16 Canadian Dividend Aristocrats For Global Diversification

Dividend aristocrats, as defined by Standard and Poor’s, are stocks that meet certain size and liquidity standards that “have followed a policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for at least five years.”

That's a much easier rule to fulfill compared the US Dividend Aristocrats Index for which you need a 25 year consecutive dividend hike.

Today I like to share a sample of 16 S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats with you, a premier group of Canadian stocks that have increased their cash dividends for at least five consecutive years.

Below is the list for 2016 sorted by dividend yield. If you like to receive more dividend yield tables of the best long-term dividend raiser, you should subscribe to my blog news by following the link, it's completely free and independent. Thank you for reading.

These are the results...

11 Canadian Dividend Stocks You Should Consider For Your Dividend Growth Portfolio

I'm a big fan of dividend growth stocks because they delivered me solid returns and a growing passive income over the recent years.

My main focus was on U.S. stocks, which is generally good because the American capitalism works fine but outside the US are also good stocks with a predictable business and stable growing dividends.

This week, I look at companies in Canada that have had a history of growing dividends, but more important have the capacity to continue to grow these dividends in the future.

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A key measure of this sustainability can be observed through the payout ratio, which is the ratio of dividends paid to either cash flows or earnings.

A company paying out too high of a percentage in dividends is likely unable to continue to do so in the future. Attached are 11 of my top picks from the results.

I hope you can find there some new ideas. Please share your thoughts about the results. Thank you.

Here are some of my results...

17 Cheap Large Cap Dividend Contenders Close To New 52-Week Highs

Cheaply valuated dividend growth stocks close to new 52-Week-Highs originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. I published recently a small article about Large Cap stocks close to new one-year highs with a single P/E.

The idea behind is that there could be more room for a higher stock price due to the low valuation and the break-out signal. I know that this kind of method is more technically but it should give you some new ideas from a different perspective of the capital market.

Today I would like to screen my dividend income growth stock database by shares with 10 to 25 years of consecutive dividend growth that are 5 percent or less away from new one-year highs. In addition, the earnings income multiple for the next year should be under 15 and the market capitalization over USD 10 billion.

Only 17 stocks fulfilled these criteria of which ten are currently recommended to buy.

19 International Dividend Achievers With Double-Digit Earnings Growth Forecasts

International Dividend Achievers stock list with high predicted earnings per share growth for the mid-term originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Dividend growth investors like you or me should always have a focus on stocks from abroad. It diversifies your portfolio and gives you more opportunities from different countries.

But you always have a currency risk if you stock is traded in a foreign currency. But you also own these risks with U.S. stocks that have a huge share of foreign sales. The corporate manages these risks for you.
Today I would like to discover my International Dividend Achievers list by stocks with the highest earnings per share growth forecast for the mid-term (5 Years). You can find a list attached about those stocks with double-digit earnings predictions by brokerage firms.

Only 19 of 55 dividend growth stocks from abroad with a dividend growth history of more than 5 consecutive years fulfilled my restrictions. Six of them still have a low forward P/E of less than 15 and eleven got a current buy or better rating. The yields are low in this environment thanks to Ben Bernanke who said that the tapering must wait until the economy improves stronger. The highest yielding stock from the list has a 3.45 percent yield.

17 Cheap Dividend Contenders With Buy Ratings And Double-Digit Growth

Cheap Dividend Contenders with high growth and buy ratings originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Dividend growth and passive income strategies for normal investors is the core content of this blog. I personally create these articles to share my thoughts about good dividend paying stocks.

The underlying aim is to build a portfolio with high-quality dividend stocks that hike dividends in the future and boost your passive income. If they pay a good dividend and they grow, the share price must follow one day and reflect the corporate success.

Today I would like to present some dividend growth stocks with 10 to 25 years of growing dividends and buy or better ratings. These are my criteria in detail:

- 10 to 25 years of consecutive dividend growth

- Cheap forward P/E of less than 15

- EPS growth for the next five years over 10 percent yearly

- Buy or better rating by brokerage firms

Seventeen stocks fulfilled the above mentioned criteria of which one pays a high yield over five percent. Two companies have a strong buy rating.

13 Cheap High Beta Basic Material Dividend Stocks

Cheap high beta dividend stocks from the basic material sector originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. The basic material sector is under fire. Nobody wants to go long on raw material producer or related industries. The fear of a slowing growth in China with the result of cheaper commodity prices is still aware.

The whole sector is down 3.1 percent over the recent six months while the best sector gained 17.9 percent during the same period. So many stocks can be bought for a single P/E within the sector but the risk is still high.

Today I would like to proceed my monthly screening serial about high beta dividend stocks. The basic material sector has a huge base of stock ideas on this field. In order to get the best results, I need to increase my limitations like this:

- Market capitalization over USD 10 billion

- Forward P/E below 15

- 5Y future earnings per share growth over 15 percent yearly

- Beta ratio over 1

Thirteen companies fulfilled these criteria of which one is a High-Yield. All results have a current buy or better rating.

15 Cheap International Dividend Achievers | Foreign Dividend Growth Stocks

Cheap international Dividend Achievers originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. The search for high quality dividend stocks is the basis of my research. I always look for stocks with a good dividend history and potential to hike future dividends.

My results often come from the American stocks but you can find overseas also some good dividend growth players with potential to grow further. For sure the rest of the world doesn’t have so many stocks with a long history of rising dividends but there are a few attractive candidates.

Today I would like to look at some International Dividend Achievers. Those stocks have raised dividends for at least five consecutive years. In this article, I will present you the 15 cheapest stocks with positive 5-Year earnings per share growth expectations. Two High-Yields are part of the results and seven of the cheapest foreign dividend stocks have a current buy or better rating.

16 Top Dividend Contenders From Abroad

Foreign Dividend Contenders originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Everybody seeks for great opportunities on the stock market. If your equity base is not big enough in your home country, you need to look abroad for investment opportunities.

Today I like to show you all foreign Dividend Contenders (stocks with a dividend hike history between 10-25 years) with an U.S. Listing. 16 stocks fulfilled my criteria of which one is a High-Yield and nine are currently recommended to buy.

Bruce Berkowitz Biggest Dividend Stock Buys

The latest dividend stock buys from Bruce Berkowitz and his biggest portfolio holdings originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Bruce Berkowitz is a successful asset manager. He manages around USD 7.9 billion in assets in his management company Fairholme Capital Management. Within the recent quarter, Bruce had only 21 stocks of which 3 are new.

Today I like to show you the top stock holdings from Bruce Berkowitz as well as his latest and most influential dividend stock buys.

His biggest acquisition was Chesapeake Energy. The company was completely new in his portfolio and had an impact of 3.5 percent. The current yield of CHK is 1.66 percent. Only seven of his 20 biggest stock acquisitions pay dividends. Berkowitz is no classical dividend investors. He loves the financial sector. Around 64.3 percent of his portfolio stock holdings have a relationship to financials.

57 Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. The total number of stocks which announced a dividend hike shrank to 57 over the last week. That’s still a big value compared to figure of the recent months. 

Dividend growth is still a popular source for growing wealth and I discover every weeks the latest growth stocks and publish them in my Dividend Weekly and on my blog.

My favorite pick this week is Colgate. The toothpaste maker hiked its dividends by 9.7 percent. Many stocks from the financial and services sector are on the list. It could be sign for a stronger growth perspective within these areas.

57 stocks and funds raised dividends last week of which 39 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 20.04 percent. Linked is a full free list of all companies and funds with some price ratios to compare.

Below the results are 4 High-Yields, stocks with over 5 percent dividend yield. 27 companies have a current buy or better rating.

20 Dividend Contenders With High Growth And Cheap Price Ratios

Dividend growth stocks with strongest earnings growth at low market price ratios originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". 

Dividend Contenders are the following class of the  Dividend Champions league. Contenders raised dividend payments over a period of 10-25 years without a break. Most of them have a huge potential to become a solid Dividend Champion.

The advantage of Contenders is that they are not in a main focus of many investors because of their smaller capitalization or lower media presence. As a result, we can often discover some high quality dividend growth stocks at a lower price.

I screened all 189 Contenders and selected those with an expected earnings growth of more than 10 percent as well as a low forward P/E ratio of less than 15. Exactly 20 companies fulfilled my criteria of which seventeen are currently recommended to buy.

17 Cheap Growth Stocks From The Basic Material Sector With Current Dividend Payments

Basic material dividend stocks with highest expected growth and low price ratios originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Good stocks to buy are hard to find. But what are good stocks?

Good investment indicators

Primarily it’s a question of your investment philosophy or screening criteria. I am focused on dividend stocks with great yields, strong market positions and low limitations to grow. I also invest into stocks with no yields or low dividend payments.

Don’t look at the yield alone

The dividend yield is only an expression and should never be a single investment criterion. I know so many people who only look at the P/E ratio and the dividend yield and argue that the stock is cheap at a P/E below 10. That’s too easy. If the company has no debt, you should look the enterprise value.

Growth is the value driver

More important is growth. If a company doubles every 3 years sales and earnings, it’s normal that the stock is highly valuated. Stock valuation is a very complex area.

Today I like to screen some opportunities from the basic material sector. 595 stocks are available with a relationship to the raw material sector – nearly 300 of them pay dividends. The average sector P/E ratio amounts to 11.08 at a yield of 2.98 percent.

I screened large capitalized stocks with very high expected earnings per share growth for the next five years (over 10 percent) and a low forward P/E ratio of less than 15. Seventeen stocks fulfilled my criteria of which twelve are currently recommended to buy. Two High-Yields are below the results.

Best Dividend Paying Ex-Dividend Shares On December 12, 2012

The Best Yielding And Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks Researched By ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates. The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on December 12, 2012. In total, 121 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 53 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.69%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks: 

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Total SA	TOT	118.25B	8.26	1.19	0.51	5.93%
Seagate Technology PLC	STX	10.91B	3.83	3.21	0.69	5.26%
BCE, Inc.	BCE	33.61B	13.82	2.44	1.66	5.25%
Encana Corporation	ECA	15.64B	-	2.84	2.60	3.76%
Rogers Communications Inc.	RCI	23.22B	15.33	6.37	1.85	3.53%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.	ADP	27.83B	20.33	4.41	2.58	3.04%
Cenovus Energy Inc.	CVE	25.92B	18.66	2.56	1.47	2.58%
Teck Resources Limited	TCK	20.95B	16.03	1.17	1.96	2.51%
Omnicom Group Inc.	OMC	13.05B	14.36	3.89	0.92	2.43%
Starwood Hotels & Resorts	HOT	10.62B	18.94	3.15	1.68	2.31%
Fidelity National Information Services	FIS	10.68B	20.94	1.61	1.84	2.20%
General Growth Properties Inc.	GGP	19.03B	-	2.48	7.38	2.17%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	TROW	16.33B	19.96	4.23	5.62	2.12%
Macy's, Inc.	M	15.55B	12.34	2.80	0.57	2.03%
Viacom, Inc.	VIAB	27.23B	12.41	3.69	1.96	2.03%
Motorola Solutions, Inc.	MSI	15.33B	23.26	3.96	1.79	1.90%
Devon Energy Corporation	DVN	21.19B	30.24	0.97	2.23	1.53%
Canadian Natural Resources Limited	CNQ	31.07B	13.02	1.28	2.03	1.48%
Ingersoll-Rand Plc	IR	14.38B	14.44	1.94	1.02	1.34%
Range Resources Corporation	RRC	10.37B	-	4.54	7.56	0.25%

My Favorite Dividend Contender Picks For 2013 | Dividend Growth At Fair Value

Everybody loves dividends and dividend growth and everybody wanted to buy high dividend stocks with growth potential as well. But making money with stocks is not easy. It’s more than buying cheap stocks and selling them at a higher price. You need to take care of your risks and your trading limits.

I love stocks with rising sales and earnings that raise their distributions to shareholders every year. For me as investor, it is a great source to boost my dividend income without hard work. That’s the main reason why I am looking for buy opportunities of best dividend paying stocks worldwide. Today I like to progress with my best dividend picks for 2013. I screened my Dividend Contenders database by cheap stocks to buy with interesting valuation figures.

Dividend Contenders are “middle class” dividend growth stocks. They raised their dividend payments over a period of more than 10 consecutive years but less than 25 years. For the time being, 180 Contenders are available for stock trading. I selected only those with a market capitalization over USD 2 billion, a forward P/E ratio of less than 15 as well as double-digit expected earnings per share growth. In addition, the company should have shown a past sales growth of more than 10 percent yearly and the operating margin should be over 10 percent. Thirteen wonderful dividend growth stocks fulfilled these criteria of which eleven are currently rated with a buy or strong buy.

12 Best Dividend Contenders With High Growth And Low Debt

Best Dividend Contenders Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Growth Stocks create value in the long-run with rising dividends. A major group of stocks have a fantastic dividend growth history. But stocks with a very long history are also highly priced. Today, we like to focus on dividend stocks from the second circle, named Dividend Contenders. Such stocks increased dividends over a period of more than 10 years but less than 25. Exactly 176 Contenders are trade able.

In order to find the best dividend paying growth stocks from the investment class, I screened all companies with a positive dividend yield, great earnings per share growth of more than 10 percent and an operating margin over 20 percent. To get the best results in terms of low debt and high cash, the debt to equity ratio should be under 0.5. Twenty-four Contenders remained of which three stocks yielding over three percent and fifteen are currently recommended to buy.

18 Best Dividend Paying Basic Material Stocks (High Growth With Low Debt)

Best Dividend Paying Basic Material Stocks Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. The basic material sector is a great investment field with fantastic growth potential if the economy starts to recover. The whole sector has a total market capitalization of USD 210.91 trillion and summarizes 604 companies. The average dividend yield amounts to 3.23 percent and the P/E ratio is 13.51.

In order to find the best dividend paying stocks within the sector, I screened all companies with a positive dividend yield, great earnings per share growth of more than 15 percent and an operating margin over 20 percent. To get the best results in terms of low debt and high cash, the debt to equity ratio should be under 0.4. Eighteen basic material companies remained of which three yielding over three percent and sixteen are currently recommended to buy.

David Winters - Wintergreen Advisers Q4/2011 Fund Portfolio

David Winters - Wintergreen Advisers Q4/2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of David Winters - Wintergreen Advisers - portfolio movements as of Q4/2011 (December 31, 2011). In total, he held 14 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 579,185,000.

The Best Yielding Dividend Stock Buys From Steven Romick (FPA Crescent Fund)

Best Yielding Stock Buys From Steven Romick By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio overview of the best yielding stocks from Steven Romick as of Q4/2011. From his 17 stock holdings he bought pay 13 dividends. He has two high yields and 3 shares yielding above 3 percent.

The Cheapest Dividend Contenders With Lowest PEG-Ratio

Dividend Contender With Cheap Price-Earnings To Growth Ratio Researched by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend Contenders are stocks that have raised their distributions for at least 10 years but not more than 24 years. They have a long history of dividend payments and created a lot of trust to shareholders. Out there are 146 stocks with such an impressive development but not all of them are still growing and expensive in terms of growth. I screened all Dividend Contenders by stocks with a low price-earnings to growth ratio (PEG), stocks that have a ratio of less than one. Twelve stocks fulfilled my criteria of which one have a yield above five percent. Ten have a buy or better recommendation.

Steven Romick - FPA Crescent Fund Q4-2011 Fund Portfolio

Steven Romick - FPA Crescent Fund Q4-2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Steven Romick’s - FPA Crescent Fund - portfolio movements as of Q4/2011 (December 31, 2011). In total, he has 44 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 4,483,551,000.