Dividend Champions: Focus on Industrials

The Dividend Champions spreadsheet and PDF have been updated through 2/28/11 and are available here. Note 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. Together, all of these companies may be referred to using the abbreviation “CCC.”
This is the eighth in a series of articles focusing on specific industries and isolating the CCC companies within those industries. The first seven can be found under my Articles page, beginning on March 2.
Basic Industry and More
Industrial companies could be called the backbone of any economy. They cover a broad spectrum from office supplies to jet fighters and from excavating equipment to packaging materials. A simple way to understand their breadth would be to say that they represent the entire business-to-business universe, producing the products and services... Read more