Lorillard And Its Dividend Growth Potential

By Tradevestor:We've written a few articles in favor of Philip Morris (PM) over other tobacco companies and we still stand by that.

By Tradevestor:One of the most anticipated dividend increases of recent times has just arrived. Philip Morris International (PM) just announced its 5th consecutive dividend increase in September since the 2008 spin offs.

BubbleBustInvesting.com submits: by Sebastien Buttet.

By The Independent Investor:Lorillard (LO) has to be one of the most volatile dividend stocks in the market has ever seen. While today Lorillard shares are now at their 52-week high, just a year and a half ago this stock was bottoming out in the mid-$70s amid rumors that menthol cigarettes might be banned by the FDA.

By Arie Goren:Cigarette makers are generally profitable and pay rich dividends. In this article, I tried to determine which of the six cigarettes manufacturers, traded in the U.S., is the most attractive for dividend-seeking investors.I consider that besides dividend yield, the consistency and the rate of raising dividend payments are the most important factors for dividend-seeking investors. Of course, it is also essential that a company has enough earnings growth prospects to maintain increasing dividend payments.

ByEquity Bytes:Investors have enjoyed a tremendous ride with unbelievably consistent returns in big tobacco stocks. Thirty years back, if you had invested $100 in Altria Group (MO), previously named Philip Morris Companies, you would have fetched substantial dividends over these years and the stocks would have been worth more than $5,000 today.

By The Independent Investor:Why own any stock if it doesn't pay a dividend? While the S&P 500 and its tracking exchange traded fund, SPY (SPY), is up over 25% since the summer of last year, dividend stocks have consistently outperformed the broader indexes over the last several years.

By Stephen Rosenman:Right on time, Philip Morris (PM) raised its dividend by 10.4% to 85 cents a quarter, a tad over my predicted 84 cents. A nice gift for shareholders 3 months before Christmas.