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Sherwin-Williams (SHW): A Dividend Aristocrat With Nearly 40 Consecutive Years of Higher Payouts
Sherwin-Williams (SHW) is one of 51 dividend aristocrats and has annually increased dividends each year since 1979 while outperforming the market by more than 9% per year over the last decade. While watching paint dry has been anything but boring with coatings producer Sherwin-Williams, past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Let's take a closer look at Sherwin-Williams to learn more about its long-term competitive advantages, assess the potential of its large acquisition of Valspar, and see if the stock's valuation could be attractive today for dividend growth investors. Business Overview Sherwin-Williams has been in business since 1866 and is the largest producer of paints and coatings in the U.S. and third-largest worldwide. The company primarily serves the [...]
Dover (DOV): 62 Straight Years of Dividend Growth and Double-Digit Total Return Potential
Dividend Kings, companies with 50+ straight years of dividend growth, are the epitome of dependable long-term income growth investments. Dover (DOV), an industrial blue chip, is even more impressive having grown its payout 9% annually over the past 30 years, and the company is about to announce its 62nd consecutive annual dividend increase. Let's take a closer look at why Dover has proven to be such a consistent dividend grower, what investors can expect going forward, and if now could be a reasonable time to add this dividend king to a diversified income portfolio. Investors seeking greater current income than the 2.3% yield Dover offers can review some of the best high dividend stocks here instead. Business Overview Founded [...]
McCormick (MKC): A Dividend Aristocrat With Double-Digit Total Return Potential
Dividend aristocrats, S&P 500 companies that have proven to have stable and resilient enough business models to raise dividends for 25+ consecutive years, can be a great place to go looking for new income growth ideas. Let's take a look at McCormick (MKC), a dividend aristocrat whose wide moat business has allowed it to raise its dividend by 11% annually for the last 31 years. Even more impressively, the company has paid an uninterrupted quarterly dividend for the past 91 years, proving its dedication to rewarding dividend investors. Specifically, let's find out what makes McCormick such a stable blue chip, and more importantly if it's likely to be able to continue its impressive growth record in the coming years. [...]
Leggett & Platt (LEG): A Future Dividend King With Accelerating Payout Growth
With 46 straight years of dividend increases to its name, Leggett & Platt (LEG) is a dividend aristocrat and very close to becoming a dividend king, an even more exclusive club with members boasting 50+ consecutive years of payout increases. What makes Leggett & Platt an even more interesting investment candidate is that over the past 30 years it has rewarded dividend investors with an impressive 10.8% annual payout growth rate. Even more intriguing? While many dividend aristocrats and kings are widely followed blue chips, Leggett & Platt is a relatively small and under-followed name. So let's take a look to see if Leggett is a potentially good long-term income growth investment, as well as whether now could be a reasonable time to buy [...]