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  • 10 Dividend Contenders - Part IV 0 comments
    Feb 21, 2011 3:23 AM | about stocks: EOG, ECL, EPD, ERIE, ESS, EXPD, FDS, FAST, FCAP, THFF
    Here is a current sheet of stocks that increased their dividends from 10 to 24 consecutive years (U.S. Dividend Contenders). This article will be divided into several parts; more than 114 Dividend Contenders will be presented. The list is sorted alphabetically.

    Stocks with a long dividend history and consecutive increasing dividends are excellent candidates for a dividend income investor. Dividends are the main wealth contributor and they deliver nearly one third of the annual return in the long-run.

    The average dividend-yield of the Dividend Contenders list amounts to 2.46 percent while the average payout ratio is 0.46. The average P/E ratio is calculated with 34.57, price to sales ratio with 4.13 and price to book ratio with 4.93. Total debt to assets ratio is 15.56 leads to a return on equity of 14.63 percent. The operating margin amounts to 17.45 percent. Companies are traded at AMEX, NYSE, NASDAQ as well as being part of the Dow Jones, S&P 500 or Nasdaq Composite.

    Here is the table of 10 Dividend Contenders with some fundamentals:

    10 Dividend Contenders...



    Related stock ticker symbols:

    EOG, ECL, EPD, ERIE, ESS, EXPD, FDS, FAST, FCAP, THFF

     

    Selected Articles:

    · 10 Dividend Contenders - Part III

    · 10 Dividend Contenders - Part II

    · 10 Dividend Contenders - Part I



    Themes: 10 Dividend Contenders - Part IV Stocks: EOG, ECL, EPD, ERIE, ESS, EXPD, FDS, FAST, FCAP, THFF
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