{"id":8636,"date":"2022-08-28T09:29:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T01:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/?p=8636"},"modified":"2025-09-29T17:43:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T09:43:05","slug":"best-blue-chip-stocks-dividends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/blog\/best-blue-chip-stocks-dividends\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Choose the Best Blue Chip Stocks for Your Portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">The idea of buying blue-chip stocks is a great long-term strategy for value investing. We can gradually build wealth and passive dividend income with blue-chip stocks through <a href=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/blog\/dollar-cost-averaging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dollar-cost averaging<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Today, we share what blue-chip stocks are, and how to find the best opportunities with high dividend yields to speed up your journey to <a href=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/blog\/best-fire-blogs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">financial independence<\/a>.<\/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=\"tekGPOs0ZfJaF6wU\"><iframe title=\"How to Grow Dividend Income With Blue-Chip Stocks\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OUXv_FfquNQ?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=\"\u73fe\u5728\u6700\u4f73\u7684strangle\u9078\u64c7\u6b0a\u9032\u5834\u6a5f\u6703\">What Is a Blue-Chip Stock?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blue-chip stock is a name commonly reserved for industry-leading companies with the strongest products and brands within a niche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blue-chip companies usually have the following characteristics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Larger than $10 billion in market capitalisation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A strong competitive edge such as technological barriers or exceptional products and services.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"translation-block\">A long history of steady growth and overcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/blog\/stock-bearish-signals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">market crashes<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Usually a key component of market indices such as S&amp;P 500, Dow Jones Industry Average or NASDAQ Composite.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Though not all blue-chip stocks issue dividends, dividend-earning blue-chip stocks have the potential of growing dividends in the long run.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">So blue-chip stocks work very well with the buy-and-hold strategy for <a href=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/blog\/portfolio-management-stocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">portfolios with long-term investments<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"\u73fe\u5728\u6700\u4f73\u7684strangle\u9078\u64c7\u6b0a\u9032\u5834\u6a5f\u6703\">Are Blue-Chip Stocks Safe?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/blog\/best-value-investing-stocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Value investors<\/a> consider buying and holding blue-chip stocks pretty safe investments, because these stocks usually don't fluctuate very much during economic cycles and times of <a href=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/blog\/market-volatility-hv-iv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">high market volatility<\/a>. Investing in blue-chip stocks is low risk and a way to build personal equity in the long run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advantages of Investing in Blue-Chip Stocks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mature and stable business model.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Excellent corporate governance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Financially strong.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Less volatile in market value.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"translation-block\">Stable and consistently growing dividends from <a href=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/blog\/undervalued-dividend-kings-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dividend kings<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/blog\/undervalued-dividend-aristocrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dividend aristocrats<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>High liquidity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Good candidates for long-term investing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Disadvantages of Investing in Blue-Chip Stocks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Higher stock prices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A smaller upward movement in a bull market.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Not suitable for short-term investment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/pricing\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=banner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"971\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/slashtraders-trial-banner.png\" alt=\"slashtraders trial banner\" class=\"wp-image-7387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/slashtraders-trial-banner.png 971w, https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/slashtraders-trial-banner-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/slashtraders-trial-banner-768x95.png 768w, https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/slashtraders-trial-banner-18x2.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Find Blue-Chip Stocks With High Dividend Yields?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/tools\/dividend-stock-screener\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dividend Stock Screener<\/a> provides a few easy-to-use filters that help us find blue-chip stocks with high dividend yields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dividend-screener-filter-1024x255.png\" alt=\"dividend screener filter\" class=\"wp-image-8640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dividend-screener-filter-1024x255.png 1024w, https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dividend-screener-filter-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dividend-screener-filter-768x191.png 768w, https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dividend-screener-filter-18x4.png 18w, https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dividend-screener-filter.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Filter settings to find high dividend yield blue-chip stocks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Since the US stock market is mature with huge trading volume, we can filter for US stocks only.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We want to find extremely profitable companies, indicated by Return on Equity (ROE) &gt;15%, which means the company generates a lot of profit from shareholders' equity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We can find mature companies with a long history of growth, using the 5-year average of Revenue Growth (5Y) &gt;15%, which shows a medium to long-term growth potential.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The 5-year average of EPS Growth (5Y) &gt;15% means the company is highly profitable. Since the stock price correlates well with EPS, this also means strong upside potential to the stock price.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By picking Market Cap &gt;$10 billion, we select mature companies with less volatile stock prices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Finally, we sort the list by Dividend Yield %, to find blue-chip stocks with the highest dividend potential that meet our <a href=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/blog\/four-percent-rule-retirement-stocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">safe withdrawal rates in retirement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/high-dividend-yield-list-1024x525.png\" alt=\"high dividend yield list\" class=\"wp-image-8641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/high-dividend-yield-list-1024x525.png 1024w, https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/high-dividend-yield-list-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/high-dividend-yield-list-768x394.png 768w, https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/high-dividend-yield-list-18x9.png 18w, https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/high-dividend-yield-list.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A list of high dividend yield blue-chip stocks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The list of high dividend blue-chip stocks shows CE's Fair Value of $165.67 is greater than the market price of $113.89, with a 45.46% Upside potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ce-blue-chip-stock-1024x525.png\" alt=\"ce blue chip stock\" class=\"wp-image-8643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ce-blue-chip-stock-1024x525.png 1024w, https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ce-blue-chip-stock-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ce-blue-chip-stock-768x394.png 768w, https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ce-blue-chip-stock-18x9.png 18w, https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ce-blue-chip-stock.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">CE is an undervalued blue-chip stock with a high dividend yield.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">So we can purchase the Celanese Corp stock while it is <a href=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/blog\/bottom-out-stock-bull-put-spread\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">undervalued<\/a> to enjoy a potential 45% bullish outlook and between 1.85% to 2.39% Dividend Yield annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celanese.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Celanese Corporation<\/a> is a world leader in the chemical industry, and a component of both the S&amp;P 500 and Russell 1000 indices. All these qualities indicate CE is a blue-chip stock worthy of long-term investment. We can even trade <a href=\"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/blog\/sell-covered-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Covered Calls<\/a> on CE to boost our returns.<\/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 can build wealth and passive income with blue-chip stocks. We share what blue-chip stocks are, and how to find the best opportunities with high dividend yields.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"plain-container","ast-site-content-layout":"normal-width-container","site-content-style":"unboxed","site-sidebar-style":"unboxed","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":"5"},"categories":[3],"tags":[56,12,64,59,11],"class_list":["post-8636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-cn","tag-en","tag-es","tag-stocks","tag-tw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8636"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13941,"href":"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8636\/revisions\/13941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slashtraders.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}