15 Large Cap Dividend Stocks With Low Debt I Like In A Low Interest Environment

Large Cap dividend stocks with very low debt and stock beta ratios originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. You know that I also cover stocks with low beta ratios, also mentioned as stocks with a lower correlation to the market.

I’ve published a long list with over 120 stocksabout large capitalized stocks with safe haven characteristics. For sure, safe is nothing on an angry sea but I believe these could be some values in my screen.

Today I like to show you the lowest leveraged stocks from the safe haven large cap list with a minimum dividend payout of 1 percent.

That’s not much and the low interest environment also keeps the capital and interest income of the corporates at a low level but I think it’s much easier to boost growth and increase future dividends for a low debt corporation than it would be for a high leveraged company.

Fifteen stocks fulfilled these criteria of which six have a current buy or better rating.

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Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On October 17, 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, 13 stocks go ex dividend - of which 2 yield more than 3 percent. Here is a full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date within the current week.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Dorchester Minerals LP	DMLP	745.40M	18.41	6.68	11.47	6.50%
Main Street Capital Corporation	MAIN	1.05B	9.56	1.59	10.19	6.39%
Caterpillar Inc.	CAT	55.73B	13.53	3.16	0.92	2.80%
McGrath Rentcorp	MGRC	887.90M	20.48	2.29	2.35	2.74%
RPM International Inc.	RPM	4.77B	29.26	3.96	1.14	2.44%
WD-40 Company	WDFC	1.01B	25.43	5.57	2.81	1.90%
Hormel Foods Corp.	HRL	11.27B	22.91	3.70	1.31	1.60%
CVS Caremark Corporation	CVS	72.47B	17.47	1.86	0.59	1.52%
NetApp, Inc.	NTAP	14.28B	28.46	3.55	2.23	1.47%
Home Federal Bancorp of Louisiana	HFBL	35.55M	12.89	0.85	2.69	1.43%
Graco Inc.	GGG	4.68B	25.11	8.36	4.40	1.31%
CR Bard Inc.	BCR	9.45B	56.41	6.05	3.17	0.71%

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Next Week's Top Yielding Ex-Dividend Shares

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 week.

In total, 37 stocks go ex dividend - of which 8 yield more than 3 percent. 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
Senior Housing Properties Trust	SNH	4.55B	31.82	1.62	6.26	6.45%
Vale S.A.	VALE	79.93B	19.15	1.14	1.71	4.84%
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	CBRL	2.51B	21.56	5.19	0.95	2.84%
Foot Locker, Inc.	FL	4.91B	12.13	2.03	0.78	2.43%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.	CL	57.34B	25.71	37.47	3.32	2.21%
Franco-Nevada Corporation	FNV	6.02B	78.85	1.96	14.29	1.76%
Hormel Foods Corp.	HRL	11.40B	23.17	3.74	1.33	1.58%
CVS Caremark Corporation	CVS	73.09B	17.62	1.88	0.59	1.51%
NetApp, Inc.	NTAP	14.59B	29.07	3.63	2.28	1.44%
Pall Corp.	PLL	8.66B	26.77	4.77	3.27	1.43%
Graco Inc.	GGG	4.65B	24.94	8.31	4.37	1.32%
Thor Industries Inc.	THO	3.05B	20.13	3.42	0.94	1.25%
Apache Corp.	APA	34.48B	13.96	1.09	2.02	0.91%
HB Fuller Co.	FUL	2.28B	23.59	2.72	1.13	0.87%
PerkinElmer Inc.	PKI	4.16B	59.14	2.24	1.95	0.75%
Acuity Brands, Inc.	AYI	4.15B	33.04	4.17	1.99	0.53%
Lennar Corp.	LEN	6.64B	17.59	1.85	1.24	0.46%
EOG Resources, Inc.	EOG	48.33B	48.77	3.36	3.67	0.42%

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11 Great Dividend Growth Stocks With Low Debt

Great dividend paying stocks with low debt ratios originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Dividend growth is wonderful but it does not mean a good return in the end. Out there are also stocks that hiked dividends over 10 years or more but they delivered only a 3 percent annual return of which 2 percent are explainable to cash dividend payments.

A good dividend growth stocks is a pick that delivers adequate returns far above the expected inflation rate. Nobody knows which stock can give you this but one critical factor is the amount of debt. A low leveraged stock has more possibilities to grow in an easy way.

Today I would like to share some great dividend stocks with low debt ratios. Great dividend stocks are those stocks that have delivered good growth and high returns combined in the past.

I used a restriction of a debt to equity ratio of 0.5 percent. Eleven stocks fulfilled my criteria of which six are recommended to buy.

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20 Dividend Champions With Highest Cash Distribution Growth Rates Over The Short-Run

Dividend Champions with the fastest short-term dividend growth originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. A growing dividend is normally a good sign for investors. The corporate shows two characteristics to their owners: Strength and power of a healthy and growing business.

The rate of dividend growth is in this context a great measure to judge the success of a business. A company with a 20 percent dividend growth rate must have a stronger growing underlying business than a corporate with a 3 percent growing dividend. The future looks rosy and the management team is more optimistic to share profits of the company at a high level.

Firms that hike dividends faster than inflation, deliver accelerated growth or maintain growth at a high level, can pass returns to shareholders.

Today I would like to present you the 20 fastest growing dividends from the Dividend Champions list over the short-run. 105 companies are part of the list which is a compilation of stocks with over 25 years of consecutive dividend growth.

And the winners are: Services and industrials. No other sectors have more constituents on the list. It was the best place to be in the past to gain a higher dividend. This is not equal to return or profits.

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Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On July 18, 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.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks July 18, 2013. In total, 8 stocks go ex dividend - of which one yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.82%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Main Street Capital Corporation	MAIN	1.05B	9.11	1.63	11.02	6.13%
Caterpillar Inc.	CAT	57.86B	11.87	3.17	0.92	2.72%
Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	QCOR	2.81B	15.06	14.39	5.13	2.06%
Hormel Foods Corp.	HRL	10.97B	22.38	3.65	1.30	1.64%
Graco Inc.	GGG	4.12B	25.33	8.13	3.94	1.48%
Apache Corp.	APA	32.16B	17.72	1.05	1.93	0.98%
CR Bard Inc.	BCR	9.10B	19.89	4.80	3.07	0.75%

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