Dividend Champions Smackdown XV

In previous installments of the Smackdown series, I have screened the Dividend Champions list of companies that have paid higher dividends for at least 25 straight years (which can be found here) using factors such as yield, payout ratio, and dividend growth rate, and then did separate screens on Dividend Contenders (10-24 years of higher dividends) and Challengers (5-9 years). Last month, I ran parallel screens focusing on the “longest and strongest” dividend streaks, including one that started with the entire universe of “CCC” companies. This month, I'm using that “entire universe” approach to run not one or two, but three simultaneous screens. On July 4, SA published my article breaking down the CCC companies into three groups: low-, medium-, and high-yield stocks. I... Read more