Best Safest Stocks To Buy For 2019

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The stock market’s relentless march upward has pushed the prices of many companies higher. As investors bid up good and bad businesses alike, that can make it hard to discern which companies are the best dividend growth stocks for long-term investors.

That’s especially true in the world of dividend stocks, where income-starved investors face great temptation to reach for high-dividend stocks that offer juicy yields.

Fortunately, Simply Safe Dividends identified the 10 best dividend growth stocks that investors can rely on for secure, fast-growing income.

These companies all have very healthy Dividend Safety Scores, which measure a firm’s most important financial metrics to gauge how likely it is to cut its dividend in the future.

Let’s take a look at 10 of the safest dividend growth stocks in the market. These companies generate excellent free cash flow, maintain safe payout ratios, are committed to rewarding shareholders with healthy dividend increases and have bright long-term outlooks.

Best Safest Stocks To Buy For 2019: ACNB Corporation(ACNB)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  BidaskClub upgraded shares of ACNB (NASDAQ:ACNB) from a buy rating to a strong-buy rating in a research report sent to investors on Monday morning.

• [By Max Byerly]

  John W. Rosenthal Capital Management Inc. lowered its holdings in shares of ACNB Co. (NASDAQ:ACNB) by 11.8% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 15,000 shares of the bank’s stock after selling 2,000 shares during the period. John W. Rosenthal Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in ACNB were worth $439,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Best Safest Stocks To Buy For 2019: Voya Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund(IAE)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Voya Asia Pacific High (NYSE:IAE)’s share price reached a new 52-week high and low during trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as $10.04 and last traded at $10.18, with a volume of 200 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $10.18.

Best Safest Stocks To Buy For 2019: Federated Investors, Inc.(FII)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Benzinga News Desk]

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• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Federated Investors (NYSE:FII) declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 26th, RTT News reports. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 8th will be paid a dividend of 0.27 per share by the asset manager on Tuesday, May 15th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.26%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, May 7th. This is an increase from Federated Investors’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.25.

• [By Max Byerly]

  Wells Fargo & Company MN lessened its stake in shares of Federated Investors Inc (NYSE:FII) by 7.3% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 540,433 shares of the asset manager’s stock after selling 42,515 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN’s holdings in Federated Investors were worth $18,051,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

• [By Lisa Levin]

  Check out these big penny stock gainers and losers

  Losers World Fuel Services Corporation (NYSE: INT) tumbled 18 percent to $22.90 following Q1 results. Biglari Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BH) fell 17.4 percent to $349.52. Washington Prime Group will replace Biglari Holdings in the S&P SmallCap 600 on Tuesday, May 1. Flex Ltd. (NASDAQ: FLEX) dipped 15.7 percent to $14.03 after a mixed fourth quarter report. FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ: FORM) fell 15.3 percent to $11.65. FormFactor is expected to release Q1 results on May 2. Data I/O Corporation (NASDAQ: DAIO) dropped 14.3 percent to $6.24 following Q1 results. National Instruments Corporation (NASDAQ: NATI) fell 14.3 percent to $ 42.34 after reporting Q1 results. United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) dipped 14.2 percent to $32.37 following Q1 results. Civeo Corporation (NYSE: CVEO) dropped 13.5 percent to $3.33. Civeo posted a Q1 loss of $0.42 per share on sales of $101.504 million. athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) fell 12.4 percent to $125.310 after reporting Q1 results. Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) shares tumbled 12.1 percent to $262.06 as the company posted Q1 results. Value Line, Inc. (NASDAQ: VALU) fell 11.3 percent to $19.10. Federated Investors, Inc. (NYSE: FII) shares dropped 11.2 percent to $27.605 after the company posted downbeat quarterly earnings. AV Homes, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVHI) declined 10.7 percent to $17.20 following Q1 results. CalAmp Corp. (NASDAQ: CAMP) dropped 9.4 percent to $21.01 after reporting Q4 results. Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (NASDAQ: TNDM) shares fell 8.9 percent to $7.280 following mixed Q1 results. Sony Corporation (NYSE: SNE) shares fell 8.4 percent to $45.97 after reporting Q4 results. LogMeIn Inc (NASDAQ: LOGM) fell 8.2 percent to $109.825. LogMeIn reported upbeat earnings for its first quarter, but issued weak second quarter and FY18 earning guidance. Eleven Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: EBIO
• [By Joseph Griffin]

  California Public Employees Retirement System reduced its position in Federated Investors Inc (NYSE:FII) by 3.3% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 232,169 shares of the asset manager’s stock after selling 8,016 shares during the quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System owned approximately 0.23% of Federated Investors worth $7,754,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Best Safest Stocks To Buy For 2019: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (SSNLF)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Leo Sun]

  Micron controlled 23% of the global DRAM market during the first quarter, making it the third-largest manufacturer after Korean tech giants Samsung (NASDAQOTH:SSNLF) and SK Hynix. China is the world's largest importer of memory chips, consuming 20% of DRAM and 25% of NAND chips worldwide.

• [By ]

  Currently, the company operates in seven geographic regions and one reportable business segment - manufacturing and servicing of wafer processing semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The company supplies its products to leading non-volatile memory, DRAM memory, and logic devices manufacturers such as Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU), Samsung Electronics (OTC:SSNLF) or Toshiba (OTCPK:TOSYY).

• [By ]

  Big foreign brands like Samsung (OTC:SSNLF), Nestle (OTCPK:NSRGY), BMW (OTCPK:BMWYY), or Nintendo (OTCPK:NTDOY) should sound familiar to many Americans. While you would not see any of those popular names on NYSE or any other major exchange in the US, the OTC market does offer the access for US investors to own a piece of those foreign businesses that are large-scale, well-established and hopefully wonderful.

Best Safest Stocks To Buy For 2019: New Ireland Fund, Inc. (IRL)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  IrishCoin (CURRENCY:IRL) traded down 14.1% against the dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 18:00 PM Eastern on May 15th. One IrishCoin coin can now be purchased for approximately $0.0082 or 0.00000097 BTC on major exchanges. Over the last week, IrishCoin has traded 34.1% lower against the dollar. IrishCoin has a market capitalization of $291,706.00 and $248.00 worth of IrishCoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  IrishCoin (CURRENCY:IRL) traded down 4.5% against the U.S. dollar during the one day period ending at 20:00 PM ET on June 22nd. In the last week, IrishCoin has traded 7.3% higher against the U.S. dollar. IrishCoin has a total market capitalization of $229,642.00 and $26.00 worth of IrishCoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One IrishCoin coin can now be bought for about $0.0065 or 0.00000107 BTC on exchanges.

Best Safest Stocks To Buy For 2019: region(XIV)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Money Morning News Team]

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