Of course it should go without saying, those companies on the prestigious Dividend Champions list of companies that have not only paid a dividend for 25 consecutive years (five more than Ben required), but also
increased their dividend every year as well, goes beyond Ben Graham's definition of a quality company.
Not exact matches
In my experience, a
dividend growth portfolio strategy seems to be performing better
as an investment than owning a home, in my honest opinion, I would rather rent in a great area than own a home in that area, jeez if I were able to get a lease agreement for 10
years indexed at inflation or at 2.5 %
increase annually I would take it and take my down payment and invest it in my portfolio, and continue to contribute the max in my 401K, HSA, and Roth IRA, while enjoying living in a low tax bracket because of my contributions.
-[March / 2017]- Subscribe to RSS feed My goal is to achieve Financial Independence in just ten
years by investing in solid
dividend companies that have a history of paying out
dividends as well
as increasing annual
dividend payouts.
Some analysts predict the company could send
as much
as $ 180 billion to investors through stock buybacks and
dividend increases over the next two and a half
years, on top of the $ 300 billion it has already authorized.
While the latest
dividend increase was disappointing (4 %), I picked a 5 %
dividend growth rate for the first 10
years and
increased it to 6 %
as a terminal rate.
A value over 1.0 suggests that the
dividend growth rate has been
increasing as the 5
year rate is higher than the 10
year rate.
When I calculate the streaks I count the
dividend initiation
as the 1st
increase year (ie.
Stocks of companies such
as Coca Cola, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Nestlé, Novartis, Roche and Unilever with a long track record of
increasing their
dividends have played an important role in my portfolio over the last
years.
Have been long D for many
years and look forward to many more
dividend increases as you state in your comment.
An investment in AWR is like buying a Swiss watch
as the company has been
increasing its
dividend like clockwork for 61 consecutive
years.
On
year 2, the business is not doing
as good and the
dividend increase is set at 8 %.
As a current holder of shares, I'm hoping it will accelerate
dividend increases in future
years.
With a track record of paying a
dividend every
year since 1890, including more than 60 consecutive
years of payout
increases, the company's reputation
as a dependable income investment is well - earned.
This is unlikely to happen in most of the companies I own,
as most have paid
increasing dividends for
years (even through 2008 - 9), however, for some riskier companies, this is possible.
I've used a 5 %
dividend growth rate for the first 10
years and
increased it to 6 %
as a terminal rate.
01/10/2013 09:31:41 Bought 32 T @ 34.41 Total shares held
as of today: 32 Estimated annual
dividend: $ 57.6 Consecutive Dividend Increase: 8 years Dividend yield today: 5.26 % Dividend 5 yr Growth: 5.09 % Dividend Continue r
dividend: $ 57.6 Consecutive
Dividend Increase: 8 years Dividend yield today: 5.26 % Dividend 5 yr Growth: 5.09 % Dividend Continue r
Dividend Increase: 8
years Dividend yield today: 5.26 % Dividend 5 yr Growth: 5.09 % Dividend Continue r
Dividend yield today: 5.26 %
Dividend 5 yr Growth: 5.09 % Dividend Continue r
Dividend 5 yr Growth: 5.09 %
Dividend Continue r
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As for
dividend growth, CU has posted an
increase consecutively for over forty
years.
The last 5
years have not been
as kind to the stock price, but it hasn't been a disaster for shareholders either — the stock's up 55 % and the company has paid an
increasing, regular quarterly
dividend.
Although, it's likely that the
dividend growth will slow seeing
as how underlying profit growth has only supported some of those
dividend increases — an expanding payout ratio coming off of no
dividend at all seven
years ago has fueled much of this.
When you add in the security of stocks that have
dividend records going back many
years or decades, and include the potential for tax - advantaged capital gains
as well
as dividend income, Canadian
dividend stocks are an attractive way to
increase profit with the least amount of time.
EMR clearly has established that it can manage the
dividend so
as to be able to
increase it every
year even
as the business goes through peaks and valleys.
Stocks of companies such
as Coca Cola, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Nestlé, Novartis, Roche and Unilever with a long track record of
increasing their
dividends have played an important role in my portfolio over the last
years.
Build a reliable, steadily
increasing stream of
dividends over many
years that can eventually be used
as income for retirement.
The Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA)
dividend has been paid continuously since 1972 and increased for 42 consecutive years; qualifying the company as a Dividend Aristocrat and Dividend C
dividend has been paid continuously since 1972 and
increased for 42 consecutive
years; qualifying the company
as a
Dividend Aristocrat and Dividend C
Dividend Aristocrat and
Dividend C
Dividend Champion.
Such a portfolio would return about $ 19,000 a
year, a little less than the single - life pension option but alternatively, her stocks would give her
years worth of growth
as well
as the annual
dividend income which should
increase over the
years.
As we can see, in about 17.7
years the stock that immediately dropped 50 % in value surpasses its counterpart that had immediately
increased by 50 % just on account of the reinvested
dividends acquired at lower cost.
When you add in the security of stocks that have
dividend records going back many
years or decades, and include the potential for tax - advantaged capital gains
as well
as dividend income,
dividend stocks are an attractive way to
increase profit with the least amount of risk.
Now that she's older, she's sticking to more conservative investments such
as dividend aristocrats, which is a group of companies that are a member of the S&P 500 and have a minimum of one
dividend increase annually for at least the last 25
years in a row.
When you add in the security of stocks that have
dividend records going back many
years or decades, and include the potential for tax - advantaged capital gains
as well
as dividend income, Canadian
dividend stocks are an attractive way to
increase profit with the least risk.
Relatively low but not surprising given an 8
year bull market that has
increased stock prices,
as well
as the current low interest rate environment (which means that companies don't need to pay high
dividends to attract investors).
However, with its recent
increase, Apple becomes a «near Challenger,» meaning that if it
increases its
dividend next
year, it will enter the CCC
as a Challenger.
• With only a 4 -
year streak of
increasing dividends, it is difficult to label AAPL
as a
dividend growth stock at all.
Once Essex has
increased dividends for 25 consecutive
years, S&P will classify the company
as an S&P
Dividend Aristocrat.
As some of you have noticed, my monthly
dividend income amounts have steadily
increased over the past
year.
American States Water could, however, keep the
dividend growth rate around nine percent for a couple of
years,
as an
increase to the company's payout ratio wouldn't be problematic at all.
The AT&T
dividend has been paid continuously since 1881 and increased for 34 consecutive years; qualifying the company as Dividend Aristocrat and Dividend C
dividend has been paid continuously since 1881 and
increased for 34 consecutive
years; qualifying the company
as Dividend Aristocrat and Dividend C
Dividend Aristocrat and
Dividend C
Dividend Champion.
The Kimberly - Clark
dividend has been paid continuously since 1972 and increased for 45 consecutive years; qualifying the company as a Dividend Aristocrat, and Dividend C
dividend has been paid continuously since 1972 and
increased for 45 consecutive
years; qualifying the company
as a
Dividend Aristocrat, and Dividend C
Dividend Aristocrat, and
Dividend C
Dividend Champion.
When you own thirty or so companies that meet share these characteristics, you can usually put together a very nice permanent cash flow that
increases every
year (note: Berkshire Hathaway does not yet pay a
dividend,
as of the time of this writing).
Total shares held
as of today: 32 Estimated annual
dividend: $ 57.6 Consecutive Dividend Increase: 8 years Dividend yield today: 5.26 % Dividend 5 yr Growth: 5.09 % Dividend paid sin
dividend: $ 57.6 Consecutive
Dividend Increase: 8 years Dividend yield today: 5.26 % Dividend 5 yr Growth: 5.09 % Dividend paid sin
Dividend Increase: 8
years Dividend yield today: 5.26 % Dividend 5 yr Growth: 5.09 % Dividend paid sin
Dividend yield today: 5.26 %
Dividend 5 yr Growth: 5.09 % Dividend paid sin
Dividend 5 yr Growth: 5.09 %
Dividend paid sin
Dividend paid since: 1881
As you say, to have
increased the
dividend for 22
years in such a cyclical industry is a great achievement and says good things about the management.
The Raytheon (RTN)
dividend has been paid continuously since 2001 and increased for 13 consecutive years; qualifying the company as a Dividend Co
dividend has been paid continuously since 2001 and
increased for 13 consecutive
years; qualifying the company
as a
Dividend Co
Dividend Contender.
The Nike
dividend has been paid continuously since 1987 and increased for 16 consecutive years; qualifying NKE as a Dividend Co
dividend has been paid continuously since 1987 and
increased for 16 consecutive
years; qualifying NKE
as a
Dividend Co
Dividend Contender.
The Caterpillar
dividend has been paid quarterly since 1933 and increased for 24 consecutive years; qualifying the company as a Dividend Co
dividend has been paid quarterly since 1933 and
increased for 24 consecutive
years; qualifying the company
as a
Dividend Co
Dividend Contender.
Perhaps just
as impressive, the company also has delivered shareholders 21 consecutive
years of
dividend increases.
As most investors are aware, in order to be classified as a Dividend Champion / Aristocrat a company must meet the stern test of consecutively increasing their dividend for 25 years or longe
As most investors are aware, in order to be classified
as a Dividend Champion / Aristocrat a company must meet the stern test of consecutively increasing their dividend for 25 years or longe
as a
Dividend Champion / Aristocrat a company must meet the stern test of consecutively increasing their dividend for 25 years or
Dividend Champion / Aristocrat a company must meet the stern test of consecutively
increasing their
dividend for 25 years or
dividend for 25
years or longer.
While I wouldn't expect that kind of
dividend growth to continue on for the foreseeable future,
as much of this growth was propelled by a growing payout ratio, the current payout ratio of 45.3 % still leaves a lot of room for continued
dividend increases, even
increases that exceed the rate of underlying profit growth for the next few
years.
The Medtronic
dividend has been paid continuously since 1977 and increased for 40 consecutive years; qualifying the company as a Dividend Aristocrat and Dividend C
dividend has been paid continuously since 1977 and
increased for 40 consecutive
years; qualifying the company
as a
Dividend Aristocrat and Dividend C
Dividend Aristocrat and
Dividend C
Dividend Champion.
The rebranded company, formerly known
as Philip Morris, has
increased dividends for 44
years straight.
Apple famously held out from doing either for
years under Steve Jobs, and only in the last few
years started doing both - a large
dividend and a share buy - back which
increases the value of remaining shares (
as EPS then goes up with fewer shares out there).
These
dividends will
increase throughout the
year as I am adding new money every week or two.