Foreign equity - dividend and income stocks

[anitya]

chang,

Thanks Chang. Do you mind letting me know how I would access the Fidelity analysis tool? I went to Research / Stocks and also checked the Stock Screener but did not spot the comparative analysis tool.

I did not read the SA article - I do not think I have ever read more than a handful of their articles. I rarely drift far from BB and MFO for info, not that there are not great sources out there but I work with my limitations.

As I mentioned earlier, based on valuation, BTI is the winner hands down. It was not a scientific call to buy MO - I just went with the same dividend yield but relatively overvalued security and better chart. If the info in the table you reproduced is accurate, I am OK because MO has materially higher quality rank but I acknowledge that BTI's overall numbers in that table are far superior and have less dispersion.

[anitya]

Jul 26, 2023 20:43:24 GMT Norbert said:

Jul 26, 2023 20:30:34 GMT anitya said:

I took a starter trading position in MO. I am always leery about super high dividend payers. For example, I bought Kohl's (KSS) at $22 when I thought it was cheap and yielding 9%. It went on to make new lows at $17. Thankfully, the management did not cut the dividends. It was more of a real estate rather than a retail play for me. Very high dividend payers are very risky not just from the underlying business point of view but also from a market sentiment point of view and the type of investors they attract.

KSS closed near $28 today. You're up about 25%. Not bad.

Thanks.  For my current limitations / skill set, I do not consider it a good entry. 

The price bump this week could just be a short squeeze, a move in sympathy with building REITs or some other market sentiment, as I do not see any company specific news to support.