12 Dividend Stocks With A Quick Payback

Jul. 09, 2013 7:50 AM ETWBA, MSFT, HAS, GTN, OXY, LHX, KMP, CBRL, ARLP, OHI, LMT

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Payback is the amount of time needed for an investment to earn its cost, undiscounted. For example, if you buy a dividend stock for $100 that pays a $5 annual dividend, the payback is 20 years (100/5). Though not very sophisticated, payback can still help you screen for good, solid dividend growth stocks. When applying this concept to dividend growth stocks...

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