Buy 3 'Safer' Dividend Kings Of 25 From March's 55

Summary

• The article highlights 55 Dividend Kings, noting that five of the top ten by yield offer annual dividends from a $1K investment exceeding their single share prices.
• Analysts predict top-ten Kingly net gains ranging from 12.57% to 50.26% for March 2026, with six out of ten top-yield Kings expected to be top gainers.
• Sixteen out of fifty-five Kings show negative free cash flow margins, making them cash-poor and unsafe to buy; focus on safer Kings like Altria, United Bankshares, and Hormel.
• A market correction or dividend increases could make all ten top-yield Kings fairly priced; watch for opportune pullbacks to improve dividend yield.
• “A Dividend King [is] a stock with 50 or more consecutive years of dividend increases.” - suredividend.com.
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