To make matters worse, you can't unload CNL shares with a phone call to your broker.
The report noted that among utilities, CNL shares displayed both attractive valuation metrics and strong profitability metrics.
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Other competitors in the utilities sector include: FirstEnergy (FE), Duke Energy (DUK), and Cleco (CNL).
Below is a long-term dividend history chart for CNL, which Dividend Channel stressed as being of key importance.
FORBES: CNL Added as Top 10 Utility Dividend Stock With 3.41% Yield
Should the travel industry really boom again, CNL Hotels might rake in so much profit that it fully earns its dividend.
They do this either because they are small or, like sizable CNL, are on a spending binge and need to attract equity capital.
Like CNL, they bridge the gap with borrowing and share offerings.
Below is a long-term dividend history chart for CNL, which can be of good help in judging whether the most recent dividend with approx. 3.4% annualized yield is likely to continue.
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According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, CNL makes up 1.34% of the Dynamic Utilities Portfolio ETF ( AMEX: PUI )which is trading lower by about 0.1% on the day Thursday.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, CNL makes up 1.35% of the Dynamic Utilities Portfolio ETF ( AMEX: PUI )which is trading lower by about 0.6% on the day Monday.
Among the largest underlying components of IWN, in trading today Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. ( NYSE: IVR) is up about 0.1%, Cleco Corp. ( NYSE: CNL) is trading flat, and Hancock Holding Co. ( NASD: HBHC) is up by about 0.8%.
Among the largest underlying components of IWN, in trading today Two Harbors Investment Corp ( NYSE: TWO) is up about 0.1%, Starwood Property Trust Inc. ( NYSE: STWD) is trading flat, and Cleco Corp. ( NYSE: CNL) is lower by about 0.5%.
Brokers, who like CNL-style REITs for the fabulous 7% fees a sale generates, argue that private REITs won't lose you money--an assertion that assumes these things will stay in business and assumes that if you get in line at the exit door you will eventually be permitted to leave.
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