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The shares listed here have increased their payments with dividends by more than 10% recently.
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Although their yields may seem imperceptible, they increase their high prices payments.
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They all do well this year and their prospects for growth remain encouraging.
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10 shares we like better than Eli Lily ›
When you think of a large dividend to have, you probably think about one that gives a high degree of return. But focusing only on yield can be a mistake. This can take you along a path where you buy a risk -paying action and you can ignore promising dividends simply because their yield does not look so high right now.
Three actions with yields that are less than 2%but which increase their dividends at high interest rates in recent years Eli Lily (Nyse: lly)., TJX companies (Nyse: tjx)and American Express (Nyse: AXP)S Here is a closer look at why these three undervalued investment options could make solid dividends shares to buy and hold.
The pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly is the big name behind the drugs GLP-1 Zepbound (approved for weight loss) and Mounjaro (approved for diabetes). It has reported impressive results in recent years, as its sales have passed from $ 28.5 billion in 2022 to over $ 45 billion over the past year.
Although it offers a profitability of 0.8%, it may not attract the attention of dividend investors simply because it is not difficult to find higher income payments there. The big reason is so low, however, is that Eli Lily was such a hot stock. For five years, the price of his shares jumped by over 370% (return as of July 7). With the increase in the price of the shares, the profitability decreases.
And it’s not like Eli Lily was not generous when it came to an increase in dividends. In December, the company announced it would raise its dividend by 15%. It raises its dividend by an average of 15% a year for seven years. This is an impressive increase in increase and its current quarterly dividend of $ 1.50 approximately doubled from $ 0.74 that Eli Lily paid the shareholders in 2020.
With a solid business and a growing dividend, Eli Lily is an action where you may want to invest for both the growth prospects of the stock prices and the growing payments.
The retailer TJX offers higher yield than Eli Lily, paying investors 1.4% annually, which is a little over S&P 500 On average 1.2%.
Although the retail trade may not seem to seem the best place to invest these days due to the threat of tariffs, the TJX price dealer is doing well. By buying excessive and otherwise unnecessary products from other retailers, it can offer value to consumers against the background of challenging market conditions. And that seems to be obvious in his most recent results. TJX’s revenue for its first quarter of the fiscal 2026 (it ended on May 3) increased at a healthy rate of 5% against the same period last year, its largest $ 13.1 billion line.