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4 Yields Up to 9.2%: Hidden Gems or Value Traps?

The broader market is expensive right now. Price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios in the 20s and even 30s and higher are the current “norm.”

No thanks—we’ll take a look in the bargain bin.

Today we’ll discuss a four-pack of dirt-cheap dividend payers dishing between 4% and 9.2%. They are much cheaper than their peers. Check it out:

  • The S&P 500’s forward P/E (22.2) has only been this high twice in the past 40 years: the COVID bottom and recovery, and the dot-com bubble and burst.
  • The small-cap Russell 2000’s forward P/E (26.5) isn’t in as rarefied air, but it’s still near the top of its historic long-term range.

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Dirt-Cheap Dividends: 5 Payouts Yielding 4%-11%

Thanks to the market’s selloff, we finally have some dividend deals out there. In a moment, I’ll highlight a five-pack of sweet-paying dividend stocks (as in, 4.0% to 11.3% yields) that are cheap cash cows.

It’s important that we focus on value, cash flow and yield as we cherry pick the bargain bin. More pain is likely ahead for the broader markets.

Stocks have been a dumpster fire in 2022 because the Federal Reserve is turning off its money printer. The Fed’s balance sheet growth is flattening (already a problem for equities) and will shrink soon:

Fed “Taper” Big Problem for Stocks

Meanwhile, Russia’s war machine and China’s latest COVID fight have made an even bigger mess of global supply chains, further fueling already white-hot prices.… Read more

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A Stock Dividend Portfolio with a P/E Under 9, Yield Nearly 7%

What if I told you that, in a market this expensive, there are nine dividend stocks with price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios under nine?

And that this low P/E ratio paid 6.9% per year in dividends?!

If I didn’t research and write it, I wouldn’t believe it myself. But in a minute I will share the details on this 9-pack, which yields 4.2% to 19.2%.

We’re unlikely to see these hidden gems touted on mainstream financial websites. With the S&P 500 in the stratosphere, these ground-level bargains are being overlooked. But we contrarians see these dirt-cheap dividend stocks that:

  1. Boast P/E ratios that average just 8.5.

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