6 Stocks With Dividends Beating Bond Yields

1. Vodafone(VOD)

Share Price: $23.95 (Aug. 13 close)

Dividend Yield: 7.29%

Coupon Rate: 3.375%, November 24, 2015, maturity

Forward P/E Ratio: 9.22, which is below the Bloomberg peer list average of 12.45 for the current year

Capital Advisors Growth Fund's View: "Vodafone has publicly committed to raising the dividend at least 7% in each of the next three years. It's incredible. Anything that happens to restructure the partnership with Verizon Wireless is good for Vodafone. Verizon(VZ) needs it more than Vodafone. If there is a buyout, Vodafone is on the sell side. That helps monetize a substantial asset on their balance sheet that gives them dry powder to do shareholder-friendly stuff."

Analysts' View: Five analysts follow Vodafone, with four recommending the company as a "buy." Goldman Sachs suggests investors hold the stock. The average price target is $26.87, roughly 11% above where the stock currently trades.

-- Written by Robert Holmes in Boston.

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