3 High-Yield Healthcare Stocks to Buy Hand Over Fist in August
If you are looking at healthcare stocks for dividend ideas in August, don't get too caught up on the sector's low 1.8% dividend yield. You can do much better than that without having to take on huge risks. Three solid options that you might want to buy hand over fist right now are (NYSE: MRK), (NYSE: VTR), and Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI). Here's a primer on each one.
Merck's dividend yield is a pleasing 4.1% or so, more than twice the healthcare sector's average. The company has increased its payout annually for 15 consecutive years. From this standpoint, it is an attractive dividend stock, but what about the business?
Merck is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. Discovering new drugs is hard work, and it usually doesn't happen in a linear fashion. Right now, investors appear concerned that Merck's current patents will expire before it finds a new blockbuster to replace its older drugs. That's not unreasonable, since it is highly reliant on the revenue of just one drug right now (oncology treatment Keytruda).
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Merck KGaA Stock
Our community is currently high on Merck KGaA with 4 Buy predictions and 0 Sell predictions.
As a result the target price of 142 € shows a positive potential of 20.19% compared to the current price of 118.15 € for Merck KGaA.
