Top 5 High Dividend Companies To Buy Right Now

Finding high-quality dividend stocks doesn't have to be difficult or time consuming. By looking for stocks with underlying financial strength and reliable payouts, even beginning investors can unlock exceptional returns for years on end. Today, let's look at two dividend stocks with low risk and high dividend growth -- an ideal combination for even the most novel investor.

1. PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP  )
Not only are Pepsi and its Frito-Lay business some of the most recognizable brands in the world, but the stock is also a dividend aristocrat. The S&P 500's Dividend Aristocrats list measures the performance of the top blue-chip companies that have consecutively raised their dividends for at least the part 25 years -- although in Pepsi's case, it just celebrated its 41st straight year of dividend increases. The company recently grew its dividend by 6% to an annual payout of $2.27 per share.

Top 5 High Dividend Companies To Buy Right Now: Orocobre Limited (ORL.TO)

Orocobre Limited engages in the exploration and development of mineral properties in Argentina. The company focuses on exploring for lithium, potash, and salar minerals. Its flagship project is the Salar de Olaroz project consisting of 63,000 hectares of tenements located in the north-western province of Jujuy. The company is based in Brisbane, Australia.

Top 5 High Dividend Companies To Buy Right Now: Vitec Group(VTC.L)

The Vitec Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides products and services for the broadcast, photographic, military, aerospace, and government markets worldwide. It operates in three divisions: Imaging and Staging, Videocom, and Services. The Imaging and Staging division engages in the design, manufacture, and distribution of equipment and accessories for professionals and amateurs in photography, video, and events fields. This division offers photo, video, and lighting support products; and stage and lighting systems, as well as distributes products for the photographic, video, cine, and lighting production markets. The Videocom division designs and distributes equipment principally for professionals engaged in producing and transporting video content for the media industries, such as broadcast, film, live events, and education, as well as for the military, aerospace, and government markets. It offers bags, camera accessories, lighting products, microwave system s, mobile power systems, prompters, and camera support equipment, as well as equipment rental services. The Services division provides equipment rental, workflow design, and technical support services for camera, video, audio, fiber optic, and wireless technology used by television production teams and film crews. It offers production equipment rental, used production equipment sales, maintenance services, event systems and services, and audio services and sales, as well as fiber optic system design, installation, and maintenance services. The company was formerly known as Vitec Group plc and changed its name to The Vitec Group plc in 2001. The Vitec Group plc was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Kingston upon Thames, the United Kingdom.

Top Communications Equipment Companies To Watch In Right Now: BCSB Bancorp Inc.(BCSB)

BCSB Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Baltimore County Savings Bank, F.S.B. that provides various banking and financial services for consumers and businesses in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area. The company?s deposit products include checking accounts, money market accounts, statement and passbook savings accounts, individual retirement accounts, and certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio comprises single-family residential mortgage loans; real estate loans comprising construction, single-family rental property, and commercial real estate loans; consumer loans, including automobile loans and home equity lines of credit; and commercial lines of credit. The company also offers life and annuity insurance products. As of September 30, 2009, it operated 18 branch offices in Baltimore County, Harford County, Howard County, and Baltimore City, Maryland. The company was founded in 1955 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland.

Top 5 High Dividend Companies To Buy Right Now: Axcelis Technologies Inc.(ACLS)

Axcelis Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and services ion implantation, dry strip, and other processing equipment used in the fabrication of semiconductor chips in the United States, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. It offers a line of high energy, high current, and medium current ion implanters for various applications, such as line of single wafer implanters, known as the Optima platform, comprising the Optima XE, the Optima HD, and the Optima MD. The company also offers dry strip tools, including the Integra RS, which comprises paired-chamber process modules. In addition, it provides aftermarket services and support, such as spare parts, equipment upgrades, maintenance services, and customer training. The company sells its equipment and services through direct sales force, distributors, and manufacturing representatives. Axcelis Technologies was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts.

Top 5 High Dividend Companies To Buy Right Now: GulfMark Offshore Inc.(GLF)

GulfMark Offshore, Inc. provides offshore marine services primarily to companies involved in the offshore exploration and production of oil and natural gas. The company?s vessels provide various services supporting the construction, positioning, and ongoing operation of offshore oil and natural gas drilling rigs and platforms, and related infrastructure. Its vessels transport drilling materials, supplies, and personnel to offshore facilities, as well as move and position drilling structures, and provide anchor handling and towing services. The company?s fleet includes anchor handling, towing, and supply vessels; fast supply vessels; platform supply vessels; specialty vessels, including towing and oil response; and small anchor handling, towing, and supply vessels. GulfMark also offers management services to other vessel owners. As of April 27, 2011, its active fleet included 74 owned vessels and 15 managed vessels. It primarily serves integrated oil and natural gas compani es, large independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies working in international markets, and foreign government-owned or controlled oil and natural gas companies, as well as companies that provide logistics, construction, and other services to such oil and natural gas companies and foreign government organizations. The company primarily operates in the North Sea, Southeast Asia, and the Americas. GulfMark Offshore, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Brian Stoffel]

  Rising Star Jason Moser made a bold call on this small-cap energy stock. What exactly does GulfMark do? According to Jason, "[The company] helps oil and gas companies not only find and extract new supplies, but also stay safe in the process."

  Quite simply, GulfMark isn't in the business of actually extracting oil from under the ocean floor. Instead, it focuses on "jobs such as transporting materials, supplies, and personnel, as well as positioning drilling structures," he says.

  The stock is down 28% since hitting its high back on July 25, so it's definitely worth a look.