Ranking The Dividend Challengers, Part 12
Published May 31, 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 12 of this series, I will be reviewing the Dividend Challengers that are in the Oil & Gas industry. The stocks include:
Ashland (NYSE: ASH) BP (NYSE: BP) HollyFrontier (NYSE: HFC) Marathon Petroleum (NYSE: MPC) Spectra Energy (NYSE: SE) Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO) Core Laboratories (NYSE: CLB) National Oilwell Varco (NYSE: NOV) Oceaneering International (NYSE: OII) Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB) EnLink Midstream (NYSE: ENLC) Targa Resources (NYSE: TRGP) These stocks will be ranked based on the following 15 metrics:
Dividend Yield Dividend Growth (past five years) Payout Ratio Revenue Growth (past five years) Earnings Growth (past five years) Book Value Growth (past five years) Stock Price Appreciation (past five years) 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 Debt to Equity ratio (trailing twelve months) Asset Utilization Dividend Yield
Stock Value Ranking Ashland 1.40% 12 BP 7.49% 2 HollyFrontier 4.64% 6 Marathon Petroleum 3.49% 7 Spectra Energy... Read more