If you are an income-focused value investor, the REIT we review in this report is worth considering. It’s a triple net lease REIT, with a well-covered 5.0% dividend yield and the potential for ongoing share price appreciation. It’s been largely unfazed by pandemic challenges, and has actually been wisely increasing the growth trajectory of its business in a space with high barriers to entry. In this report we review the business, dividend safety, valuation and risks, and then conclude with our opinion on investing.
Top 8 Big-Dividend REITs, BDCs, CEFs, MLPs
Healthcare Stock: Tremendous Upside Potential
This article reviews a biotechnology (healthcare) company that develops non-invasive genomics tests used to diagnose skin cancer. The product is considered superior to current test procedures, and revenues are growing rapidly. Further, the company has three additional products (still in development phase) with even larger total addressable market opportunities. Encouragingly, the company is working diligently to expand product usage by educating the medical community and by reaching out to more insurers to cover it. In this report, we analyze the business model, product advantages, market opportunity, competitive positioning, valuation, risks, and then conclude with our opinion on investing.
PIMCO CEF: The Big Premium, I'll Be Back, 10.1% Yield
Often an income-investor favorite, 2021 continues to be an interesting year for PIMCO’s lineup of big-distribution, monthly-pay, fixed-income CEFs. We’ve seen the launch of a new winner, a distribution cut from a perennial favorite, and now an imminent merger and sharply declining premiums for three classic PIMCO funds. In this report, we focus on one in particular, its 10.1% monthly distribution and its significantly shrinking price premium (versus NAV) as the big merger looms imminent. And regarding its once large premium, it is our opinion, as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Terminator character once said, I’ll be back! We conclude with some important takeaways on who might want to invest and how.
Healthcare REIT: 5.5% Yield, Healthy Growth
The 5.5% dividend yield healthcare REIT we review in this report is attractive. Its dividend is well covered (82% payout ratio) and is likely to grow (considering this year’s double-digit FFO per share growth expectation). We also like the company’s track record of delivering normalized FFO per share growth of nearly 9% over the last 10 years. In this report, we review the health of the business, valuation, risks, dividend safety, and then conclude with our opinion on investing.
Top 10 Fintech Stocks: Secular Behemoths in the Making
Financial technology (or “fintech”) increasingly underpins the global economy. Ranging from mobile banking, investing, borrowing and cryptocurrency, fintech has massive opportunity for growth as it increasingly threatens big banks and the financial services industry status quo. From an investment standpoint, the best opportunities for dramatic long-term compound growth usually come from disruptive innovation (such as the industrial revolution, the advent of the internet and now fintech). In this report we countdown our top 10 fintech stocks.
Digital Payments: Robust Cash Flow, High Growth
The “fintech” company we review in this report will continue to benefit from long-term secular growth in digital payments. It delivers powerful cash flow, strong (and improving) margins and a massive total addressable market (TAM) opportunity. And it has an impressive two-sided network. In this report, we review the business, growth prospects, valuation and risks, and then conclude with our opinion on investing.
The Digitization of Real Estate Brings Massive Opportunity: Consider This Stock
Big Q4 Dividend: On Sale for Labor Day
This attractive CEF has been paying big dividends for over 80 years! And its big annual Q4 dividend is currently on sale, as the shares trade at a very attractive discount to net asset value. Additionally, the fund is well managed, it charges very low fees for a CEF, it doesn’t use any risky leverage, and it provides very important diversification by giving income-focused investors exposure to market sectors they don’t usually participate in. If you are a long-term, income-focused investor that likes to buy things on sale, this CEF is absolutely worth considering.
50+ Big-Dividend "MOPAY" Stocks: These 3 Are Worth Considering
“Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.” - John D. Rockefeller
That quote takes on special meaning for income-focused investors today as many of the world’s most popular stocks don’t even pay dividends (and many don’t even have positive net income). On the flip side, big steady dividend income is hard to find, but very special—especially when those big dividends are paid monthly (MOPAY). In this report, we share data on 50+ big-dividend MOPAY stocks, and then highlight three in particular that are uniquely attractive and worth considering.
New Purchase: Fintech Lending, Large Disruptive Growth
We initiated a new position in this rapidly growing fintech company. In this report, we explain why, including its high growth rate and large market opportunity. If you are a low-volatility, income-focused investor—this report is NOT for you. However, if you are looking to add some powerful long-term growth—fintech continues to present attractive opportunities (in this case, to disrupt traditional finance and banking), and this stock is well positioned to benefit.
Frothy Market Valuation: Raising Cash, 3 High Income Protection Stocks
If you care most about receiving big steady dividends and income from your investments, then you may care less about impending market volatility. However, if you are consistently selling shares to generate spending cash—then a massive market decline (even if it’s only temporary) can spell disaster. In this report, we review current market valuation metrics (suggesting big danger on the horizon), we then explain why your anxiety level may be a symptom of something else (that needs to be addressed), we delve into the important question “how much cash should you hold?” and then highlight three specific “high income protection stocks,” before finally concluding with a very important takeaway.
25 Big-Dividend Healthcare Stocks: These 3 Are Worth Considering
It makes a lot of sense for income-focused investors to look beyond simply the current dividend yield and to also consider profitability and growth. In this report, we share data on 25 big-dividend healthcare stocks, including also data on earnings and revenue growth. We then highlight a few names from the list that we believe are particularly attractive and worth considering for investment—if you are a long-term income-focused investor.
75 Big-Dividend REITs, BDCs, CEFs: These 3 Are Worth Considering
If you like to generate big steady income, REITs, BDCs and CEFs can be attractive for their high yields (often in excess of 5-6%). And while these are dramatically different types of investments, they can be prudent building blocks within a well-diversified, income-focused, investment portfolio—when selected carefully. In this report, we share data on over 75 big-dividend investments (25+ REITs, 25+ BDCs and 25+ CEFs), review some of the attractive qualities and risks of each, and then dive into three specific names from the list that are particularly attractive and worth considering for investment.
New Purchase: Powerful Fintech Play, Lots to Like
We just initiated a new position in our Disciplined Growth Portfolio. The company is a powerful fintech player that offers an attractive combination of growth, value and profits. More specifically, the company is gaining share in a large (and rapidly expanding) market space, it has a high revenue growth trajectory, a broadening ecosystem, and unlike many high growth players—this one is actually growing profitably (a good thing in this case!). Of course there are risks (including covid challenges, non-US growth and competition), but overall the opportunity is highly attractive, and we just added shares.
Big-Dividend BDCs: The 5 We Own (Yielding 6.0%, 9.1%, 8.2%, 8.1% and 8.5%)
Business Development Companies, or “BDCs,” basically provide financing (debt and equity) to private companies that are usually a bit too risky for ordinary banks to work with (due especially to stringent post-financial crisis regulatory rules). However, by building a portfolio of these companies, BDCs can reduce risks, and pay income-focused investors the big dividend yields that they love. This report provides an overview of current BDC valuations, and then reviews five of our favorite BDCs, currently yielding 6.0%, 9.1%, 8.2%, 8.1% and 8.5%, respectively.
Data Center REIT: Growing Dividend to Benefit from Ongoing Digital Transformation
If you are looking for a steady growing dividend (and the potential for continuing long-term share price appreciation) the data center REIT we review in this report is attractive. For starters, it has raised its dividend (current yield is 2.9%) for 16 straight years (since its IPO) thanks to steady growth in its funds from operations (~11% CAGR since 2005). And even though core FFO per share declined in 2020 (pandemic year) it is on pace to bounce back in 2021. Further, it will continue to benefit from the massive ongoing secular digital transformation. In this report, we review the business, valuation, dividend safety, risks and then conclude with our opinion on investing.
Top 10 Dividend Growth Stocks: Give Yourself a Raise
For income-focused investors, “yield chasing” is one of the most common and most painful mistakes. Instead, focusing on stocks with healthy growing dividends can be a much better approach. In this report, we rank our top 10 dividend growth stocks (those with at least 10 consecutive calendar years of dividend increases), including a healthy mix of higher (above 5%) and lower (below 5%) dividend yield opportunities. We start the countdown with #10 and finish with our #1 top idea.
Attractive 5.3% Yield REIT: Compelling Valuation
The net lease REIT we review in this report has come through the pandemic largely unscathed thanks to the mission-critical nature of it properties for its tenants. It also has an impressive dividend history, with consecutive annual increases since going public in 1998. Looking ahead, this REIT has multiple growth catalysts that should help it continue its impressive track record. In this report, we review the health of the business, valuation, risks, dividend safety, and then conclude with our opinion on investing—particularly if you are a long-term income-focused investor that also likes growth.
Stable Cash Flow Giant: Attractive 8.5% Yield
Headquartered in Canada, this midstream company operates the world’s largest oil and natural gas pipeline network (transporting about 25% of overall crude oil produced in North America). Approximately 98% of the revenue is derived from long term cost-of-service or take-or-pay contracts with automatic escalators leading to predictable cash flows across business cycles which in turn allows for consistent dividends. The company has been actively investing in upgrading and expanding its pipeline networks while also taking small steps towards greener alternatives to reduce its carbon footprint. In this report, we analyze the business model, market opportunity, financials, valuations, risks, and finally, conclude whether an investment in the company’s stock offers an attractive balance between risks and rewards.