The Top-Ranked Dividend Champions

The article presents the top-ranked Dividend Champions, which are companies listed on U.S. exchanges that have consistently higher annual dividend payouts for 25 or more years. Subsequent articles will present the top-ranked Dividend Contenders (10 or more years) and Challengers (5 or more years).

I use DVK Quality Snapshots to assess the quality of dividend growth [DG] stocks. The system scores each of five quality indicators with 0-5 points determine a quality score out of 25 points. To rank DG stocks, I sort them by quality scores and use tie-breaking metrics, including, in order, dividend safety, credit rating, and dividend yield.

The article presents the 49 top-ranked Dividend Champions and presents key metrics, quality indicators, and fair value estimates.

As a self-directed dividend growth investor, I am motivated to find high-quality DG stocks trading at reasonable valuations. I regularly do quality assessments on different lists of DG stocks and share the results in articles on Seeking Alpha.

Please read this article at Seeking Alpha to review the 49 top-ranked Dividend Champions and to download a spreadsheet with qualitative, fundamental, and added value metrics for these stocks.

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