Top Rated Dividend Stocks
1.
Golar LNG (GLNG)
Yield: 5.9%. Swimming below its 50-day moving average line after several losing sessions. The natural gas shipping company is scheduled to report Q2 earnings Aug. 31. Analysts expect an 89% earnings increase. Composite Rating: 95*
2.
BT Group (BT)
Yield: 5%. Dropped back below its 200-day moving average line Thursday. The U.K.-based phone and broadband company's earnings and sales growth have slowed during the past two quarters Composite Rating: 87
3.
Vodafone Group (VOD)
Yield: 4.6%. Another U.K.-based phone firm, Vodafone is about 12% off its high and below its 50-day moving average after last week's declines. It provides digital wireless service to customers in 25 countries. Composite Rating: 92
4.
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PHI)
Yield: 4.1%. Tumbled below its 200-day moving average line Thursday as it fell victim to worries about the U.S. stock market. The Phillipines-based company provides local, domestic and international phone service to more than 20 million customers. Composite Rating: 93
5.
Tele Norte Leste (TNE)
Yield: 3.8%. The Turkish communications services provider is pulling back after hitting six-year highs last week. In early May, the company delivered a 48% rise in first-quarter earnings. Analysts see Q2 profit surging 220%. Composite Rating: 97
6.
British American Tobacco (BTI)
Yield: 3.7%. Though its recent declines have left the stock beneath its 50-day moving average line, it's still just 8% short of its June record high. That's not bad given the brutal market action in recent weeks. Composite Rating: 85
7.
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico (PAC)
Yield: 3.1%. The Mexico-based airport operator's stock slid below its 200-day moving average Thursday. It's now nearly 20% off the all-time high it notched last month. Composite Rating: 90
8.
Lan Airlines (LFL)
Yield: 3%. Sliced through its 200-day moving average line Thursday morning then recovered, climbing back above it. It changed its ADS ratio to 1 common share per ADS, from 5 shares Thursday, which may have contributed to the swing. Composite Rating: 88
9.
Telefonica (TEF)
Yield: 2.8%. Though it's held up relatively well given the bloodbath in the broader market, it dropped below its 50-day moving average line Thursday. Spain-based phone company has nearly 130 million customers. Composite Rating: 97
10.
Mobile Telesystems (MBT)
Yield: 2.8%. The Russia-based phone company moved deeper beneath its 50-day moving average line Thursday. It's now 19% short of the all-time high it hit last month. Composite Rating: 98
*The IBD SmartSelect Composite Rating combines all five SmartSelect Ratings. Of the five, the Earnings Per Share Rating and Relative Price Strength Rating get the most weight; stocks’ percentage of their high price is also considered. Ratings are from 1 to 99, with 99 being the best.
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