Dividend Challengers: 16 Increases Expected By The First Week Of February - Seeking Alpha

Dividend Challengers: 16 Increases Expected By The First Week Of February - Seeking Alpha: In compiling the Dividend Champions list (found here) I get to see which companies are nearing the anniversaries of their previous dividend increases. Since most of these firms raise their payout about the same time every year, I can say with some confidence that they are likely to do so again.

More Happy Holidays

As mentioned last time, I've modified the Expected Increase series to reflect a more SA-friendly format by separating the Champions, Contenders and Challengers into distinct groupings, so please look for the other articles, which I hope will be published about the same time. Five of the companies below are likely to record their 10th straight year of increases, promoting them to Contender status.

Dividend Contenders: 11 Increases Expected By Groundhog Day - Seeking Alpha

Dividend Contenders: 11 Increases Expected By Groundhog Day - Seeking Alpha: In compiling the Dividend Champions list. I get to see which companies are nearing the anniversaries of their previous dividend increases. Since most of these firms raise their payout about the same time every year, I can say with some confidence that they are likely to do so again.

More Happy Holidays

As mentioned last time, I've modified the Expected Increase series to reflect a more SA-friendly format by separating the Champions, Contenders, and Challengers into distinct groupings, so please look for the other articles, which I hope will be published about the same time. Once again, some of the lowest yields below are accompanied by the highest percentage increases, and vice versa.

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Our Top 25 Dividend Growth Stocks Are Dirt Cheap - Seeking Alpha

Our Top 25 Dividend Growth Stocks Are Dirt Cheap - Seeking Alpha: Anyone who had recently invested in real estate would most likely agree that the phrase “dirt cheap” carries a new and enhanced meaning today. In the same vein, we would argue that our top 25 dividend growth stocks based on the potential for five-year estimated annual total returns are dirt cheap. Consequently, we believe that most of the bad news is already priced in, and therefore, the opportunity to buy low is the best it’s been since 1997.

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Using The 10 x 10 Table To 'Score' Dividend Yields And Growth Rates - Seeking Alpha

Using The 10 x 10 Table To 'Score' Dividend Yields And Growth Rates - Seeking Alpha: Some of you are familiar with the 10 x 10 concept. It is a table that answers the question, “What beginning yield and what dividend growth rate do I need to achieve a 10% yield on cost within 10 years?” A recent article on it can be found here: “10 by 10: The Interaction of Dividend Yield and Growth.” Obviously, various combinations of yield and DGR can achieve the 10 x 10 goal. The table lets you select a dividend and a growth rate. Where they intersect, it tells you the year in which they will achieve a 10% yield on cost.

In my annual Top 40 Dividend Growth Stocks study, I have in the past used separate scales to score dividend yields and growth rates. Assigning points to those two factors is part of an overall stock-rating system designed for the dividend-growth strategy. Points are awarded in a variety of categories, including ROE, EPS growth, revenue growth, the stock’s Story, and the like. Even the very best stocks rarely approach the maximum possible score. I’ve never found a perfect company and don’t ever expect to.

Dividend Contenders: 15 Increases Expected In The Next 10 Weeks - Seeking Alpha

In compiling the Dividend Champions list, I get to see which companies are nearing the anniversaries of their previous dividend increases. Since most of these firms raise their payout about the same time every year, I can say with some confidence that they are likely to do so again.

More Happy Holidays

As mentioned last time, I've modified the Expected Increase series to reflect a more SA-friendly format by separating the Champions, Contenders, and Challengers into distinct groupings, so please look for the other articles, which I hope will be published about the same time. Notably, some of the lowest yields below are accompanied by the highest percentage increases.

Dividend Challengers: 13 Increases Expected By Early 2012 - Seeking Alpha

Dividend Challengers: 13 Increases Expected By Early 2012 - Seeking Alpha: In compiling the Dividend Champions list, I get to see which companies are nearing the anniversaries of their previous dividend increases. Since most of these firms raise their payout about the same time every year, I can say with some confidence that they are likely to do so again.

More Happy Holidays

As mentioned last time, I've modified the Expected Increase series to reflect a more SA-friendly format by separating the Champions, Contenders, and Challengers into distinct groupings, so please look for the other articles. No less than five of the companies below are likely to record their tenth straight year of increases, promoting them to Contender status.

Why Darden Restaurants Is Cheaper Than SCANA Corp. Despite Similar PE Ratios - Seeking Alpha

Why Darden Restaurants Is Cheaper Than SCANA Corp. Despite Similar PE Ratios - Seeking Alpha: This article is the second in a series of articles designed to elaborate on the proper utilization and understanding of the PE ratio as an important investing metric. Our first article in this series looked at how the PE ratio could be used to determine overvaluation. With this article we are going to review two companies where each is fairly valued and each has similar current PE ratios. Moreover, both companies offer yields above 3.5% which is greater than is available on the 30-year Treasury bond (current yield 30-year Treasury bond 3.02%).

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Dividend Contenders Smackdown XX (Part iii) - Seeking Alpha

Dividend Contenders Smackdown XX (Part iii) - Seeking Alpha: Dividend Contenders Smackdown

In previous installments of the Smackdown series, I have screened the Dividend Champions (which can be found here) using factors such as payout ratio, dividend growth rate, and, most recently, the “sweet spot” of dividend yields between 3% and 5%.

Beginning this month, I'm separating 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'll use the same Roman numeral for all three articles.

TSX 60 Ex-Dividend Date, Dividend Yield & Dividend Payout Ratio

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• We are at the beginning of a new month (right after seeing the Greek busting our party yesterday!) so it is now time for the TSX 60 ex-dividend date, dividend yield and dividend payout ratio. In addition to provide the TSX chart, I wanted to add a few random thoughts on those Canadian dividend stocks:

Canadian Gold Stocks Might Follow Newmont (NEW) and its Dividend Strategy

While price of gold has been sky rocketing since 2008, we can tell the same thing about Canadian gold stocks. In order to be more attractive to investors, some companies (Eldorado Gold ELD is mentioned in several rumors) may follow their American competitor Newmont (NEW) in their dividend payout strategy. NEW as declared their dividend payout will follow the price of gold. Therefore, if the price of gold goes up and the stock doesn’t, at least you will have a reason to celebrate!

Better be part of the Top Canadian dividend stocks:

Top 5 dividend payers right now have returned : -2.70%

Bottom 5: -13,77%

Crazy but true

2 stocks in TSX do not pay dividends

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (VRX)

Research in Motion (RIMM)

Valeant is the best performing stock in TSX60 (39.2%)

RIM is the worst (-63.54%)

and now my argument that dividend investing rules goes bust! haha!

Here’s the TSX60 ex-dividend date, dividend yield and payout ratio chart:

How The Dividend Champions' Dividends Hedged Investors From The Ravages Of The Lost Decade - Seeking Alpha

How The Dividend Champions' Dividends Hedged Investors From The Ravages Of The Lost Decade - Seeking Alpha: Robert Allan Schwartz wrote an interesting article titled: "How Did The Lost Decade Affect Dividend Champions?" This article received a great deal of discussion and comment. I believe the purpose of Robert’s article was to illustrate that dividend champions as a group would have performed reasonably well, thanks to their steady growth of dividends, during this very challenging investment period calendar year 2000 – 2009, a.k.a., the so-called Lost Decade. The following excerpts from Robert’s article talked about buying one share of each of the Dividend Champions on the first day of the period and holding it until the last day:

Suppose you care only about capital gain. Suppose you bought one share of each of the 101 Dividend Champions at the opening price on the morning of January 1, 2000, and sold it at the closing price on the afternoon of December 31, 2009. Your investment was $3974.35. What was your return?

Dividend Champions Smackdown XX - Seeking Alpha

Dividend Champions Smackdown XX - Seeking Alpha: In previous installments of the Smackdown series, I have screened the Dividend Champions using factors such as payout ratio, dividend growth rate, and, most recently, the “sweet spot” of dividend yields between 3% and 5%.

Beginning this month, I'm separating the Champions, Contenders and Challengers into different articles to fit more closely into a reader-friendly format. (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'll use the same Roman numeral for all three articles.

Wikio

103 Dividend Champions For November 2011 - Seeking Alpha

103 Dividend Champions For November 2011 - Seeking Alpha: The Dividend Champions spreadsheet and PDF have been updated through 10/31/11 and are available at 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.

Back-Door Champion Added

October included some unusual activity that saw one company – Eagle Financial Services (EFSI.OB) – jump from Challenger to Champion status. Kudos to SA member and commentor Main Street Investor, who uncovered a more detailed history than Yahoo's 7-year listing of dividend increases at the company's website. The document, along with a more detailed company history PDF file that spelled out the ratio of two stock splits as the company evolved from the Bank of Clarke County into EFSI, showed that the dividend increases actually began in 1987.

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