These dividend stocks yield at least 5% and have plenty of room to raise payouts

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MW These dividend stocks yield at least 5% and have plenty of room to raise payouts

By Philip van Doorn

The bear market raises dividend yields for many stocks

This year's stock price declines make for an increasing number of stocks with high dividend yields of at least 5%. Below is a screen that highlights 29 that appear to be able to raise their payouts considerably.

There are different approaches to selecting dividend stocks. For example, John Kornitzer, who co-manages the Buffalo Flexible Income Fund , selects companies that he expects to provide growth and income. Current dividend yields may not be high, but they are expected to compound over the long haul.

Here's a list of 15 of the best dividend compounders among the S&P 500 over the past 10 years.

But what if you don't want to wait to grow the income? You might simply buy stocks of companies with the highest dividend yields. But you don't want those dividend payouts to be cut -- those tend have dire effects on stock prices.

One way to try to lower that risk is to compare companies current dividend yields to their free cash flow yields.

A stock screen for high income and headroom for rising dividends

A company's free cash flow is its remaining cash flow after it covers all overhead and planned capital expenditures. It is money that can be used to raise dividends, buy back shares, make acquisitions, fund organic expansion or for other corporate purposes.

If we look at a company's estimated cash flow per share for the next 12 months and divide that by the current share price, we have its estimated free cash flow yield. If the estimated FCF yield is higher than the dividend yield, there appears to be "headroom" to raise the dividend.

The search began with the S&P Composite 1500 Index , which is made up of the S&P 500, the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index $(MID)$ and the S&P 600 Small Cap Index . The S&P Composite 1500 excludes business development companies and energy partnerships.

We then narrowed down the S&P Composite Index to a group of higher-yielding stocks with indicated headroom to cover higher payouts to stocks meeting these criteria

Out of the S&P Composite 1500, 29 stocks met the criteria. The following table is sorted by dividend yield. Remember for banks, insurers and REITs, the "FCF yield" column is based on EPS (for banks and insurers) or FFO (for the REITs). Data is as of the close on June 22.

Here's the list:

Company Industry Ticker Dividend Yield Estimated FCF yield Estimated headroom Price change -- 2022
Industrial Logistics Properties Trust REIT ILPT 9.80% 12.87% 3.06% -46%
Brandywine Realty Trust REIT BDN 7.98% 14.80% 6.81% -29%
Medical Properties Trust Inc. REIT MPW 7.92% 12.78% 4.87% -38%
SL Green Realty Corp. REIT SLG 7.91% 14.59% 6.68% -36%
New York Community Bancorp Inc. Savings Banks NYCB 7.84% 15.23% 7.39% -29%
Coterra Energy Inc. Integrated Oil CTRA 7.66% 16.46% 8.80% 42%
M.D.C. Holdings Inc. Homebuilding MDC 6.96% 27.92% 20.96% -49%
Oneok Inc. Oil and Gas Pipelines OKE 6.95% 9.58% 2.63% -8%
Kinder Morgan Inc. Class P Oil and Gas Pipelines KMI 6.79% 9.62% 2.82% 3%
Janus Henderson Group PLC Investment Managers JHG 6.53% 10.95% 4.43% -43%
Hudson Pacific Properties Inc. REIT HPP 6.52% 13.58% 7.06% -38%
Devon Energy Corp. Oil and Gas Production DVN 6.26% 16.47% 10.21% 31%
CareTrust REIT Inc. REIT CTRE 6.19% 8.65% 2.46% -22%
Highwoods Properties Inc. REIT HIW 5.93% 11.74% 5.81% -24%
Store Capital Corp. REIT STOR 5.93% 8.65% 2.72% -24%
Hanesbrands Inc. Apparel/ Footwear HBI 5.91% 9.77% 3.87% -39%
Williams Cos. Inc. Oil and Gas Pipelines WMB 5.56% 8.60% 3.04% 17%
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. Chemicals LYB 5.44% 16.19% 10.75% -5%
Dow Inc. Chemicals DOW 5.35% 14.91% 9.56% -8%
Prudential Financial Inc. Life/ Health Insurance PRU 5.15% 12.95% 7.80% -14%
Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc. REIT EPRT 5.11% 7.80% 2.69% -27%
Huntington Bancshares Inc. Regional Banks HBAN 5.09% 11.86% 6.77% -21%
DT Midstream Inc. Oil and Gas Pipelines DTM 5.09% 7.12% 2.03% 0%
Umpqua Holdings Corp. Regional Banks UMPQ 5.07% 10.78% 5.71% -14%
National Retail Properties Inc. REIT NNN 5.05% 7.45% 2.40% -13%
Douglas Emmett Inc. REIT DEI 5.05% 9.52% 4.47% -34%
Verizon Communications Inc. Telecom VZ 5.04% 8.90% 3.86% -2%
Best Buy Co. Inc. Electronics/ Appliance Stores BBY 5.04% 11.25% 6.21% -31%
Newell Brands Inc. Industrial Conglomerates NWL 5.04% 10.01% 4.98% -16%
Source: FactSet

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And you should read Tomi Kilgore's detailed guide to the wealth of information for free on the MarketWatch quote page.

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And for a different approach: Four value-stock picks from a fund manager who steers clear of the energy sector

-Philip van Doorn

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July 02, 2022 10:27 ET (14:27 GMT)

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These dividend stocks yield at least 5% and have plenty of room to raise payouts

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