| Mergent's Dividend Achievers Contributor(s): John Wiley & Sons Inc (Manufactured by) |
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ISBN: 047165969X ISBN-13: 9780471659693 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2004 Annotation: To find the most consistent dividend-paying stocks, professional investment managers, analysts, and knowledgeable individual investors use Mergent's Dividend Achievers(TM)-the definitive guide for sound investments. Mergent's Dividend Achievers(TM) profiles approximately 300 U.S. companies that have increased their regular cash dividends annually for the past ten or more consecutive years. These are truly remarkable companies. The average total return of these Dividend Achiever companies has outperformed the S&P 500 for the last ten years. From our Dividend Achievers, you can put together an extraordinary, diversified portfolio. They include large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap companies. The companies represent more than fifty different industries, from consumer goods to real estate to utilities. For each Dividend Achiever company, this handbook provides a full-page profile with in-depth investment criteria, including a stock performance chart, dividend record, business description, seven years of financial results and ratios, analysis of recent developments and more. With just a glance, you can see how the company has done in the past and decide whether you want to investigate further. This latest edition includes numerous valuable rankings, such as ten-year average annual dividend growth rate; one-, three-, and five-year total returns; top twenty return on equity and return on assets; along with top twenty rankings by revenue, net income, total assets, long-term and short-term price scores, highest and lowest P/E ratios, and more! And now, with new tax law changes slashing dividend taxes, investing in Dividend Achiever companies has never been better! Our DividendAchievers will provide low-taxed income today and perhaps low-taxed capital gains tomorrow. A Century of Providing Trusted Information For over a century, Mergent has been the preferred source for global business and financial information. Providing comprehensive data to savvy investors-both novice and professional, Mergent offers the easy way to pick specific stocks that excel at paying dividends and piling up profits. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Personal Finance - Investing |
| Dewey: 338.7 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.42" W x 8.26" (0.94 lbs) 330 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Definitive Guide To Companies That Have Increased Their Cash Dividends To find the most consistent dividend-paying stocks, professional investment managers, analysts, and knowledgeable individual investors use Mergent's Dividend Achievers(tm) -- the definitive guide for sound investments. Published four times a year, Mergent's Dividend Achievers features the latest data on a unique universe of companies with a history of regularly rewarding shareholders. Mergent has been highlighting companies with outstanding dividend records since 1979 and boasts a century of experience in quality financial information publishing. Each quarterly handbook features updated profiles on approximately 300 Dividend Achiever companies, revised with the latest available quarterly earnings results, dividend announcements, and stock prices. Mergent's Dividend Achievers is one of my favorite bedside thrillers. Here's a simple way to succeed in Wall Street: Buy the stocks on Mergent's] list and stick with them as long as they stay on the list --Peter Lynch Outperform the S&P 500(r) Mergent's Dividend Achievers, profiles approximately 300 U.S. companies that have increased their regular cash dividends annu |