12 Reliable Dividend Growth Stocks You Should Own For The Decade

Reliable dividend stocks are a rewarding way to unlock income from your investments, and dividend-paying stocks have historically outperformed non-dividend stocks over time. With this in mind, we've put together a list of five winning dividend stocks that promise to reward investors for the next 25 years.

Especially when you are younger, in the 20s, it makes definitely sense to buy stocks for the long-run. Only over a very long period, companies can develop their full potential and create values.

These are my main criteria:

- Dividend Champion (more than 25 years of consecutive dividend growth)

- Low forward P/E

- Positive 5-year EPS growth for the future

- Debt-to-Equity under 1

Seventeen stocks fulfilled my criteria of which five yield over 3 percent.

Here are the top yielding results. Attached is also a good list of all results with essential fundamentals. Do you like some of them? Please let me know if you have some interesting thoughts about the stocks. Thank you.

Here are the top yielding income screening results....

Old Republic International -- Yield: 4.44%

Old Republic International (NYSE:ORI) employs 11.49 people, generates revenue of $8,000 million and has a net income of $5,530.70 million. The current market capitalization stands at $4.35 billion.

Old Republic International’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $409.70 million. The operating margin is 11.96% and the net profit margin 7.41%.

Financials: The total debt represents 5.68% of Old Republic International assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 24.59%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 10.64% was realized by Old Republic International.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.24. Last fiscal year, Old Republic International paid $0.73 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.17, the P/S ratio is 0.79 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.11. The dividend yield amounts to 4.44%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Old Republic International (ORI)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Old Republic International (ORI)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Old Republic International (ORI)

Emerson Electric -- Yield: 3.78%

Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) employs 14.44 people, generates revenue of $115,100 million and has a net income of $24,537.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $32.68 billion.

Emerson Electric’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,184.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 41.40% (the operating margin is 20.12% and the net profit margin 8.90%).

Financials: The total debt represents 24.92% of Emerson Electric assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 59.53%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 20.74% was realized by Emerson Electric.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.61. Last fiscal year, Emerson Electric paid $1.72 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.60, the P/S ratio is 1.33 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.42. The dividend yield amounts to 3.78%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Emerson Electric (EMR)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Emerson Electric (EMR)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Emerson Electric (EMR)

Community Trust Bancorp -- Yield: 3.54%

Community Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:CTBI) employs 35.22 people, generates revenue of $1,012 million and has a net income of $143.87 million. The current market capitalization stands at $613.21 million.

Community Trust Bancorp’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $43.25 million. The operating margin is 38.31% and the net profit margin 24.41%.

Financials: The total debt represents 8.26% of Community Trust Bancorp assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 68.67%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 10.05% was realized by Community Trust Bancorp.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.54. Last fiscal year, Community Trust Bancorp paid $1.18 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.72, the P/S ratio is 3.46 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.37. The dividend yield amounts to 3.54%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI)

Sonoco Products -- Yield: 3.38%

Sonoco Products (NYSE:SON) employs 7.81 people, generates revenue of $20,800 million and has a net income of $5,014.53 million. The current market capitalization stands at $4.18 billion.

Sonoco Products’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $230.20 million. The EBITDA margin is 18.37% (the operating margin is 11.77% and the net profit margin 4.59%).

Financials: The total debt represents 29.77% of Sonoco Products assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 83.15%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 14.86% was realized by Sonoco Products.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.67. Last fiscal year, Sonoco Products paid $1.27 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.19, the P/S ratio is 0.83 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.76. The dividend yield amounts to 3.38%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Sonoco Products (SON)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Sonoco Products (SON)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Sonoco Products (SON)

Brady -- Yield: 3.29%

Brady (NYSE:BRC) employs -3.36 people, generates revenue of $7,200 million and has a net income of $1,225.03 million. The current market capitalization stands at $1.25 billion.

Brady’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $-48.15 million. The EBITDA margin is 49.76% (the operating margin is 13.63% and the net profit margin -3.93%).

Financials: The total debt represents 12.99% of Brady assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 22.21%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of -6.27% was realized by Brady.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $-1.03. Last fiscal year, Brady paid $0.78 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, the P/S ratio is 1.02 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.70. The dividend yield amounts to 3.29%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Brady (BRC)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Brady (BRC)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Brady (BRC)

Wal-Mart Stores -- Yield: 2.86%

Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:WMT) employs 5.59 people, generates revenue of $2,200,000 million and has a net income of $485,651.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $220.83 billion.

Wal-Mart Stores’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $16,814.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 24.83% (the operating margin is 7.48% and the net profit margin 3.46%).

Financials: The total debt represents 24.65% of Wal-Mart Stores assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 61.63%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 20.40% was realized by Wal-Mart Stores.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.78. Last fiscal year, Wal-Mart Stores paid $1.92 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.31, the P/S ratio is 0.45 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.72. The dividend yield amounts to 2.86%.

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