Dividend Champion, Contender And Challenger Stocks Going Ex-Div Next Week (September 18-22)

Introduction As a dividend growth investor, I am always trying to track both stocks that I own and those on my watchlist. I'm mostly interested in companies that have a historical record growing their payments over time. One particular angle of interest is knowing when these companies pay their dividends (and if they are set to increase).
This data is provided by analyzing the "U.S. Dividend Champion" spreadsheet compiled by David Fish hosted here. That data is cross-referenced with upcoming dividend information from the Nasdaq.
What I'm able to provide then is a view of the companies with track records of rewarding shareholders that will be paying out next week. This invaluable list will allow investors who own or are interested in owning these stocks to either add to or start a position.
I want to point out that for companies going ex-dividend on Monday, September 18th, you need to already own the stock before then. That means you need to be a shareholder by market close on Friday, September 15th to capture the dividend.
Also, note that we are now under the "T+2" settlement cycle (it started September 5th). For a dividend investor, this will tighten the time frame from ex-dividend to date of record from 3 to 2 days.
The data is sorted by the day (ascending) and then the streak (descending).
The List Name Ticker Streak Current Yield Ex-Div Date Increase Percent Streak Category Ecolab Inc. (ECL) 25 1.14 9/18/2017 Champion Eversource... Read more