Dividend Increases: February 1-7, 2020 (Part 1)

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A summary table provides relevant data and key statistics.
Part 1 covers the Dividend Champions and Dividend Contenders.
As a bonus, I include ex-dividend dates for the next two weeks.

I monitor dividend increases for stocks in the Dividend Champions List [CCC list].
The CCC list is separated into three categories based on how long companies have maintained their streak of annually increasing dividends: Champions (25+ years), Contenders (10- 24 years), and Challengers (5-9 years).
In the past week, 32 companies in the CCC... Read more