4 High return on assets (ROA) dividend stocks with yields of 2.0%+, trading within 10% of their 52-week low:
12.9% ROA | $PG
13.9% ROA | $KMB
14.3% ROA | $CLX
14.8% ROA | $MCD
Lots of stability and decades of dividend growth in that group.
Compounding is powerful. The difference over time between simple interest and compound interest is staggering:
$100 at 9% simple interest is $280 after 20 years
$100 at 9% compound interest is $560 after 20 years
The beauty of buy and hold forever dividend growth investing is that:
1. It takes very little work to maintain a portfolio. โ
2. Your passive income is likely to increase significantly over time.
The stock market is a place to buy fractional ownership in real businesses.
The management teams and employees of those businesses work to increase the value of their businesses over time.
I believe this is why there are so many investing styles that work well.
$BIL yields ~4.3%.
That's nice, but I'd rather have something like a 2.6% yield growing at 8.0% annually (what I'd expect from a growth oriented dividend stock on average).
Note: Image below assumes dividends / interest is not reinvested.
"Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas."โ
โ Paul Samuelson
โRemember the power of compounding. You donโt need to stretch for returns to grow your capital over the course of your life.โโ
โ Walter Schloss
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15 Dividend Champions with no-fee DRIPs:
15. Universal $UVV
14. A.O. Smith $AOS
13. Realty Income $O
12. California Water Service $CWT
11. Illinois Tool Works $ITW
10. Johnson & Johnson $JNJ
9. Universal Health Realty $UHT
8. Nucor $NUE
7. Northwest Natural $NWN
6. Arrow Financial $AROW
5. S&P Global $SPGI
4. Nordson $NDSN
3. New Jersey Resources $NJR
2. Tompkins Financial $TMP
1. Hormel $HRL
5 well known dividend growth stocks currently within 10% of 52-week lows:
1. Procter & Gamble $PG
2. Coca-Cola $KO
3. McDonald's $MCD
4. ADP $ADP
5. Colgate-Palmolive $CL