Could Buying the Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF Today Set You Up for Life?

First is the cash-flow-to-total-debt ratio, which is a way to assess a company's financial strength. Second is return on equity , which is a way to assess how well a company is run. Third is dividend yield, which is a way to assess how much an investor will get in income today, but also acts as an alternative way to assess valuation. Higher-yielding stocks are often trading at attractive valuations. Fourth, the company's five-year dividend growth rate is taken into consideration. That assesses both the comp ...