7 Buy Rated Stocks With Safe Dividends

Our safe dividend stock list has 43 stocks that have raised their dividend for 29 consecutive years or more. Long-term investors are always on the hunt for stocks with solid growth and sustainable dividends. Companies that have a long track record of raising their dividend and increasing their income can be great core holdings for any retirement portfolio.

Of these 43 dependable dividend payers, only 7 have strong buy ratings from analysts. All but one of these stocks has a dividend yield over 2%.

Mcdonald's Corp (MCD)

MCD has a dividend yield of 2.5% and has increased their dividend for 35 consecutive years. Their payout ratio is just 50% and their 5 year dividend growth rate is 21.3%. McDonald's has 20 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings and 1 sell rating. They were downgraded by Oppenheimer on January 25th, however, they reported better than expected same store sales for January, citing