55 Dividend Contenders with Yields 50% Higher than 10-Year Treasuries

On Monday I published "19 Dividend Champions with Yields 50% Higher than 10-Year Treasuries." Dividend Champions are stocks that have increased their dividends for 25 or more consecutive years. There are 103 Champions at the moment, and 18 of the 103 (or 17%) qualified with yields of 3.375% or more. Ten-year Treasuries currently yield just 2.25%. Today let's look at the next group of dividend-raising stocks, the Dividend Contenders. These are stocks with dividend increase streaks of 10 to 24 years. Of the 161 Dividend Challengers, 55 made the cut (34%), again meaning that their current yields are 3.375% or more. As with the earlier article, in the table below I: Include the 5-year dividend growth rate (DGR). State the number of consecutive years each stock has increased its dividend payout. Omit stocks whose most recent declared increase was over 12 months ago. Call out stocks whose most recent increase.... Read more