Dividend Achievers Find Energy Upsides Explosive In April

Top 30 Achiever Dogs By Yield Came From 6 Sectors In April
Yield (dividend/price) results from here April 7 verified by YCharts for thirty stocks from six of eleven Morningstar sectors revealed the actionable conclusions discussed below.
The Nasdaq Dividend Achievers Index is made up of 265 stocks with 10+ consecutive years of dividend increases that meet certain minimum size and liquidity requirements. It is one of the best sources to find high quality dividend growth stocks."

The Dividend Dogs Rule
Stocks earned the "dog" moniker by exhibiting three traits: (1) paying reliable, repeating dividends, (2) their prices fell to where (3) yield (dividend/price) grew higher than their peers'. Thus, the highest yielding stocks in any collection became known as "dogs." More precisely, these are, in fact, best called, "underdogs."
Top 30 Dividend Achievers


U.S. Dividend Achievers for this article were selected based on yield. A Base list of 72 equities showing greater than 3% annual payouts was reduced to 30 when the bar was set at 4.2%.
Actionable Conclusion (1) Dividend Dog Metrics Selected 10 Top Achiever Stocks By Yield
Top ten Dividend Achiever dogs selected 4/4/17 showing top yields 4/7/17, represented four sectors in the Morningstar eleven sector scheme: (1) energy [6 listed]; (2) utilities [1 listed]; (3) consumer defensive [1 listed]; (4) real estate [2 listed].
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