5 Dividend-Paying Stocks the Smart Money Loves
By
Andrew Sullivan, CFA
August 11, 2008
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Let's face it, not all of us have time to do exhaustive research to unearth great stocks like McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) or Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV).
But that doesn't mean we can't follow and utilize the work of other smart investors. One way to do this is to track the stock picks of All-Star investors in CAPS, The Motley Fool's interactive stock-rating database.
All-Stars have a rating of 80-plus out of 100, meaning their picks are outperforming 80% of the more than 115,000 CAPS members. The top players have accuracy levels of well over 60%, so it might pay to follow what they do.
We can easily search for their top picks using the handy CAPS screener. For example, a search for stocks with …
... returned the following:
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Company Name
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CAPS Rating
(5 max)
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All-Star Outperform Picks
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Dividend Yield %
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% Insider Ownership
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Alliance Resource Partners (Nasdaq: ARLP)
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*****
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124
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5.9%
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44%
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Cal-Maine Foods (Nasdaq: CALM)
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****
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168
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5.1%
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34%
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Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD)
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*****
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177
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7.3%
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35%
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Genco Shipping & Trading (NYSE: GNK)
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****
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204
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7%
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14%
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Navios Maritime Holdings (NYSE: NM)
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*****
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244
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4.1%
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22%
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Source: Motley Fool CAPS. Data as of Aug. 7, 2008.
No one but you can make the final decision on your investments, but it feels a whole lot better knowing a lot of other smart people are on your side. Feel free to use the CAPS screener to find more potential winners.
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