The Most Profitable Dividend Champions

It's tempting to think of a company's past performance as a reliable barometer of its future. By that logic, a firm that's raised its dividends for more than 25 years should arguably continue to do so. Which is why there's always a great deal of interest around DrIP's annual list of dividend champions, somewhere around 100 companies that consistently increased dividends over the past 25 consecutive years. Considering all the hits the market have taken these past few decades, it's a pretty impressive feat, inspiring a fair amount of confidence that the trend will only continue. But beware of putting too much stock in antiquity -- past performance is no guarantee of future results.... Read more