for investors?

Only 12 corporate stocks in total fulfilled these two criteria of which four yield over three percent and six of them have a current buy or better rating.

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Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On August 22, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

In total, 16 stocks go ex dividend - of which 3 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 2.68%. Here is a full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date within the upcoming week.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Intersections Inc.	INTX	177.93M	17.00	1.72	0.53	8.11%
Pan American Silver Corp.	PAAS	2.07B	-	0.77	2.26	3.66%
Atmos Energy Corporation	ATO	3.77B	17.07	1.46	1.01	3.36%
FirstMerit Corporation	FMER	3.63B	17.81	1.42	6.16	2.79%
HollyFrontier Corporation	HFC	9.25B	5.91	1.48	0.45	2.62%
Symantec Corporation	SYMC	18.30B	24.77	3.33	2.63	2.28%
Assurant Inc.	AIZ	4.27B	11.04	0.89	0.49	1.82%
Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc.	DNKN	4.66B	36.83	13.14	6.88	1.76%
Robert Half International Inc.	RHI	5.13B	22.14	5.95	1.24	1.70%
Old Line Bancshares Inc.	OLBK	89.93M	12.87	1.20	2.37	1.22%
Apollo Global Management, LLC	APO	3.91B	8.00	3.70	1.06	0.98%
Guaranty Bancorp	GBNK	240.52M	19.88	1.30	3.49	0.87%
LSB Financial Corp.	LSBI	37.58M	13.88	0.95	2.47	0.83%
Haverty Furniture Companies	HVT	574.87M	28.18	2.11	0.81	0.62%
Hecla Mining Co.	HL	1.13B	-	0.85	3.49	0.27%
Radian Group Inc.	RDN	2.26B	-	2.51	3.10	0.08%

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Insurer Aflac: The New Stock Holding For The Dividend Yield Passive Income Portfolio

Last Friday, I purchased the cheapest Dividend Champion with a forward P/E of 9.10. The company is acting within the accident and health insurance sector and is named AFLAC. Insurer AFLAC raised its dividends over a period of 30 consecutive years and yields at 2.36 percent. Earnings per share are expected to grow by 5.58 percent for the next year and 6.92 percent for the upcoming five years. That’s a solid value and if it comes true, a P/E below 10 is damn cheap in my view.

The stock suffers a little bit under recent damage claims as well as the low interest environment. I personally don’t have an idea how big the risks of a rising interest rate could be but I believe that they can be managed.

AFLAC is up 13.2 percent this year and gained 40 percent over the recent year. With a beta ratio of 1.89, AFLAC seems like a very risky and volatile stock but if you look at the fundamentals, you can see that it's not true. Also the debt to equity ratio of 0.28 is low. The company has around USD 4.2 billion in long-term debt at a net income of USD 2.8 billion

Earnings and Dividends From Aflac

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For readers who a new to the matter and my dividend growth philosophy: I funded a virtual portfolio with 100k on October 04, 2012 with the aim to build a passive income stream that doubles each five to ten years. I plan to purchase each week one stock holding until the money is fully invested. The total number of constituents is expected at 50 – 70 companies and the dividend income should be at least at $3,000 per year.

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The current AFL stake cost me around USD 1,200 bucks and will give me approximately USD 28 dividend income for the full year. The stock is underweighted with 0.75 percent portfolio share.

Latest Portfolio Transactions (Click to enlarge)

Dividend Yield Passive Income Portfolio I (Click to enlarge)

Dividend Yield Passive Income Portfolio II (Click to enlarge)

The full-year dividend yield income of the portfolio is now estimated at USD 2,090.33.  With USD 41.436,05 in cash on hands and bank accounts, it should be possible to hit my aim of a USD 3,000 dividend income by the end of the year. All I need to do is to buy stocks with a yield on cost for around 3 percent.

The current yield on cost amounts to 3.49 percent while the actual portfolio yield is a little bit lower at 3.21 percent due to the capital gains.

Portfolio Performance (Click to enlarge)

All stock holdings from the Dividend Yield Passive Income Portfolio are up in average by 9.28 percent since the date of funding. The underperformance to the main indices is reasonable to the slow purchasing process. In a down-going market, my strategy would perform better than the market. But I am not interested in quick money. I want to build a long-term dividend growth portfolio which doubles each ten years from alone.

Here is the income perspective:

Sym	Name	P/E Ratio	Dividend Yield		Buy	# Shrs	Income	Value
TRI	Thomson Reuters C	16.44	3.73		28.90	50	$64.50	$1,725.50
LMT	Lockheed Martin C	13.33	3.86		92.72	20	$89.00	$2,311.00
INTC	Intel Corporation	11.62	3.87		21.27	50	$45.00	$1,152.00
MCD	McDonald's Corpor	18.58	3		87.33	15	$45.15	$1,504.05
WU	Western Union Com	10.47	2.73		11.95	100	$47.50	$1,732.00
PM	Philip Morris Int	17.16	3.85		85.42	20	$68.78	$1,772.20
JNJ	Johnson & Johnson	24.49	2.76		69.19	20	$49.80	$1,844.60
MO	Altria Group Inc	17.12	4.76		33.48	40	$70.40	$1,486.00
SYY	Sysco Corporation	20.85	3.1		31.65	40	$44.40	$1,441.20
DRI	Darden Restaurant	15.97	4.09		46.66	30	$61.50	$1,484.70
CA	CA Inc.	14.37	3.36		21.86	50	$50.00	$1,482.50
PG	Procter & Gamble	17.99	2.9		68.72	25	$58.20	$2,034.25
KRFT	Kraft Foods Group	21.25	3.47		44.41	40	$80.00	$2,306.40
MAT	Mattel Inc.	18.96	3.07		36.45	40	$53.60	$1,695.20
PEP	Pepsico Inc. Com	22.24	2.51		70.88	20	$43.60	$1,728.20
KMB	Kimberly-Clark Co	21.52	3.13		86.82	15	$46.50	$1,492.35
COP	ConocoPhillips Co	10.6	4.09		61.06	20	$52.80	$1,320.00
GIS	General Mills In	18.37	2.67		42.13	30	$41.10	$1,550.40
UL	Unilever PLC Comm	21.06	3.06		39.65	35	$44.91	$1,473.50
NSRGY	NESTLE SA REG SHR	18.84	3.25		68.69	30	$65.31	$2,017.50
GE	General Electric	17.5	3.13		23.39	65	$48.10	$1,606.80
ADP	Automatic Data Pr	24.77	2.33		61.65	25	$42.50	$1,822.00
K	Kellogg Company C	26.18	2.64		61.52	25	$44.00	$1,683.00
KO	Coca-Cola Company	21.36	2.62		38.83	40	$42.80	$1,643.60
RTN	Raytheon Company	12.22	3.01		57.04	20	$42.00	$1,396.00
RCI	Rogers Communicat	11.83	4.1		51.06	50	$83.30	$2,030.00
GPC	Genuine Parts Com	19.88	2.51		77.06	20	$41.28	$1,648.00
TSCDY	TESCO PLC SPONS A	225.6	4.07		17.98	110	$75.68	$1,859.00
APD	Air Products and	17.35	2.79		85.71	15	$40.50	$1,454.85
GSK	GlaxoSmithKline P	19.17	4.47		52.16	30	$70.38	$1,564.50
WMT	Wal-Mart Stores	15.24	2.24		79.25	20	$34.72	$1,561.60
BTI	British American	16.92	3.86		114.6	23	$95.22	$2,448.35
CHL	China Mobile Limi	10.37	4.18		55.32	25	$54.95	$1,316.75
MMM	3M Company Common	18.21	2.12		110.27	15	$36.75	$1,742.85
TUP	Tupperware Brands	22.87	2.48		80.98	15	$29.40	$1,177.95
IBM	International Bus	13.65	1.77		206.35	8	$28.00	$1,548.32
HAS	Hasbro Inc.	18.43	3.18		44.09	30	$44.40	$1,361.40
T	AT&T Inc.	27.64	5.01		34.47	30	$53.70	$1,074.30
WAG	Walgreen Co. Comm	22.11	2.18		44.25	30	$33.00	$1,518.30
AFL	AFLAC Incorporate	9.37	2.33		59.39	20	$27.60	$1,187.80
							$2,090.33	$65,198.92
							Average Yield	3.21%
							Yield On Cost	3.49%

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