10 Dividend Growth Stocks For July 2020

Seeking AlphaDividend Quick Picks10 Dividend Growth Stocks For July 2020Jul. 26, 2020 11:13 AM ET|| Includes: AAPL, AMGN, BLK, HD, HRL, ITW, MSFT, NEE, NKE, UNHby: FerdiSFerdiS Dividend growth investing, portfolio strategy, long-term horizon, valueDivGro.cls-1{fill:#024999;}SummaryIn my monthly series of 10 Dividend Growth Stocks, I rank a selection of dividend growth stocks in Dividend Radar and present the 10 top-ranked stocks for consideration.
I rank stocks using DVK Quality Snapshots to obtain quality scores and break ties by considering additional metrics.
This month, I'm presenting stocks with 5-year dividend growth rates of at least 10% and 1-year trailing total returns of at least 16%.
It is somewhat surprising to see seven GICS sectors represented in the top 10 list!

In my monthly series of 10 Dividend Growth Stocks, I rank a selection of dividend growth [DG] stocks in Dividend Radar and present the 10 top-ranked stocks for consideration. Dividend Radar a weekly automatically generated spreadsheet listing stocks with dividend increase streaks of five years or more.
This month I decided to rank DG stocks with high 5-year dividend growth rates and 1-year trailing total returns. Both these metrics are available in the Dividend Radar spreadsheet on a trailing twelve-month basis.
I use DVK Quality Snapshots to assess the quality of DG stocks and break ties in quality scores by considering additional metrics.
Screening and Ranking
The latest Dividend Radar list (dated July 24, 2020) contains 766 stocks.
I decided to screen for DG stocks with dividend growth rates [DGRs] of at least 10%. Additionally, I only wanted to consider stocks that have performed well in the past twelve months, despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. So I screened for DG socks with 1-year trailing total returns [TTRs] of at least 16%
No fewer than 58 stocks pass these two screens.
Ranking by Quality
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