Dividend Champions for March 2011
Published Mar 1, 2011 on Seeking Alpha

The Dividend Champions spreadsheet and PDF have been updated through 2/28/11 and are available here . N ote 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. During the past month, I have focused on updating the listings for dividend increases and other announcements. Following is a discussion of my latest efforts. What's New During February, the Dividend Challengers were joined by several new companies that have reached the five-year level of dividend increases, including Dun & Bradstreet (DNB) , Flowserve (FLS) , Southwest Gas (SWX) , and Textainer Group (TGH) . Meanwhile, several Challengers moved up to Contender status by recording their 10 th year of dividend increases, including three banks and Novartis (NVS) , and National Health Investors (NHI) was added from outside the previous “universe” of listed companies. I also corrected Thomson Reuters... Read more