{"id":10696,"date":"2024-03-17T11:01:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T03:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/?p=10696"},"modified":"2025-09-29T17:53:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T09:53:30","slug":"stocks-to-buy-and-hold-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/blog\/stocks-to-buy-and-hold-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Dividend Stocks to Buy and Hold Forever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/blog\/best-value-investing-stocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">value investing<\/a> strategy tells us to only buy blue-chip stocks that are undervalued. And we should buy and hold them forever to profit from growth in capital and long-term dividends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We share 5 lesser-known blue-chip stocks that you should buy and hold forever.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"sxFmhkizwK4NE0Qo9XLRMrU2JePIhwv8OgYTlrtbyJx1LBiq0eD7QgyD65GW5tYq\"><iframe title=\"Buy and Hold 5 Stocks to Profit Forever\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ARQXLFs8Jks?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\u4ec0\u9ebc\u662f\u88f8\u8ce3-put\u671f\u6b0a\uff1f\">Why Buy and Hold a Stock Forever?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Buy and hold is a long-term passive investing strategy where we find a competitive company that will maintain good financial health and grow for a long time. Then we can purchase shares in the <a href=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/blog\/best-blue-chip-stocks-dividends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blue-chip company<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">If the company happens to pay dividends consistently, then the buy-and-hold strategy can help us <a href=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/blog\/four-percent-rule-retirement-stocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accumulate passive income<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">A good way to pick undervalued blue-chip stocks is by fundamental analysis. Then the buy-and-hold strategy can reduce our emotional stress from constantly following the <a href=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/blog\/swing-trading-strategies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">market movements<\/a>. The less frequent trading activity means we incur fewer fees, increasing our chances of beating active investors who trade very often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\u88f8\u8ce3-put\u7684\u9078\u80a1\u65b9\u5f0f\">How to Pick Stocks to Buy and Hold Forever?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We need to pick stocks to buy and hold forever by two key points: upside potential and stable dividends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"translation-block\">The fundamental analysis can help us find the potential upside of an undervalued stock, that has enough <a href=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/blog\/margin-of-safety-formula\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">margin of safety<\/a> to limit our risks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"translation-block\">A stock that <a href=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/blog\/four-percent-rule-retirement-stocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pays dividends regularly<\/a> can help us grow passive income while holding it indefinitely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/undervalued-dividend-aristocrat-filter.png\" alt=\"undervalued dividend aristocrat filter\" class=\"wp-image-10701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/undervalued-dividend-aristocrat-filter.png 1280w, https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/undervalued-dividend-aristocrat-filter-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/undervalued-dividend-aristocrat-filter-1024x196.png 1024w, https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/undervalued-dividend-aristocrat-filter-768x147.png 768w, https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/undervalued-dividend-aristocrat-filter-18x3.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dividend aristocrats with growth potential.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Our scanner finds the <a href=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/tools\/best-value-stocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">best Bullish Value stocks<\/a> from thousands of companies using both fundamental and technical analyses. We filter stocks with at least 0% Upside and more than 25 consecutive dividend-increasing years. So we can find undervalued <a href=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/blog\/undervalued-dividend-aristocrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dividend aristocrats<\/a> with a good margin of safety to buy and hold forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\u88f8\u8ce3-put\u7684\u9078\u80a1\u65b9\u5f0f\">Best Stocks to Buy and Hold Forever<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The filtered list shows the best stocks to buy and hold forever are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-58\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-58\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Stocks<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Description<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Last<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Fair value<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Upside<\/th><th class=\"column-6\">Dividend yield<\/th><th class=\"column-7\">Years of dividend growth<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">UGI<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">UGI Corp<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$24.60<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">$27.50<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">11.79%<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">6.84%<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">XOM<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Exxon Mobil Corp<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$105.85<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">$119.87<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">13.25%<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">3.66%<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">JNJ<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Johnson &amp; Johnson<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$162.30<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">$162.59<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">0.18%<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">3.12%<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">ABM<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">ABM Industries Inc<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$40.56<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">$45.79<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">12.89%<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">2.13%<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">BANF<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">BancFirst Corp<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$87.15<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">$100.19<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">14.97%<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">2.00%<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/pricing\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=banner\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"126\" src=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/blog-trial-banner.png\" alt=\"blog trial banner\" class=\"wp-image-9717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/blog-trial-banner.png 1280w, https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/blog-trial-banner-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/blog-trial-banner-1024x126.png 1024w, https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/blog-trial-banner-768x95.png 768w, https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/blog-trial-banner-18x2.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\u88f8\u8ce3-put\u7684\u9078\u80a1\u65b9\u5f0f\">UGI<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ugicorp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UGI Corporation<\/a> is an energy company that specialises in natural gas and energy trading. It owns the largest gas distributor in the US, AmeriGas, and also owns AvantiGas, Antargaz and Flaga in Europe. Its natural gas distribution network covers more than 13 countries in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UGI has increased dividends for more than 36 years in a row over its 140-year history. UGI has an 11% Upside potential right now, and can provide 6% dividend yields to a shareholder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\u88f8\u8ce3-put\u7684\u9078\u80a1\u65b9\u5f0f\">XOM<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/corporate.exxonmobil.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Exxon Mobil Corporation<\/a> is the surviving company of oil company founded by John D. Rockefeller 140 years ago. It is the largest multinational oil company in the US. It specialises in extracting oil upstream, creating petrochemical products downstream, and also developing carbon capture technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">XOM has increased dividends for more than 41 years in a row. It has a 13% Upside potential right now, and can provide 3% dividend yields when held long-term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\u88f8\u8ce3-put\u7684\u9078\u80a1\u65b9\u5f0f\">JNJ<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jnj.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Johnson &amp; Johnson<\/a> is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. The company specialises in developing and marketing health and medical-related products. Their products are distributed through pharmaceutical chains around the world. It has become one of the top 40 enterprises in America since its founding 130 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">JNJ has increased dividends for more than 61 years consecutively, making it a <a href=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/blog\/undervalued-dividend-kings-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dividend king<\/a>. It can provide 3% dividend yields for an investor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\u88f8\u8ce3-put\u7684\u9078\u80a1\u65b9\u5f0f\">ABM<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ABM Industries<\/a> provides integrated services, from electricity, lighting, energy to air conditioning, mechanical, and transportation services. It continued to increase dividends every year for the last 57 years out of its 100-year history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By buying and holding a dividend king like ABM, you have an Upside potential of 12%, and also 2% dividend yields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\u88f8\u8ce3-put\u7684\u9078\u80a1\u65b9\u5f0f\">BANF<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BancFirst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BancFirst Corporation<\/a> is a financial service provider based in Oklahoma, US. It has more than 100 banking locations throughout the state, and has served local customers for more than 50 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It increased dividends every year for the last 30 years, and a BANF shareholder has a 14% potential Upside with more than 2% dividend yield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-4-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/blog\/slashtraders-vs-sp500\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SlashTraders vs S&amp;P 500: 450% Outperformance, Verified Trades and How to Copy Every Alert<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We only buy blue-chip stocks that are undervalued then buy and hold them forever to profit from growth in capital and long-term 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