Consumer goods may not be the most exciting corner of the market, but that’s part of their appeal. While investors these days chase the next big technology story, some of the more interesting opportunities can be hiding in plain sight. They’re hiding in companies that generate cash, pay dividends, and make investments that could take a few years to fully pay off.
Here are three value stocks to consider for September.
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1. Universal Corporation keeps stretching a 56-year dividend streak
Universal Corporation (NYSE: UVV) is a business-to-business agri-products company best known for sourcing and processing leaf tobacco, but the part worth watching is its plant-based ingredients arm, which turns fruits, vegetables, and botanicals into juices, concentrates, extracts, and flavorings for food, beverage, and pet-food makers. In May, the board declared its 56th consecutive annual dividend increase, lifting the quarterly payout to $0.83 per share. The shares now yield roughly 7.3%. A streak that long makes this ticker a Dividend King, which is a company that has delivered 50 or more years of consecutive dividend increases.
Universal’s ingredient business is under pressure as sluggish demand for consumer packaged goods and the higher fixed costs tied to its own expansion weigh on margins. Tobacco volumes are not providing much growth, either. This company had weak first-quarter results.
Investors buying the stock today are largely being paid to wait, through the dividend, for an ingredients strategy to begin delivering meaningful results. Regardless, this company and its consistent dividend are too good to pass up at such a high yield.
2. Hamilton Beach Brands rents other people’s brands
Hamilton Beach Brands (NYSE: HBB) designs and distributes small appliances without owning heavy factories, and it has assembled a portfolio of licensed and partnered names. Think CHI garment care, Clorox home appliances, Numilk plant-based milk makers, and Sunkist commercial juicers.
Hamilton’s business strategy gives it a risk- and capital-light way to reach new customers and retail shelves by selling products under brands consumers already know, but those agreements can expire and take revenue with them, as happened with Bartesian at the end of 2025. The company’s board raised its quarterly dividend 4.2% in May to $0.125 per share. Its second-quarter results looked exceptional, with revenue rising 11.6% to $142.6 million. But those figures were heavily boosted by a $36.5 million tariff refund .
