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3 Dow Jones Stocks With Shareholder Yields Over 10%

This blog is mostly dedicated to dividend growth stocks and yield is an important issue but it tells investors only half of the truth.

Beside dividend payments to shareholders, the company can also spend money for share buybacks. If we combine buybacks and dividends, we got a new yield, a shareholder yield, which is normally higher than the current dividend yield.

Below is a list of stocks from the Dow Jones which shows the current shareholder yields of the index. The results are better than the dividend yields due to positive share buybacks. Only three stocks have a double-digit shareholder yield.

Here are the top results with a 10+ percent shareholder yield...

Capital For Shareholders: 8 Top Picks Of The Week

Let's face the latest dividend growth stocks. During the recent week, 29 stocks announced to pay a higher dividend in the future. I've compiled all stocks in the list and hope you can find some great values in it.

The biggest stocks are Disney, MasterCard and American Tower. Also big stocks with dividend growth are Franklin Resources, Stryker and Ecolab as well.

In addition, 15 stocks posted a fresh share buyback program. MasterCard, Northrop Grumman and Henry Schein are the biggest corporate in this space.

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Here are my eight shareholder friendly favorites from the past week...

8 Top Stocks With Recent Dividend Growth Or Stock Buyback Announcements

Below are the latest dividend growers and stocks with a fresh buyback announcement. I hope you have some fun by reading and discovering new stock ideas.

18 companies have raised their dividend payments during the past week. The biggest stocks are Merck, Aetna and Becton, Dickinson and Company. You can discover more results at the end of this post.

In addition, 13 companies announced a new or refreshed share buyback program. The biggest stocks are ACE Limited, Westlake Chemical and The Vasper Corporation as well. The full list of buyback companies is also attached.

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These are some of the biggest results from the past week:

Money Raiser Of The Week: 7 Top Stocks With Fresh Dividend Growth Or Share Buybacks

Dividend growth and share buybacks are two main activities to increase the potential shareholder value and give money back to their owners. 

I like those transactions because it's a clear signal to investors which get rewarded by taking risk and borrowing money.

There is no free lunch and you might agree with me that each good managed company should raise dividends in order to satisfy investors. 

For sure some companies have no possibility to give money back to the financial market because of slipping sales and margin pressure. My answer: Those stocks are not in focus of my research!

Today I like to highlight stocks that gave investors more money via dividend growth or share buybacks within the recent week. These are some of the biggest companies:

82 Shareholder Friendly Stocks of the Week

Below are the top dividend growth stocks and share buyback companies of the week. On the list are some pretty good yielding stocks. Big names like Starbucks, Emerson Electric or Honeywell.

AIG, Motorola and Royal Caribbean Cruises are the biggest stocks with a fresh buyback announcement during the past week.


Cheap is a question of growth. A faster growing company can be higher valuated. Only 17 of the stocks have a forward P/E of less than 15.

The 7 Top Dividend Growth Stocks Of the past Week are...

My 5 Favorite Stocks With Dividend Growth Of The Week

During the past Week, 64 companies increased their dividend payments. The biggest stocks are AbbVie, Visa, Halliburton, Energy Transfer Equity and the apparel company V.F. Corporation.

Four stocks from the dividend growers list have a forward P/E of less than 10 and eleven have a dividend yield over 5 percent. Below are my five favorites. You might agree or not.

Most of them are different and they don’t look like real Dividend Aristocrats or Dividend Champions as in the past articles.

My focus for this selection was mainly on Large Cap. I personally have no shares of them and don’t like to buy some in the near future but it’s always good to know what companies have hiked dividends because in five years or so, they could become to a new Dividend Challenger.

Big names on the Buyback side were Pfizer, AbbVie, Canadian National Railway, Parker-Hannfin, Nielsen and CarMax.

In total, 27 stocks announced a new, additional or increased share buyback program. The total buyback volume for the future is over USD 25 billion.

35 Companies To Pay More Cash For Its Owners

The markets drive into panic while volatility is rising. Did you buy some stocks during the small sell-off?

I did but only one micro position. I still believe that the markets are too expensive and wait.

No, the world will not go down! That's something I can promise you whatever happens. If the markets falls he will one day recover because of the growing world population who wants to satisfy their desires.

The national monetary banks are printing money and they won't keep cash expensive. Everybody should be liquid and the economic growth and employment figures are more important than inflation, that's the key statement of the FED.

In general, I love it when stock prices fall because companies become cheaper and one day I can buy a high quality company for a solid price. Dividends and share buybacks are also two shareholder friendly activities about which I care.

I like to see that the company not only pays dividends to satisfy their shareholder, they should grow their sales, income and dividends as well.

All of this actions is only sustainable if the corporate structure grows, if the firm employs more people, sells more units at the same margin. 

I told you and my friends: Only a growing company is a good company and those will give your portfolio a raise when you haven't overpaid them.

During the past week, a few companies raised their dividends and announced a new stock buyback program. The biggest dividend growers are Goldman Sachs, Enterprise Products Partners as well as Texas Instruments.

On the share buyback side, 14 companies announced a new or additional buyback plan. Brown-Forman, GAP and J.M. Smucker are the biggest stocks on the list.

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Below is a detailed overview of my favorite stocks from the past week who gave investors more money. You can also find a detailed list with some fundamental figures at the end of this post. 

Please don't jump at the bottom, just loot at the great charts. If you find them interesting, share them with your friends and let me know if you like some of them and share your thoughts by leaving a comment. Thank you so much.

Big Dividend Growth And Share Buybacks: These Are My 5 Top Picks Of The Week

The week comes to an end and I like to show you the latest dividend grower and share buyback companies in this article.

It was also a hard week for short-term orientated investors because volatility rises due to topics like Ebola and a weaker European economy.

The Dow lost 2.73 percent within the past week while the S&P 500 was down 3.12 percent and NASDAQ down 4.44 percent.

You know that I have not sold any of my stockholdings. I'm not a fearful investor who sells his wonderful businesses and cash-in some money, pay taxes and waiting for new opportunities.

You also may like: Yields Of The Dividend Aristocrats - 12 Cheapest Stock Of The Index

I like to make money with stocks by holding them over a decade or more. Only over a long period of time, companies can create value.

I keep my eyes on new targets which were very rare in the past because American stocks are some of the most expensive companies in the whole world but they offer also the biggest insurance for investors. 

The Dollar is a safe heaven and he still dominates the world. I keep my money into USD.


One-Week Performance Major Indices (Click to enlarge)

Within the past week, only one big company - Kimberly-Clark, announced a 2 billion buyback program. The next biggest program came from Liberty Interactive.

On the dividend growth side, twelve companies raised dividend payments. The biggest companies here were Kraft Foods and Plains All American Pipeline.

Many oil- and gas pipeline companies are part of the dividend growers list. Those companies have experienced a big boom by creating energy infratructure but they have also high debt figures, compareable with REITs or Telecoms.

Below are my five favorites from the week. I hope you like my selection. I personally own only KFT and KMB, both are consumer giants.

Compared to the dividend growth results of the past week, the numer of stocks is still weak.

My 5 Favorite Dividend Growth And Share Buybacker of the Week are...

7 Top Dividend Growth And Share Buyback Stocks Of The Week

As you might have noticed, my blog covers dividend growth stocks and companies with fresh stock buyback announcements.

It's not a real investment strategy but both are activities for investors.

You can find each week a list of all dividend growth stocks and share buyback companies on this site. It's the only source who compiles this on the internet.

Within the past week, only eight companies raised their dividend payments and additional nine stocks announced a stock buyback program.

Both are shareholder-friendly activities which could be helpful for normal investors like me and you.
Back to dividend growth: No large-cap stock was in the list of the latest dividend grower. The biggest fish in the pool was the insurer American Financial Group who raised dividends by 13.64 percent.

7 of my favorite dividend growth stocks and share buyback announcements of the past week are...

10 Stocks With The Highest Share Buyback Volume In 2014

I'm a big fan of dividend growth but I also like stocks that buy back own shares. By reducing its own outstanding shares, earnings per share could get a boot.

It’s the highest shareholder friendly activity that a company can make but also very sensitive because buybacks will shut down eelier than dividend growth.

Many companies from the S&P 500 pay good dividends and buy on a regular basis shares in the same amount. If you have a stable business model, you can easily do both without hurting your operational business.

Recently, the buyback numbers from the S&P were released and some financial research firms jumped on that data to create researches. I have read them and I want to share the best buyback companies with you here today.

Most of the stocks with the highest buyback volume in Q2 outperformed the market. These are the companies with the strongest buyback programs:

5 Dividend Stocks With Fresh Billion Share Buyback Programs

Dividend growth is a fantastic value driver for your private wealth. But there are more possibilities to create directly shareholder values. Beside dividends, there is a way to give money back via share repurchase programs.

Recently, I wrote an article about stocks with the most recent billion share buyback programs on the market. Today I would like to expand the list by adding stocks that have announced to spend billions by buying back own shares.


Three names are not included in the list because they don't pay dividends. EBay, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International and Check Point Software Technologies are those stocks.


6 Stocks With New Billion Share Buyback Announcements

I love dividends, growth and also share buybacks. 

Good companies pay half of its net income via dividends to shareholders and the second half should be invested in own shares in order to increase the share of all investors of the company. It's a very tax-efficent way to create shareholder value if the corporate don't overpay it's own intrinsic value.

Today would like to present you six of the latest stocks with over a billion in refreshed or new share buyback programs. The amounts are limited for the next five years or so.

4 Dividend Stocks With Over A Billion Refreshed Share Buyback Programes

Dividends are great and a good possibility to give money back to shareholders but you can do the same via share buyback programs. 

Latest is also a very tax-effective way to buy own shares back and boost or support the stock price.

Below, you can find 4 great dividend stocks that have announced recently to buy own shares back in an amount of more than a billion US-Dollar. 

Over the longer-period, this shareholder friendly process should fuel and support the stock price.

4 Stocks with bigger share buyback programs, recently announced

15 Top Yielding Stocks From The Buyback Achievers Portfolio

Best yielding stocks from the Dividend Buyback Achievers Portfolio originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. I always talk about good dividends that grow over time but receiving big dividends from high quality stocks is only the half truth.

A Dividend payment is only one way to distribute earnings to shareholders. Another very effective way to pay money indirect is to buy own shares back.


Today I started a little screen about stocks that have repurchased at least around 5 percent of its own outstanding shares within the recent twelve months.


You can find a complete list of the top yielding stocks from the Dividend Buyback Achievers Portfolio attached. Only fifteen companies from the list have a current yield of more than 3 percent.


16 Cheap Dividend Stocks With Low Debt To Boost Share Repurchases

Dividend paying stocks with low debt ratios and big share repurchases originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. I love dividend growth stocks and dividend paying companies in general but it’s also important to see that the corporate buys its own shares back.

The process of share repurchases is a special way to give shareholder’s money back in a very tax-optimized way. 

A low yielding stock with a 2 percent yield can lift the total yield via stock repurchases to 4 percent or so. For sure, share buybacks are no cash yields on your trading account; it’s an indirect way to reduce the current shares and lift the potential share price.

There is an index outside that covers some of the best stocks with share repurchases that bought at least 5 percent of its outstanding shares within the past 12 months.

Today I would like to screen the Buyback Achievers index by the best yielding stocks with a low forward P/E as well as a very low debt-to-equity ratio. Low debt is a good indicator for potential growth or additional share buybacks.

These are my criteria in detail:
- Positive Dividend Yield
- Forward P/E under 15
- Long-Term Debt-To-Equity below 0.2
- Member of the Buyback Achievers Index

In total, sixteen Buyback Achievers Index stocks fulfilled the above mentioned restrictions of which ten have a current buy or better rating.

15 Cheapest Share Buyback Achievers With Growth Potential

Stocks from the Share Buyback Achievers Index with cheap price ratios and growth potential originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". As you might know, I love growing dividends from a company but my dividend approach has a great fault: It doesn’t take great cash cows with no dividend payments into account.  

A dividend payment is only one way to distribute money back to shareholders. A second way is to buy own shares back. Some companies repurchase their shares instead of the dividend payment and they try to boost earnings per share growth with this model. It’s a very tax-optimized method, especially if you use debt for this process as happened with Apple.

I also look at the number of shares repurchases when I consider buying a stock. The total amount of cash distribution is critical and not the amount of dividend payments in the past. Some companies gave back money in the amount of their whole company over the recent five years and they try to follow this approach for the future. That’s what I really like.

Out there is a great index that covers some of the best dividend growth stocks with share repurchases and adds the best share buyback companies. Within the recent 12 months, all constituents needed to buy at least five percent of their own outstanding shares.

Today I like to screen the Share Buyback Achievers Index by the cheapest dividend stocks with additional growth potential. I selected stocks with a low forward P/E (under 15) as well as a P/B and P/S ratio of less than one. In addition, the five year earnings per share should grow at least with five percent or more.

Fifteen stocks fulfilled the above mentioned criteria. Half of the results pay a dividend between 1 percent and 2.5 percent. The rest is only focused on share buybacks. The good thing is that nine companies have a current buy or better rating.

20 Best Yielding Stocks From The Share Buyback Achievers Index

The highest yielding stocks from the Share Buyback Achievers index originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". I love dividends and dividend growth but most investors are fixed on these themes. Some companies know this and they try to catch investors by paying dividends and let them grow. The problem is that they have only a middle class business model and they burn shareholder value by following the dividend growth approach.

Better variants to give money back to shareholders are share buyback programs. The company buys own stocks and reduces the current amount of outstanding shares. As a result, earnings per share grow at a higher rate and the share price should follow because the P/E goes down and yields are up.

There exists an index that covers the best stocks with share buy backs of at least 5 percent or more for the trailing 12 months. The index is called Buyback Achievers Index. Over 200 companies are constituents but only half of them pay dividends.

Today, I like to introduce the 20 highest yielding stocks from the index. Below results are completely different stocks compared to my regular screens about Dividend Champs and other growth picks. Just take a look and get inspired.


Dividends and Stock Buybacks: Pros and Cons


The following article was written by our guest blogger Angie Picardo. She's a staff writer for NerdWallet and likes to inform my readers about share buybacks and the sense behind.

There are, of course, a number of ways for shareholders to benefit from the stocks they own of any given company. Generally speaking, companies want to keep investors happy because they want their stock to be perceived as valuable (and to actually be valuable!) and so they can make a profit themselves. Most investors are familiar with dividends and the benefits they impart to the shareholder. Whether it is from dividend growth or dividend yields, shareholders do expect to make some money over stocks that they hold over time. Most companies respect that and try to keep their profits growing so that dividends can increase, but sometimes, the market becomes diluted with the shares of a particular company, and that’s where share buybacks come in.

Share repurchases, sometimes known as share buyback programs, can be a bit of a divisive issue for investors: some people have strong feelings about them. Share repurchases are essentially what they sound like; they happen when a company decides to repurchase some of its shares from its stockholders. Companies conduct share repurchases primarily because they have concluded that they have too many shares on the open market. When they decided to repurchase the shares, they can either make offers directly to the shareholders or buy them on the open market. Once the company reacquires the shares, they are cancelled or kept as treasury shares. This limits the amount of shares available to the public.

Value Raising

One way that share repurchases are good is that they raise the value for the remaining stock holders. By buying up its shares, a company ensures that whatever shares remain are worth more. For example, if the company is valued at $100 million and has a million shares, each share is worth $100. But, if the company buys up half of the shares, each share still on the market has doubled in value to $200 each. If a company you hold shares in begins offering share repurchases, it may be worthwhile to wait out the process because your stocks may go up. However, a stock buyback is essentially an admission by the company that the stock is undervalued, which would make it an optimal time to sell. 

When it comes to comparing dividends and repurchases, there are a number of factors to consider. First of all, dividends are never guaranteed. Even if the company has been offering a consistently growing dividend year after year, it could stop at any time, this is just part of the inherent uncertainty to the stock market. Choosing to stay with a dividend also depends on the type of dividend you receive and how predictable it is. If you’ve been receiving a high dividend yield, it may be a good time to cash out and take the repurchase while things are good. If you have a dividend growth that is dependable and has been for some time, it may be more beneficial to stick with the stock and let the dividends keep rolling in.

Re-Purchasing Power!

Another way to think about whether to stick with dividends or accept a repurchase offer is to consider whether or not you were going reinvest your dividends back into the company. Allowing the company to repurchase your shares is essentially reinvesting in the company because the value of the rest of your shares will increase. Accepting your regularly scheduled dividends, rather than a share repurchase, is a way for you—the investor—to maintain a certain level of control and flexibility over your money and investments. Trusting a company to buy your shares back is granting them autonomy to do what they think is best for the company. If you prefer being in total control, keeping your shares and accepting dividends may be for you.

To sum up, while there is no guarantee that you will always receive dividends on your shares, many companies pride themselves on offering them consistently, and will likely continue to do so. If you feel optimistic about your dividend situation and like maintaining full control of your shares, going with dividends is probably the right choice for you. A share repurchase is a good idea if you were planning on reinvesting your dividends back into the company anyway or if you are concerned that your shares are becoming undervalued.

Angie Picardo is a staff writer for NerdWallet. Her mission is to help investors stay financially savvy and save money with Nerdwallet's best rewards credit cards.