5 Stocks Meeting My Entry Criteria for Dividend Investments

There are thousands of stocks traded on US and international markets. If one were to analyze in detail all of these stocks it would probably take a lifetime. Luckily, dividend growth investors have several lists they could use to aide in the search for quality dividend stocks.The first criterion that I use is that a company must have consistently raised distributions for at least ten years in a row. According to the dividend champions list, maintained by Dave Fish, there were 234 companies trading in the US which have managed to accomplish this. The reason behind requiring at least a decade of consistent dividend growth is to weed out all companies which are inconsistent in their dividend policies.The second criterion includes removing companies which trade at a price/earnings ratio of over 20. Even the best dividend paying companies such as Coca-Cola (KO) or Procter & Gamble (PG) are... Read more