12 Dividend Stocks for 2012
1.19%September 10 | MyPlanIQ portfolio symbol P_36249
We continue to examine ideas for the long term and retirement
investor -- especially with anything that has a dividend focus.
- Flowers Foods (FLO)
-- Owner of Nature's Own, Whitewheat, Country Hearth,
Sunbeam, Roman Meal, Aunt Hattie's bakery
brands
- Aflac (AFL) -- Insurance from the Duck
- Clorox (CLX) -- Home consumer staple
- Owens & Minor (OMI)
-- A distribution
and logistics provider for a wide swath of medical gear for
hospitals and other health-care providers
- Avon Products (AVP)
-- The venerable cosmetics company
- Exelon (EXC)
-- A nuclear generation giant
- Hasbro (HAS) -- An owner of great brands in the toy industry
- Molex (MOLX) -- Electronic connectors
- National Presto (NPK) -- produces housewares/small appliances, defense products, and absorbent products
- Lockheed Martin (LMT)
-- defense contractor
- Darden Restaurants (DRI) -- operates restaurants under Red Lobster, Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, The Capital Grille, Bahama Breeze, and Seasons 52 brand names
- Strayer Education (STRA)
-- for profit education
This is a diversified selection of stocks that are outside the
mainstream of Dow giants. Are they worth considering against some
of the dividend aristocrats? We will be comparing them with our
dividend ETF benchmark and see how they perform.