high dividend

You can’t fake a record of dividends. That’s why we place a high value on a sustained history of dividend payments. When you’re looking for income-producing stocks, a high dividend yield should also be one of your most important investment considerations. But that shouldn’t come at the expense of sustainability.


Our exclusive TSI Dividend Sustainability Rating System uses eight factors to determine a company’s ability to maintain its current dividend, and increase the payment over time.


These factors are:


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Both BCE and Telus continue to prosper in the competitive Canadian telecom market. That positions them to continue raising their already-high dividend payouts.


BCE INC. $60 (Toronto symbol BCE; Income Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 868.2 million; Market cap: $52.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.4; Dividend yield: 4.6%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.bce.ca) is Canada’s largest telephone provider, with 6.5 million customers in Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces....
REITMANS (CANADA) LTD. $6.52 (Toronto symbol RET.A; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (514-384- 1140; www.reitmans.com; Shares outstanding: 64.6 million; Market cap: $412.6 million; Dividend yield: 3.1%) owns 719 women’s clothing stores across Canada.


Those outlets are divided among several brands: Reitmans (307 stores), Penningtons (130), Addition Elle (103), RW & Co....
A: Chorus Aviation, $6.08, symbol CHR on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 122.2 million; Market cap: $739.5 million; www.chorusaviation.ca), formerly known as Jazz Air Income Fund, is Air Canada’s main affiliated regional airline.



Chorus Aviation owns Jazz Air, Canada’s largest regional airline and the country’s overall second-biggest carrier based on fleet size and the number of routes....
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