Investors Attracted to High Yielding Dividends From the Telecom Industry
May 14, 2012 08:20 ET
Investors Attracted to High Yielding Dividends From the Telecom Industry
Five Star Equities Provides Stock Research on CenturyLink and Windstream
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - May 14, 2012) - Dividends have become increasingly popular with investors. With interest rates as low as they are currently long term investors have been looking to high yielding dividend stocks as safe havens. The telecom industry is highly regarded among dividend investors, as several domestic telecom operators have dividend yields exceeding 5 percent. Five Star Equities examines the outlook for companies in the Domestic Telecom Industry and provides equity research on CenturyLink, Inc. (
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The current S&P 500 dividend yield of 2.2 percent, on a year-ahead basis, outperforms the 1.88 percent yield on a 10-year Treasury note. Over 10 years a 2.2 percent yield compounds to 24.3 percent return whereas a 1.88 percent yield brings a 20.5 percent return. One of the major advantages of dividend-paying stocks is that dividends can increase over time. So far in 2012 152 of the S&P 500 companies have raised their dividends in 2012. In the same quarter last year 137 companies raised their dividends, the same period in 2010 saw 95 increases and just 68 over the same period in 2009.
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CenturyLink currently offers investors an annual dividend of $2.90, or a yield of 7.34 percent. The company recently reported an improved annual rate of revenue decline to 2.7 percent in first quarter 2012 compared to a 3.2 percent annual decline in fourth quarter 2011. Operating revenues for first quarter 2012 were $4.61 billion compared to $1.70 billion in first quarter 2011.
Windstream currently offers investors an annual dividend of $1.00, or a yield of 9.91 percent. The company recently reported first-quarter results, highlighted by strong sales to business customers and continued growth in consumer broadband revenues. Business service revenues were $897 million for the first quarter, up 3.2 percent from the same period a year ago on a pro forma basis. Consumer broadband service revenues were $113 million, up 5.9 percent from the same period in 2011 on a pro forma basis.
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