Dividend Stocks with Positive News

The ranking of companies on this list is based on an advanced language processing algorithm. This algorithm analyzes the sentiment of every news headline we track about the company over the last seven days. The algorithm issues a score ranging from 2 to -2. A positive number implies positive news sentiment about that company. Learn how media sentiment can help inform your investing strategy.

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Consensus Rating
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UBS Group AG stock logo
UBS
UBS Group
$18.99
-0.9%
0.90%152
+300%
113
+265%
39
+457%
Credit Suisse Group AG stock logo
CS
Credit Suisse Group
$0.86
-1.2%
4.64%137
-22%
93
-22%
44
-21%
Apple Inc. stock logo
AAPL
Apple
$160.25
+0.8%
0.57%100
+10%
84
+4%
16
+60%
NIKE, Inc. stock logo
NKE
NIKE
$120.71
-0.2%
1.13%85
+1,317%
59
+1,080%
26
+2,500%
Foot Locker, Inc. stock logo
FL
Foot Locker
$37.98
+0.7%
4.21%79
+427%
49
+308%
30
+900%
First Republic Bank stock logo
FRC
First Republic Bank
$12.36
-1.4%
8.74%60
-43%
39
-40%
21
-48%
Lamar Advertising stock logo
LAMR
Lamar Advertising
$94.62
+2.8%
5.28%51
+264%
24
+140%
27
+575%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. stock logo
JPM
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
$124.91
-1.5%
3.20%44
+5%
29
+53%
15
-35%
Microsoft Co. stock logo
MSFT
Microsoft
$280.57
+1.0%
0.97%42
+14%
339
+125%
Citigroup Inc. stock logo
C
Citigroup
$43.11
-0.8%
4.73%42
+31%
25
+25%
17
+42%
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft stock logo
DB
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
$9.35
-3.2%
2.26%42
+500%
20
+400%
22
+633%
Amazon.com, Inc. stock logo
AMZN
Amazon.com
$98.13
-0.6%
0.20%41
+5%
29
-15%
12
+140%
Darden Restaurants, Inc. stock logo
DRI
Darden Restaurants
$152.58
+1.4%
3.17%39
+550%
38
+533%
1
NVIDIA Co. stock logo
NVDA
NVIDIA
$267.79
-1.5%
0.06%38
+138%
37
+131%
1
Costco Wholesale Co. stock logo
COST
Costco Wholesale
$495.27
+1.5%
0.73%37
+131%
35
+250%
2
-67%
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
NYCB
New York Community Bancorp
$8.95
+3.8%
7.60%35
+600%
24
+380%
11
Brown & Brown, Inc. stock logo
BRO
Brown & Brown
$55.36
+0.5%
0.83%34
-8%
26
+13%
8
-43%
Starbucks Co. stock logo
SBUX
Starbucks
$98.34
-0.1%
2.16%34
+386%
30
+329%
4
Accenture plc stock logo
ACN
Accenture
$272.00
+0.1%
1.65%32
+433%
23
+360%
9
+800%
Dollar General Co. stock logo
DG
Dollar General
$205.81
+1.4%
1.07%31
+35%
1912
+200%
Ball Co. stock logo
BALL
Ball
$52.97
+0.8%
1.51%3121
+5%
10
-9%
The Hershey Company stock logo
HSY
Hershey
$247.86
+1.6%
1.67%30
+500%
23
+475%
7
+600%
Lennar Co. stock logo
LEN
Lennar
$103.74
+0.4%
1.45%30
+131%
26
+189%
4
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
$312.57
-0.7%
3.20%30
-19%
16
+7%
14
-36%
PacWest Bancorp stock logo
PACW
PacWest Bancorp
$9.55
+3.0%
10.47%30
+7%
17
-19%
13
+86%
Duke Energy Co. stock logo
DUK
Duke Energy
$94.37
+3.0%
4.26%29
+81%
26
+73%
3
+200%
Bank of America Co. stock logo
BAC
Bank of America
$27.14
+0.6%
3.24%29
+45%
12
-14%
17
+183%
KB Home stock logo
KBH
KB Home
$40.41
+2.1%
1.48%29
+867%
18
+800%
11
+1,000%
Wells Fargo & Company stock logo
WFC
Wells Fargo & Company
$36.23
-1.0%
3.31%28
+100%
18
+350%
10
Dell Technologies Inc. stock logo
DELL
Dell Technologies
$37.38
-1.2%
3.53%28
+211%
27
+286%
1
-50%
Norfolk Southern Co. stock logo
NSC
Norfolk Southern
$200.26
+0.4%
2.70%28
+22%
16
+45%
12
Morgan Stanley stock logo
MS
Morgan Stanley
$83.95
-2.3%
3.69%27
+29%
15
+7%
12
+71%
Intel Co. stock logo
INTC
Intel
$29.36
+1.1%
4.97%27
+42%
22
+38%
5
+67%
U.S. Bancorp stock logo
USB
U.S. Bancorp
$34.90
-0.5%
5.50%26
+73%
18
+80%
8
+60%
General Mills, Inc. stock logo
GIS
General Mills
$84.80
+3.1%
2.55%26
+225%
19
+217%
7
+250%
Pfizer Inc. stock logo
PFE
Pfizer
$40.39
+0.5%
4.06%26
-41%
18
-22%
8
-62%
The Charles Schwab Co. stock logo
SCHW
Charles Schwab
$53.26
+0.7%
1.88%26
-64%
19
-60%
7
-73%
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. stock logo
WSM
Williams-Sonoma
$117.70
-1.0%
2.65%25
+56%
14
+27%
11
+120%
U.S. Energy Corp. stock logo
USEG
U.S. Energy
$1.76
+2.3%
5.11%24
+26%
19
+6%
5
+400%
Carlisle Companies Incorporated stock logo
CSL
Carlisle Companies
$212.05
-0.4%
1.41%24
+500%
13
+333%
11
+1,000%
PepsiCo, Inc. stock logo
PEP
PepsiCo
$179.09
+1.9%
2.57%22
+214%
20
+300%
2
Best Buy Co., Inc. stock logo
BBY
Best Buy
$74.32
-0.4%
4.95%22
+267%
13
+160%
9
+800%
Juniper Networks, Inc. stock logo
JNPR
Juniper Networks
$32.68
+1.7%
2.69%21
+200%
18
+200%
3
+200%
Signature Bank stock logo
SBNY
Signature Bank
$70.00
flat
4.00%21
-59%
12
-20%
9
-75%
Oracle Co. stock logo
ORCL
Oracle
$88.01
+0.3%
1.45%21
+31%
18
+20%
3
+200%
Delta Air Lines, Inc. stock logo
DAL
Delta Air Lines
$31.59
-1.7%
5.10%20
+43%
17
+89%
3
-40%
The Coca-Cola Company stock logo
KO
Coca-Cola
$60.90
+1.6%
3.02%20
+400%
17
+467%
3
+200%
Halliburton stock logo
HAL
Halliburton
$29.60
+0.6%
2.16%20
+100%
17
+113%
3
+50%
AbbVie Inc. stock logo
ABBV
AbbVie
$158.02
+1.7%
3.75%20
+300%
17
+240%
3
Activision Blizzard, Inc. stock logo
ATVI
Activision Blizzard
$84.39
+5.6%
0.56%20
+122%
17
+113%
3
+200%
FedEx Co. stock logo
FDX
FedEx
$217.60
+0.3%
2.11%20
-26%
20
+33%
0
-100%
Exxon Mobil Co. stock logo
XOM
Exxon Mobil
$103.53
+0.1%
3.52%20
+54%
20
+122%
0
-100%
Walmart Inc. stock logo
WMT
Walmart
$141.80
+0.8%
1.61%19
+171%
11
+83%
8
+700%
Sempra Energy stock logo
SRE
Sempra Energy
$142.78
+2.2%
3.33%19
+280%
17
+240%
2
Micron Technology, Inc. stock logo
MU
Micron Technology
$61.16
-0.3%
0.75%19
+217%
14
+133%
5
Southwest Airlines Co. stock logo
LUV
Southwest Airlines
$29.63
+0.0%
2.43%19
-24%
16
-6%
3
-63%
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. stock logo
DLB
Dolby Laboratories
$82.83
+0.4%
1.30%19
+375%
19
+375%
0
HSBC Holdings plc stock logo
HSBC
HSBC
$33.08
-1.2%
4.81%19
-32%
13
-24%
6
-45%
NRG Energy, Inc. stock logo
NRG
NRG Energy
$31.49
+1.5%
4.80%19
+280%
19
+280%
0
First Majestic Silver Corp. stock logo
AG
First Majestic Silver
$6.55
+1.2%
0.31%18
10
8
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
$37.66
+0.8%
6.93%18
+38%
17
+42%
1
SL Green Realty Corp. stock logo
SLG
SL Green Realty
$20.50
+2.6%
15.85%18
+500%
11
+267%
7
Dominion Energy, Inc. stock logo
D
Dominion Energy
$53.83
+3.0%
4.96%18
+80%
14
+56%
4
+300%
Carrier Global Co. stock logo
CARR
Carrier Global
$43.92
-0.9%
1.68%18
+100%
13
+63%
5
+400%
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. stock logo
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
$124.15
+1.6%
4.83%18
+125%
13
+117%
5
+150%
The Procter & Gamble Company stock logo
PG
Procter & Gamble
$146.72
+2.0%
2.49%18
+157%
14
+133%
4
+300%
BRP Inc. stock logo
DOOO
BRP
$75.56
-1.2%
0.64%18
+800%
18
+800%
0
Movado Group, Inc. stock logo
MOV
Movado Group
$27.78
-1.6%
5.04%18
+1,700%
12
+1,100%
6
Eli Lilly and Company stock logo
LLY
Eli Lilly and
$336.13
+1.0%
1.34%17
-6%
16
+100%
1
-90%
Altria Group, Inc. stock logo
MO
Altria Group
$43.97
+1.2%
8.55%17
+143%
16
+167%
1
Vitesse Energy, Inc. stock logo
VTS
Vitesse Energy
$17.10
+2.7%
2.92%17
17
0
CMS Energy Co. stock logo
CMS
CMS Energy
$60.43
+4.1%
3.23%17
+55%
16
+45%
1
3M stock logo
MMM
3M
$101.14
+0.1%
5.93%17
+467%
16
+433%
1
The New York Times Company stock logo
NYT
New York Times
$36.97
-1.9%
0.97%17
-26%
11
-15%
6
-40%
JOANN Inc. stock logo
JOAN
JOANN
$1.83
-15.3%
24.04%17
+467%
5
+67%
12
Simon Property Group, Inc. stock logo
SPG
Simon Property Group
$103.48
+1.1%
6.96%17
+143%
12
+71%
5
Chubb Limited stock logo
CB
Chubb
$186.55
+0.3%
1.78%16
+300%
7
+250%
9
+350%
Patterson Companies, Inc. stock logo
PDCO
Patterson Companies
$26.56
+0.6%
3.92%16
+167%
9
+80%
7
+600%
Pioneer Natural Resources stock logo
PXD
Pioneer Natural Resources
$192.22
+1.6%
2.29%16151
Chesapeake Energy Co. stock logo
CHK
Chesapeake Energy
$74.30
+1.5%
2.96%16
+100%
12
+50%
4
Gen Digital Inc. stock logo
GEN
Gen Digital
$16.40
+0.3%
3.05%16
+220%
13
+333%
3
+50%
Marriott International, Inc. stock logo
MAR
Marriott International
$156.56
-2.2%
1.02%16
+7%
15
+67%
1
-83%
Unum Group stock logo
UNM
Unum Group
$38.00
+1.1%
3.47%16
+220%
13
+160%
3
The Kraft Heinz Company stock logo
KHC
Kraft Heinz
$38.18
+2.0%
4.19%16
+300%
13
+225%
3
Fifth Third Bancorp stock logo
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
$25.48
+0.5%
5.18%16
+60%
8
-11%
8
+700%
Johnson & Johnson stock logo
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
$152.65
+1.0%
2.96%16
+78%
13
+44%
3
Signet Jewelers Limited stock logo
SIG
Signet Jewelers
$72.46
-0.7%
1.10%16
-20%
7
-50%
9
+50%
Lowe's Companies, Inc. stock logo
LOW
Lowe's Companies
$189.46
-0.1%
2.22%1614
+56%
2
-71%
Principal Financial Group, Inc. stock logo
PFG
Principal Financial Group
$71.59
+0.5%
3.58%16
+300%
9
+125%
7
Genuine Parts stock logo
GPC
Genuine Parts
$156.88
+1.7%
2.42%15
+114%
14
+133%
1
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited stock logo
TSM
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
$92.79
-1.9%
1.53%15
+15%
11
+22%
4
Western Alliance Bancorporation stock logo
WAL
Western Alliance Bancorporation
$33.05
+5.4%
4.36%15
-50%
11
-42%
4
-64%
DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. stock logo
DKS
DICK'S Sporting Goods
$138.42
-1.0%
2.89%15
+36%
15
+36%
0
Broadcom Inc. stock logo
AVGO
Broadcom
$636.17
-0.5%
2.89%15
+150%
14
+133%
1
Consolidated Edison, Inc. stock logo
ED
Consolidated Edison
$95.07
+3.5%
3.41%15
+200%
13
+160%
2
Shoe Carnival, Inc. stock logo
SCVL
Shoe Carnival
$24.26
-1.1%
1.48%15
+400%
12
+300%
3
General Motors stock logo
GM
General Motors
$33.71
-0.1%
1.07%15
-12%
10
-38%
5
+400%
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. stock logo
LW
Lamb Weston
$100.19
+1.4%
1.12%15
+275%
11
+175%
4
American Electric Power Company, Inc. stock logo
AEP
American Electric Power
$89.09
+4.1%
3.73%15
+88%
9
+13%
6
Vornado Realty Trust stock logo
VNO
Vornado Realty Trust
$13.58
+4.6%
11.05%15
+400%
13
+333%
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Stocks don’t move in the same direction all the time. However, at times, investors can make money by “riding the hot hand.” Momentum investing is a sophisticated trading strategy that many institutional investors avoid. Traders who attempt to trade on momentum use technical analysis to identify specific buy and sell points that help them achieve short-term results that are better than the broader market.

One way to identify stocks that are good candidates for momentum investing is to analyze media sentiment. In this article, we’ll look at the role of media sentiment in informing your investing strategy.

Momentum investing is a strategy that involves “trading with the trend.” The concept behind momentum investing is that trends tend to stay in place for a period of time. And while stocks are riding that trend they tend to outperform the market.

This requires buying stocks that are rising and selling stocks that are declining. This is the opposite of conventional wisdom which states that that investors should buy stocks that are undervalued (and oversold) and sell stocks that are overvalued (and overbought).

Trading on momentum is a short-term strategy that can last as short as a few hours or days, but it will rarely extend beyond a few months. A key tactic to successful momentum investing is to identify trends, preferably before the trend is identified by mainstream investors. One way to do this is to identify media sentiment about a company and its stock.

For most investors, volatility is something to be avoided regardless of risk tolerance. Momentum investors however require volatility as a way to profit from these emerging trends and patterns.

But volatility is also the reason that momentum investing carries an outsized risk for investors. Media sentiment can change swiftly. A natural disaster or product recall can change the direction of a trend suddenly and sharply. If a trader is caught on the wrong side of this reversing trend, they can face losses that are steeper than the overall market.

Companies that have positive media sentiment generally see a higher stock price. Conversely, companies that have negative media sentiment generally move lower. Traders who are looking to profit from a trade are only concerned about capitalizing on the prevailing sentiment. They can take a long or short position depending on that sentiment.

Media sentiment can’t take away all of the volatility that is inherent in momentum investing. However, trading on media sentiment helps take away some of the guesswork

NOTE: Short selling is an investment strategy that can carry significant risk of losses.

One way that buy-and-hold investors can take advantage of media sentiment is through thematic investing. Thematic investing is a strategy of buying or selling stocks based on certain trends that are happening in the economy. This strategy is not as rooted in technical indicators and is largely about looking at a company’s fundamentals as well as macroeconomic conditions. And one of those is media sentiment.

For example, certain themes emerged in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. Specifically work-from-home, e-commerce, and vaccine development were all themes that investors flocked to buy. As it became clear that an administration that was friendly to renewable energy was taking office, electric vehicle stocks captured the fancy of thematic investors. And as inflation reached 40-year highs, energy stocks became the hottest stocks of interest for investors.

However, long-term investors will want to ensure they buy quality stocks that have the potential to reward them no matter how the broader economy performs. One way that investors can do this is to look for stocks that pay a dividend. These stocks will generally not move as high as pure growth stocks, but they can also mitigate losses when the market moves lower.

If you made it to this page, you already know the answer. A sentiment screener can help investors identify which companies are popular with investors. News moves quickly and few investors have the ability to monitor their portfolios as actively as they might like.

A screener can allow you to sort stocks by sector, market capitalization and even positive or negative sentiment. It can also allow you to look for stocks that combine positive media sentiment with favorable analyst ratings.

However, what super cycle events such as the Covid-19 pandemic also demonstrate is that thematic investing (and momentum investing in general) can be highly cyclical. For example, as the economy was reopening with the availability of vaccines, some work-from-home stocks fell sharply as demand fell.

The pandemic also showed how positive news can also benefit some stocks in a sector while weighing down other sectors. For example, as vaccines became more readily available, the companies who were producing vaccines saw their stock rewarded. This is because investors saw the opportunity for revenue and earnings growth for years to come. An example of this is Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) which has a robust pipeline of potential drugs and therapeutics that can benefit from mRNA technology.

However, other stocks that were propped up on the hope that they might deliver a vaccine sharply sold off. One example of this is Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX) whose stock fell more than 80% from a 52-week high of $270.58 set in September 2021.

Find out why slow and steady wins the race with DividendStocks.com.