10 Stocks That Can Sustain Their Dividends

This article is the second this week which focuses on stocks in DRIP Investing's Dividend Champions list, which is updated monthly at dripinvesting.org. The Dividend Champions are stocks which have raised dividends each year for at least 25 consecutive years. One important metric in an analysis of dividend paying stocks is the payout ratio. The payout ratio of a stock is the percentage of earnings paid to shareholders as dividends. The higher the percentage, the more earnings are being paid out to shareholders in the form of dividends.... Read more