Dividend Income Analysis: Hasbro (HAS)

I was obsessed with G.I. Joe as a kid.  If I had known the company that made Rolling Thunder was publicly traded I probably would have saved up my allowance to buy a share or two.  During a recent stock screen I came across Hasbro, and its dividend numbers made me want to take a closer look.  Since its yield was above 4%, I thought it would be a good stock to run through my dividend income analysis and, I must admit, for a toy company the results were surprising  READ MORE


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Dividend Income Analysis: Eli Lilly (LLY)

Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) discovers, develops, manufactures, and sells pharmaceutical products worldwide. LLY is the 10th largest pharmaceutical company in the world and operates in the healthcare sector.  LLY used to be a strong dividend grower, but that growth has dried up since it made a large all-cash purchase of the biotechnology company ImClone.  LLY is the first company I put through my dividend income analysis.

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Rating A Dividend Income Stock

As I stated in my previous post, I've been focused on analyzing dividend growth stocks as that is what I am allocating at my current age.  But many older dividend investors (probably the majority) are looking for stocks that can provide them with income today.  As I'd hate to alienate a large portion of my potential audience, I decided to come up with an analysis format for dividend income stocks.  This template is similar to my dividend growth analysis, but it focuses more on the safety of the dividend and less on the growth.  I will limit my analysis on stocks that are currently yielding 4% or more and have an established history of paying a dividend.  As in my dividend growth analysis, there are three aspects we will be looking at.  Dividend Safety & Reliability, Dividend Growth, and Fair Value of the stock.