The Best Dividend Growers, Part 28: Diversified Chemicals
Published Sep 10, 2014 on Seeking Alpha

Overview In this series of articles, I will be identifying which S&P 500 stocks for various S&P industries are best suitable for income investors, based on dividend growth and yield. For Part 25, I will be taking a look at Regulated Gas & Diversified Utility stocks. These stocks include: Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) DuPont (NYSE: DD) Eastman Chemical (NYSE: EMN) FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) Sigma Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL) When ranking the dividend paying stocks by yield, the order is as follows: DuPont - 2.85% Dow Chemical - 2.71% Eastman Chemical - 1.68% PPG Industries - 1.32% FMC - 0.92% Sigma-Aldrich - 0.88% When ranking them by dividend growth over the past five years, the order is as follows: Dow Chemical - 146.70% FMC - 140.00% Eastman Chemical - 59.09% Sigma-Aldrich - 58.62% PPG Industries - 24.07% DuPont - 14.63% Out of these stocks, Eastman Chemical has seen the highest revenue growth over... Read more