5 stocks maintaining a strong Dividend history, providing a regular Dividend – (PEP, TROW, WAG, SWK, PG)

Dividend policies are likely to be one of the more stable and unsurprising elements of a company and most companies start to declare dividends once they find themselves in a level of business maturity where attractive investment opportunities are usually less available while cash flow generation is constant or rising more slowly in the past.

Reducing or ending a dividend payment is equal to an announcement that the firm is financially troubled. Directors consider dividend policies very carefully, hardly ever reducing dividends unless they have to, and not lifting dividends unless they are confident that they can be continued. When a company declares a bigger than predicted dividend or suddenly states a dividend cut or omission, the market reaction is dramatic and impulsive. Thus, a stable dividend policy should suggest stability or lower risk within the company.

PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) has an annual dividend of $2.15 while keeping its dividend yield at 3.09%. The company maintains a dividend payout ratio of 55.46%. Shares of PEP have been trading in the range of $61.50 – $73.66 in last 52 weeks. PEP engages in the manufacture and sale of snacks, carbonated and non-carbonated beverages, dairy products, and other foods worldwide.

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:TROW) is a publicly owned asset management holding company. T. Rowe Price Group, Inc pays a dividend of $1.36 annually. The stock has an annual dividend yield of 2.09% and maintains a dividend payout ratio of 42.66%. Shares of TROW have been floating in the range of $49.35– $66.66 in the last 52 weeks.

Walgreen Company (NYSE:WAG) together with its subsidiaries, operates a chain of drugstores in the United States. Walgreen Company pays a dividend of $1.10annually. The company has an annual dividend yield of 3.03% and has a dividend payout ratio at 39.65%. Shares of WAG have been floating in the range of $28.53 – $37.35 in the last 52 weeks.

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK) annual dividend yield stands at 2.83% and maintains a dividend payout ratio of 49.24%. The stock has a dividend of $1.96 annually. SWK shares traded in the range of $58.59 – $81.90 in the last 52 weeks. SWK provides power and hand tools, mechanical access solutions, and electronic security and monitoring systems primarily in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Canada.

The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) shares have been trading in the range of $59.07 – $69.97 in the last 52 weeks. The company pays a dividend of $2.25 annually and has a dividend payout ratio of 66.02%. The stock maintains an annual dividend yield of 3.28%. PG together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of a range of branded consumer packaged goods.

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