{"id":56725,"date":"2023-09-04T08:17:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T12:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/markets\/4-5-dividend-rallies-on-bad-news\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T08:17:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T12:17:17","slug":"4-5-dividend-rallies-on-bad-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=56725","title":{"rendered":"4.5% Dividend Rallies On Bad News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Cough<\/em>. <em>Cough.<\/em> \u201cThis latest variant is <em>legit<\/em>,\u201d I sputtered to my wife.<\/p>\n<p>This was a school year and a half ago. The kids were home sick\u2014<em>again.<\/em> Our little super spreaders had kindly brought home the latest coronavirus model.<\/p>\n<p>Or so I <em>thought<\/em>. We soon learned it was Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) going around town. RSV is highly contagious and, while the Internet lists its symptoms as <em>mild<\/em>, it wouldn\u2019t be my choice for our next family illness. RSV <em>lingers<\/em> like an out-of-town relative without a return flight.<\/p>\n<p>Generally, RSV runs its course. But it\u2019s nearly impossible to avoid unless you avoid people\u2014which may or may not be an option.<\/p>\n<p>Enter Abryvso, a new RSV vaccine which gained FDA approval for pregnant women last week. Infants are susceptible to respiratory illness from the virus\u2014so parents may opt to get mom vaccinated so that immunity is passed to the infant. (Abryvso was approved for individuals 60 and older in age in May.)<\/p>\n<p>Abryvso is a creation of \u201cvaccine machine\u201d <strong>Pfizer<br \/>\n  <fbs-ticker data-name=\"PFE\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/companies\/pfizer\" data-type=\"stock\"><br \/>\n   PFE<br \/>\n  <\/fbs-ticker> (PFE)<\/strong>. And while this isn\u2019t an ad for the shot, it <em>is<\/em> a commercial for PFE the stock.<\/p>\n<p><fbs-ad position=\"inread\" progressive=\"\" ad-id=\"article-0-inread\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><\/fbs-ad><\/p>\n<p>The blue-chip pharma stock trades for less than 10-times earnings. It yields 4.5%, which beats the 10-year Treasury. PFE goes on sale like this once in a blue moon. When the stars align, we call out the PFE bargain in these pages.<\/p>\n<p>As we did the last time the stock was this cheap in April 2020. (<em>Sigh<\/em>. The obligatory <em>sigh<\/em> when anyone mentions 2020.) Back then, I said it was a once in a decade sale. My bad\u2014three years later, PFE is cheap again, paying 4.5%.<\/p>\n<p>I know, I know. Four-and-a-half isn\u2019t the 8% \u201cNo Withdrawal\u201d type of yield we\u2019re used to. But this is Pfizer, and four-plus is about as good as it gets.<\/p>\n<p>Before that, we can look to 2009 and 1987 as other times that PFE was this cheap. After <em>the<\/em> stock market crash of 1987, PFE shares yielded 4.3%. That was, needless to say, a great time to buy the stock. What happened?<\/p>\n<p>March \u201909 was another bargain moment in PFE. Investors who dumpster dived for Pfizer locked in an incredible double-digit yield. They also <em>quadrupled<\/em> their investment over the next 11 years.<\/p>\n<p>Well, here we go again. PFE yields 4.5%. Anytime it pays 4.5% or more, it proves to be a screaming deal.<\/p>\n<p>We had more chances to buy PFE at these divvy levels even after the financial crisis, the most recent in October 2011. Shares took off, and the drug maker\u2019s yearly dividend raises couldn\u2019t keep up:<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of 2010, PFE has paid more every year\u2014up 128%! It\u2019s a buy-and-hold investors\u2019 dream, but we can do even better with some light market timing. Like buying PFE only when it pays 4.5% or more, \u201cbottomy\u201d opportunities indicated by the arrows above!<\/p>\n<p>Worries about PFE\u2019s pipeline persist through the decades. Wall Street pundits\u2014with biology expertise that peaked in high school\u2014lament the firm\u2019s lack of future blockbuster drugs. A <em>dry pipeline<\/em> is usually the refrain.<\/p>\n<p>Pharma sentiment swings quickly. Just 19 months ago, PFE shares were peaking so the stock paid only 2.1%. Bullish euphoria from the company\u2019s widely distributed COVID vaccine hit a high point.<\/p>\n<p>The yield was quite a contrarian indicator! Shares were clearly dear. Two dividend raises later, the price dropped and the stock is cheap, trading for less than ten times earnings.<\/p>\n<p>Vanilla investors, ironically, aren\u2019t interested. The herd bought the blue chip at 2.1% but ignore 4.5%!<\/p>\n<p>Sure, PFE\u2019s headline numbers are lackluster, with revenues sliced in half as demand for its COVID vaccines and pills fade. But its non-COVID products are being fast tracked. The stock is at an inflection point where new products will take the baton.<\/p>\n<p>We contrarians are happy to consider the bargain. Sure, the stock market is in the middle of a correction. We\u2019ve been waiting for this, favoring boring dividend payers.<\/p>\n<p>The beauty of PFE today is that it has <em>already<\/em> been discarded. Kicked to the curb. Ready to attract the basic thinkers again as they scramble for \u201csafe stocks\u201d to buy in the usual September pullback.<\/p>\n<p>PFE delivered a \u201cdisappointing\u201d earnings and sales outlook on August 1. Since then, the stock has <em>gained<\/em> 2.2% while the S&amp;P 500 has shed 3.6%. (There\u2019s some beta for ya!)<\/p>\n<p>When a stock no longer tanks on bad news, that\u2019s big-time bullish. PFE is on a heater, rolling out 19 new products in 18 months. In total, CEO Dr. Albert Bourla projects $20 billion in annual sales by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Wall Street <em>says<\/em> it is skeptical. \u201cSerious challenges lay ahead for Pfizer!\u201d Well, <em>some<\/em> wise guys and gals have been accumulating shares since the \u201cbad outlook\u201d dropped at the start of the month. They\u2019re not waiting for the news to get better.<\/p>\n<p>The smart money is buying <em>now<\/em> and collecting 4.5% while it waits. We contrarians should do the same.<\/p>\n<p><em>Brett Owens is chief investment strategist for <\/em><em data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/contrarianoutlook.com\/free-monthly-dividend-report-offers\/forbessig?source=MNTHLYFSIGCOREG=&amp;utm_source=forbes&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=signature\">Contrarian Outlook<\/em><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<p><em>Disclosure: none<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/brettowens\/2023\/09\/04\/wildly-bullish-sign-45-dividend-rallies-on-bad-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cough. Cough. \u201cThis latest variant is legit,\u201d I sputtered to my wife. This was a school year and a half ago. The kids were home sick\u2014again. Our little super spreaders had kindly brought home the latest coronavirus model. Or so I thought. We soon learned it was Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) going around town. 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