Building A Strong Dividend Growth Portfolio

In order to create a dividend stock portfolio that can outperform the market by a big margin, I have used the following screen. It is based on attempt to search for profitable companies which are included in the Russell 3000 index with dividend yield and dividend growth rates greater than their industry averages. Those companies would also have to show strong earnings growth prospects, and their last five years earnings growth should be greater than their industries' earnings growth. The screen's method that I use to build this portfolio requires all stocks to comply with all of the following demands: Dividend yield is greater than the dividend yield of the industry. The payout ratio is less than 100%. The annual rate of dividend growth over the past five years is greater than the dividend growth of the industry. Average annual earnings growth estimates for the next 5 years is... Read more