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10 High Dividend Yield Stocks With Consistently Rising Liquidity
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Published Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:31:18 -0500 on Seeking Alpha
One of the biggest concerns investors have over dividend stocks is whether company liquidity is sufficient to continue paying the dividend. If a company has a temporary dip in earnings, it may have to use its sources of liquidity, such as cash and marketable securities, to bridge the gap and continue paying its dividend to shareholders. We ran a screen on stocks paying high dividend yields above 3% and sustainable payout ratios below 50%. We screened these stocks for those with consistently increasing liquidity, measured by the current ratio, over the last four years. Interactive Chart: Press Play to compare changes in analyst ratings over the last two years for the top six stocks mentioned below. Analyst ratings sourced from Zacks Investment Research. We also created a price-weighted index of the stocks mentioned below, and monitored the performance of the list relative to... Read more
Stock name ISIN Last trade P/E Earnings/Share Dividend/Share Dividend yield ASTRAZENECA 
US0463531089 51.56 11.5 4.52 3.80 7.37 ENTERGY
US29364G1031 71.14 10.7 6.52 3.32 4.67 SHAW COMMUNICATIONS
CA82028K2002 22.63 13.7 1.65 1.00 4.42 SEAGATE TECH
IE00B58JVZ52 41.47 6.5 6.22 1.40 3.38 HASBRO
US4180561072 47.91 18.9 2.50 1.60 3.34 AMERICAN GREETINGS
US0263751051 18.43 0.0 -0.21 0.60 3.26 DU PONT
US2635341090 55.89 22.2 2.50 1.80 3.22 HILLENBRAND
US4315711089 25.03 21.5 1.17 0.78 3.12 AIXTRON
US0096061041 15.81 0.0 -2.66 0.24 1.48 CATO
US1492051065 24.59 11.5 2.11 0.20 0.81