10 Dividend Aristocrats That Could Be The Most Successful Companies Over The Next Decade

Dividend Aristocrats are a group of 50 stocks in the S&P 500 Index that have increased their dividend payments for at least 25 consecutive years, a sign of impressive profitability, financial strength, and management's confidence in the business. 

Looking at each of the 50 dividend aristocrats on the list today here are the top 10 dividend stocks that could be the most successful companies over the next decade and beyond. 

While no one can predict the future, these are likely the best dividend aristocrats to buy and hold for many years to come.

At the end of this article, you will find more fundamentals compiled in a nice list. Hope you get some great ideas from it. If you like those lists, you can easily subscribe here.

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40 Leaders And Laggards Of EPS Surprise / EPS Revision

A huge number of companies have released their Q4 fiscal figures. Market actors are looking deeply into those numbers in order to compare them with their expectations.

If a company does not meet them, it got punished.

Attached you will find the 10 best and worst stocks that beat expectations in Q4/2015. You will also find a list of the 10 best and worst stocks with the highest EPS revisions for the upcoming quarter.

Sometimes it indicates a clear trend.

Here are the top results...

4 High-Quality Dividend Growth Stocks With Initial Yields Over 3.5% To Buy And Hold Forever

Dividend growth usually means that a number of positive metrics are being met, and the company can consistently add to the pot of money that is returned to shareholders. 

A stock that offers solid fundamentals, low debt, high returns, a sustainable underlying business...e.g. has a huge possibility to grow dividends in the future.

I've always tried to discover those stocks and introduced hundreds of them in the past. 

Each of them has shown a solid dividend growth history, for decades or a half century.

Today's screen focuses on those stocks that have a solid free cash flow, growth perspectives and an acceptable initial yield while generating double digit returns.

Here are the criteria in detail:

- Market cap that was $3 billion or higher 
- Return on invested capital that was 10% or higher over the past 5 years 
- Net debt to EBITDA that was less than 1.5% 
- Free cash flow yield 6% or higher
- Dividend yield at least 2.5%
- Dividend compounded annual growth rate 5% or higher over the past 10 years 

These are the top yielding results:

20 Stocks With At Least One Billion Share Buyback Plan In 2016

When corporations are profitable and established, they tend to return capital to shareholders. 

This can be achieved via stock buybacks to shrink the float and to support the stock, or it can be done via one-time dividends or by raising their annualized quarterly dividends.

In my blog, I often cover successful long-term dividend growth stocks. Those companies managed to raise dividends over a decade or half century.

I also talk a little about buyback stocks. Those gave more money back vie share repurchases which is in the end the same.

Today I would give you a short introduction into the biggest share buyback announced from the current fiscal year 2016.

As of now, we've noticed 94 companies with fresh, new, or increased buyback plans.

Here are the biggest announcements from fiscal 2016 to date...

9 Stocks That Might Be Interesting For Warren Buffett In Q1/2016

What should investors do when fear rises and the stock market falls? 

The answer is quiet simple:

Invest in high quality dividend paying businesses at reduced prices. Warren Buffett knows this well. It is one of the ways he has grown his fortune to over $60 billion.

Warren Buffett is a great idol and many of us have looked at his portfolio in order to get new ideas and to learn from his investment approach.

Attached you will find a selection of 10 stocks that might be interesting for Warren after the latest market correction.

Maybe you might agree with me or not. The results show some of the best high quality dividend stocks you can catch on the market.

It does not mean that those promise a high return but they could offer more value and stability to your portfolio. 

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