The two companies listed below are first class companies doing everything they can to produce the most profit possible for their shareholders while operating in a very difficult environment. These are great companies trying to compete with third world middle east and south american countries attempting to manipulate this industry and the very inventory these companies hold as their assets.
As a dividend growth investor I like to buy great companies on sale and I think these two companies are now on sale. In fact I consider them real bargains. I'm a long term investor who likes companies that increase their dividends over an extended period of time and these two companies are Dividend Aristocrats.
Now I don't have a crystal ball and I don't have any insight into where the price of oil is headed, but I do believe these companies will be here as long as the world needs energy. And I believe they'll continue to grow their dividends for many more decades in the future. And that's the kind of company I like to own.
So the price of crude may continue to falter in the months ahead, but I'm taking advantage of these current dividend yields available today to lock in a growing dividend stream at an initial high rate. I believe in the years ahead I'll look back and smile at these investments.
1 August 2015 Price $79.21 1yr Target $92.18 Analysts 20 Dividend $2.92 Payout Ratio 43.84% 1yr Cap Gain 16.37% Yield 3.69% 1yr Tot Return 20.06% EPS (ttm) $6.66 EPS next yr $5.27 | Market Cap $331.19 Bil 1yr EarnGR 3.12% 3yr EarnGR -3.33% 5yr EarnGR 13.81% 1yr DivGR 5.79% 3yr DivGR 8.50% 5yr DivGR 10.65% Beta 0.86 P/E 11.89 PEG --- Debt/Equity 0.19 ROA 8.10% ROE 16.00% |
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1 August 2015 Price $88.48 1yr Target $109.61 Analysts 22 Dividend $4.28 Payout Ratio 46.82% 1yr Cap Gain 23.88% Yield 4.84% 1yr Tot Return 28.72% EPS (ttm) $9.14 EPS next yr $5.94 | Market Cap $166.38 Bil 1yr EarnGR -8.57% 3yr EarnGR -8.88% 5yr EarnGR 14.11% 1yr DivGR 7.00% 3yr DivGR 9.62% 5yr DivGR 8.24% Beta 1.12 P/E 9.68 PEG --- Debt/Equity 0.22 ROA 6.50% ROE 11.10% |