Dividend Stocks January 2023

First, I want to point out that not all the stocks I follow are great investments. I follow a diverse selection of stocks. There are some that I would never invest in personally.

I follow several resource stocks even though I personally have little invested in this area. I follow what I find interesting and with resource stocks, I think it is important for Canadians to know what is happening in the resource area. On the other hand, I do follow of good number of great dividend growth stocks. You might want to get the free weekly newsletter from Canadian Stock Channel which says what might be the best Canadian Dividend Stocks to buy at the present time.

The theory is that you should use the dividend yield to see if a dividend stock is selling at a stock price that is relatively cheap. A stock price is considered cheap if it is selling at a dividend yield higher than the historical high yield or higher than the historical average yield or historical median yield. Some use the 10 year average or median yield rather than the historical ones. I use median yields, always. See my spreadsheet at dividend growth stocks that I just updated for January 2023. Note: I am no longer looking at Historical average dividend yields.

On this list,

• I have 10 stocks with a dividend yield higher than the historical high dividend yield,
• I have 89 stocks with a dividend yield higher than the historical median dividend yield
• I have 11 stocks with a dividend yield higher than the 10 year high dividend yield and
• 83 stocks with a dividend yield higher than the 10 year average dividend yield.

When I did my list last list in December 2022,

• I have 7 stocks with a dividend yield higher than the historical high dividend yield,
• I have 84 stocks with a dividend yield higher than the historical median dividend yield and
• 83 stocks with a dividend yield higher than the 10 year average dividend yield.

When I did my list in January 2014,

• I had 9 stocks with a dividend yield higher than the historical high dividend yield,
• I had 45 stocks with a dividend yield higher than the historical average dividend yield and
• 39 stocks with a dividend yield higher than the 5 year median dividend yield.

If you had one share of each stock, total dividends last month would be $195.46. This month dividends would be $197.70. It can vary as because some stocks are paid in US$ and so this figure is affected by currency exchange. Of the stock that I follow 6 stocks has raised their dividends since last month. If I did an index based on stock price, the index for last month would be 684.06 and this month 665.89.

Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (TSX-AD.UN, OTC-ALARF)
AltaGas Ltd (TSX-ALA, OTC-ATGFF)
Crescent Point Energy Corp (TSX-CPG, NYSE-CPG)
Evertz Technologies Ltd (TSX-ET, OTC-EVTZF)
Granite REIT (TSX-GRT.UN, NYSE-GRP.U)

Pason Systems Inc. (TSX PSI, OTC-PSYTF)

Of the stocks I follow, 0 stock has cut their dividends.

Of the stocks I follow, 0 stocks have suspended or terminated their dividend.

December 5, 2022. Hardwoods Distribution Inc (TSX-HDI, OTC- HDIUF), change their name to Adentra Inc (TSX-ADEN, OTC-HDIUF). See the Press Release.

Brookfield Asset Management (TSX-BAM, NYSE-BAM). Brookfield Asset Management is changing its TSX Symbol from BAM.A to BAM and the company is spinning off asset management business to shareholders and post spinoff, Brookfield Asset Management is renamed Brookfield Corporation with a TSX symbol of BN and spin off will be named Brookfield Asset Management with the TSX symbol of BAM. Brookfield Corp will continue with the Brookfield Dividend of 0.56 US$. See the Press Release.

Brookfield etc. is always going through some complicated changes. I held this stock as Hees International in 1987. Since then, there has been lots of changes. Of course, there were lots of changed prior to this. I wonder if I want to follow it anymore.

Just Energy Group Inc (TSX-JE.H, OTC-JENGQ) has been delisted from the TSX. See News Item on TMX site.

Maxar Technologies Ltd (TSX-MAXR, NYSE-MAXR) is being acquired by Advent International. See Press Release.

Of the stocks I follow, the following declined the most in their stock price.

Name	Exch	Sym	Exch	Sym	Chge SP
Blackberry Ltd. (RIM)	TSX	BB	NYSE	BB	-37.00%
Brookfield Corp	TSX	BNS	NYSE	BN	-29.91%
Ballard Power Systems	TSX	BLDP	NASDAQ	BLDP	-23.40%
Algonquin Power	TSX	AQN	NYSE	AQN	-13.27%
Brookfield Infrastructure	TSX	BIP.UN	NYSE	BIP	-11.87%
Granite REIT	TSX	GRT.UN	NYSE	GRP.U	-11.79%
Ensign Energy Services	TSX	ESI	OTC	ESVIF	-11.66%
Goeasy Ltd	TSX	GSY	OTC	EHMEF	-11.57%
TECSYS Inc	TSX	TCS	OTC	TCYSF	-10.46%
Savaria Corporation	TSX	SIS	OTC	SISXF	-9.97%

Of the stock that I follow, these stocks gained the most in their stock price.

Name	Exch	Sym	Exch	Sym	Chge SP
Trigon Metals Inc.	TSXV	TM	OTC	PNTZF	10.00%
Bird Construction Inc	TSX	BDT	OTC	BIRDF	10.18%
Algoma Central	TSX	ALC	OTC	AGMJF	10.22%
Superior Plus Corp.	TSX	SPB	OTC	SUUIF	11.52%
Titanium Transportation	TSX	TTNM	OTC	TTNMF	11.52%
Enghouse Systems	TSX	ENGH	OTC	EGHSF	13.72%
EQB Inc	TSX	EQB	OTC	EQGPF	18.56%
Barclays PLC	LSE	BARC	NYSE	BCS	21.80%
Waterloo Brewing Ltd	TSX	WBR	OTC	BIBLF	28.48%
Maxar Technologies Ltd	TSX	MAXR	NYSE	MAXR	102.14%

Most of my stocks started out as Dividend Payers. Currently 11 stocks are not paying any dividends and this would be some 7.14% of the stocks that I follow. Three of these stocks never had dividends, so 5.19% of the stocks I follow have suspended their dividends. The three stocks that never paid dividends are Ballard Power Systems Inc. (TSX-BLD, NASDAQ-BLDP), Blackberry Ltd. (TSX-BB, NASDAQ-BBRY) and Trigon Metals Inc. (TSX-TM, OTC-PNTZF).

I am showing whether a stock is relatively cheap based on historical high dividend yields (P/Hi), historical average dividend yields (P/Ave), historical median dividend yields (P/Med) or on 10 year median dividend yields (P/10Y). See these fields on the right side of the file. You can highlight a particular stock using your cursor to highlight the appropriate line.

There are always some stocks to buy because they are priced reasonably. There are always stocks to currently avoid because they are overpriced. Looking at dividend growth stocks that are selling at stock prices that give them a dividend yield above the historical median dividend yield are probably the best bet.

The stocks that are selling at prices that give them a dividend yield above the historical high yield could be good stocks to buy. However, these stocks may be selling so cheap because of current troubles, especially financial troubles and should be treated with caution. Do not forget that I have all the stocks I follow on this spreadsheet and some are much better investments than others.

You should always investigate a stock before you buy. Sometimes different stocks in certain sectors are just out of favour or the stock market is just in one of its declines. However, a stock may be relatively cheap because it has problems. That is why you should always investigate a stock before buying.

Looking at stock this way is equivalent to a stock filter. A main problem I know of is for the old income trusts. These companies have generally lowered their dividend yields forever and they will probably never get back to the old dividend yield highs they made as an income trust company. For these stocks, you might be better comparing the current dividend yield to the 5 year median dividend yield. I also started a column called VT (for Valid Test) and this applies to checking stock price using dividend yield. If it is not a valid test, I use N to show this.

Also, on some stocks I have a lot more information years in my spreadsheets than for other stocks. So, finding a stock on the list as "cheap" is only the first step in finding a stock to buy. This is the same with any other sort of stock filters that you can use.

The last thing to remember is that I have entering figures into a spreadsheet. I could put them in incorrectly, I can transpose figures and I can misread figures. This is another great reason why you should check a stock out before investing. As this is just a filter, it works better on some stocks than on others.

See my entry on my methodology in establishing the historical dividend yield highs and lows for the stocks that I cover. I have an entry on my introduction to Dividend Growth. You might want to look at my original entry on Dividend Growth Stocks. I have also written about why I like Dividend Growth companies.

On my other blog I wrote yesterday about Metro Inc (TSX-MRU, OTC-MTRAF) ... learn more. Next, I will write about Bank of Montreal (TSX-BMO, NYSE-BMO) ... learn more on Wednesday, January 04, 2023 around 5 pm.

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