2 No-Brainer Dividend Stocks to Buy Right Now
When you're looking for the best dividend stocks to buy, you need to look beyond the simple matter of yield. A high yield isn't worth as much if the payout isn't sustainable, and in many cases, companies' yields grow because concerns about their businesses (or genuine problems with them) are driving down their share prices.
The energy sector is a good place to find solid dividend payers. I screened it for companies with relatively high yields, sustainable payout ratios, share price momentum, and solid financials, and among the tempting options that popped out were (NYSE: PBR) and National Fuel Gas Company (NYSE: NFG).
Brazilian state-controlled Petrobras has "pre-salt" deepwater fields that offer some of the industry's highest-margin lifting costs (in other words, the expenses of producing oil once the drilling phase is finished).
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