15 Dividend Champions Being Snapped Up by the Big Money

If you are looking to increase your portfolio’s income while investing in some of the market’s most sought after names, then you may find this article to be a good starting point for your own research. To construct this list we looked for stocks with two characteristics: Experiencing significant institutional buying Being a Dividend Champion Dividend champions are companies, identified by the DRIP Investing Resource Center, that have increased dividends for more than 25 consecutive years. There are about 100 of them, and we found fifteen experiencing significant institutional buying during the most recent quarter.Interactive Chart: Press Play to compare changes in analyst ratings over the last two years for the top six stocks mentioned below. Analyst ratings sourced from Zacks Investment Research. Your browser does not support iframes. We also created a price-weighted index of the stocks mentioned below, and monitored the performance of the list relative to... Read more