Top 10 Dividend Stocks of the Week

Verizon Communications(VZ Quote) is another company that recently increased its dividend, raising it 6.2% to 43 cents a share. The latest J.D. Power and Associates research reveals Verizon had the "highest call quality" in the northeast and the midatlantic regions. Verizon has a P/E of 19, a PEG of 2.3 and a yield of 3.8%.

Verizon is a holding of David Dreman, an investor known for his contrarian column in Forbes magazine as well as his role as founder and chief investment manager of Dreman Value Management. Dreman's portfolio includes several dividend-paying stocks including Chevron(CVX Quote), which yields 2.6%, Bank of America(BAC Quote), which yields 5.1%, and Hartford Financial Services(HIG Quote), an insurance company that yields 2.3%.

Another stock on the dividend-raisers list is Susquehanna Bancshares(SUSQ Quote), a Pennsylvania bank holding company that increased its dividend by 4% to 26 cents a share, to yield 5.3%. The stock has a P/E of 12 and a PEG of nearly 2. Susquehanna was one of the Rocket Stocks for June 11th-June 15th.

To see the rest of the week's featured dividend-raisers, check out the Top 10 Dividend Increases for the Week of Sept. 8 at Stockpickr.com.

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