My Highest Quality Dividend Contenders

This article presents the highest-quality Dividend Contenders, which are companies listed on U.S. exchanges that have consistently higher annual dividend payouts for at least 10-24 years. 

A companion article presented the highest-quality Dividend Champions (25+ years), and a subsequent article will present the highest-quality Dividend Challengers (5-9 years).

I use a quality scoring system to assess the quality of dividend growth [DG] stocks and focus my research efforts on the highest-quality DG stocks. The system employs six quality indicators from independent sources and assigns 0-5 points to each quality indicator for a maximum of 30 points.

To screen for the highest quality Dividend Contenders, I screened for stocks that appear in the top two scoring categories of the quality indicators, namely those scoring 4 or 5 points for each quality indicator. 

Additionally, I use several screens to find high-quality stocks with quality scores in the range of 21-30, and I highlight several stocks trading at favorable valuations and offering compelling metrics.

Please read this article at Seeking Alpha to review my highest-quality Dividend Contenders.

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