Dividend Champions For April 2014

The Dividend Champions spreadsheet and PDF have been updated through 3/31/14 and are available 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. CCC Listings Continue to Grow The pace of dividend-increase announcements slowed somewhat in March, with "only" 10 new Challengers being added, but there were no deletions, so the number of Dividend Champions, Contenders, and Challengers grew to 519 companies by the end of the month. After slipping to a low of 467 companies at the end of November, the CCC roster finished 2013 at 476 companies, which grew to 486 at the end of January and 509a month later. We now appear headed for a "light" month of April, with May and... Read more