First-Quarter Dividend Champions
Published Tue, 05 Apr 2011 on The Motley Fool

After poring through countless reports in the past three months, I can honestly say that the following seven companies are my first-quarter dividend champions. Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK ) I'm not handing out any bonus points here, as every company on this list did remarkably well, but Stanley Black & Decker deserves an A+ for the quarter. After merging two separate businesses together last year -- Stanley Works and Black & Decker -- the combined savings from the merger and the significant reduction in retail exposure have turned the company into a beast.... Read more