If you’re seeking solid dividend-paying stocks for your portfolio, don’t just look for the fattest dividend yields.
For one thing, many high-yielding stocks are high-yielding simply because their stock prices have fallen hard — very possibly for good reason
Also, it’s important to focus not just on a dividend’s size, but also its growth rate. Imagine, for example, that you’re thinking of investing in Company A or Company B. The yield for A is 3% and for B, 2%.
It might seem smarter to invest in A, but if B’s dividend payout is growing at a good clip, its yield could surpass that of A within a few years. Of course, you’ll also want to evaluate much more than just dividend yields. Consider Becton, Dickinson Here’s a very promising dividend payer to consider: Becton, Dickinson (NYSE: BDX), also known as “BD.” It’s a medical products company, collecting much of its revenue from products such as syringes, blood collection tubes, catheters, infusion systems, and so on.