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5 Undervalued Large-Cap Stocks To Buy In 2023 With Dividend Yields Over 5%
Wednesday, March 29, 2023 - 4:46pm | 932A high dividend yield appeals to every stock investor, particularly if the company in question trades at a discounted price with respect to its earnings potential. Benzinga has reviewed the top five U.S. stocks with more than $50 billion of market cap, a dividend yield of at least 5% over...
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Big Caps, Big Yields: These Stocks Yield Over 7 Percent
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 - 5:33pm | 370In a search for yield in a low interest rate environment, Benzinga went looking for large-cap stocks with market capitalizations between $10 billion and $200 billion which are yielding over 7 percent. Below, we highlight four names that meet this criteria. American Capital Agency (NASDAQ: AGNC):...
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Cramer Prefers GIS, PFE, T, MO, WM, MMM, KO, EMR, NUE For Dividends
Thursday, January 7, 2010 - 2:22pm | 595According to Cramer, investing in bonds and certificates of deposit (COD), although low risk, will be an extremely bad decision, especially at a time when interest rates are at record lows. Jim prefers buying any of the following stocks to generate a good dividend income: General Mills (NYSE: GIS...
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RL Seems a Good Buy For Income
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - 3:03pm | 129Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE: RL) has recently hiked its quarterly dividend per share to $0.10. As a result, RL’s payout has effectively doubled from the previous quarter’s figure. Although RL operates in the industry that offers no fixed income, the company provides a 0.5% dividend yield....
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Time To Give Dividend Its Due Importance
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 4:24pm | 244According to an article in SmartMoney, dividend had lost flavor with investors in the 1980s, when they started favoring stocks that offered returns through share buybacks. The extent of the diminishing importance of dividend as the deciding factor for investors can be seen from the fact that...
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Dividend Plays Getting More Popular And Expensive (T, VZ, AMJ, NSH)
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 6:44pm | 159With investors clamoring for yield in a very low interest rate environment high quality dividend payers (which largely lagged the general market for most of the year) have begun to outperform recently. High dividend telecoms, including AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) are up close to 7%...