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Since the start of the year, stocks have been challenged from
several fronts including high inflation and central bank rate
increases, alongside supply chain disruptions exacerbated by the
war in Ukraine and renewed COVID restrictions in China. Almost
every sector has sold off and, what is more, investors have not
been able to turn to other asset classes such as bonds or
cryptocurrencies to hedge their losses. So, what has been working
in 2022? In this report we highlight strong performance associated
with Leading 12 Month Total Dividend Yield from our proprietary
Dividend Forecast factor suite.
With dividend payments surging in the first half of the year,
fueling our Dividend Forecasting team's expectation for 6.5% growth
in global aggregate dividends in 2022, retail and institutional
investors have gravitated to high dividend paying stocks
The highest dividend yield firms outperformed non-dividend
payers by significant double-digit margins across global regions
over the past year and, in 2022, this signal surpassed other value
indicators based on earnings estimate, particularly in Europe and
Pacific regions
Firms which passed our screen for attractive forecasted
dividend yield include US-based Devon Energy and Energy Transfer LP
and European banks Danske Bank and Natwest Group, while Danish
shipping company A.P. Moller Maersk and American multinational
beverage corporation The Coca-Cola Company are examples of firms
with significant cash flow generation and an ability to maintain
margins in a rising cost environment
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This article was published by S&P Global Market Intelligence and not by S&P Global Ratings, which is a separately managed division of S&P Global.
