Dividend Stocks With An A+ Buy-Rating

There's about 6,000 U.S.-listed stocks trading on the major exchanges on any given day. Of those, TheStreet Ratings has rated 5,774 and only 121 issues -- about 2% -- have received an "A+," our highest rating. TheStreet Ratings' stock model projects a stock's total return potential over a 12-month period including both price appreciation and dividends. We consider each of these stocks to be strong buys.

Nine of these exceptional companies are well-known Dow dividend stocks: American Express, Coca-Cola, Disney, DuPont, Home Depot, International Business Machines, Kraft Foods, Merck and
Pfizer. It's also worth noting that these nine stocks, when held collectively, have a higher dividend yield than the 10-year U.S. Treasury note.

Source: The Street

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