Dividend Champions For December 2019
Summary
- Monthly update of the Dividend Champions List.
- 77 companies declared higher dividends in the past month, with an average increase of 7.55% over their previous payouts.
- One new Champion and seven new Contenders.
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About the Dividend Champions List
The Dividend Champions list is a monthly publication tracking companies with a history of consistently increasing their dividends. Wider in scope than the well-known S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats and Nasdaq Dividend Achievers, the Dividend Champions list covers all companies listed on exchanges in the United States. In order to be included in the list, the annual split-adjusted dividend payout of a company (based on calendar year) must be consistently increasing. The Dividend Champions list is separated into three categories based on how long companies have maintained the streak of annually increasing dividends: Champions (25 or more years), Contenders (10-24 years), and Challengers (5-9 years). The Dividend Champions list was created by David Fish in 2007 and is currently maintained by Justin Law. The Dividend Champions list may be obtained for free for personal, non-commercial use from the DRIP Investing Resource Center. Data in the Dividend Champions list is provided “as is” with no guarantees of accuracy, completeness, or timeliness.
Happy Holidays
77 companies declared higher dividends in the past month, with an average increase of 7.55% over their previous payouts. The latest version of the Dividends Champions List is available at the DRIP Investing website and is also attached below:
U.S.DividendChampions_2019-11-29.xlsx
The Dividend Champions universe has dropped to 850 companies. The average dividend streak has jumped to 14.6 years. The average yield has dropped to 2.86% from 2.88% the previous month.
Additions to Challengers: None
Promotions:
HP Inc. (HPQ), Iron Mountain Inc. (IRM), KLA-Tencor Corp. (KLAC), Lincoln National Corp. (LNC), Motorola Solutions Inc. (MSI), Six Flags Entertainment Corp. (SIX), and Snap-on Inc. (SNA) have been promoted to Contender.
Matthews International (MATW) has been promoted to Champion.
Deletions:
LegacyTexas Financial Group (LTXB) has been acquired by Prosperity Bancshares (PB).
Nielsen Holdings plc (NLSN) has cut its dividend.
The following have been removed due to a frozen dividend: Alexander's Inc. (ALX), Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc. (BPFH), BorgWarner Inc. (BWA), CDK Global Inc. (CDK), Citizens Community Bancorp Inc. (CZWI), Escalade Inc. (ESCA), Energy Transfer LP (ET), Entravision Communications Corp. (EVC), Hanmi Financial Corp. (HAFC), Summit Hotel Properties Inc. (INN), Johnson Controls International plc (JCI), Kimco Realty Corp. (KIM), One Liberty Properties Inc. (OLP), Pattern Energy Group Inc. (PEGI), Primoris Services Corporation (PRIM), WPP plc (WPP).
Warnings:
It has been more than one year since the following companies last increased their dividend: Columbia Sportswear Co. (COLM), Investors Bancorp (ISBC), Macatawa Bank Corp. (MCBC), New Media (NEWM), Natural Health Trends Corp. (NHTC), OceanFirst Financial Corp. (OCFC).
Chart of the Month
This graph is a courtesy of Chuck Carnevale and F.A.S.T. Graphs. As always, it is not intended as a recommendation, but is just one I found interesting. Do your own due diligence.
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