Better Dividend Stock: Visa vs. Bank of America
Dividend investing comes in many flavors, but the general goal of the strategy is to own shares of high-quality companies that will grow over time, providing a combination of share price appreciation and a growing dividend income. Dividends are almost always a cash expense for companies, so it's a badge of merit when a company can regularly increase its payouts.Visa (NYSE: V) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) are financial sector juggernauts. One company operates the world's second-largest payments network (just behind China's UnionPay), while the other is America's second-largest bank, with over $3.2 trillion in assets. Both companies pay dividends, and have raised them for at least 10 consecutive years.But which is the better dividend stock to buy now?Continue reading
Dividend investing comes in many flavors, but the general goal of the strategy is to own shares of high-quality companies that will grow over time, providing a combination of share price appreciation and a growing dividend income. Dividends are almost always a cash expense for companies, so it's a badge of merit when a company can regularly increase its payouts.
Visa (NYSE: V) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) are financial sector juggernauts. One company operates the world's second-largest payments network (just behind China's UnionPay), while the other is America's second-largest bank, with over $3.2 trillion in assets. Both companies pay dividends, and have raised them for at least 10 consecutive years.
But which is the better dividend stock to buy now?
