10 Rock-Solid Dividend Paying Stocks to Own in 2020

Historically low interest rates have made it difficult over the last decade for income-oriented investors that want to generate safe cash flow for their retirements.

Dividend-paying stocks have become more appealing to income investors because of their competitive yields, the favorite tax treatment that dividends receive and their ability to grow their payouts over time. While fixed interest rates from bond investments will lose purchasing power to inflation over time, the purchasing power of income from dividend growth stocks is more protected because companies tend raise their dividend payments every year.

In this slideshow, we look at ten of the best high-dividend stocks that offer strong yields (above 3.5%), have consistent cashflow and a strong track record of dividend growth. The companies in this slideshow have all raised their dividend every year for the last ten years.

These companies also have low payout ratios (below 75%), meaning that they will have the ability to continue to pay their dividend if their earnings have a temporary dip.

Stock prices will always fluctuate, but the dividends paid by these rock-solid dividend payers should remain secure with moderate earnings growth.

#1 - Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ)

Dividend Yield: 4.11%
Track Record: 13 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 52.5%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $62.29 (6.1% Upside)


Verizon Communications Inc, through its subsidiaries, offers communications, information, and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental agencies worldwide. The company's Wireless segment provides wireless voice and data services; Internet access on various notebook computers and tablets; international travel wireless services; and network access services to deliver various Internet of Things products and services, as well as offers digital advertising and digital media services platforms. Read More 


#2 - Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD)

Dividend Yield: 11.13%
Track Record: 20 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Buy
Consensus Price Target: $24.64 (62.3% Upside)


Enterprise Products Partners L.P. provides midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), crude oil, petrochemicals, and refined products. The company operates through four segments: NGL Pipelines & Services, Crude Oil Pipelines & Services, Natural Gas Pipelines & Services, and Petrochemical & Refined Products Services. Read More 

#3 - Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI)

Dividend Yield: 3.15%
Track Record: 12 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 32.4%
Consensus Rating: Buy
Consensus Price Target: $43.50 (61.8% Upside)


Hillenbrand, Inc operates as a diversified industrial company in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Process Equipment Group and Batesville. The Process Equipment Group segment designs, engineers, manufactures, markets, and services process and material handling equipment and systems for various industries, including plastics, food and pharmaceuticals, chemicals, fertilizers, minerals and mining, energy, wastewater treatment, forest products, and other general industrials. Read More 

#4 - International Paper (NYSE:IP)

Dividend Yield: 5.03%
Track Record: 10 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $42.54 (9.0% Upside)


International Paper Co engages in the manufacture of paper and packaging products. It operates through the following segments: Industrial Packaging, Global Cellulose Fibers, and Printing Papers. The Industrial Packaging segment involves in the manufacturing of containerboards, which include linerboard, medium, whitetop, recycled linerboard, recycled medium, and saturating kraft. Read More 

#5 - JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM)

Dividend Yield: 3.82%
Track Record: 9 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 61.6%
Consensus Rating: Buy
Consensus Price Target: $111.39 (21.5% Upside)


JPMorgan Chase & Co operates as a financial services company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Consumer & Community Banking (CCB), Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB), Commercial Banking (CB), and Asset & Wealth Management (AWM). The CCB segment offers deposit and investment products and services to consumers; lending, deposit, and cash management and payment solutions to small businesses; mortgage origination and servicing activities; residential mortgages and home equity loans; and credit card, payment processing, auto loan, and leasing services. Read More 

#6 - National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG)

Dividend Yield: 4.34%
Track Record: 24 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 62.9%
Consensus Rating: Buy
Consensus Price Target: $47.72 (17.3% Upside)


National Fuel Gas Company operates as a diversified energy company. It operates through five segments: Exploration and Production, Pipeline and Storage, Gathering, Utility, and Energy Marketing. The Exploration and Production segment explores for, develops, and produces natural gas and oil in California and in the Appalachian region of the United States. Read More 

#7 - Northwest Natural (NYSE:NWN)

Dividend Yield: 4.21%
Track Record: 15 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $61.00 (39.5% Upside)


Northwest Natural Holding Company, through its subsidiary, Northwest Natural Gas Company, provides regulated natural gas distribution services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Oregon and Southwest Washington. It is also involved in the gas storage activities, water businesses, and other investments and activities. Read More 

#8 - PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC)

Dividend Yield: 4.37%
Track Record: 9 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $121.00 (18.6% Upside)


The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc operates as a diversified financial services company in the United States. The Retail Banking segment offers deposit, lending, brokerage, insurance, and investment and cash management services to consumer and small business customers through a network of branches, ATMs, call centers, and online banking and mobile channels. Read More 

#9 - Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX)

Dividend Yield: 6.5%
Track Record: 8 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Buy
Consensus Price Target: $80.44 (55.5% Upside)


Phillips 66 operates as an energy manufacturing and logistics company. It operates through four segments: Midstream, Chemicals, Refining, and Marketing and Specialties (M&S). The Midstream segment transports crude oil and other feedstocks; delivers refined products to market; provides terminaling and storage services for crude oil and petroleum products; transports, stores, fractionates, exports, and markets natural gas liquids; provides other fee-based processing services; and gathers, processes, transports, and markets natural gas. Read More 

#10 - Ryder System (NYSE:R)

Dividend Yield: 5.19%
Track Record: 11 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $47.63 (16.4% Upside)


Ryder System, Inc provides transportation and supply chain management solutions worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Fleet Management Solutions (FMS), Dedicated Transportation Solutions (DTS), and Supply Chain Solutions (SCS). The FMS segment offers full service leasing and leasing with flexible maintenance options, as well as maintenance services, supplies, and related equipment for operation of the vehicles; commercial vehicle rental services; and contract or transactional maintenance services of trucks, tractors, and trailers, as well as fleet support services. Read More 

#11 - Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE)

Dividend Yield: 3.51%
Track Record: 9 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 54.9%
Consensus Rating: Buy
Consensus Price Target: $143.47 (26.9% Upside)


Sempra Energy, together with its subsidiaries, invests in, develops, and operates energy infrastructure, as well as provides electric and gas services in the United States and internationally. The company's San Diego Gas & Electric Company segment generates, transmits, and distributes electricity; and supplies natural gas. Read More 

#12 - State Street (NYSE:STT)

Dividend Yield: 3.53%
Track Record: 9 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $76.22 (33.6% Upside)


State Street Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides a range of financial products and services to institutional investors worldwide. It offers investment servicing products and services, including custody; product and participant level accounting; daily pricing and administration; master trust and master custody; depotbank services; record-keeping; cash management; foreign exchange, brokerage, and other trading services; securities finance; deposit and short-term investment facilities; loans and lease financing; investment manager and alternative investment manager operations outsourcing; performance, risk, and compliance analytics; and financial data management to support institutional investors. Read More 

#13 - UDR (NYSE:UDR)

Dividend Yield: 4.38%
Track Record: 10 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $44.50 (38.8% Upside)


UDR, Inc (NYSE: UDR), an S&P 500 company, is a leading multifamily real estate investment trust with a demonstrated performance history of delivering superior and dependable returns by successfully managing, buying, selling, developing and redeveloping attractive real estate properties in targeted U.S. Read More 

#14 - UGI (NYSE:UGI)

Dividend Yield: 4.07%
Track Record: 24 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 54.1%
Consensus Rating: Buy
Consensus Price Target: $39.00 (23.8% Upside)


UGI Corporation distributes, stores, transports, and markets energy products and related services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four segments: AmeriGas Propane, UGI International, Midstream & Marketing, and UGI Utilities. It distributes propane to approximately 1.7 million residential, commercial/industrial, motor fuel, agricultural, and wholesale customers through 1,900 propane distribution locations; and sells, installs, and services propane appliances, including heating systems and propane-powered generators. Read More 

#15 - Unum Group (NYSE:UNM)

Dividend Yield: 6.77%
Track Record: 11 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $24.80 (55.8% Upside)


Unum Group, together with its subsidiaries, provides financial protection benefit solutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through Unum US, Unum UK, Colonial Life, and Closed Block segments. The company offers group long-term and short-term disability, group life, and accidental death and dismemberment products; supplemental and voluntary products, such as individual disability, voluntary benefits, and dental and vision products; and accident, sickness, disability, life, and cancer and critical illness products. Read More 

#16 - U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB)

Dividend Yield: 4.72%
Track Record: 9 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 65.1%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $46.45 (35.3% Upside)


U.S. Bancorp, a financial services holding company, provides various financial services in the United States. It operates in five segments: Corporate and Commercial Banking, Consumer and Business Banking, Wealth Management and Investment Services, Payment Services, and Treasury and Corporate Support. Read More 

#17 - Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH)

Dividend Yield: 4.13%
Track Record: 15 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 35.6%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $59.63 (30.6% Upside)


Cardinal Health, Inc operates as an integrated healthcare services and products company in the United States and internationally. It provides medical products and pharmaceuticals, and solutions that enhance supply chain efficiency for hospitals, healthcare systems, pharmacies, ambulatory surgery centers, clinical laboratories, and physician offices. Read More 

#18 - Community Bank System (NYSE:CBU)

Dividend Yield: 3.13%
Track Record: 10 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 58.5%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $65.00 (23.6% Upside)


Community Bank System, Inc operates as the bank holding company for Community Bank, N.A. that provides various banking and other financial services to retail, commercial, and municipal customers. It operates through three segments: Banking, Employee Benefit Services, and All Other. The company offers various deposits products, such as checking, savings, and money market accounts, as well as time deposits. Read More 

#19 - Cullen/Frost Bankers (NYSE:CFR)

Dividend Yield: 4.5%
Track Record: 24 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $78.80 (27.5% Upside)


Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc operates as the holding company for Frost Bank that offers commercial and consumer banking services in Texas. It operates in two segments, Banking and Frost Wealth Advisors. The company offers commercial banking services to corporations and other business clients, including financing for industrial and commercial properties, interim construction related to industrial and commercial properties, equipment, inventories and accounts receivables, and acquisitions; commercial leasing; and treasury management services. Read More 

#20 - Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK)

Dividend Yield: 4.67%
Track Record: 13 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $93.07 (15.3% Upside)


Duke Energy Corp. engages in distribution of natural gas and energy related services. It operates through the following segments: Electric Utilities and Infrastructure, Gas Utilities and Infrastructure, and Commercial Renewables. The Electric Utilities and Infrastructure segment conducts operations primarily through the regulated public utilities of Duke Energy Carolinas, Duke Energy Progress, Duke Energy Florida, Duke Energy Indiana and Duke Energy Ohio. Read More 

#21 - Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR)

Dividend Yield: 3.07%
Track Record: 24 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $66.87 (4.6% Upside)


Emerson Electric Co, a technology and engineering company, provides various solutions to industrial, commercial, and consumer markets worldwide. The company's Automation Solutions segment offers products and integrated solutions, including measurement and analytical instrumentation; valves, actuators, and regulators; industrial solutions; and process control systems and solutions. Read More 

#22 - Evercore (NYSE:EVR)

Dividend Yield: 3.62%
Track Record: 11 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Buy
Consensus Price Target: $65.33 (6.4% Upside)


Evercore Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an independent investment banking advisory firm in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Investment Banking and Investment Management. The Investment Banking segment offers advisory services on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, restructurings, shareholder activism and defense, and related corporate finance matters; and services related to securities underwriting, private placement services, and commissions for agency-based equity trading services and equity research. Read More 

#23 - Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC)

Dividend Yield: 3.28%
Track Record: 24 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 65.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $96.25 (1.8% Upside)


Genuine Parts Company distributes automotive replacement, industrial parts and materials, and business products in North America, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Poland, and Puerto Rico. The company distributes automotive replacement parts for imported vehicles, trucks, SUVs, buses, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, farm vehicles, small engines, farm equipment, and heavy duty equipment; and accessory items for automotive aftermarket, such as repair shops, service stations, fleet operators, automobile and truck dealers, leasing companies, bus and truck lines, mass merchandisers, farms, industrial concerns, and individuals. Read More 

#24 - IBM (NYSE:IBM)

Dividend Yield: 5.41%
Track Record: 20 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $139.07 (18.7% Upside)


International Business Machines Corporation operates as an integrated technology and services company worldwide. Its Cognitive Solutions segment offers a portfolio of enterprise artificial intelligence platforms, such as analytics and data management platforms, cloud data services, talent management, and industry solutions primarily under the Watson Platform, Watson Health, and Watson Internet of Things names. Read More 

#25 - Kellogg (NYSE:K)

Dividend Yield: 3.64%
Track Record: 15 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $71.40 (16.2% Upside)


Kellogg Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets ready-to-eat cereal and convenience foods. The company operates through U.S. Snacks, U.S. Morning Foods, U.S. Specialty Channels, North America Other, Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific segments. Its principal products include crackers, cookies, crisps and other savory snacks, toaster pastries, cereal bars, granola bars and bites, fruit-flavored snacks, ready-to-eat cereals, frozen waffles, veggie foods, and noodles. Read More 

#26 - KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY)

Dividend Yield: 6.3%
Track Record: 9 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $17.54 (53.8% Upside)


KeyCorp operates as the holding company for KeyBank National Association that provides various retail and commercial banking services in the United States. The company's Key Community Bank segment offers various deposit and investment products, personal finance services, residential mortgages, home equity loans, credit cards, and installment loans. Read More 

#27 - Legg Mason (NYSE:LM)

Dividend Yield: 3.2%
Track Record: 10 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $47.38 (-5.2% Upside)


Legg Mason, Inc is a publicly owned asset management holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the firm provides investment management and related services to company-sponsored mutual funds and other investment vehicles including pension funds, foundations, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, private banks, family offices, individuals, as well as to global, institutional, and retail clients. Read More 

#28 - Mercury General (NYSE:MCY)

Dividend Yield: 5.94%
Track Record: 11 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 53.8%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $50.00 (22.2% Upside)


Mercury General Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in writing personal automobile insurance in the United States. The company also writes homeowners, commercial automobile, commercial property, mechanical protection, fire, and umbrella insurance. Its automobile insurance products cover collision, property damage, bodily injury, comprehensive, personal injury protection, underinsured and uninsured motorist, and other hazards; and homeowners' insurance products cover dwelling, liability, personal property, fire, and other hazards. Read More 

#29 - Magellan Midstream Partners (NYSE:MMP)

Dividend Yield: 11.53%
Track Record: 10 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Buy
Consensus Price Target: $51.39 (52.7% Upside)


Magellan Midstream Partners LP engages in the transportation, storage and distribution of petroleum products, such as crude oil. It operates through the following segments: Refined Products, Crude Oil and Marine Storage. The Refined Products segment consists of common carrier refined products pipeline system, independent terminals, and its ammonia pipeline system. Read More 

#30 - MSC Industrial Direct (NYSE:MSM)

Dividend Yield: 4.81%
Track Record: 10 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $71.43 (17.6% Upside)


MSC Industrial Direct Co, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, distributes metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) products in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The company's MRO products comprise cutting tools, measuring instruments, tooling components, metalworking products, fasteners, flat stock products, raw materials, abrasives, machinery hand and power tools, safety and janitorial supplies, plumbing supplies, materials handling products, power transmission components, and electrical supplies. Read More 

#31 - New Jersey Resources (NYSE:NJR)

Dividend Yield: 4.91%
Track Record: 8 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 64.6%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $34.67 (31.9% Upside)


New Jersey Resources Corporation, an energy services holding company, provides regulated gas distribution, and retail and wholesale energy services. The company operates through four segments: Natural Gas Distribution, Clean Energy Ventures, Energy Services, and Midstream segments. The Natural Gas Distribution segment offers regulated retail natural gas services to approximately 538,700 residential and commercial customers in central and northern New Jersey; provides storage management services; and participates in the off-system sales and capacity release markets. Read More 

#32 - National Retail Properties (NYSE:NNN)

Dividend Yield: 6.03%
Track Record: 10 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Buy
Consensus Price Target: $45.83 (36.6% Upside)


National Retail Properties invests primarily in high-quality retail properties subject generally to long term, net leases. As of March 31, 2019, the company owned 2,984 properties in 48 states with a gross leasable area of approximately 30.7 million square feet and with a weighted average remaining lease term of 11.4 years.

#33 - Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG)

Dividend Yield: 5.77%
Track Record: 8 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 41.6%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $43.67 (16.5% Upside)


Principal Financial Group, Inc provides retirement, asset management, and insurance products and services to businesses, individuals, and institutional clients worldwide. The company operates through Retirement and Income Solutions, Principal Global Investors, Principal International, and U.S. Insurance Solutions segments. Read More 

#34 - Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW)

Dividend Yield: 4.36%
Track Record: 8 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Buy
Consensus Price Target: $88.13 (24.2% Upside)


Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, through its subsidiary, Arizona Public Service Company, provides retail and wholesale electric services primarily in the state of Arizona. It generates, transmits, and distributes electricity using coal, nuclear, gas, oil, and solar generating facilities. The company serves approximately 1.2 million customers. Read More 

#35 - PPL (NYSE:PPL)

Dividend Yield: 6.32%
Track Record: 8 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 68.6%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $35.80 (40.0% Upside)


PPL Corporation, a utility holding company, delivers electricity and natural gas in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company operates through three segments: U.K. Regulated, Kentucky Regulated, and Pennsylvania Regulated. It serves approximately 414,000 electric and 328,000 natural gas customers in Louisville and adjacent areas in Kentucky; 527,000 electric customers in central, southeastern, and western Kentucky; and 28,000 electric customers in 5 counties in southwestern Virginia. Read More 

#36 - J M Smucker (NYSE:SJM)

Dividend Yield: 3.28%
Track Record: 18 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $116.30 (6.0% Upside)


The J. M. Smucker Co engages in the manufacture and marketing of branded food and beverage products. It operates through the following segments: U.S. Retail Coffee, U.S. Retail Consumer Foods, U.S. Retail Pet Foods, and International and Away From Home. The U. S. Retail Coffee segment includes the domestic sales of Folgers, Dunkin Donuts, and Cafe Bustelo branded coffee. Read More 

#37 - Southern (NYSE:SO)

Dividend Yield: 4.82%
Track Record: 18 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $62.04 (18.8% Upside)


The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. It operates in four segments: Gas Distribution Operations, Gas Pipeline Investments, Wholesale Gas Services, and Gas Marketing Services. The company also constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy facilities and sells electricity in the wholesale market; and distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee, as well as provides gas marketing services, wholesale gas services, and gas pipeline investments operations. Read More 

#38 - Sonoco Products (NYSE:SON)

Dividend Yield: 3.46%
Track Record: 10 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $56.57 (16.2% Upside)


Sonoco Products Company manufactures and sells industrial and consumer packaging products in North and South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company operates through four segments: Consumer Packaging, Display and Packaging, Paper and Industrial Converted Products, and Protective Solutions. The Consumer Packaging segment offers composite and thermoformed plastic round and shaped rigid containers and trays; extruded and injection-molded plastic products; printed flexible packaging products; brand artwork management; and metal and peelable membrane ends and closures. Read More 

#39 - Southwest Gas (NYSE:SWX)

Dividend Yield: 3.66%
Track Record: 13 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $75.17 (25.9% Upside)


Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc, through its subsidiaries, purchases, distributes, and transports natural gas in Arizona, Nevada, and California. The company operates through two segments, Natural Gas Operations and Utility Infrastructure Services. As of December 31, 2018, it had 2,047,000 residential, commercial, industrial, and other natural gas customers. Read More 

#40 - Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV)

Dividend Yield: 3.11%
Track Record: 15 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 39.3%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $126.40 (19.0% Upside)


The Travelers Companies, Inc, through its subsidiaries, provides a range of commercial and personal property, and casualty insurance products and services to businesses, government units, associations, and individuals in the United states and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Business Insurance, Bond & Specialty Insurance, and Personal Insurance. Read More 

#41 - Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM)

Dividend Yield: 9.79%
Track Record: 13 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $51.22 (50.8% Upside)


Exxon Mobil Corporation explores for and produces crude oil and natural gas in the United States, Canada/Other Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia/Oceania. It operates through Upstream, Downstream, and Chemical segments. The company is also involved in the manufacture, trade, transport, and sale of crude oil, petroleum products, and other specialty products; and manufactures and markets petrochemicals, including olefins, polyolefins, aromatics, and various other petrochemicals. Read More 

#42 - People's United Financial (NASDAQ:PBCT)

Dividend Yield: 7.18%
Track Record: 12 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $13.00 (32.0% Upside)


People's United Financial, Inc operates as the bank holding company for People's United Bank, National Association that provides commercial banking, retail banking, and wealth management services to individual, corporate, and municipal customers. The company operates in two segments, Commercial Banking and Retail Banking. Read More 

#43 - Eaton Vance (NYSE:EV)

Dividend Yield: 4.06%
Track Record: 25 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $44.29 (23.2% Upside)


Eaton Vance Corp., through its subsidiaries, engages in the creation, marketing, and management of investment funds in the United States. It also provides investment management and counseling services to institutions and individuals. Further, the company operates as an adviser and distributor of investment companies and separate accounts. Read More 

#44 - Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG)

Dividend Yield: 3.79%
Track Record: 16 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 72.6%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $28.83 (40.0% Upside)


Healthcare Services Group, Inc provides management, administrative, and operating services to the housekeeping, laundry, linen, facility maintenance, and dietary service departments of nursing homes, retirement complexes, rehabilitation centers, and hospitals in the United States. It operates through two segments, Housekeeping and Dietary. Read More 

#45 - BancFirst (NASDAQ:BANF)

Dividend Yield: 3.21%
Track Record: 18 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 44.2%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $66.00 (67.7% Upside)


BancFirst Corporation operates as the bank holding company for BancFirst that provides a range of commercial banking services to retail customers, and small to medium-sized businesses. It operates through Metropolitan Banks, Community Banks, and Other Financial Services segments. The company offers checking accounts, negotiable order of withdrawal accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, sweep accounts, club accounts, individual retirement accounts, and certificates of deposit, as well as overdraft protection and auto draft services. Read More 

#46 - Matthews International (NASDAQ:MATW)

Dividend Yield: 3.78%
Track Record: 25 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Buy
Consensus Price Target: $50.00 (132.7% Upside)


Matthews International Corporation provides brand solutions, memorialization products, and industrial products worldwide. The company's SGK Brand Solutions segment provides brand development and graphic design services, such as visual intellectual properties, packaging, and content creation; brand deployment and activation services, including design and production of merchandising exhibits and shopper experiences in digital and printed media channels; and consulting services to brand owners on workflow best practices, management and technologies, printing quality, measurement, and consistency. Read More 

#47 - Webster Financial (NYSE:WBS)

Dividend Yield: 6.49%
Track Record: 9 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Buy
Consensus Price Target: $34.75 (45.3% Upside)


Webster Financial Corporation operates as the holding company for Webster Bank, National Association that provides a range of banking, investment, and financial services to individuals, families, and businesses in the United States. It operates through three segments: Commercial Banking, HSA Bank, and Community Banking. Read More 

#48 - IDACORP (NYSE:IDA)

Dividend Yield: 3.3%
Track Record: 8 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Buy
Consensus Price Target: $102.83 (29.3% Upside)


IDACORP, Inc, through its subsidiary, Idaho Power Company, engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, purchase, and sale of electric energy in the United States. The company operates 17 hydroelectric generating plants located in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon; 3 natural gas-fired plants in southern Idaho; and interests in 3 coal-fired steam electric generating plants located in Wyoming, Nevada, and Oregon. Read More 

#49 - Associated Banc (NYSE:ASB)

Dividend Yield: 5.77%
Track Record: 8 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $16.14 (33.3% Upside)


Associated Banc-Corp, a bank holding company, provides various banking and nonbanking products to individuals and businesses in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Minnesota. Its Corporate and Commercial Specialty segment offers deposit and cash management solutions, such as commercial checking and interest-bearing deposit products, cash vault and night depository services, liquidity solutions, payables and receivables solutions, and information services; and lending solutions, including commercial loans and lines of credit, commercial real estate financing, construction loans, letters of credit, leasing, asset based lending, and loan syndications. Read More 

#50 - JW-A (NASDAQ:JW.A)

Dividend Yield: 4.07%
Track Record: 25 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 45.9%
Consensus Rating: N/A



John Wiley & Sons, Inc operates as a research and learning company worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Research, Publishing, and Solutions. The Research segment offers scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals, as well as related content and services. This segment also publishes journals in the areas of physical sciences and engineering, health sciences, social science, and humanities and life sciences; and provides publishing software for scholarly and professional societies to deliver, host, enhance, market, and manage content on the Web. Read More 

#51 - BOK Financial (NASDAQ:BOKF)

Dividend Yield: 4.08%
Track Record: 14 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $66.40 (35.4% Upside)


BOK Financial Corporation operates as the financial holding company for BOKF, NA that provides various financial products and services in Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Northwest Arkansas, Colorado, Arizona, and Kansas/Missouri. It operates through three segments: Commercial Banking, Consumer Banking, and Wealth Management. Read More 

#52 - Tompkins Financial (NYSEAMERICAN:TMP)

Dividend Yield: 3.66%
Track Record: 9 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: N/A



Tompkins Financial Corporation operates as a community-based financial services company that provides commercial and consumer banking, leasing, trust and investment management, financial planning and wealth management, and insurance services. The company operates through three segments: Banking, Insurance, and Wealth Management. Read More 

#53 - Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO)

Dividend Yield: 3.6%
Track Record: 9 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 59.1%
Consensus Rating: Buy
Consensus Price Target: $388.20 (10.0% Upside)


Broadcom Inc designs, develops, and supplies a range of semiconductor devices with a focus on complex digital and mixed signal complementary metal oxide semiconductor based devices and analog III-V based products worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Wired Infrastructure, Wireless Communications, Enterprise Storage, and Industrial & Other. Read More 

#54 - Home Bancshares (NASDAQ:HOMB)

Dividend Yield: 3.54%
Track Record: 9 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Buy
Consensus Price Target: $18.60 (27.8% Upside)


Home Bancshares, Inc (Conway, AR) operates as the bank holding company for Centennial Bank that provides commercial and retail banking, and related financial services to businesses, real estate developers and investors, individuals, and municipalities. Its deposit products include checking, savings, NOW, demand, and money market accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. Read More 

#55 - Northern Trust (NASDAQ:NTRS)

Dividend Yield: 3.6%
Track Record: 8 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 48.4%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $88.58 (17.7% Upside)


Northern Trust Corporation, a financial holding company, provides wealth management, asset servicing, asset management, and banking solutions for corporations, institutions, families, and individuals worldwide. It operates in two segments, Corporate & Institutional Services (C&IS) and Wealth Management. Read More 

#56 - TD Ameritrade (NASDAQ:AMTD)

Dividend Yield: 3.28%
Track Record: 9 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $41.75 (12.3% Upside)


TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation provides securities brokerage and related technology-based financial services to retail investors and traders, and independent registered investment advisors (RIAs) in the United States. It offers trade execution, clearing, and margin lending services; futures and foreign exchange trade execution services; and trustee, custodial, and other trust-related services to retirement plans and other custodial accounts, as well as provides cash sweep and deposit account products through third-party relationships. Read More 

#57 - First Merchants (NASDAQ:FRME)

Dividend Yield: 4.7%
Track Record: 8 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 42.1%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $29.50 (33.6% Upside)


First Merchants Corporation operates as the financial holding company for First Merchants Bank that provides community banking services. It accepts time, savings, and demand deposits; and provides consumer, commercial, agri-business, and real estate mortgage loans, as well as rents safe deposit facilities. Read More 

#58 - Resources Connection (NASDAQ:RECN)

Dividend Yield: 5.43%
Track Record: 9 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Sell
Consensus Price Target: $10.00 (-11.0% Upside)


Resources Connection, Inc provides business consulting services under the Resources Global Professionals name in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers process transformation and optimization, financial reporting and analysis, technical and operational accounting, and merger and acquisition due diligence and integration services; new accounting standards implementation and remediation support services; and audit readiness, and preparation and response services. Read More 

#59 - Washington Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:WASH)

Dividend Yield: 6.54%
Track Record: 9 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Buy
Consensus Price Target: $40.00 (31.1% Upside)


Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc operates as the bank holding company for The Washington Trust Company, of Westerly that offers various financial products and services to individuals and businesses. The company operates in two segments, Commercial Banking and Wealth Management Services. The Commercial Banking segment provides various commercial and retail lending products, which include commercial real estate loans consisting of commercial mortgages and construction loans; commercial and industrial loans; residential real estate loans; and consumer loans comprising home equity loans and lines of credit, personal installment loans, and loans to individuals secured by general aviation aircraft. Read More 

#60 - Northrim BanCorp (NASDAQ:NRIM)

Dividend Yield: 5.64%
Track Record: 10 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 35.8%
Consensus Rating: N/A



Northrim BanCorp, Inc operates as the bank holding company for Northrim Bank that provides commercial banking products and services to businesses and professional individuals in Alaska. It operates in two segments, Community Banking and Home Mortgage Lending. The company offers noninterest-bearing checking accounts and interest-bearing time deposits, checking and savings accounts, money market deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, and courier noncash deposits. Read More 

#61 - Bank of Marin Bancorp (NASDAQ:BMRC)

Dividend Yield: 3.27%
Track Record: 11 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold



Bank of Marin Bancorp operates as the holding company for Bank of Marin that provides a range of financial services primarily to professionals, small and middle-market businesses, individuals, and not-for-profit organizations in California, the United States. The company offers personal and business checking and savings accounts; and time certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts, health savings accounts, and demand deposit marketplace accounts, as well as certificate of deposit account registry and insured cash sweep services. Read More 

#62 - Stock Yards Bancorp (NASDAQ:SYBT)

Dividend Yield: 3.03%
Track Record: 8 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 43.4%
Consensus Rating: Buy
Consensus Price Target: $47.00 (40.7% Upside)


Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc operates as the holding company for Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company that provides commercial and personal banking services in Louisville, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati. Its deposit products include demand deposits, savings deposits, money market deposits, and time deposits. Read More 

#63 - Donegal Group (NASDAQ:DGICA)

Dividend Yield: 4.25%
Track Record: 17 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Buy
Consensus Price Target: $17.00 (24.8% Upside)


Donegal Group Inc, an insurance holding company, provides personal and commercial lines of property and casualty insurance to businesses and individuals in the Mid-Atlantic, Midwestern, New England, and southern states. It operates through four segments: Investment Function, Personal Lines of Insurance, Commercial Lines of Insurance, and Investment in DFSC. Read More 

#64 - First of Long Island (NASDAQ:FLIC)

Dividend Yield: 4.97%
Track Record: 13 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Buy
Consensus Price Target: $19.00 (33.5% Upside)


The First of Long Island Corporation operates as the holding company for The First National Bank of Long Island that provides financial services to small and medium-sized businesses, professionals, consumers, public bodies, and other organizations. Its deposit products include business and small business checking, personal checking products, savings accounts, negotiable order of withdrawal accounts and IOLA, escrow service accounts, rent security accounts, time deposits, holiday club accounts, and individual retirement accounts, as well as money market products. Read More 

#65 - Republic Bancorp, Inc. KY (NASDAQ:RBCAA)

Dividend Yield: 4.06%
Track Record: 18 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 37.7%
Consensus Rating: N/A



Republic Bancorp, Inc, a financial holding company, provides banking products and services in the United States. It operates through five segments: Traditional Banking, Warehouse Lending, Mortgage Banking, Tax Refund Solutions, and Republic Credit Solutions. The company accepts demand, savings, time, and brokered and other certificates of deposit; and money market and individual retirement accounts. Read More 

#66 - West Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WTBA)

Dividend Yield: 5.18%
Track Record: 9 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $18.50 (14.6% Upside)


West Bancorporation, Inc operates as the financial holding company for West Bank that provides community banking and trust services to individuals and small- to medium-sized businesses in the United States. It offers various deposit products, including checking, savings, and money market accounts, as well as time certificates of deposit. Read More 

#67 - Donegal Group (NASDAQ:DGICB)

Dividend Yield: 4.09%
Track Record: 17 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 0.0%
Consensus Rating: N/A



Donegal Group Inc, an insurance holding company, provides personal and commercial lines of property and casualty insurance to businesses and individuals in the Mid-Atlantic, Midwestern, New England, and southern states. It operates through four segments: Investment Function, Personal Lines of Insurance, Commercial Lines of Insurance, and Investment in DFSC. Read More 

#68 - TowneBank (NASDAQ:TOWN)

Dividend Yield: 4.56%
Track Record: 8 Years of Consecutive Dividend Growth
Payout Ratio: 45.3%
Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $28.00 (80.2% Upside)


TowneBank provides retail and commercial banking services for small- and medium-size businesses, professionals, and individuals. The company operates in three segments: Banking, Realty, and Insurance. It accepts various deposits products, including demand deposits, savings accounts, money rate savings, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts, and negotiable order of withdrawal accounts. Read More 

 

15 Technology Stocks that Analysts Love

There are more than 1,100 technology companies traded on public markets in the United States. Given the sheer number of hardware makers, social networks, software companies, service providers and other tech stocks, it can be hard to identify which tech companies are going to outperform the market.

Fortunately, Wall Street's brightest minds have already done this for us. Every year, analyst issue approximately 15,000 distinct recommendations for technology companies. Analysts don't always get their "buy" ratings right, but it's worth taking a hard look when several analysts from different brokerages and research firm are giving "strong buy" and "buy" ratings to the same tech stock.

This slide show lists the 15 technology companies that have the highest average analyst recommendations from Wall Street's equities research analysts over the last 12 months.

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