{"id":2323,"date":"2023-04-30T09:46:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T13:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/investing\/collect-dividends-up-to-9-4-from-banks\/"},"modified":"2023-04-30T09:46:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T13:46:53","slug":"collect-dividends-up-to-9-4-from-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=2323","title":{"rendered":"Collect Dividends Up To 9.4% From \u2026 Banks?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Select bank stocks may be cheap, but why settle for 2% to 3% yields?<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s really<\/em> bang on the bargain bin and for dividends between 8.3% and 9.4%. These yields are available thanks to the current banking fears.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, these payouts are more secure than vanilla investors appreciate. Hence, the dividend deal.<\/p>\n

A Better Way to Play Banks<\/h2>\n

I wrote a few weeks ago about how mainstream investors are trying to time a bottom in banks.<\/p>\n

Fair enough. Banks are extremely cheap right now by a well-known measure of long-term value: CAPE (cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings), which is the price divided not by the past year of earnings, but the past 10 years<\/em>. This metric was thought up by Yale University professor Robert Shiller\u2014thus is also known as the Shiller P\/E\u2014to value companies in a way to smooth out short-term earnings volatility.<\/p>\n

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But even at bargain prices, the financial sector isn\u2019t delivering on the income front.<\/p>\n

But we can get much, much more income out of the exact same companies by shifting our strategy\u2014instead of dumpster diving in banks\u2019 common stocks, which are the stocks you and I are used to, we want to focus on preferred stocks.<\/p>\n

As I said earlier:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re doing it through preferred shares, which are part stock, part bond and all dividends<\/em>. And because banks issue most preferreds, they\u2019re the contrarian\u2019s choice for profiting from this mess.\u201d<\/p>\n

Preferred stocks represent ownership in companies, but they trade with more stability like bonds, and they feature high, fixed dividends. They\u2019re also paid out before common-stock dividends, giving them a higher level of safety. And while you can find preferred stocks across a number of industries, the lion\u2019s share can be found in the financial sector.<\/p>\n

Thing is, while you\u2019ll find plenty of analysis and research on the common stocks of companies like JPMorgan Chase
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\n JPM
\n <\/fbs-ticker> (JPM)<\/strong> and Citigroup
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\n <\/fbs-ticker> (C)<\/strong>, there\u2019s very little you can dig into about their preferreds. So investors are typically better off buying them in batches through funds.<\/p>\n

The so-called \u201csmart money,\u201d and most retail investor cash, is stashed away in preferred exchange-traded funds (ETFs). That\u2019s a so-so way to invest in the space\u2014but you\u2019re leaving some returns and yield on the table that way. Instead, I suggest you take a look at closed-end funds (CEFs), which let us buy preferreds collectively at greater discounts than if we had bought them individually, collect a few more percentage points\u2019 worth of yield, and leverage skilled managers who can make the most of bargains in the preferred-stock space.<\/p>\n

Just consider these three preferred-stock CEFs that yield between 8.3% and 9.4% right now:<\/p>\n

Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities (JPC)<\/h2>\n

Distribution Rate:<\/strong> 8.3%<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start out with the Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities (JPC)<\/strong>, which delivers an 8%-plus yield through a basket of fairly high-quality preferreds.<\/p>\n

Nearly two-thirds of JPC\u2019s 230-stock portfolio are investment-grade, including single-digit exposure to A-rated preferreds. BBs are another 27%, leaving just a peppering of B-rated and unrated issues. And true to preferred funds\u2019 preference for banks, financial preferreds represent more than three-quarters of assets.<\/p>\n

Something else that stands out with JPC is the presence of international preferred stocks\u2014and in fact, with ex-U.S. preferreds making up 35% of the fund, you could call JPC a truly \u201cglobal\u201d CEF. Its international positions include stocks from the U.K., France, Italy, and more, with overseas mega-banks HSBC
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\n <\/fbs-ticker> (HSBC)<\/strong>, Lloyds Banking Group (LYG)<\/strong> and Barclays (BCS)<\/strong> in the top 10 holdings.<\/p>\n

This Nuveen CEF has been a longtime outperformer since inception in 2003, though its lead over plain-vanilla preferred ETFs has dwindled over the past year-plus. The primary culprit: rocketing interest rates, which have not only weighed on preferred prices, but have inflated the expenses of its whopping 37% in debt leverage.<\/p>\n

JPC is nonetheless a good fund at a good price\u2014it trades at a nearly 12% discount to net asset value (NAV), which is much<\/em> deeper than its five-year average discount of 4%. Should Fed Chair Powell take his foot off the gas, this preferred fund could start to look much more attractive.<\/p>\n

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (HPS)<\/h2>\n

Distribution Rate:<\/strong> 9.2%<\/p>\n

That\u2019s no typo\u2014the John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (HPS)<\/strong> is the third of three John Hancock preferred-stock CEFs. While not cleverly named, it is the largest of the three, at $455 million in assets, though it\u2019s also the youngest, coming live in 2003 versus 2022 for its pair of brothers.<\/p>\n

This CEF\u2019s goal is pretty straightforward: generate high income from a basket of preferred stocks while investing at least half of the portfolio in investment-grade issues. It\u2019s slightly more than that now\u201457% of assets are in BBB-rated preferreds, with another 34% in BBs, and the rest B and below (or unrated). Not as high-quality as JPC, but not by much.<\/p>\n

Like JPC, John Hancock\u2019s preferred CEF is loaded up with leverage, at 39%, so volatility is much higher than you\u2019ll get from a basic preferred index fund. But where HPS differs is a much lower concentration of financials\u2014about 56%, which isn\u2019t nothing, but is much lower than you\u2019ll find in most preferred funds, CEF or<\/em> ETF. That has served it well of late\u2014in large part because recent bank-implosion scares haven\u2019t hit HPS\u2019s portfolio as hard\u2014helping the CEF to pad its long-term outperformance.<\/p>\n

That said, a little pause might be warranted. John Hancock\u2019s preferred funds rarely trade at a discount, HPS included. But currently, HPS is trading at a 6% premium to NAV, which compared to a 2% long-term average premium, is expensive even by its own standards.<\/p>\n

Cohen & Steers Tax-Advantaged Preferred Securities and Income Fund (PTA)<\/h2>\n

Distribution Rate:<\/strong> 9.4%<\/p>\n

The biggest yield of the bunch can be found in a younger fund: the Cohen & Steers Tax-Advantaged Preferred Securities and Income Fund (PTA)<\/strong>, a COVID-era launch from October 2020.<\/p>\n

Sadly, this fresher face hasn\u2019t held its own against its older peers.<\/p>\n

The question now becomes, \u201cIs PTA a beaten-up value?\u201d<\/p>\n

The name \u201cCohen & Steers Tax-Advantaged Preferred Securities and Income Fund\u201d is easy to misinterpret. Typically, if you see \u201ctax-advantaged\u201d in a fund name, you think municipal bonds. But that\u2019s not the meaning here. Instead, PTA is trying to \u201cachieve favorable after-tax returns for its shareholders by seeking to minimize the U.S. federal income tax consequences on income generated by the Fund.\u201d<\/p>\n

It does that in two ways:<\/p>\n

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  1. Invest in preferreds that pay qualified dividends.<\/strong> It sounds like a chore, but it\u2019s not. Many preferreds already pay qualified dividends.<\/li>\n
  2. Achieve favorable tax treatment by holding longer.<\/strong> In short, PTA is taking advantage of favorable long-term capital gains rates.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This isn\u2019t some wonder-formula\u2014the result is a pretty run-of-the-mill preferred CEF portfolio. PTA holds roughly 250 preferreds, more than 70% of which are from the financial sector. It\u2019s highly global in nature, with almost 40% of its issues coming from overseas. A little less than half the portfolio is investment-grade in nature. And it\u2019s using almost 40% debt leverage right now.<\/p>\n

    With less than three years of trading under its belt, management doesn\u2019t have much of a track record to analyze yet. But at least so far, it doesn\u2019t appear the \u201ctax-advantaged\u201d special sauce lends much to performance, nor does it really differentiate the breakdown of its distributions.<\/p>\n

    If there\u2019s anything to like, it\u2019s a high 9% yield and a steep 10% discount to NAV\u2014though the latter\u2019s not markedly different than its typical pricing since coming to market.<\/p>\n

    Brett Owens is chief investment strategist for <\/em>Contrarian Outlook<\/em>. For more great income ideas, get your free copy his latest special report: <\/em>Your Early Retirement Portfolio: Huge Dividends\u2014Every Month\u2014Forever.<\/p>\n

    Disclosure: none<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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