When looking for stocks, just buy the one with highest dividends? More dividends better right?

Not necessarily, think most of the commentors have covered it already. Paying out higher dividends does not mean a stock is better, it may actually be trying to attract more investors to buy their stocks, or to give off a "our company is doing fine" facade, when in actuality they are not doing well at all. Take a look at Telcos Starhub and Singtel - their dividends are consistent and attractive, but they are making losses thus far. Instead, what they should be doing is not keeping up their high dividend paying policy, bite the humble pie and use this retained earnings to reinvest and reinvent themselves to become profitable in the face of stiff competition from traditional telcos and new emerging ones like Circles Life. They are running themselves into the ground paying out their dividends.

Best thing to do - choose the one that fits your investment needs. If you want income (dividends) then you should look for one with extremely strong financial health that can most likely keep up their dividend policy for many foreseeable years to come. If you are looking for capital gain. perhaps a growth stock like Bestworld will do you better.

It can work both way.

high dividends could be due to it being undervalued.

high dividends could also mean this stock price is already priced at a level where earnings is expected to fall. hence the dividends could be lower the next time round.

I think dividend yield would be a more accurate way of looking at it! It is not just how much dividends you are getting but also how much dividends you are getting for the price you have paid for each share. Other than that, you probably gotta look at whether the dividends can be sustained also, like what the others mentioned.

Capital gains from selling the shares at a higher price can also be something you might wanna consider in your overall investing strategy.

I do not think that is true. After M1 and Starhub slash their dividends, investors have to take note that dividends are not a good indicator of whether a company is good to invest in a not.

Because it may not be sustainable.