The Highest Yielding Dividend Champions

David Van Knapp submits:What’s a fast-growing dividend? 4% per year? 7%? 10%? Obviously reasonable minds can differ. Someone with a stock that’s already yielding 7% may say that 5% per year growth in that dividend is fine with her.

David Van Knapp submits:In an article published on July 2, I explored “The 14 Highest-Yielding Dividend Champions”—stocks that have increased their annual payouts for 25 or more consecutive years. The list and all its accompanying data are researched and compiled by David Fish at DRiP Investing Resource Center.

Chuck Carnevale submits:Considering today's low-interest environment, dividend paying common stocks are rapidly becoming a more and more popular option for investors seeking income. Identifying dividend paying companies that have a long history of growing their dividends provides icing on the cake.

David Van Knapp submits:There are two lists that serve as basic source material for investors interested in long-term dividend-raisers. One is the well-known Dividend Aristocrats list published by S&P. (To get the list, click the link here, then Market Attributes, then Dividend Aristocrats.

Dividend Growth Investor submits:Investors who are looking for quality stocks that regularly raise dividends have several lists available as a starting point in their research.

David Van Knapp submits:In a recent article, “Comparing Dividend Aristocrats to Dividend Champions,” I discussed two lists of US-based stocks that have raised their dividends for 25 years or more. Because of methodology differences, it turns out that the two lists, which sound like they should be identical, actually differ significantly.

David Van Knapp submits:Earlier this month, I published an article showing the 59 Dividend Champions, Challengers, and Contenders (the CCCs) with current yields over 5.0%. Last week, I found myself commenting on a statement elsewhere that most dividend-stalwart stocks are large-cap stocks.

Chuck Carnevale submits:<< Return to Part 1 In this part 2 of our articles on the top 14 Dividend Champions that represent the “sweet spot” for total return, we will emphasize capital appreciation over yield. In part 1 of this two-part article, we started out by covering the first seven companies with the highest yields of the group of 14.