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Top Performing REITs of 2017

2017/12/28/in Investing /by Staff

Top 75 REIT stocks of 2017 with a yield of 2% or more.

Name	Symbol	REIT Type	Yield	1 Year Return %
CoreSite Realty Corp	COR	Office	3.13	51.85
Mapletree Logistics Trust	MAPGF	Industrial	3.19	50.49
BRT Apartments Corp	BRT	Residential	3.08	49.63
Preferred Apartment	APTS	Residential	4.59	49.37
Dream Global Real Estate	DUNDF	Office	5.9	46.87
CIM Commercial Trust	CMCT	Office	3.06	44.1
Keppel REIT	KREVF	Office	3.68	40.1
American Church Mortgage	ACMC	Diversified	8.13	40
Maxus Realty Trust Inc	MRTI	Residential	4.9	38.8
Ascendas Real Estate	ACDSF	Industrial	5.76	38.65
CyrusOne Inc	CONE	Diversified	2.82	38.39
Pure Industrial Real Estate	PDTRF	Industrial	4.08	37.43
Four Corners Property Trust	FCPT	Hotel & Motel	3.87	37
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable	HASI	Diversified	5.46	36.26
Suntec Real Estate Investment	SURVF	Retail	4.67	36.03
Sunlight Real Estate Investmen	SHTRF	Diversified	2.42	35.86
Invesco Mortgage Capital	IVR	Diversified	9.03	35.63
InterRent Real Estate	IIPZF	Residential	2.67	35.53
NexPoint Residential Trust	NXRT	Residential	3.2	35.39
Mirvac Group	MRVGF	Office	4.44	34.01
Drive Shack Inc	DS	Diversified	2.14	33.97
Killam Apartment	KMMPF	Residential	4.21	33.65
CDL Hospitality Trusts	CDHSF	Hotel & Motel	2.32	33.46
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	PEB	Hotel & Motel	4.02	33.33
Annaly Capital Management	NLY	Diversified	9.98	32.73
National Storage Affiliates	NSA	Industrial	3.77	32.61
Goodman Group	GMGSF	Diversified	3.17	32.5
Lippo Malls Indonesia Retail	LPMDF	Retail	6.2	32.46
Canadian Apartment Properties	CDPYF	Residential	3.04	32.1
Gaming and Leisure Properties	GLPI	Diversified	6.76	31.38
MTGE Investment Corp	MTGE	Diversified	9.89	30.89
Allied Properties Real Estate	APYRF	Office	3.58	30.71
Icade SA	CDMGF	Diversified	5.02	30.44
ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc	ARR	Residential	8.78	30.3
Morguard North American Reside	MNARF	Residential	4.2	30.1
Community Healthcare Trust Inc	CHCT	Healthcare	5.54	30.01
Terreno Realty Corp	TRNO	Industrial	2.38	30
Dream Office Real Estate Inves	DRETF	Office	5.52	29.97
First Real Estate Investment T	FESNF	Healthcare	4.29	29.43
DCT Industrial Trust Inc	DCT	Industrial	2.18	29.34
Equity Lifestyle Properties In	ELS	Residential	2.19	29.3
Two Harbors Investment Corp	TWO	Residential	12.23	29.11
Prologis Inc	PLD	Industrial	2.72	29.04
Artis Real Estate Investment T	ARESF	Diversified	7.43	28.9
New Residential Investment Cor	NRZ	Residential	10.96	28.77
Champion Real Estate Investmen	CMPNF	Retail	2.18	28.64
Nexus Real Estate Investment T	EFRTF	Industrial	7.72	28.26
FIBRA Prologis	FBBPF	Industrial	5.11	28.01
Shopping Centres Australasia P	SCPAF	Retail	5.93	27.37
CapitaLand Mall Trust	CPAMF	Retail	2.53	27.32
Sun Communities Inc	SUI	Residential	2.9	26.7
Arbor Realty Trust Inc	ABR	Diversified	8.25	26.68
W.P. Carey Inc	WPC	Diversified	5.79	26.48
Gladstone Land Corp	LAND	Industrial	3.89	26.23
Tier REIT Inc	TIER	Office	3.5	26.04
EastGroup Properties Inc	EGP	Industrial	2.84	25.96
Independence Realty Trust Inc	IRT	Residential	7.06	25.81
AGNC Investment Corp	AGNC	Residential	10.62	25.63
Sutherland Asset Management Co	SLD	Diversified	9.7	25.32
AG Mortgage Investment Trust I	MITT	Diversified	9.89	25.21
Summit Industrial Income REIT	SMMCF	Industrial	6.84	24.98
Northwest Healthcare Propertie	NWHUF	Healthcare	6.96	24.64
British Land Co PLC ADR	BTLCY	Retail	4.11	24.58
Potlatch Corp	PCH	Diversified	3.07	24.54
Dream Industrial Real Estate I	DREUF	Industrial	7.76	24.51
Granite Real Estate Investment	GRP.U	Industrial	5.22	24.45
Stag Industrial Inc	STAG	Industrial	5.11	24.41
Monmouth Real Estate Investmen	MNR	Industrial	3.68	24.37
Igd SIIQ SPA	IMBRF	Diversified	5.57	24.18
Apollo Commercial Real Estate	ARI	Diversified	9.88	24.15
MGM Growth Properties LLC A	MGP	Hotel & Motel	5.51	23.62
Redefine Properties Ltd	RDPEF	Diversified	9.23	23.6
Alexandria Real Estate Equitie	ARE	Office	2.64	23.57
Digital Realty Trust Inc	DLR	Office	3.26	22.63

Best Performing Bank Dividend Stocks of 2017

2017/12/21/in Investing /by Staff

This table represents the 50 best performing bank stocks in 2017 with a dividend yield of 1% or more. A few banks have announced wage increases and new investments on the back of the tax reform bill. Let’s hope more banks are able to follow their lead in 2018.

Name	Symbol	P/E	Yield	5yr Div Growth %	1 Year Return %
Farmers & Merchants	FMAO	32.46	1.11	3.67	155.1
FNB Bancorp	FNBG	22.8	1.2	28.76	75.48
Nedbank Group Ltd	NDBKF	11.38	4.67	33.89	66.7
First BancTrust Corp	FIRT	22.39	1.12	2.92	63.71
Oak Valley Bancorp	OVLY	16.53	1.25	--	63.57
Greene County	GCBC	24.3	1.12	1.66	62.26
First Choice Bank	FCBK	20.25	3.27	--	54.27
Chemung Financial	CHMG	20.65	1.92	0.79	52.32
DBS Group Holdings	DBSDF	15.97	1.18	1.39	51.67
United Security	UBFO	22.4	1.53	--	51.27
Ohio Valley Banc	OVBC	22.3	2.04	0	50.75
MW Bancorp Inc	MWBC	13.91	2.07	--	50.61
Virginia National	VABK	13.99	1.05	--	50.54
Ally Financial Inc	ALLY	13.5	1.38	--	48.64
Norwood Financial	NWFL	19.4	2.67	3.29	48.3
Kentucky Bancshares	KTYB	13.18	2.51	4.18	48.16
Mid Penn Bancorp Inc	MPB	15.66	1.67	19.14	44.8
MCAN Mortgage Corp	MAMTF	10.89	5.54	1.67	44.26
SpareBank 1	SRMGF	10.26	3.43	--	43.46
Industrial Commercial	IDCBY	6.72	4.31	5.04	42.43
Sturgis Bancorp Inc	STBI	12.97	2.55	0.49	41.45
Intesa Sanpaolo	IITSF	7.98	6.02	11.84	41.34
Timberland Bancorp	TSBK	14.72	1.56	--	39.37
The Community Financial	TCFC	18.89	1.01	0	37.48
ING Groep	INGVF	12.23	4.06	--	36.85
Cambridge Bancorp	CATC	18.61	2.26	4.99	35.75
Citizens Financial	CZFS	16.06	2.67	11.31	34.57
First National	FNLIF	7.57	5.17	3.83	34.22
Franklin Financial	FRAF	14.57	2.48	-5.36	34.2
Farmers Bank of Appo.	FBPA	12.71	1.65	--	33.65
Northeast Community	NECB	51	1.18	0	33.16
Fauquier Bankshares	FBSS	20.19	2.31	0	32.17
Hawthorn Bancshares	HWBK	15.56	1.29	4.6	31.76
Bank of Commerce	BOCH	17.58	1.03	0	31.69
Bank of America	BAC	16.85	1.32	44.27	31.53
Union Bank	UBNC	19.82	1.04	--	29.99
F & M Bank Corp	FMBM	12.55	2.72	5.92	29.56
Old Point Financial	OPOF	40	1.47	14.87	29.53
Community Bancorp	CMTV	15.83	3.53	-2.33	29.41
Eagle Financial Services	EFSI	14.1	2.75	2.64	28.94
Marquette National	MNAT	20.03	2.53	--	28.73
Consumers Bancorp	CBKM	18.51	2.36	-3.93	28.71
Commerce Union	CUBN	25.36	1.56	--	28.44
Calvin B. Taylor	TYCB	18.27	2.81	1.06	28.14
Alerus Financial Corp	ALRS	14.34	2.29	8.2	27.87
Comerica Inc	CMA	19.58	1.26	17.35	27.55
Middlefield Banc	MBCN	15.63	2.23	0.76	27.42
Chesapeake Financial	CPKF	13.73	1.81	8.24	27.21
Katahdin Bankshares Corp	KTHN	14.05	2.56	--	26.88

Dividend Stocks That Have Doubled Since Trump

2017/12/20/in Investing /by Staff

Marketwatch put out a list of 55 stocks that have doubled since Donald Trump was elected. We pulled out the 14 stocks from their list that pay dividends. You can see the Marketwatch article here.

Name	Ticker	Yield	Payout Ratio	Since Trump
Nvidia	NVDA	0.29	13.9	163%
NRG Energy	NRG	0.44	--	143%
Chemours Co.	CC	0.24	8.22	137%
Comtech Telecom	CMTL	1.77	56.34	135%
PetMed Express	PETS	1.64	52.35	134%
General Cable	BGC	2.43	--	130%
Cognex Corp	CGNX	0.27	11.81	123%
HollyFrontier Corp	HFC	2.77	69.47	122%
Boeing	BA	1.91	49.35	112%
KB Home	KBH	0.33	7.14	111%
Bob Evans Farms	BOBE	1.73	105.43	111%
Supernus Pharma	SUPN	0.74	5.04	104%
Winnebago Industries	WGO	0.7	17.24	101%
Cboe Global Markets	CBOE	0.83	53.97	101%

High Return Tech Dividend Stocks

2017/12/19/in Investing /by Staff

The following list includes the top 50 performing tech stocks with a dividend yield of 1% or more and a payout ratio under 90%. There are over 150 tech stocks that returned 10% or more in 2017.

Name	Symbol	Yield	5yr Div Growth %	3yr Incom Growth %	Payout Ratio	YTD Return %
Micro-Mechanics	MCRNF	2.83	14.87	24.01	50.38	153.51
Proto Corp	PTOVF	2.52	21.67	-16.92	34.1	150.12
Advantest Corp	ADTTF	1.16	37.97	--	33.81	128.84
XP Power Ltd	XPPLF	1.17	26.86	5.38	48.93	108.86
Tokyo Electron	TOELF	1.08	46.03	--	22.49	106.26
Transact Technologies	TACT	2.66	--	-9.84	51.52	104.55
Comtech Telecom	CMTL	1.73	-11.42	-14.31	56.34	104.52
Tianneng Power	TIANF	3.84	22.72	85.14	28.73	101.78
Renishaw PLC	RNSHF	1.11	4.3	1.05	33.97	101.6
MiX Telematics Ltd ADR	MIXT	1.4	--	-7.12	40.52	94.25
Yageo Corp ADR	YAGOD	2.68	36.02	39.72	27.12	91.75
Rohm Co Ltd ADR	ROHCY	1.01	8.49	-6.29	30.89	87.83
Craneware PLC ADR	CRWRY	1.29	23.83	16.25	45.76	87.07
Melexis NV	MLXSF	2.64	25.93	20.35	76.05	86.74
Simulations Plus Inc	SLP	1.27	5.92	24.14	60.61	86.22
Camtek Ltd	CAMT	2.48	--	777.76	0	86.17
Samsung Electronics	SSNLF	1.35	38.96	-9.08	13.21	84.7
Silicom Ltd	SILC	1.42	--	-8.37	47.24	79.17
Craneware PLC	CRWRF	1.33	-7.73	16.25	22.89	79.16
Nintendo Co Ltd ADR	NTDOY	1.25	26.82	--	55.86	79.05
Nintendo Co Ltd	NTDOF	1	--	--	44.61	77.34
OSRAM Licht AG	OSAGF	1.2	--	143.2	35.09	77.14
Altium Ltd	ALMFF	1.7	--	45.49	89.47	75.76
Hammond Power	HMDPF	2.45	3.71	-33.08	47.06	73.19
NetEase Inc ADR	NTES	1	--	37.71	25.46	72.28
Konami Holdings ADR	KNMCY	1.07	3.56	79.8	31.06	71.48
Cohu Inc	COHU	1.04	0	--	23.76	68.44
Broadleaf Co Ltd	BRDLF	1.11	--	-0.68	29.3	68.37
Melbourne IT Ltd	MLBEF	4.13	-11.31	-46.2	77.2	64.81
Amadeus IT ADR	AMADY	1.45	21.05	13.63	44.12	63.9
Nomura Research	NRILY	1.62	28.03	12.64	42.51	63.57
Software AG	SWDAF	1.21	--	1.55	31.75	62.31
Aristocrat Leisure	ARLUF	1.26	42.34	--	39.35	61.9
Trend Micro Inc	TMICF	2.34	10.39	7.95	70.42	61.29
ITOCHU Techno-Sol	ITTOY	1.81	--	14.82	40.85	60.75
NetApp Inc	NTAP	1.35	--	-7.25	33.62	60.52
Software AG ADR	STWRY	1.21	5.31	1.55	31.07	59.56
Thaicom PCL DR	THMNF	1.66	--	12.65	40.88	58.33
Capcom Co Ltd ADR	CCOEY	1.41	--	37.12	23.34	58.16
ASM NV ADR	ASMIY	1.16	--	-49.5	15.41	56.5
Marvell Technology	MRVL	1.08	--	-59.37	42.11	56.01
OMRON Corp ADR	OMRNY	1.07	20.53	-0.24	25.34	55.98
TT Electronics PLC	TTGPF	2.62	--	8.71	46.28	55.33
Brooks Automation	BRKS	1.6	4.56	25.92	44.94	54.96
Nippon Electric Glass	NPEGF	1.09	--	-20.66	21.23	54.4
Apple Inc	AAPL	1.39	44.68	6.96	26.06	54.25
OSRAM Licht AG ADR	OSAGY	1.75	--	143.2	34.24	52.24
Mansei Corp	MSPVF	1.03	--	-3.27	9.28	50.12
Carsales.com Ltd ADR	CSXXY	2.66	--	4.67	84.14	49.27
Rohm Co Ltd	ROHCF	1.43	34.08	-6.29	39.74	48.97

November 2017 Top Performing Dividend Stocks

2017/11/30/in Investing /by Staff

The following list is the top 60 performing dividend stocks for November 2017. We screened for stocks that have a yield of 1% or more and have included the 2 and 3 year dividend growth rates.

Name	Symbol	Yield	2yr Div Growth %	3yr Div Growth %	1 Year Return %	1 Month Return %
Drive Shack Inc	DS	3.84	-25.0	-29.2	42.19	68.01
Bristow Group Inc	BRS	1.43	-40.4	-27.9	8.71	67.16
Valhi Inc	VHI	1.27	0.0	-9.1	119.59	57.75
Time Inc	TIME	1.67	-19.7	47.4	16.01	55.98
Transact Tech	TACT	2.59	3.1	3.2	125.2	41.56
Caledonia Mining	CMCL	3.69	8.3	1.2	37.95	41.02
Servotronics Inc	SVT	1.26	0.0	-	23.59	37.09
Buckle Inc	BKE	4.31	3.2	4.1	-1.58	34.49
Gannett Co Inc	GCI	5.49	50.0	-	27.07	33.72
Rayonier Advanced	RYAM	1.47	0.0	33.3	39.67	33.12
Kindred Healthcare	KND	3.02	-25.0	-16.7	20.45	31.4
Entravision Comm	EVC	2.1	13.6	13.3	5.17	30.48
Mattel Inc	MAT	7.08	-7.6	-5.0	-40.93	30.21
Himax Tech	HIMX	1.84	-10.0	-3.7	74.31	28.54
Foot Locker Inc	FL	2.98	8.5	11.0	-43.02	28.21
Meredith Corp	MDP	3.05	3.9	5.2	26	28.07
NetApp Inc	NTAP	1.39	3.5	5.6	56.15	27.77
Stage Stores	SSI	13.82	-6.9	-1.9	-44.49	27.59
Red Rock Resorts	RRR	1.31	-	-	33.52	27.13
Black Box Corp	BBOX	9.47	-9.1	-3.3	-73.67	26.67
Qualcomm Inc	QCOM	3.28	4.5	7.4	5.25	26.35
Natures Sunshine	NATR	1.54	-25.0	-16.7	-12.96	26.21
Advanced Drainage	WMS	1.12	15.0	75.0	10.35	25.95
Shoe Carnival Inc	SCVL	1.09	5.8	6.9	-10.84	25.88
Medallion Financial	MFIN	1.85	-47.5	-31.6	-23.23	25.46
Capella Education	CPLA	2	4.7	5.2	-2.46	25.42
Delek US Holdings	DK	1.86	0.0	0.0	67.57	24.85
China Southern	ZNH	1.59	64.1	56.8	63.8	24.48
CVR Refining LP	CVRR	7.52	-50.0	-33.3	62.91	24.44
Abercrombie & Fitch	ANF	4.52	0.0	0.0	22.6	24.21
Hamilton Lane Inc	HLNE	1.02	-	-	--	24.13
Children's Place Inc	PLCE	1.03	66.7	54.7	31.95	23.24
Piper Jaffray Cos	PJC	1.22	-	-	13.44	23.18
HollyFrontier Corp	HFC	2.98	0.4	1.6	65.76	23.13
Kforce Inc	KFRC	1.89	3.3	5.7	21.5	22.12
Kelly Services Inc	KELYB	1.07	25.0	16.7	38.12	22.07
Fox	FOX	1.15	10.0	9.5	11.64	21.55
Regal Entertainment	RGC	4.36	0.0	0.0	-9.42	21.43
Ingles Markets Inc	IMKTA	2.28	0.0	-6.8	-36.87	21.38
International Game	IGT	2.91	-18.0	-7.2	9.82	21.3
Cato Corp	CATO	8.41	5.0	3.3	-45.67	21.06
Simpson Manufac	SSD	1.31	12.9	13.9	27.53	21.01
Mid Penn Bancorp	MPB	1.49	8.0	15.2	58.13	20.45
Marvell Technology	MRVL	1.08	0.0	0.0	56.12	20.44
Collectors Universe	CLCT	4.77	0.0	1.2	53.59	19.93
Canterbury Park	CPHC	1.46	-	-	50.2	19.84
American Eagle	AEO	3.04	0.0	0.0	-10.42	19.48
News Corp	NWSA	1.22	0.0	-	43.41	19.43
CVR Energy Inc	CVI	6.24	0.0	-11.1	102.44	19.16
Hormel Foods Corp	HRL	1.89	16.0	21.7	3.38	18.47
Innospec Inc	IOSP	1.06	9.0	10.3	12.64	18.29
News Corp	NWS	1.22	0.0	-	39.92	17.92
Juniper Networks	JNPR	1.35	0.0	33.3	11.69	17.5
GGP Inc	GGP	3.77	10.6	12.2	-4.36	17.29
China Distance	DL	5.04	-21.2	-7.5	-29.39	17.21
IDT Corp	IDT	4.89	0.7	2.3	-23.23	16.85
Rent-A-Center Inc	RCII	2.16	-37.5	-24.7	-1.82	16.81
PBF Energy Inc	PBF	3.7	0.0	0.0	34.22	16.67
Taubman Centers Inc	TCO	4.42	4.6	4.8	-20.85	16.58
Deutsche Bank AG	DB	1.12	-35.4	-24.8	43.17	16.42
Kemper Corp	KMPR	1.36	0.0	0.0	77.42	16.36
Bloomin Brands Inc	BLMN	1.54	14.6	-	12.45	16.18
Citi Trends Inc	CTRN	1.18	58.3	-	44.96	16.17
The RMR Group Inc	RMR	1.66	-	-	49.33	16.12

High Cash Flow Dividend Stocks

2017/11/13/in Investing /by Staff

This list has dividend stocks with high dividend growth and the cash flow to keep it going. We paid special attention the payout ratio to make sure none of these companies are paying out more than 70% of earnings as a dividend.

Name	Symbol	Yield	Free Cash Flow Yield	5yr Div Growth %	3yr Income Growth %
Bank of South Car	BKSC	3.11	7.17	7.18	8.77
Applied Industrial	AIT	1.87	4.68	7.34	5.88
PetMed Express	PETS	2.12	4.25	7.68	9.84
Meredith	MDP	3.86	7.66	7.68	18.5
Kewaunee Scientific	KEQU	2.37	14.6	7.71	5.05
Diageo	DEO	2.37	3.98	7.75	5.24
Slair Broadcast	SBGI	2.27	14.2	7.99	49.46
Gentex	GNTX	2.04	6.64	8.14	15.96
Stock Yards Ban	SYBT	2.14	7.4	8.35	14.73
Maxim Integrated	MXIM	2.52	5.43	8.45	17.23
WVS Financial	WVFC	1.81	9.28	8.45	21.18
Provident Financial	PFS	2.94	7.56	8.6	7.57
Independent Bank	INDB	1.84	6.37	8.83	15.11
KLA-Tencor	KLAC	2.16	7.72	8.86	16.7
McCormick & Co	MKC	1.94	3.66	8.96	6.68
Glacier Ban	GBCI	2.3	8.16	9	8.19
Acme United	ACU	1.88	9.52	9	13.49
Wesbanco	WSBC	2.63	7.35	9.14	10.66
Peoples Financial	PFIS	2.8	7.24	9.16	50.71
Royal Bank of Canada	RY	3.4	26.94	9.27	8.07
Northrim Ban	NRIM	2.55	13.08	9.3	5.35
Tiffany & Co	TIF	2.07	5	9.34	34.98
Chico's FAS	CHS	4.08	14.74	9.86	11.46
Walgreens Boots	WBA	2.18	8.23	9.93	28.28
PT Telekomunikasi	TLK	2.9	4.59	10.12	11.24
Toronto-Dominion	TD	3.16	13.06	10.6	10.52
Washington Trust	WASH	2.88	7.78	10.66	8.74
Foot Locker	FL	3.97	10.55	10.76	15.67
Worthington Ind	WOR	1.94	8.69	11.42	10.57
Lakeland Ban	LBAI	2.07	6.27	11.46	18.47
Prosperity	PB	2.16	7.34	11.49	7.42
Financial Institutions	FISI	2.79	7.3	11.5	7.74
Southside	SBSI	3.06	8.89	11.58	6.21
Hasbro	HAS	2.43	5.51	11.59	24.43
Best Buy Co	BBY	2.29	7.89	11.74	32.16
Dr Pepper Snapple	DPS	2.63	5.17	11.87	10.72
Medtronic	MDT	2.24	4.51	12.14	9.54
United Financial	UBNK	2.75	5.34	12.2	51.69
Honeywell	HON	1.83	4.39	12.33	7.01
BB&T	BBT	2.73	13.72	12.44	13.03
Scotts Miracle Gro	SMG	2.06	4.93	12.71	25.09
Fidelity	FNF	2.59	6.78	12.89	18.16
Schnitzer Steel	SCHN	2.79	7.61	12.89	95.86
JPMorgan Chase	JPM	2.09	6.76	13.46	11.41
Snap-on	SNA	1.82	5.63	14.33	15.97
Horizon Ban	HBNC	1.83	7.34	14.6	6.36
Magna International	MGA	2.03	10.11	14.87	9.17
Sierra Ban	BSRR	2.22	4.34	14.87	9.53
Quad/Graphics	QUAD	5.36	13.85	14.87	11.38
Steelcase	SCS	3.67	6.42	14.87	12.42
Lockheed Martin	LMT	2.34	5.14	15.81	21.16
Kroger	KR	2.2	7.08	15.92	9.14
Target	TGT	3.94	14.33	16.1	11.57
Peoples Ban	PEBO	2.65	10.42	16.36	21.03
CME	CME	1.87	3.69	16.47	16.24
Omnicom	OMC	3.26	8.13	16.54	5.04
Hormel Foods	HRL	2.1	3.95	17.86	19.15
Pripal Financial	PFG	2.66	22.29	18.13	12.99
Corning	GLW	1.89	3.5	19.14	23.51
Lazard Ltd	LAZ	3.4	16.71	19.75	34.26
Lowe's Companies	LOW	1.96	7.61	20.2	10.6
Domtar	UFS	3.64	11.3	20.41	12.04
SpartanNash Co	SPTN	3.21	8.86	21.02	21.42
The Home Depot	HD	2.05	4.65	21.56	13.9
WPP	WPPGY	4.46	9.6	21.6	14.35
Umpqua Holdings	UMPQ	3.29	5.87	21.67	33.32
Union Bankshares	UBSH	2.4	7.41	22.42	31.12
Infinity Property	IPCC	2.11	13.05	23.64	9.7
Texas Instruments	TXN	2.19	4.45	23.97	18.47
Infosys Ltd	INFY	2.87	5.27	25.17	9.82
Universal Insurance	UVE	2.22	25.66	25.48	19.01
Ingersoll-Rand	IR	1.94	4.95	25.9	33.62
AmerisourceBergen	ABC	1.95	5.8	25.9	48.77
Advanced Semi	ASX	3.75	7.78	26.37	11.51
Wyndham Worldwide	WYN	2.11	6.28	27.23	12.25
j2 Global	JCOM	1.99	6.34	27.41	12.34
CVS Health	CVS	2.82	11.35	27.73	5.01
Columbia Banking	COLB	2.08	4.29	28.47	20.45
Bank Mutual	BKMU	2.18	5.84	29.08	16.23
Cisco Systems	CSCO	3.32	7.67	31.48	6.96
West Ban	WTBA	2.93	6.71	31.56	10.86
Cracker Barrel	CBRL	3.04	5.64	32.24	15.18
Southwest Georgia	SGB	2.17	7.85	33.24	13.32
Access National	ANCX	2.21	6.41	35.78	7.49
Novo Nordisk A/S	NVO	2.28	4.57	37.18	14.62
First American	FAF	2.58	9.33	37.97	22.55
Amgen	AMGN	2.58	8.34	48.17	14.97
SunTrust Banks	STI	2.08	5.89	52.81	11.8
PacWest Ban	PACW	4.47	7.83	56.95	98.37
MainSource Financial	MSFG	1.89	6.71	72.45	13.31
MB Financial	MBFI	1.87	8.72	79.24	20.93
Cathay General Ban	CATY	2.14	5.86	79.72	12.45
Fidelity Southern	LION	2.33	27.08	92.34	11.94

What is the DSO rating?

2017/11/08/in Investing /by Staff

One of our most frequently asked questions is “What is the DSO rating?” You’ll see this phrase located in the top right hand corner of our dividend lists. The DSO (Dividend Stocks Online) rating uses the most important data points available to rate the past performance of dividend stocks. These factors include the dividend yield, the 5 year dividend growth rate, the 3 year net income growth rate, free cash flow yield, the payout ratio and the stocks recent change in value.

Each of these criteria can be used to help evaluate stocks on our high yield dividend stocks list.

Dividend Yield

We like stocks with above average yields and therefore give preference to stocks that have a dividend yield of 4% or more. Stocks with a dividend yield over 12% and under 3% receive a slightly lower rating.

5 Year Dividend Growth Rate

The best dividend stocks to invest in are those that have consistent and strong dividend growth. We give preference in our DSO rating system to stocks that have a 5 year dividend growth rate of 5% or more. Stocks that have a negative growth rate are severely penalized.

3 Year Net Income Growth Rate

Income growth drives stocks higher and increases a company’s ability to pay and grow its dividend. Our rating system rewards companies that have a 3 year net income growth rate of 10% or higher. Lower growth rates receive lower ratings and stocks that have negative income growth rates receive no points from this category.

Free Cash Flow Yield

Free cash flow yield is determined by taking the cash flow per share a company is expected to earn divided by its share price. This ratio is used to determine the value of a stock and the sustainability of the dividend. We look for a cash flow yield that is higher than the dividend yield.

Payout Ratio

A stock’s payout ratio is calculated by dividing its earnings per share by its annual dividend. This expresses the percentage of earnings that are paid out as dividends. This is useful to dividend investors because it helps us understand how sustainable the dividend is at current levels. For example if a company has a payout ratio of 95% we should be concerned that they will not be able to maintain that dividend. We give our highest rating to stocks that have a payout ratio under 65%.

1 Year Performance

This one speaks for itself. We calculate the ROI for shareholders over the last year and give our highest rating to stocks that have gained 10% or more. Stocks that have had negative returns receive our lowest scores.

Consecutive Dividend Increases

While we cannot list the years of consecutive dividend increases on every dividend list we do feature it on our safe dividend stocks list. We go back and add points to stocks that have increased their dividend for 25 consecutive years or more.

No rating system is perfect but we believe our DSO rating can help dividend investors as they research income stocks. Our dividend lists are not buy lists or recommendations. Happy dividend hunting!

Top Dividend Growth Stocks of 2017

2017/11/02/in Investing /by Staff

Dividend growth is a key metric for dividend stocks. We found 50 stocks that have increased their dividend by 5% or more over the last year. Each of these stocks yields 2% or more, has positive revenue growth over the last year and a payout ratio under 80%.

Name	Symbol	Industry	Yield	1 Year Return %	1 Yr Div Growth %
WPP PLC	WPPGY	Advertising	4.41	-14.91	63.5
Diageo PLC	DEO	Beverages	2.4	29.51	56.1
British American Tobacco	BTI	Tobacco	3.44	18.44	48.1
Xinyuan Real Estate Co	XIN	Real Estate	7.09	15.05	33.3
Capital Southwest Corp	CSWC	Asset Management	4.56	26.92	24.5
PT Telekomunikasi	TLK	Telecom Services	2.98	-4.2	23.9
Peoples Bancorp Inc	PEBO	Banks	2.37	37.51	23.4
First American Financial	FAF	Insurance	2.57	43.91	16.7
The Interpublic Group	IPG	Advertising	3.55	-9.16	15.0
The Home Depot Inc	HD	Home Improvement	2.03	40.75	14.5
Southside Bancshares	SBSI	Banks	2.93	17.25	14.3
National Research Corp	NRCIB	Diagnostics & Res	4.48	46.79	11.8
China Telecom Corp Ltd	CHA	Telecom Services	2.68	-0.23	11.5
Amgen Inc	AMGN	Biotechnology	2.54	27.78	11.3
Carnival Corp	CCL	Leisure	2.26	36.45	11.1
Penske Automotive	PAG	Auto & Truck	2.58	10.41	10.9
Huntington Bancshares	HBAN	Banks	2.32	33.81	10.3
Fidelity National	FNF	Insurance	2.65	44.52	9.1
CVS Health Corp	CVS	Health Care Plans	2.9	-14.92	8.8
Principal Financial	PFG	Insurance	2.7	27.31	8.7
BanColombia SA	CIB	Banks	3.35	1.81	8.5
Sierra Bancorp	BSRR	Banks	2.14	51.27	8.3
Hubbell Inc	HUBB	Diversified	2.22	24.55	8.1
Cathay General Bancorp	CATY	Banks	2.01	44.08	8.0
Fulton Financial Corp	FULT	Banks	2.36	25.76	7.7
OceanFirst Financial	OCFC	Banks	2.21	34.4	7.4
Motorola Solutions Inc	MSI	Communication	2.08	27.82	7.1
BB&T Corp	BBT	Banks	2.5	30.11	7.0
Legg Mason Inc	LM	Asset Management	2.6	36.61	6.8
The Toronto-Dominion	TD	Banks	3.18	29.41	6.7
Dick's Sporting Goods	DKS	Specialty Retail	2.71	-54.18	6.7
The Kroger Co	KR	Grocery Stores	2.32	-30.55	6.7
Foot Locker Inc	FL	Footwear	4.01	-52.71	6.4
First Business Financial	FBIZ	Banks	2.32	18.23	6.3
Wesbanco Inc	WSBC	Banks	2.53	26.45	6.3
AmTrust Financial	AFSI	Insurance	5.41	-49.83	6.3
United Fire Group	UFCS	Insurance	2.31	19.35	6.2
The Travelers Com	TRV	Insurance	2.08	28.25	6.1
j2 Global Inc	JCOM	Software	2	7.26	5.9
Infinity Property	IPCC	Insurance	2.4	17.23	5.8
Stock Yards Bancorp	SYBT	Banks	2.06	13.64	5.6
Hasbro Inc	HAS	Leisure	2.45	12.75	5.5
Erie Indemnity Co	ERIE	Insurance	2.59	21.66	5.4
Manulife Financial Corp	MFC	Insurance	3.01	46.72	5.4
Royal Bank of Canada	RY	Banks	3.42	30.38	5.3
Canadian Imperial Bank	CM	Banks	4.42	24.29	5.3
Fidelity D & D Bancorp	FDBC	Banks	2.2	69.61	5.3
EMC Insurance Group	EMCI	Insurance	2.85	25.26	5.1
Boston Private Financial	BPFH	Banks	2.7	24.17	5.0
XL Group Ltd	XL	Insurance	2.13	19.49	5.0

October 2017 Top Performing Dividend Stocks

2017/10/31/in Investing /by Staff

The following list is the top 40 performing dividend stocks for October 2017. We screened for stocks with a yield of 1% or more and have included the 2 year dividend growth rate.

Name	Symbol	Yield	2yr Div Growth %	1 Year Return %	1 Month Return %
FLIR Systems Inc	FLIR	1.22	14.8	44.75	20.15
Intel Corp	INTC	2.4	5.7	30.79	16.52
Pearson PLC	PSO	5.21	9.3	6.69	15.23
Entergy Corp	ETR	4.03	1.8	24.2	13.14
Microsoft Corp	MSFT	1.86	6.1	42.73	12.62
Horace Mann Educ	HMN	2.46	4.0	27.5	12.58
Middlesex Water	MSEX	1.91	3.2	26.53	12.45
Maiden Holdings	MHLD	7.1	5.7	-32.71	12.42
Polaris Industries	PII	1.95	4.0	58.81	12.06
First Community	FCCO	1.53	10.7	52.61	11.74
PolyOne Corp	POL	1.21	14.3	55.78	11.74
Kyocera Corp	KYO	1.41	4.1	42.65	11.39
Wal-Mart Stores	WMT	2.33	1.5	27.13	11.27
W.W. Grainger Inc	GWW	2.51	4.5	-1.88	10.93
Seagate Technology	STX	6.87	1.9	14.79	10.58
Resources Connection	RECN	2.93	6.3	8.15	10.43
Anthem Inc	ANTM	1.27	3.0	74.4	10.31
Carlisle Companies	CSL	1.29	14.5	8.86	10.17
Caterpillar Inc	CAT	2.27	2.4	66.42	10.07
3M Co	MMM	2.01	5.7	42.16	10.06
VF Corp	VFC	2.4	11.3	31.79	9.97
Maxim Integrated	MXIM	2.58	6.3	36.22	9.75
Choice Hotels Int	CHH	1.23	3.8	49.97	9.55
Steel Dynamics Inc	STLD	1.6	3.6	42.92	9.49
UnitedHealth Group	UNH	1.29	19.9	51.72	9.31
Strattec Security Corp	STRT	1.25	3.8	28.58	9.29
Canon Inc	CAJ	3.59	2.7	36.7	9.24
Capital One Financial	COF	1.73	3.3	25.99	9.18
American States Water	AWR	1.83	4.6	41.43	9.12
Bank of America	BAC	1.25	25.0	67.54	8.92
Cohen & Steers	CNS	2.56	4.0	21.16	8.89
American Software	AMSWA	3.57	5.0	22.88	8.63
Inter Parfums Inc	IPAR	1.52	13.5	40.37	8.61
American Water	AWK	1.8	7.9	23.18	8.47
Great Plains Energy	GXP	3.35	4.5	21.21	8.42
Travelers	TRV	2.1	8.4	24.87	8.24
Emclaire Financial	EMCF	3.45	5.2	27.07	8.2
Universal Insurance	UVE	2.29	8.3	19.95	8.17
Umpqua Holdings	UMPQ	3.15	1.6	38.9	8.12
The Western Union	WU	3.38	4.0	5.79	8.12
Texas Instruments	TXN	2.21	17.1	39.38	7.85
Hubbell Inc	HUBB	2.24	10.6	22.29	7.84
Cabot Corp	CBT	2.04	19.3	18.08	7.83
PetMed Express	PETS	2.18	3.5	83.74	7.78
TE Connectivity	TEL	1.72	10.9	45.99	7.75
Westar Energy Inc	WR	2.96	4.2	-3.56	7.72
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	2.34	4.9	24.23	7.68

September 2017 Top Performing Dividend Stocks

2017/09/29/in Investing /by Staff

The following list is the top 30 performing dividend stocks for September 2017. We screened for stocks with a yield of 2% or more and have included the 2 year dividend growth rate.

Name	Symbol	Industry	Yield	2yr Div Growth %	1 Year Return %	1 Month Return %
Northrim BanCorp	NRIM	Banks	2.38	5.4	43.9	26.81
Gap Inc	GPS	Apparel	3.1	0.0	37.37	24.95
Ohio Valley Banc	OVBC	Banks	2.21	0.0	75.44	24.55
National Bankshares	NKSH	Banks	2.56	1.3	30.78	22.88
AbbVie Inc	ABBV	Healthcare	2.8	9.9	42.4	21.33
Premier Financial	PFBI	Banks	2.63	7.8	51.29	21.12
Tailored Brands Inc	TLRD	Apparel	5.08	0.0	-3.37	20.99
China Yuchai	CYD	Industrials	4.23	-8.7	103.58	20.85
Quad/Graphics	QUAD	Services	5.25	0.0	-9.04	19.76
Kohl's Corp	KSS	Consumer	4.64	8.3	13.56	19.56
Steelcase Inc	SCS	Equipment	3.3	5.6	12.89	19.21
Union Bankshares	UNB	Banks	2.3	2.8	47.39	19.21
Mobile Mini Inc	MINI	Rental	2.6	8.0	19.04	18.61
Bar Harbor Banksh	BHB	Banks	2.37	5.2	30.6	18.32
Peoples Financial	PFIS	Banks	2.55	0.0	24.44	18.22
Matson Inc	MATX	Shipping	2.69	4.3	-25.86	18.19
First Bancorp Inc	FNLC	Banks	3.04	3.4	30.06	18.12
L Brands Inc	LB	Apparel	5.61	10.0	-38.17	16.96
Escalade Inc	ESCA	Leisure	3.27	2.3	13.3	16.79
Kronos Worldwide	KRO	Chemicals	2.61	0.0	188.6	16.61
Penske Automotive	PAG	Dealerships	2.6	12.8	-0.97	16.39
Mercantile Bank	MBWM	Banks	2.02	10.3	34.83	16.03
Brady Corp	BRC	Security	2.15	0.6	12.16	15.98
American Software	AMSWA	Software	3.9	5.0	7.33	15.83
General Motors Co	GM	Auto	3.75	5.1	31.97	15.35
Tahoe Resources	TAHO	Silver	4.65	0.0	-59.97	15.18
KLA-Tencor Corp	KLAC	Semiconductor	2.12	1.4	51.97	15.13
American National	AMNB	Banks	2.3	1.6	52.77	15.02
Ethan Allen Interiors	ETH	Consumer	2.32	9.7	-2.33	14.93

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