Is the Wesfarmers (ASX:WES) share price a buy for dividends? // Motley Fool Australia

Is the Wesfarmers Ltd (ASX: WES) share price a buy for dividends?

The Motley Fool’s Everlasting Income service currently rates Wesfarmers as a buy.

What is Wesfarmers?

Wesfarmers can trace its history back over a century back to 1914 as a Western Australian farmers’ cooperative. It’s now one of the biggest businesses on the ASX.

The company has a number of different operating businesses.

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