Seeking attractive dividend stocks? How to separate the potential winners from the losers
Ben Lofthouse, the head of global equity income at Janus Henderson Investors, understands how difficult life can be in this years-long low-interest-rate environment. But he advises income-seeking investors to think carefully about companies that might look like solid dividend payers but whose industries are changing so dramatically that the stocks may be headed over a cliff.
The August edition of the Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index study makes for fascinating reading and can be downloaded here in full. You might not expect such a high-level review of corporate dividend payment trends to apply to you, but it is informative, not only about opportunities in dividend stocks in a world that is starving for yield, but for investors who want to avoid getting burned.
Think ahead. Do you believe a company you are considering for investment is likely to remain competitive in providing goods and services for the next decade or two? The auto industry is certainly in a transitional phase — probably a very long one. Equities for income The S&P 500 SPX, +0.06% had a weighted aggregate dividend yield of 2.03% as of the market close on Aug. 26, according to FactSet. That was well above the 1.46% yield on 10-year U.S. Treasury notes TMUBMUSD10Y, +0.00%, and it even exceeded the 1.96% yield on 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds TMUBMUSD30Y, +0.00%.
Looking to the U.S., Lofthouse said “things that have worked” have included Crown Castle CCI, -0.53%, a real estate investment trust that owns cell towers and related fiber networks, and data-center REITs, such as CyrusOne CONE, +0.52%.
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