Archive for month: January, 2018

A look back at the 100 best of the best dividend stocks of 2017. This list includes all sectors. The stock must have a dividend yield of 1% or higher to make this list.

Please take note and remember that past performance does not indicate future results. This is for informational purposes only. This is not a buy list.

Name	Symbol	Yield	5yr Div Growth %	Payout Ratio	1 Year Return %
Opportunity Management	OPTY	90.48	--	--	487.54
Webb Interactive Services	WEBB	1361.7	--	--	327.27
Systemax Inc	SYX	1.02	--	37.04	293.96
Blue River Bancshares Inc	BRBI	9.09	--	--	187.14
Mesabi Trust	MSB	5.53	-24.04	59.49	165.79
Fidelity Federal Bancorp	FDLB	2.5	--	--	150
PharmChem Inc	PCHM	4.67	--	--	148.89
Farmers & Merchants	FMAO	1.25	3.67	36.06	131.03
Color Imaging Inc	CIIG	10	--	--	126.67
Kronos Worldwide Inc	KRO	2.27	0.85	21.05	126.05
Beasley Broadcast Group	BBGI	1.35	--	7.66	120
PetMed Express Inc	PETS	1.68	7.68	52.35	107.15
Transact Technologies Inc	TACT	2.64	--	51.52	106.06
Innovative Industrial	IIPR	1.5	--	--	104.07
Pacific Coast Oil Trust	ROYT	6.96	--	101.42	101.93
First Sentry Bancshares Inc	FTSB	1.29	--	--	101.82
PaperClip Inc	PCPJ	7.5	--	--	99.23
VOC Energy Trust	VOC	8.53	-27.47	100	97.96
Oregon Bancorp Inc	ORBN	1.71	--	--	96.88
Alon USA Partners LP	ALDW	7.23	--	86.09	96.15
Boeing Co	BA	1.91	21.01	49.35	94.32
Comtech Telecomm	CMTL	1.78	-11.42	56.34	93.25
Wynn Resorts Ltd	WYNN	1.22	5.92	55.4	92.23
Issuer Direct Corp	ISDR	1.17	--	36.36	92.17
Fidelity D & D Bancorp	FDBC	1.39	2.66	35.88	88.6
New Ulm Telecom Inc	NULM	2.17	1.77	42.31	86.01
Alaska Power & Tel	APTL	2.8	--	--	85.42
Mesa Royalty Trust	MTR	8.11	-26.19	104.08	84.97
PulteGroup Inc	PHM	1.08	--	18.09	83.51
Apollo Global	APO	5.51	26.89	59.15	83.11
Huntsman Corp	HUN	1.46	4.56	29.63	81.87
Valhi Inc	VHI	1.29	-12.76	36.36	81.79
Medifast Inc	MED	1.99	--	63.05	77.64
NextEra Energy	NEP	3.44	--	105.74	75.41
Rocky Brands Inc	RCKY	2.22	--	72.13	75.24
World Wrestling Entert	WWE	1.53	-7.79	104.35	73.32
H&E Equipment Services	HEES	2.81	--	107.84	72.82
Caterpillar Inc	CAT	1.97	11.34	213.1	72.68
FNB Bancorp	FNBG	1.26	28.76	25.68	71.67
Enterprise Financial	EFSG	3.83	--	--	71.57
CVR Refining LP	CVRR	5.58	--	0	71.06
The Estee Lauder	EL	1.1	20.25	36.76	68.64
Hayward Industries Inc	HWRI	1.32	--	--	67.96
Avery Dennison Corp	AVY	1.52	9.86	38.39	67.25
LPL Financial Holdings	LPLA	1.75	--	42.37	65.29
Best Buy Co Inc	BBY	1.97	11.74	32.99	65.27
Optex Systems	OPXS	1.83	--	--	64.91
Graco Inc	GGG	1.06	9.46	74.6	64.71
Insperity Inc	NSP	1.01	10.08	29.57	64.41
Simulations Plus Inc	SLP	1.34	5.92	60.61	64.35
Cohu Inc	COHU	1.06	0	23.76	64.1
MSCI Inc	MSCI	1.03	--	36.64	63.75
Grandpoint Capital Inc	GPNC	2.85	--	--	63.45
ILG Inc	ILG	2.07	--	65.52	62.85
Lighthouse Bank Ca	LGHT	1.39	--	--	62.78
Oak Valley Bancorp	OVLY	1.24	--	20.66	62.47
Bob Evans Farms Inc	BOBE	1.76	7.44	105.43	62.28
RGC Resources Inc	RGCO	2.2	4.23	66.28	61.59
Canterbury Park Holding	CPHC	1.44	--	33.85	61.49
AbbVie Inc	ABBV	2.6	--	60.44	61.24
The Carlyle Group LP	CG	5.32	--	67.82	60.92
Southern Realty Co	SRLY	3.84	--	--	60.64
HollyFrontier Corp	HFC	2.57	31.36	69.47	60.62
Kennametal Inc	KMT	1.62	8.18	58.82	60.33
First BancTrust Corp	FIRT	1.17	2.92	23.9	60.19
MV Oil Trust	MVO	7.78	-35.01	100	60.03
NetApp Inc	NTAP	1.4	--	33.62	59.77
Fortress Transportation	FTAI	6.64	--	--	59.4
General Cable Corp	BGC	2.43	--	--	59.16
Anthem Inc	ANTM	1.19	21.06	23.94	59.07
CSX Corp	CSX	1.38	14.45	39.18	58.98
Farmers Bancorp	FABP	2.36	--	--	58.8
YuMe Inc	YUME	1.3	--	24	58.66
Progressive Corp	PGR	1.23	17.37	28.61	57.86
Kemper Corp	KMPR	1.4	0	44.04	57.47
Ally Financial Inc	ALLY	1.36	--	16.74	56.83
Moody's Corporation	MCO	1.04	22.57	53.36	56.62
First American Financial	FAF	2.58	37.97	55.34	56.43
Ameriprise Financial Inc	AMP	1.91	27.4	29.59	56.08
Polaris Industries Inc	PII	1.84	19.57	72.01	56.04
Wyndham Worldwide	WYN	1.99	27.23	40.22	56.03
RF Industries Ltd	RFIL	3.02	3.4	--	56
Abbott Laboratories	ABT	1.8	-11.17	87.92	55.82
Deere & Co	DE	1.52	6.04	35.93	55.68
CVR Energy Inc	CVI	5.34	--	425.53	55.45
Peoples Bankshares Inc	PBVA	1.03	--	--	55.38
Viper Energy Partners LP	VNOM	5.21	--	123.48	55.18
Gap Inc	GPS	2.72	15.38	42.4	55.04
Southern Copper Corp	SCCO	1.21	-40.6	25.49	54.95
Fidelity National Financial	FNF	2.65	12.89	43.18	54.74
The Stephan Co	SPCO	5.88	-1.28	--	54.29
Nutrisystem Inc	NTRI	1.33	0	38.25	54.11
Norwood Financial Corp	NWFL	2.61	3.29	50.9	53.17
Drive Shack Inc	DS	2.09	-27.52	--	52.93
Ohio Valley Banc Corp	OVBC	2.07	0	45.41	52.54
First Choice Bancorp	FCBP	3.27	--	49.59	52.23
Potomac Bancshares Inc	PTBS	1.89	-41.04	--	52.04
Moelis & Co Class A	MC	3.02	--	68.1	52.01
Tessco Technologies Inc	TESS	4.22	7.78	242.42	51.92
Delek US Holdings Inc	DK	1.67	31.95	101.69	51.35
Monarch Cement Co	MCEM	1.86	-1.57	15.93	51.06
Apple Inc	AAPL	1.43	44.68	26.06	50.85
Southeastern Banking	SEBC	1.52	--	--	50.57

Top 30 Telecom stocks of 2017 with a yield of 1% or more.

Name	Symbol	Yield	5yr Div Growth %	Payout Ratio	1 Year Return %
Advanced Info	AVIVF	6.71	8.71	104.33	148.57
New Ulm Telecom	NULM	2.17	1.77	42.31	86.01
Hellenic Telecom	HLTOY	1.33	-2.92	57.27	50.57
Cogeco Comm	CGEAF	1.49	11.46	21.39	46.23
Vodacom Group	VODAF	2.1	--	89.73	39.9
American Tower	AMT	1.86	--	95.06	36.02
Moscow City Tel	MWCTY	31.09	3.56	167.86	35.75
Vodafone Group	VODPF	5.69	-8.09	--	35.7
Rogers Comm	RCI	2.95	6.22	77.11	34.57
Spirent Comm	SPNUF	2.85	5.68	--	31.96
freenet AG	FRTAF	5.22	--	64.26	30.59
Crown Castle	CCI	3.58	--	316.67	30.03
Telefonica Deutschland	TELDF	5.26	--	--	28.71
Hutchison Telecom	HTHKY	3.5	1.64	79.24	28.08
MTN Group	MTNOF	3.32	31.66	159.09	25.9
Rogers Communications	RCIAF	2.75	6.22	57.83	24.12
TELUS Corp	TU	4.03	10.79	91.75	23.58
Swisscom AG	SWZCF	4.18	--	68.03	22.97
Globe Telecom Inc	GTMEF	1.27	7.7	35.91	21.36
PLDT Inc	PHTCF	1.76	-7.05	23.3	20.31
Spark New Zealand	NZTCF	7.09	13.81	143.45	17.84
Magyar Telekom PLC	MGYTF	5.1	--	47.86	16.95
Orange SA	FNCTF	2.98	-15.59	200	16.86
PCCW Ltd	PCWLF	4.5	10.21	88.15	16.86
BCE Inc	BCE	4.67	5.95	87.77	15.69
Nippon Telegraph	NTTYY	2.52	8.69	31.69	15.41
Chorus Ltd	CRRLF	3.53	--	72.48	14.55
Singapore Telecom	SGAPY	5.56	2.64	49.83	14.55
Nippon Telegraph	NPPXF	1.15	27.94	14.19	14.45