I am always in search of dividend paying stocks. I was stupid and chased the great ideas and stocks that “had potential” to fly off the chart… I hit a few, and lost a lot more. Now, with nothing paying interest I look for dividend paying stocks… I should have been doing this 20 years ago and by now I might have a big pot of stocks that would pay me “not to work”… Good thought but ?
I pulled this list from a blog “Dividend Growth Stocks”. This site puts out some good stuff for me to do more study on. I own some AT&T but none of the others so I will be looking at them.
10 dividend growth stocks to look at:
Southern Company (SO) is an Atlanta-based energy holding company that is one of the largest producers of electricity in the U.S.
Yield: 4.1% | Years of Increases: 10
Scana Corporation (SCG) is an energy-based holding company that provides electric, natural gas, and telecommunications services.
Yield: 4.3% | Years of Increases: 11
HCP, Inc. (HCP) is an equity-oriented real estate investment trust, based in California, that has direct or joint venture investments in health care-related facilities across the U.S.
Yield: 4.6% | Years of Increases: 11
People’s United Financial Inc. (PBCT) -provides a full range of banking and financial service products to individuals, corporations and municipal customers in the U.S. Northeast.
Yield: 5.0% | Years of Increases: 14
Avon Products, Inc. (AVP) is the world’s leading direct marketer of cosmetics, toiletries, fashion jewelry and fragrances, with about 6.5 million sales representatives worldwide.
Yield: 5.0% | Years of Increases: 21
AT&T Inc. (T) provides telephone and broadband service and holds full ownership of AT&T Mobility (formerly Cingular Wireless). Plans to acquire T Mobile USA were recently scrapped.
Yield: 5.8% | Years of Increases: 28
Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI) is the world’s largest maker of mailing systems, and also provides production and document management equipment and facilities management services.
Yield: 7.6% | Years of Increases: 29
Consolidated Edison, Inc. (ED) is an electric and gas utility holding company that serves parts of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Yield: 4.0% | Years of Increases: 38
Leggett & Platt, Inc. (LEG) makes a broad line of bedding and furniture components and other home, office and commercial furnishings, as well as diversified products for non-furnishings markets.
Yield: 4.7% | Years of Increases: 39
Cincinnati Financial Corp. (CINF) is an insurance holding company that primarily markets property and casualty coverage. It also conducts life insurance and asset management operations.
Yield: 4.9% | Years of Increases: 51