Monday, January 2, 2012

Dividend Champions For January 2012 - Seeking Alpha

Dividend Champions For January 2012 - Seeking Alpha: The Dividend Champions spreadsheet and PDF have been updated through 12/30/11 and are available here. Note that all references to Champions mean 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. “CCC” refers to the universe of Champions, Contenders, and Challengers.

Patience Rewarded?

Last month, I wrote that I had not yet found the time to add a column for the Confidence Factor, but hoped to do so by year-end, along with the columns for 2011 dividends paid and for 2011 vs. 2010. The latest update now includes those columns and I have reset the formulas for 1-, 3-, 5-, and 10-year Dividend Growth Rate to use the 2011 dividends paid, instead of 2010, as well as expanded the ranges for the Mean and Standard Deviation to include the 2011-vs.-2010 dividend growth. Please note the following:

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