It is again time for my fourth article of dividend stocks to watch in the next week. The last week was quite an interesting one as the market jumped again from one all time high to another one (I don’t know how many times I will write this again and again). But at the same there were three health care stocks which experienced a heavy decline in their stock prices. Today I will have a quick look at the following three stocks:

  • CVS Health Care
  • Walgreen Boots Alliance
  • Cardinal Health
  • CVS Health Care 

    CVS Caremark Corporation (CVS) provides pharmacy health care services in the United States. It is the largest provider of prescriptions and related health care services in the nation. CVS has been paying dividends since 1993, and has increased them consecutively annually since 2004.

  • Share Price: 68.99 USD
  • Dividend: 2.00 USD
  • Yield: 2.90%
  • Median Earnings Estimates

  • 2017: 5.84 USD
  • 2018: 6.36 USD
  • Expected growth for the next 5 years: 16.3%

    Average Dividend Growth in the last 5 years: 23.27%

    Performance last three months: -13.49%

    Wallgreen Boots Alliance 

    Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA), formerly known as Walgreen Company, is the largest drugstore chain in the United States. Walgreen has been paying dividends since 1972, and has increased them annually since 1976. Walgreen is a dividend aristocrat, which means it has been increasing dividends for more than 25 years consecutively. Walgreen pays its dividends quarterly.

  • Share Price: 64.48 USD
  • Dividend: 1.60 USD
  • Yield: 2.48%
  • Median Earnings Estimates

  • 2017: 5.50 USD
  • 2018: 5.75 USD
  • Expected growth for the next 5 years: 8.1%

    Average Dividend Growth in the last 5 years: 10.99%

    Performance last three months: -19.02%

    Cardinal Health 

    Cardinal Health (CAH) provides products and services to the healthcare industry. Cardinal Health was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ohio.

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