50 Blue Chip Dividend Stocks Q

50 Blue-Chip Dividend Stocks Increasing Payouts in
Q1 2014
by Kyle Woodley | April 1, 2014 5:58 am
If Q1 2014 felt like a middling quarter well, thats because it was. The S&P 500 entered the final day of first-
quarter trading up fractionally year-to-date, and dividend stocks didnt look much better. Funds focused around
dividend stocks, such as Best Stocks contest[1] entry Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG[2]) and the
SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (SDY[3]), should end the quarter basically flat, too.
[4]Still that doesnt mean Q1 was all bad news for anyone sitting on dividend
stocks.
For one, Wall Street banks just received the results of their most recent federal stress tests[5], and they were
widely positive. That should mean big bumps in the dividend yields of some huge blue-chip financials Bank
of America (BAC[6]) and Morgan Stanley (MS[7]) are forecast to produce some of the best payout
improvements in the coming months.
We also got our regular deluge of paycheck increases from a wide array of dividend stocks, including a host of
S&P 500 stocks, as well as six Dependable Dividend Stocks[8] companies that have upped their regular
dividends for at least 25 consecutive years. And seven of the companies mentioned here have yet to go ex-
dividend, meaning theres still time to invest in these companies before they pay out at their newly improved
dividend rates.
This batch of dividend stocks isnt an end-all list of buy recommendations by any means. Far from it. But, it can
provide you with a great jumping-off point for income investments. After all, companies that are able to increase
their dividends typically are at least demonstrating more stability in their business and, in many cases, youre
looking at some attractive dividend yields here, aswell.
So, lets get to it. Here are 50 of Wall Streets bluest blue-chipstocks that have turned the dividend spigot just a
little more during the past three months. We also list the new payout, percentage increase, yield based on the
closing price on March 31, and payment and record dates:
New Payout % increaseDIVIDEND Yield as of 3/31Payment DateRecord date
$0.125 25% 1% March 25 March 11
American International Group(AIG)
American International Group (AIG[9]) announced its first dividend increase inmid-February well less
than a year after reinstating its payout! The improved quarterly dividend came alongside a Q4 report that showed
AIG swinging to a profit after a year-ago loss[10], as well as news that the company planned on laying off about
3% of its global workforce.
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$0.77 8.5% 2.59% May 12 April 1
Air Products & Checmicals (APD)
$0.28 12% 1.98% April 1 March 30
Allstate (ALL)
$0.25 25% 1.21% May 22 April 22
* Goes ex-dividend April 17
Apache Corp. (APA)*
$1.93 15% 2.45% March 24 March 7
BlackRock (BLK)
$0.12 9.1% 1.53% March 30 Feb. 14
Broadcom (BRCM)
$0.50 13.6% 2.4% April 1 March 14
Chubb (CB)
Dependable Dividend Stock[11] Chubb Corp. (CB[12]) has really taken it on the chin early in 2014 after a fairly
steady 30% ramp-up in 2013. The company is wildly underperforming the market, down more than 8% year-to-
date. However, it offered a slight salve in the form of a roughly 14% bump to its dividend to 50 cents quarterly.
The dividend on CB stock has now been hiked for 32 consecutive years, and it has improved by more than 7%
annually over the past five years.
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$0.19 12% 3.39% April 23 April 3
Cisco (CSCO)*
$0.47 4% 2.54% March 25 March 10
CME Group (CME)
$0.225 15.4% 1.8% April 23 April 2
Comcast (CMCSA)
The big news of the quarter for Comcast (CMCSA[14]) was its proposed merger[15] with Time Warner Cable
(TWC[16]). But the company also made waves for its deal[17] with Netflix (NFLX[18]) in response to net
neutrality rules being hacked away, and is now making headlines again on reported talks[19] with Apple (AAPL
[20]) over streaming TV service.
So, when the company announced it would be upping its quarterly payout to 22.5 cents per share well, one can
understand why that went mostly under the radar. Still, with the latest increase, CMCSAs payout has more than
tripled since 2009, when it was paying 7 cents quarterly. The new Comcast dividend yield sits just above 1.8%.
$0.19 12% 1.47% April 1 March 14
Comerica (CMA)
$0.10 300% 0.53% April 28 March 28
Danaher (DHR)
Danaher (DHR[21]) made the biggest splash by far among the dividend stocks on this list, quadrupling its 2.5-
cent quarterly dividend, with a 10-cent payout landing in late April. Granted, this dividend increase is the
companys first since 2011, so investors have been waiting quite a bit plus, DHR still only yields 0.54%, so it
hasnt exactly vaulted Danaher into the ranks of dividend royalty.
$0.24 9% 1.43% J une 30 J une 13
* Goes ex-dividend J une 11
Devon Energy (DVN)*
$0.37 15% 3.05% April 30 March 31
Dow Chemical (DOW)
$0.31 19.2% 2.14% March 12 Feb. 21
Family Dollar (FDO)
$0.125 25% 3.21% March 30 J an. 31
Ford (F)
$0.62 10.7% 2.28% May 9 April 11
General Dynamics (GD)*
General Dynamics (GD[22]) investors cant really ask for much more out of Q1. Holders of the defense
companys stock not only enjoyed a double-digit increase to the dividend, but a market-crushing 13% return
through the final trading day of the quarter. That run was sparked by an excellent earnings report out in late
J anuary that was starkly different from the prior year, when the companys information systems required a major
writedown.
$0.41 8% 3.16% May 1 April 10
General Mills (GIS)*
$0.30 N/A^ 3.49% March 28 March 18
^Resumed dividend
General Motors (GM)
General Motors (GM[23]) saw another financial-crisis scar heal as the company announced in J anuary that it
would be reinstating its dividend. While Charles Sizemore points out that GM might not necessarily have all the
qualities youd normally tether to the moniker dividend stocks,[24] theres no arguing that General Motors is in
a much better place financially. Its 30-cent dividend is enough evidence of that.
$0.275 31% 1.65% March 7 Feb. 19
Harley-Davidson (HOG)
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$0.43 8% 3.09% May 15 May 1
Hasbro (HAS)*
$0.16 10.2% 1.79% April 2 March 12
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ[26]) is one of the best performers on this list, up nearly 15% year-to-date after doubling
in 2013. Yes, this is the same Hewlett-Packard that many deemed destined for the meat wagon after HPQ shares
shed about three-quarters of their value from 2010-12. Still, Hewlett-Packard has been slowing its revenue
declines and earnings keep heading higher, making HPQ a much different critter than we thought itd be just a
couple years ago.
$0.47 21% 2.38% March 27 March 13
Home Depot (HD)
$0.25 19% 1.75% March 31 March 14
Ingersoll-Rand (IR)
$0.34 13% 2.4% March 7 Feb. 21
L Brands (LB)
$0.30 7.1% 1.57% March 12 Feb. 26
McGraw-Hill Financial (MHFI)
$0.37 16% 2.51% March 17 Feb. 28
Molson Coors Brewing (TAP)
$0.375 50% 4.58% Feb. 20 Feb. 10
Noble Corp. (NE)
Noble Corp. (NE[27]) is another company that announced a big dividend increase in the midst of a pretty poor
quarter. NE shares enjoyed a 50% hike to the dividend as of February, and at current prices, the dividend yield is
a healthy 4.7%. Of course, that has come after a rather unhealthy Q1 in which the stock dipped 13%.
$0.33 10% 2.11% March 25 March 10
Nordstrom (J WN)
$0.54 3.8% 2.22% March 10 Feb. 7
Norfolk Southern (NSC)
$0.40 5% 2.7% Feb. 18 Feb. 10
Oneok (OKE)
PPL Corp. (PPL)
$0.3725 1% 4.5% April 1 March 10
$0.65 8% 1.99% March 17 March 7
Praxair (PX)
$0.42 20% 1.78% TBD TBD
Qualcomm (QCOM)
Qualcomms (QCOM[28]) enjoyable 2014 was made even better thanks to an announced 20% hike to its
dividend, effective as of its next payout sometime in J une. Qualcomm, most known for its communications
technologies and chipsets, also released a smartwatch the Toq[29] in late December, and is increasingly
trying to become a part of the connected home. So far, optimism in Qualcomm has resulted in 7% gains for
QCOM for the year-to-date.
New Payout** % increaseDIVIDEND Yield as of 3/31Payment DateRecord date
$0.1825 0.17% 5.36% April 15 April 1
** Monthly payout
Realty Income (O)
Realty Income (O[30]), affectionately known as the Monthly Dividend Company, notched yet another uptick
in its monthly income check with a 0.17% increase to 18.25 cents per share. The company currently boasts 66
consecutive quarterly increases to its payout, and at 5%-plus in dividend yield and 9% in gains so far this year,
Realty Income has to be among Wall Streets favorite dividend stocks this year.
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$0.20 18% 1.12% March 31 March 10
Ross Stores (ROST)
$0.66 5% 2.73% March 31 March 10
Sempra Energy (SRE)
$0.55 10% 1.12% March 14 March 3
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
Sherwin-Williams (SHW[32]) hit another milestone, celebrating its 35th consecutive year of increased dividend
payouts thanks to its 10% hike in March. That announcement will keep SHW on the Dependable Dividend Stocks
[8] list for another year.
$0.335 9.8% 3.63% March 10 Feb. 14
Spectra Energy (SE)
$0.27 8% 1.65% April 30 March 31
St. J ude Medical (STJ )
$0.23 15% 2.37% March 25 March 4
Suncor Energy (SU)
Time Warner Cable (TWC)
$0.75 15% 2.19% March 17 Feb. 28
The other half of the Comcast merger party, Time Warner Cable (TWC[16]), also bumped up its dividend this
past quarter. With its latest increase to 75 cents quarterly) Time Warners payout has now grown by 88%
since establishing regular dividends in 2010.
$0.47 9.3% 3.6% April 30 April 3
Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD)*
$0.44 16% 2.14% March 28 March 14
T. Rowe Price (TROW)
$0.67 8.1% 2.75% March 11 Feb. 24
UPS (UPS)
$0.25 11.1% 1.88% March 12 Feb. 12
Valero Energy (VLO)
$0.48 2% 2.51% April 1 March 11
Walmart (WMT)
Walmart (WMT[33]) has not had itself a good 2014. The company suffered a substantial fourth-quarter sales and
profit decline that it blamed heavily on lousy weather, and has been in the crosshairs of the minimum wage
debate. WMT has declined 3.4% so far this year underperforming the market but considering any lack of
positive spark, one could reasonably expect it to have done worse. Investors did receive an increase in Walmarts
quarterly dividend, but it was a token one at just 2%, this is one of its weakest improvements ever.
$0.375 2.7% 3.57% March 21 March 10
Waste Management (WM)
$0.4375 17% 1.76% March 25 March 10
WellPoint (WLP)
$0.0625 8.7% 2.21% April 30 March 31
Xerox (XRX)
Kyle Woodley[34] is the Deputy Managing Editor of InvestorPlace.com[35]. As of this writing, he did not hold a
position in any of the aforementioned securities. Follow him on Twitter at @KyleWoodley[36].
Endnotes:
Best Stocks contest: http://investorplace.com/best-stocks-for-2014 1.
VIG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VIG 2.
SDY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SDY 3.
[Image]: http://investorplace.com/hot-topics/companies-increasing-dividends/ 4.
results of their most recent federal stress tests: http://investorplace.com/2014/03/dividend-stocks-bank-
stocks/
5.
BAC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BAC 6.
MS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MS 7.
Dependable Dividend Stocks: http://investorplace.com/dividend-paying-stocks/ 8.
AIG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AIG 9.
AIG swinging to a profit after a year-ago loss: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/13/us-aig-results-
idUSBREA1C1VR20140213
10.
Dependable Dividend Stock: http://investorplace.com/dividend-paying-stocks/ 11.
CB: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CB 12.
Next Page: http://investorplace.com/2014/03/50-blue-chip-dividend-stocks-q1/2/ 13.
CMCSA: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CMCSA 14.
proposed merger: http://investorplace.com/2014/02/will-comcast-cmcsa-time-warner-cable-twc-kill-tv/ 15.
TWC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=TWC 16.
its deal: http://slant.investorplace.com/2014/02/netflix-comcast-nflx-stock/ 17.
NFLX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NFLX 18.
reported talks: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2014/03/23/apple-comcast-talks/6806363/ 19.
AAPL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AAPL 20.
DHR: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=DHR 21.
GD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GD 22.
GM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GM 23.
GM might not necessarily have all the qualities youd normally tether to the moniker dividend stocks,:
http://investorplace.com/2014/01/gm-stock-dividend-stocks/
24.
HPQ: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HPQ 26.
NE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NE 27.
QCOM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=QCOM 28.
the Toq: http://investorplace.com/2014/03/toq-smartwatch-review-qcom/ 29.
O: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=O 30.
SHW: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SHW 32.
WMT: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WMT 33.
Kyle Woodley: http://www.investorplace.com/author/kyle-woodley/ 34.
InvestorPlace.com: http://investorplace.com/ 35.
@KyleWoodley: https://twitter.com/KyleWoodley 36.
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