10 Best Dividend Stocks Hedge Funds Are Buying

7. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE:TMO)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 121

Number of Years of Dividend Payouts: 13

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE:TMO) is one of the best dividend stocks to buy according to hedge funds. On November 25, Thermo Fisher reported that it had made an offering of euro-dominated notes in the principal amount of €2.1 billion. The notes are planned to be issued via  Thermo Fisher Scientific (Finance I) B.V., the company’s indirect finance subsidiary.

The company is planning to issue €1 billion worth of floating-rate senior notes due in 2027 at their full principal amount. It will also issue €1.1 billion of 3.628% fixed-rate senior notes due in 2035, again at full principal value. The offering is set to conclude on or near December 1, 2025, after all conditions are fulfilled. The notes will be entirely guaranteed by Thermo Fisher. While the floating rate notes deliver quarterly interest payments, the fixed rate notes will offer yearly interest payouts.

Thermo Fisher aims to utilize the net proceeds from the offering for corporate expenditure, such as acquisitions, debt repayment, working capital, capital expenditures, or share repurchases, or invest them in short-term, high liquidity assets.

Separately, on November 3, Daniel Arias from Stifel Nicolaus kept a Buy recommendation on Thermo Fisher, with an accompanying price target of $583.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE:TMO) is a Massachusetts-based company that manufactures and distributes life sciences products, lab equipment, and biopharma services worldwide.