Mine Safety Appliances (MSA 0.36%) is a selection for the real-money Inflation-Protected Income Growth portfolio. In this brief video, portfolio manager Chuck Saletta offers two-and-a-half reasons why he's holding on to Mine Safety Appliances' stock despite the 27% rise since he bought those shares a little more than a year ago.
Why dividends rule
A key reason why Mine Safety Appliances made the cut as an iPIG selection is one of the dirty secrets that few finance professionals will openly admit: Dividend stocks as a group typically outperform their non-dividend paying brethren. The reasons for this are too numerous to list here, but you can rest assured that it's true. However, knowing this is only half the battle. The other half is identifying which dividend stocks in particular are the best.
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Summary:
- Healthy balance sheet, with a debt-to-equity ratio of around 0.5.
- Covered and growing dividend, with a 50% payout ratio and a 42-year history of increasing that dividend.
- And the half-reason: Mine Safety Appliances' valuation isn't too far stretched to make it a compelling sell based on price.
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