Dividend Stocks December 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 December 2023. On this list,

• I have 17 stocks with a dividend yield higher than the historical high dividend yield,
• I have 90 stocks with a dividend yield higher than the historical median dividend yield
• I have 14 stocks with a dividend yield higher than the 10 year high dividend yield and
• 101 stocks with a dividend yield higher than the 10 year average dividend yield.

When I did my list last list in November 2023,

• I have 20 stocks with a dividend yield higher than the historical high dividend yield,
• I have 95 stocks with a dividend yield higher than the historical median dividend yield
• I have 17 stocks with a dividend yield higher than the 10 year high dividend yield and
• 107 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 $203.97. This month dividends would be $204.90. It can vary as because some stocks are paid in US$ and so this figure is affected by currency exchange. Of the stock that I follow 17 stocks has raised their dividends since last month. If I did an index based on stock price, the index for last month would be 648.04 and this month 697.10.

Adentra Inc (TSX-ADEN, OTC-HDIUF)
Barclays PLC ADR (LSE-BARC, NYSE-BCS)
Canadian Natural Resources (TSX-CNQ, NYSE-CNQ)
Canadian Tire Corp (TSX-CTC.A, OTC-CDNAF)
Cargojet Inc (TSX-CJT, OTC-CGJTF)

Element Fleet Management Corp (TSX-EFN, OTC-ELEEF)
Enbridge Inc (TSX-ENB, NYSE-ENB)
Exchange Income Corp (TSX-EIF, OTC-EIFZF)
High Liner Foods TSX (HLF, OTC-HLNFF)
Leon's Furniture (TSX-LNF, OTC-LEFUF)

Pizza Pizza Royalty Corp (TSX-PZA, OTC-PZRIF)
Royal Bank of Canada (TSX-RY, NYSE-RY)
Sun Life Financial (TSX-SLF, NYSE-SLF)
Suncor Energy Inc (TSX-SU, NYSE-SU)
Telus Corp (TSX-T, NYSE-TU)

Toronto Dominion Bank (TSX-TD, NYSE-TD)
TransAlta Corp (TSX-TA, NYSE-TAC)

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

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

Neighbourly Pharmacy Inc (TSX-NBLY, OTC-NBLYF). This stock now has an over the counter US symbol of NBLYF.

Of the stocks I follow, the following declined the most in their stock price. Of the stocks I follow, 15.69% had declining stock prices. Last month 75.82% of the stock had declining prices.

Name	Exch	Sym	Exch	Sym	Chge SP
HLS Therapeutics Inc	TSX	HLS	OTC	HLTRF	-27.43%
Accord Financial Corp	TSX	ACD	OTC	ACCFF	-23.62%
WildBrain Ltd	TSX	WILD	OTC	WLDBF	-19.15%
Ensign Energy Services	TSX	ESI	OTC	ESVIF	-17.27%
Crescent Point Energy	TSX	CPG	NYSE	CPG	-14.03%
Dorel Industries	TSX	DII.B	OTC	DIIBF	-11.94%
Obsidian Energy Ltd	TSX	OBE	NYSE	OBE	-11.30%
Cenovus Energy Inc	TSX	CVE	NYSE	CVE	-10.78%
Ovintiv Inc	TSX	OVV	OTC	OVV	-9.95%
Trican Well Service Ltd	TSX	TCW	OTC	TOLWF	-9.35%

Of the stock that I follow, these stocks gained the most in their stock price. Of the stock I follow, 83.66% had increasing stock price. And, 0.65% or 1 stocks had the same stock price as last month. Last month 24.18% of the stock had increasing stock prices and 0.00% or 0 stock stayed the same. Note that this month 42.48% of the stock had increases over 10%.

Name	Exch	Sym	Exch	Sym	Chge SP
Stantec Inc	TSX	STN	NYSE	STN	22.52%
Alaris Equity Partners	TSX	AD.UN	OTC	ALARF	23.64%
Aecon Group Inc	TSX	ARE	OTC	AEGXF	25.70%
Brookfield Infrastructure	TSX	BIP.UN	NYSE	BIP	26.37%
Goeasy Ltd	TSX	GSY	OTC	EHMEF	26.53%
Cargojet Inc	TSX	CJT	OTC	CGJTF	28.12%
Reitmans (Canada) Ltd	TSX	RET.A	OTC	RTMAF	29.60%
Jamieson Wellness Inc	TSX	JWEL	OTC	JWLLF	36.12%
Empire Company Ltd	TSX	EMP.A	OTC	EMLAF	37.50%
Trigon Metals Inc.	TSXV	TM	OTC	PNTZF	42.42%

Most of my stocks started out as Dividend Payers. Currently 11 stocks are not paying any dividends and this would be some 7.19% of the stocks that I follow. Three of these stocks never had dividends, so 5.23% of the stocks I follow have suspended or do not pay a dividend. 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 Methanex Corp (TSX-MX, NASDAQ-MEOH) ... learn more. Next, I will write about Magna International Inc (TSX-MG, NYSE-MGA) ... learn more on Wednesday, December 6, 2023 around 5 pm.

This blog is meant for educational purposes only and is not to provide investment advice. Before making any investment decision, you should always do your own research or consult an investment professional. I do research for my own edification and I am willing to share. I write what I think and I may or may not be correct.

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