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High Yield Dividend Champion Portfolio: August Update

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  Published Mon, 06 Aug 2012 03:04:33 -0400 on Seeking Alpha
  

  
  

  In December 2010, I created a screen / hypothetical portfolio called the “High Yield Dividend Champion Portfolio.” The screen is tracked publicly as a continuous hypothetical portfolio with a starting balance of $100,000 (see the right hand column of Scott's Investments homepage for a link to the spreadsheet). Like many of the screens, strategies, and portfolios I track and prefer, this strategy takes a small number of historically relevant ideas, to create a simple, yet powerful action plan for the individual investor. As I have previously detailed, Some studies have shown that the, highest yielding, low payout stocks perform better over time than stocks with higher payouts and lower yields. This portfolio attempts to capture the best high yield, low payout stocks with a history of raising dividends. There are numerous ways to gauge the “best” high yield / low payout stocks. The list starts with the “Dividend Champions” as... Read more
  

  Stock name									ISIN	Last trade		P/E	Earnings/Share	Dividend/Share	Dividend yield
  MERCURY GENERAL									US5894001008	45.62		22.8	2.00	2.45	5.37
  UNIVERSAL HEALTH REALTY INCOME TRUST									US4529261087	53.68		50.8	1.06	2.48	4.62
  CONSOLIDATED EDISON									US2091151041	60.87		17.0	3.58	2.46	4.04
  TOMPKINS FINANCIAL									US8901101092	41.57		16.4	2.55	1.52	3.66
  DIEBOLD									US2536511031	31.94		90.6	0.35	1.15	3.60
  SONOCO PRODUCTS									US8354951027	35.63		18.2	1.96	1.24	3.48
  COMMUNITY TRUST BANCORP									US2041491083	36.32		12.5	2.88	1.26	3.47
  UNIVERSAL									US9134561094	60.81		13.1	4.65	2.00	3.29
  SYSCO									US8718291078	35.08		20.2	1.73	1.12	3.19
  CHEVRON									US1667641005	125.94		9.4	13.23	4.00	3.18
  KIMBERLY-CLARK									US4943681035	101.91		22.4	4.60	3.24	3.18
  PROCTER & GAMBLE									US7427181091	78.80		19.9	3.97	2.41	3.06
  CLOROX									US1890541097	86.20		20.3	4.27	2.56	2.97
  EMERSON ELECTRIC									US2910111044	58.78		20.9	2.83	1.64	2.79
  UGI									US9026811052	41.98		18.8	2.20	1.13	2.69
  MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES									US6027201044	49.88		21.8	2.29	1.20	2.41

  
  

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