Dividend Stocks

Dividend stocks make cash payouts that serve as a way for companies to share the wealth they’ve accumulated.  These payouts are drawn from earnings and cash flow and paid to the shareholders of the company. Typically, these dividends are paid quarterly, although they may be paid annually or even monthly as well.

Dividends can produce as much as a third of your total return over long periods, and you can even retire on dividends.

There are 4 key stock dividend dates that are involved with dividend payments:

1- The Declaration Date is several weeks in advance of a dividend payment—it’s when company’s board of directors sets the amount and timing of the proposed payment.
2- The Payable Date is the date set by the board on which the dividend will actually be paid out to shareholders.
3- The Record Date is for shareholders who hold the stock before the payable date and receive the dividend payment. That date is set any number of weeks before the payable date.
4-The Ex-Dividend Date is two business days before the record date and it’s when the shares begin to trade without their dividend. If you buy stocks one day or more before their ex-dividend date, you will still get the dividend. That’s when a stock is said to trade cum-dividend. If you buy on the ex-dividend date or later, you won’t get the dividend. The ex-dividend date is in place to allow pending stock trades to settle.

We think very highly of stocks that have been paying dividends for five or more years, at TSI Network. Many of these stocks fit in well with our three-part Successful Investor philosophy:

1- Invest mainly in well-established companies;
2- Spread your money out across most if not all of the five main economic sectors (Manufacturing & Industry; Resources & Commodities; Consumer; Finance; and Utilities);
3- Downplay or avoid stocks in the broker/media limelight.

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Dividend Stocks Library Archives

A Yield to Caution

PIZZA PIZZA ROYALTY CORP. $13.28 (Toronto symbol PZA; Shares outstanding: 32.9 million; Market cap: $436.9 million; Dividend yield: 7.0%; www.pizzapizza.ca) holds certain trademarks and trade names used by Pizza Pizza restaurants in Canada.
Those exclusive names are licensed to Pizza Pizza for 99 years. In return, it pays… Read More

Regular increases sustain its appeal

Starting in 2011, telecom Telus began rewarding its shareholders with twice yearly dividend increases. Under the current version of the plan, the company committed to increasing the annual rate by between 7% and 10% from 2023 through the end of 2025.
More dividend increases beyond 2025… Read More

RioCan slows new condo projects

RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $19 is a buy. The REIT (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Units outstanding: 300.4 million; Market cap: $5.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.9; Distribution yield: 5.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.riocan.com) owns all or part of 186 shopping centres and… Read More

Enbridge gains from its new assets

ENBRIDGE INC. $60 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol ENB; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 2.2 billion; Market cap: $132.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.6; Dividend yield: 6.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.enbridge.com) operates pipelines that pump oil and natural gas from Western Canada… Read More

Telus raises your dividend

TELUS CORP. $22 is a buy. The telecom provider (Toronto symbol T; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 1.5 billion; Market cap: $33.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.6; Dividend yield: 7.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.telus.com) has 13.61 million wireless subscribers across Canada. It also sells… Read More

TD agrees to a settlement

TD BANK, $78.77, is a #1 Buy for 2024. The lender (Toronto symbol TD; Shares o/s: 1.7 billion; Market cap: $137.7 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.2%; www.td.com) has now agreed to a final settlement, including a fine of $3.09 billion U.S., due to lapses in anti-money… Read More

Brookfield adds wind

BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE PARTNERS L.P., $35.19, is a buy. The partnership (Toronto symbol BEP.UN; Units outstanding: 646.0 million; Market cap: $23.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 5.5%; www.bep.brookfield.com) is set to acquire a 12.45% stake in four operational U.K. offshore wind farms from Ørsted, marking its first investment… Read More

BCE invests for growth

BCE INC., $40.06, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares o/s: 912.3 million; Market cap: $36.6 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 10.0%) will now use the $4.2 billion in proceeds from the sale of its 37.5% stake in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE)… Read More

Enbridge adds more top assets

Enbridge has just completed the acquisition of three U.S. natural gas utilities from Dominion Energy. Big purchases like these add risk, but rate-regulated businesses generate predictable cash flows, which the company can use to pay down the debt it takes on to fund their purchase… Read More

Software focus gives Cisco an AI advantage

Networking equipment maker Cisco recently acquired Splunk, which specializes in cybersecurity software. The purchase will improve its hardware products, and let it tap Splunk’s expertise in the rapidly growing field of artificial intelligence (AI) software.
CISCO SYSTEMS INC. $56 is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol CSCO; High-Growth… Read More

Expect more share buybacks

SUNCOR ENERGY INC. $53 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol SU; Cyclical-Growth Payer Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 1.3 billion; Market cap: $68.9 billion; Dividend yield: 4.1%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.suncor.com) is Canada’s largest integrated oil firm, with major projects in the Alberta oil sands.
With the… Read More

Here are key updates on 3 dividend payers

NEWELL BRANDS INC. $7.32 remains a hold. The company (Nasdaq symbol NWL; Conservative Growth Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 416.0 million; Market cap: $3.0 billion; Dividend yield: 3.8%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Average; www.newellbrands.com) makes a wide range of consumer and household products such as PaperMate pens, Elmer’s glue,… Read More

Stantec acquisitions to spur dividend

STANTEC INC. $114 is a buy. This engineering firm (Toronto symbol STN; Cyclical-Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 114.1 million; Market cap: $13.0 billion; Dividend yield: 0.7%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.stantec.com) is a leading seller of consulting, project-delivery, design and technology services.
With the April 2024 payment,… Read More

These small-caps offer solid yields

While large-cap stocks tend to account for the bulk of most investors’ portfolios, we also recommend adding smaller firms such as Calian and Extendicare. Both are leaders in their respective industries and have long histories of regular dividend payments.
CALIAN GROUP LTD. $50 is a buy. The… Read More

New businesses will spur their dividends

Enbridge and AltaGas continue to expand their asset bases with new high-quality, rate-regulated projects. The extra cash flow puts them in a strong position to keep rewarding investors with higher dividends.
ENBRIDGE INC. $57 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol ENB; Income-Growth Payer Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares… Read More

PepsiCo cuts its sales forecast

PEPSICO INC. $173 is a hold. The company (Nasdaq symbol PEP; Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $242.2 billion; Dividend yield: 3.1%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.pepsico.com) is the world’s second-largest soft-drink maker after Coca-Cola. Its other brands include Frito-Lay snacks, Gatorade… Read More

Fast-food giants ready for China rebound

China recently announced several new measures to stimulate its economy. That’s good news for McDonald’s and Starbucks, which continue to expand their presence in that country. Investors will also benefit from their long-term commitment to lifting their dividends.
MCDONALD’S CORP. $299 is a buy. The company (New York… Read More