Welcome to another edition of my monthly series of 10 Dividend Growth Stocks. In this series, I rank a selection of dividend growth stocks in Dividend Radar and present the 10 top-ranked stocks for consideration. To rank stocks, I use DVK Quality Snapshots to get quality scores and sort them in descending order, breaking ties with additional metrics.
The latest Dividend Radar (dated January 15, 2021) contains 737 stocks. Of these, 18 have yields of at least 3%, trade at discounted valuations (based on my own fair value estimates), and have favorable or somewhat favorable CDNs. I ranked these stocks and present the 10 top-ranked stocks for consideration. To see December's top-ranked dividend growth stocks, please read this article at Seeking Alpha. As usual, I provide fair value estimates and key metrics for each of the top-ranked stocks.
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