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7 Cheap Consumer Goods Stocks Paying Cold, Hard Cash

By Jordan DiPietro | More Articles
February 2, 2011 | Comments (3)

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Despite the broad market being up more than 15% over the past six months, there are still many concerns in investors' minds. A potential bubble in emerging markets, protests abroad, and the possibility of a slowdown in the U.S. market all combine to make investors jittery.

The silver lining is that many quality stocks are still trading on the cheap and have plenty of cash to dish out to shareholders, and this could mean great opportunities for savvy investors.

I ran a screen for consumer goods companies paying dividends above 2%, that are trading for P/Es below 17, and that have CAPS ratings of at least four stars as rated by our 170,000-strong investing community. Below are seven stocks that fit that exact criteria. I've sorted them in order of their dividend yield.

Company

Dividend Yield

Paying Dividends Since

Price-to-Earnings Ratio

CAPS Rating
(out of 5)

Cherokee (Nasdaq: CHKE  )

9.5%

1997

13.0

****

Altria Group (NYSE: MO  )

6.4%

1928

12.6

****

Universal Corp. (NYSE: UVV  )

5.0%

1927

7.5

*****

Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM  )

4.4%

2008

15.4

****

Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB  )

4.3%

1935

14.5

****

ConAgra Foods (NYSE: CAG  )

4.1%

1976

15.1

****

Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT  )

3.8%

2001

11.8

****

CAPS data, Feb. 2.

There doesn't seem to be any great reason why so many of these companies are trading cheaply, especially since many of them are pretty recession-proof and are steady blue chips. However, some of them have a really high payout ratio, such as Cherokee's 133%, so it's essential that you do your due diligence before investing in any of these companies.

Nonetheless, these stocks are paying absurdly high dividends, and if income is what you're looking for, this could be a great place to start.

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Jordan DiPietro owns no shares above. Philip Morris International is a Motley Fool Global Gains pick. Kimberly-Clark is a Motley Fool Income Investor selection. The Fool owns shares of Altria Group and Philip Morris International. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.


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  • Report this Comment On February 02, 2011, at 11:22 AM, frikker wrote:

    So much for due diligence. Cherokee announced (2 days ago) a dividend cut to $.20/quarter, bringing current yield (after the 10% share price drop) to 5%.

    Not to mention that the company has been shredding dividend payouts over the last few years. Just check their dividend history. Yeah - they may be "paying cold, hard cash" - but that cash is getting smaller every year. It is a shame that an article like this shows up on Yahoo Finance's News Feed, although it speaks more to the quality of Yahoo's screening process than Motley Fool's.

  • Report this Comment On February 02, 2011, at 1:31 PM, TMFPhillyDot wrote:

    @frikker,

    Currently, their dividend yield is still 9.5% -- you are correct that they announced a cut and I made sure to also mention their high payout ratio, which could indicate further cuts are coming. Regardless, the company still pays a solid dividend. It's up to the individual investor to check out each company to see what type of risk/reward they are comfortable with.

    Best,

    Jordan (TMFPhillyDot)

  • Report this Comment On February 09, 2011, at 4:04 PM, woof321 wrote:

    Are you joking? Before the drop was announced, the stock was at $18, for a yield of 8.4%. The only way you can get 9.5% is if you took the pre-drop dividend and divided it by the post-drop price (it dropped over 10% when the slash was announced).

    It's not "still" 9.5%" by any definition. It was 8.4% before the cut and 5% after. Slashing the dividend did not make the yield go up, as you seem to be arguing.

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