20 Best Performing Dividend Contenders Year-To-Date - #Ensign #Monro #Brinker #Church&Dwight

Dear Reader, find below a list of 20 Best Performing Dividend Contenders Year-To-Date. Which stocks did you own? Are they still a buy despite the good performance? My top picks are CSX, ROL, VZ, TJX and MSFT.

Ticker	Company	P/E	Fwd P/E	P/S	P/B	Dividend	Price	Target Price
ENSG	The Ensign Group, Inc.	30	21.36	1.17	4.19	0.4%	45.06	41.33
MNRO	Monro, Inc.	35.78	30.23	2.27	4.02	1.0%	81.39	73.00
AFSI	AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.	23.48	-	0.46	1.11	4.9%	14.01	14.75
EAT	Brinker International, Inc.	14.42	12.29	0.6	-	3.1%	50.41	47.19
CHD	Church & Dwight Co., Inc.	29.49	26.59	3.93	6.85	1.3%	65.59	62.42
HEI	HEICO Corporation	48.31	39.87	5.5	8.23	0.2%	81.57	95.30
CSX	CSX Corporation	19.86	16.66	5	4.36	1.3%	70.13	81.57
AAN	Aaron's, Inc.	19.58	12.5	0.89	1.9	0.3%	47.65	59.63
ROL	Rollins, Inc.	58.99	49.97	7.48	18.13	0.9%	61.27	61.75
RBA	Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated	33.46	24.87	3.82	4.61	2.1%	34.45	37.05
TPL	Texas Pacific Land Trust	25.08	-	18.38	21.81	0.2%	545.00	-
COLM	Columbia Sportswear Company	40.18	22.51	2.37	3.82	1.1%	90.01	99.80
OHI	Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.	26.7	20.38	8.19	2.09	7.3%	36.06	33.61
TJX	The TJX Companies, Inc.	19.44	17.7	1.48	11.01	1.7%	45.79	54.48
STE	STERIS plc	32.86	21.63	3.57	3.09	1.2%	113.71	132.33
KR	The Kroger Co.	8.83	13.09	0.19	3.2	1.9%	30.02	30.96
MSFT	Microsoft Corporation	25.4	21.15	7.12	9.51	1.7%	106.35	125.15
COST	Costco Wholesale Corporation	30.74	25.99	0.68	7.52	1.0%	219.43	244.61
VZ	Verizon Communications Inc.	15.79	12.56	1.89	4.49	4.1%	60.00	58.29
KWR	Quaker Chemical Corporation	58.38	28.15	3.09	6.25	0.7%	202.20	178.80

Ticker	Company	Sales past 5Y	Sales Q/Q	EPS Q/Q	EPS next 5Y	Perf Year
ENSG	The Ensign Group, Inc.	17.60%	9.10%	41.9%	15.0%	82.67%
MNRO	Monro, Inc.	9.00%	10.50%	24.9%	18.0%	66.52%
AFSI	AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.	29.00%	-4.20%	52.0%	10.0%	58.24%
EAT	Brinker International, Inc.	1.90%	1.90%	216.9%	6.0%	47.95%
CHD	Church & Dwight Co., Inc.	5.30%	7.20%	11.5%	10.3%	46.45%
HEI	HEICO Corporation	11.20%	19.00%	45.8%	18.4%	40.81%
CSX	CSX Corporation	-0.60%	14.10%	106.6%	22.7%	38.35%
AAN	Aaron's, Inc.	8.90%	13.60%	85.9%	12.0%	37.29%
ROL	Rollins, Inc.	5.70%	8.30%	29.4%	9.9%	35.45%
RBA	Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated	6.90%	7.90%	120.6%	12.0%	34.24%
TPL	Texas Pacific Land Trust	32.30%	40.80%	55.1%	-	33.93%
COLM	Columbia Sportswear Company	8.10%	6.50%	16.2%	10.9%	33.66%
OHI	Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.	21.00%	1.00%	140.4%	15.8%	33.39%
TJX	The TJX Companies, Inc.	6.70%	11.60%	37.0%	11.4%	30.15%
STE	STERIS plc	11.80%	7.10%	20.7%	10.0%	28.89%
KR	The Kroger Co.	4.90%	1.00%	61.2%	5.4%	28.68%
MSFT	Microsoft Corporation	7.20%	18.50%	35.2%	13.7%	27.88%
COST	Costco Wholesale Corporation	6.10%	5.00%	12.6%	11.9%	27.87%
VZ	Verizon Communications Inc.	1.70%	2.80%	34.3%	5.9%	25.87%
KWR	Quaker Chemical Corporation	3.00%	4.30%	76.4%	12.8%	25.61%

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Dividend Contenders With The Highest Fundamental Growth Momentum

Find below a list of Dividend Contenders With The Highest Fundamental Growth Momentum.

Ticker	Company	P/E	Fwd P/E	P/S	P/B	Dividend	Sales Q/Q
HDB	HDFC Bank Limited	38.43	23.73	7.02	5.49	0.48%	352.70%
MCK	McKesson Corporation	-	10.11	0.15	3.11	0.93%	327.70%
TPL	Texas Pacific Land Trust	50.04	-	32.62	49.6	0.15%	97.40%
BIP	Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	77.06	17.22	3.92	1.88	4.84%	54.40%
NJR	New Jersey Resources Corporation	8.13	22.14	1.43	2.63	2.47%	38.90%
DLR	Digital Realty Trust, Inc.	106.3	71.51	8.24	2.45	3.77%	35.20%
LSTR	Landstar System, Inc.	26.08	18.4	1.22	6.78	0.53%	34.20%
CAT	Caterpillar Inc.	18.24	11.59	1.73	5.49	2.24%	30.90%
RBA	Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated	53.19	27.08	5.09	5.05	1.92%	30.50%
LECO	Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.	21.08	16.79	2.05	5.96	1.75%	30.40%
CPK	Chesapeake Utilities Corporation	24.9	20.88	1.95	2.53	1.66%	29.30%
OXY	Occidental Petroleum Corporation	33.4	18.74	4.71	3.03	3.75%	28.00%
SBSI	Southside Bancshares, Inc.	18.76	13.49	6.06	1.63	3.47%	27.40%
EPD	Enterprise Products Partners L.P.	20.65	16.45	1.93	2.65	6.14%	27.00%
EBMT	Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc.	18.06	11.6	3.64	1.14	1.84%	27.00%
SLGN	Silgan Holdings Inc.	16.24	11.52	0.67	3.54	1.51%	25.70%
TLP	Transmontaigne Partners L.P.	18.2	15.02	3.18	2.01	8.01%	25.60%
BMRC	Bank of Marin Bancorp	25.97	17.88	7.28	1.93	1.49%	24.40%
HCSG	Healthcare Services Group, Inc.	45.09	23.96	1.6	8.03	1.80%	24.10%
AXS	AXIS Capital Holdings Limited	-	11.13	0.95	1.03	2.81%	23.90%

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