Dividend Champions Smackdown XXVI
By David Fish:
Dividend Champions Smackdown XXVI
In the most recent installments of the Smackdown series, I screened the Dividend Champions (which can be found here) starting with companies that were down in price and, last month, with a new column listing Beta.(Note that I have separated the Champions, Contenders, and Challengers into different articles to fit more closely into the format preferred by Seeking Alpha. Champions are companies that have paid higher dividends for at least 25 straight years; Contenders have streaks of 10-24 years; Challengers have streaks of 5-9 years. I use the same Roman numeral for all three articles.)This month, I decided to start with the stocks' most recent (percentage) dividend increase (column L), since many companies seem to have "loosened the purse-strings" as we continue to recover from the "great recession" and I wanted to highlight those that have been the most generous in that regard. SoComplete Story »
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