Four Dividend All-Stars Going Ex-Dividend in February: CMS Energy Corporation (CMS), Health Care REIT, Inc. (HCN)

Magellan Midstream Partners has been paying and raising distributions consistently for 11 years. Its 5-year dividend growth rate is 9.2%. Magellan went ex-dividend on Feb. 4 and will pay a dividend of $0.50 per share on Feb. 14.

CMS Energy Corporation (NYSE:CMS). is an electric and gas utility corporation operating primarily in Michigan.

CMS is currently trading at $26 per share and yields 3.8%. It is trading at its 52-week high, and the share price is up by 16.6% over the past twelve months.

CMS Energy has been raising its dividend for five years, and its payout ratio is 69.5%. Its five-year DGR is 38.5%. The stock goes ex-dividend on Feb. 6 and will pay a dividend of $0.255 on Feb. 28.

Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. (NYSE:SXL) is another MLP in the Oil and Gas Pipeline industry. This company has already been added to my Dividend Portfolio.

SXL is currently trading at $60 per share and yields 3.7%. It is trading at its 52-week high of $35.77, and the share price is up by 64.6% over the past twelve months. Sunoco Logistics has been increasing its dividend for 10 years, and its 5-year DGR is 14.0%.

The stock goes ex-dividend on Feb. 6 and will pay a dividend of $0.545 on Feb. 14.

Sunoco Logistics already made it into my portfolio with an overall score of 18 points (the companies that have been added so far range from 18 to 20 points on my scoring system.)

At this point I am not prepared to add any additional high-risk but high-reward companies to my dividend portfolio, since I am not yet finished building the base. If I were to have my foundation in place already, though, I would definitely consider the remaining three companies on this list. These three companies represent what I feel is a fair risk-reward basis in terms of a dividend-paying company. They may merit a small position in your portfolio.

The article Four Dividend All-Stars Going Ex-Dividend in February originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Karin Hernandez.

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