Ranking The Dividend Challengers, Part 1
Published Apr 14, 2016 on Seeking Alpha

Overview
In this series of articles, I will be ranking the Dividend Challengers of various industry sectors based on 15 different metrics. Dividend Challengers are stocks that have 5+ years of consecutive dividend growth. The stocks are part of the U.S. Dividend Champions list that is maintained by Dave Fish.
For part 1 of this series, I will be reviewing the Dividend Challengers that are in the Chemicals industry. These stocks include:
FMC (NYSE: FMC) Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) Eastman Chemical (NYSE: EMN) A. Schulman (Nasdaq: SHLM) Balchem (Nasdaq: BCPC) Celanese (NYSE: CE) LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE: LYB) Methanex (Nasdaq: MEOH) PolyOne (NYSE: POL) Quaker Chemical (NYSE: KWR) Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE: SMG) WD-40 Company (Nasdaq: WDFC) The stocks will be ranked based on the following 15 metrics:
Dividend Yield (trailing twelve months) Dividend Growth (past five years) Payout Ratio (trailing twelve months) Revenue Growth (past five years) Earnings Growth (past five years) Book Value Growth (past five years) PE ratio (trailing twelve months) PEG ratio (trailing twelve months) Price to Free Cash Flow ratio (trailing twelve months) Return on Assets (trailing twelve months) Return on Equity (trailing twelve months) Return on Invested Capital (trailing twelve months) Earnings Yield (trailing twelve months) Debt to Equity ratio (trailing twelve months) Asset Utilization (trailing twelve months) Dividend Yield
Stock Value Ranking FMC 1.67% 8 Dow Chemical 3.37% 2... Read more