Today, I want to discuss a dividend stock that I personally own, a utility that is on sale. After several analyst downgrades, this stock has fallen by 15% in just a few months. And, its starting dividend yield is 5.27% (an incredible dividend yield in today's stock market). I'm talking about Southern Company (ticker SO).
Today's video covers Southern Company and the utility sector in general from a variety of angles, all through the lens of a dividend investor.
* Learn about SO's dividend growth history. I'm really loving the dividend increases (much higher than I would have expected for a utility).
* Learn about Southern Company's attractive PE ratio. While it's not a deep discount, the current PE ratio is reasonable for this market. And, learn why online data sources seem to have SO's PE all wrong.
* See my modeling and why I think that SO's yield on cost could be 7% ten years from now.
* See my discussion of Southern Company's rapid revenue growth, due to acquisitions.
* Some think that they have to invest in growth stocks to beat the S&P 500. Learn how SO has doubled the performance of the S&P 500 since 1996.
* Understand how SO fits into my personal dividend stock portfolio. While I see SO as a value, it's not a core position. Rather, it's a medium position. I will be averaging in and building my position here. That said, it will not be my core focus this year.
* Learn about regulated utilities and how regulation creates a monopoly of sorts. For this reason, I really like the utility sector.
* See why there may be continued opportunity to average down as interest rates increase. Utilities carry interest rate sensitivity.
Also mentioned in today's video, I'm buying Kimberly Clark (KMB) and Procter & Gamble (PG) in my dividend stock portfolio in 2018.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGRmIeiep1gAlso mentioned in today's video, I am a big fan of PE ratio. Learn why PE ratio is critical to my dividend investing strategy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUmgT75dBKILast, I am sharing some really great knowledge on social media. Find my on Instagram here:
https://www.instagram.com/ianlopuch/Disclosure: I am long Southern Company (SO), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), and Procter & Gamble (PG). I own all three of these stocks in my portfolio.
Disclaimer: I'm not a licensed investment advisor, and today's video is just for entertainment and fun. This video is NOT investment advice. Please talk to your licensed investment advisor before making any financial decisions.
All content on my YouTube channel is (c) Copyright IJL Productions LLC.
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