Screening Dividend Stocks for Risk and Growth

I've previously written several sector specific articles to adjust dividend yields for risk and growth (Previous articles include oil and gas, Dow Jones components). Risk is quantified through the hurdle rate, based upon the stock's beta. Both articles provide a more detailed review of the methodology. The purpose of this article was to see the result of screening a full list of stocks for all three factors: dividend yield, risk, and growth. Screening Using the screening tools from Zacks.com, I filtered 922 stocks that showed dividend yields, positive historical dividend growth, and positive long term earnings per share growth. The stocks ranged from the familiar, Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM), to less well known stocks, including Aixtron SE (AIXG). The top 15 yielding dividend stocks (and master limited partnerships or MLPs) from this list are below:... Read more