Dividend Stocks

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 Archive
GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC. $33 is a hold. Canada’s second-largest life insurer (Toronto symbol GWO; Conservative Growth Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; shares outstanding: 931.8 million; Market cap: $30.7 billion; Dividend yield: 5.9%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.greatwestlifeco.com) last raised its quarterly dividend with the December 2021 payment....
These two companies have held their dividends steady for several years, and we feel their current payouts continue to be safe. Both are also leaders in niche industries, which cuts your risk.


RUSSEL METALS INC. $30 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol RUS; Cyclical-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 63.1 million; Market cap: $1.9 billion; Dividend yield: 5.1%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.russelmetals.com) is one of the largest metals distributors in North America with more than 30,000 end customers across many different industries.


Russel has paid regular quarterly dividends of $0.38 a share since the third quarter of 2014; the annual rate of $1.52 yields a high 5.1%....

RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORP. $93 is a buy. The company (New York symbol RTX; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 1.5 billion; Market cap: $139.5 billion; Dividend yield: 2.4%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.rtx.com) is a leading maker of commercial aircraft equipment, electronic systems for military aircraft and guided missiles.


With the June 2022 payment, Raytheon raised your quarterly dividend by 7.8%....
These two industrial firms have a long history of annual dividend increases. We expect investors in both these companies will continue to benefit from their improving earnings and strong balance sheets.


GENUINE PARTS CO. $157 is a buy. The company (New York symbol GPC; Income-Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 141.4 million; Market cap: $22.2 billion; Dividend yield: 2.3%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.genpt.com) is a leading seller of replacement auto parts....

Foodmakers Kraft Heinz and Campbell Soup have raised the prices of their products in response to rising input costs. Despite that, their strong brands should continue to attract customers. That loyalty supports their high yields.


KRAFT HEINZ CO....
ALLIED PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $32 is a buy. The REIT (Toronto symbol AP.UN; Cyclical-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Units outstanding: 128.0 million; Market cap: $4.1 billion; Distribution yield: 5.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.alliedreit.com) owns 200 office buildings and 13 properties under development, mainly in major Canadian cities.


Starting with the January 2022 payment, Allied raised its monthly distribution by 2.9%....

Spinoffs tend to work out well, as investors gemerally prefer “pure-play” companies that focus on a single business. H&R’s spinoff of its retail properties as Primaris has enhanced its appeal and is behind our decision to name H&R as a top pick for 2022....
CANOE EIT INCOME FUND $13 (Toronto symbol EIT.UN; Units o/s: 153.9 million; Market cap: $2.0 billion; Divd. yield: 9.2%; www.canoefinancial.com) is a closed-end fund that invests in a portfolio of dividend paying stocks. Canadian stocks account for 51.2% of its holdings, followed by the U.S....
Telus suspended dividend increases in 2020 due to uncertainty caused by COVID-19 lockdowns. Now that the economy is reopening, the company has resumed its pattern of raising the dividend twice a year. In fact, it now aims to increase the annual dividend rate between 7% and 10% from 2023 through the end of 2025.


The company also continues to develop its smaller businesses, which serve the healthcare and agricultural industries....
CEDAR FAIR L.P. $44 (www.cedarfair.com) remains a hold. Cedar Fair has now re-opened all of its amusement parks as more areas relax their COVID-19 restrictions. As a result, revenue in the second quarter of 2022 jumped 127.3%, to $509.49 million from $224.14 million a year earlier....