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5 Prospective Dividend Candidates To Reflect On
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Published Fri, 04 May 2012 16:44:31 -0400 on Seeking Alpha
Only stocks that met the following criteria were included in this list. Novice investors would be wise to focus on the following criteria instead of obsessing on the yield factor only. High yields are generally not associated with safe long-term investors, and unusually high yields are usually a sign that all is not well with the company. Net income per should be trending upwards for the past 3 years EPS has to be trending upwards for the past 3 years Sales should be trending upwards for the past 3 years A dividend of 3.5% or higher Cash flow per share should be trending upwards for the past 3 years EBITDA should be generally trending upwards for the past 3 years In general the payout ratio should be below 100% (exceptions are REITs and MLPs) A 5 year dividend growth rate of 4.5% or higher Interest coverage ratio of 2.00 or... Read more
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US8475601097 31.68 21.8 1.44 1.22 3.85 SEMPRA ENERGY
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