Better Dividend Stock to Buy Now: Medtronic vs. Walgreens Boots Alliance
If you're an everyday investor looking for stocks that can deliver steadily rising dividend payouts over long periods, the healthcare sector is the right place to begin your search. People get sick during economic downturns just as often as they do when businesses are booming.
(NYSE: MDT) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA) are two dividend-paying giants of the healthcare sector. Both offer yields that are far more attractive than the paltry 1.4% yield you can receive from the average stock in the benchmark S 500 index.
Here's a closer look at their recent performances to see which is most likely to deliver steadily growing payouts in the years ahead.
Source Fool.com
Medtronic plc Stock
€75.19
0.080%
With 10 Buy predictions and only 1 Sell predictions the community sentiment for the stock is positive.
As a result the target price of 94 € shows a positive potential of 25.02% compared to the current price of 75.19 € for Medtronic plc.
