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Brown-Forman (BF-B): Serving Higher Dividends for over 30 Straight Years
Brown-Forman (BF-B) owns one of the most iconic alcoholic beverage brands in the world – Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey. The company has enjoyed substantial growth over its rich operating history. The number of Jack Daniel’s cases sold by Brown-Forman increased from 600,000 in 1965 to roughly 15 million cases in 2015, and the stock’s market cap grew from $110 million to roughly $20 billion over that same time period. Dividend investors have also enjoyed more than 30 consecutive years of dividend increases from the company, and we expect many more dividend raises in the years to come. Brown-Forman has earned extremely high Dividend Safety (93) and Dividend Growth (87) ratings, and it’s certainly a business we would [...]
Chubb (CB): A Conservative Dividend Grower in the Insurance Industry
Chubb (CB) is one of the best managed insurance companies in the world. Prior to the merger of CB and ACE, these companies had raised their dividends for 33 and 22 consecutive years, respectively. With a forward-looking payout ratio below 30%, we expect the combined company's dividend growth to continue for many more years. While a merger the size of ACE and CB’s should naturally raise some concerns, we believe the deal is in good hands with ACE’s experienced CEO and think it will make CB even more competitive and profitable once the integration is complete. We like CB for our Top 20 Dividend Stocks portfolio and are optimistic about the company’s long-term future. Business Overview ACE announced [...]
Pentair (PNR): 40 Consecutive Years of Dividend Growth
Pentair (PNR) is a lesser known dividend aristocrat that most recently boosted its dividend by 5%, representing its 40th consecutive year of dividend increases. Weak energy markets, slumping commodity prices, and unfavorable foreign currency exchange rates are wreaking havoc on the company, which has seen its stock price plummet by more than 30% over the last year. However, two of the company’s four segments delivered organic growth last year, and a third is poised to return to growth in 2016. Three of its businesses have also delivered healthy margin expansion, and a well-known activist investor took a 7% stake in the company in mid-2015 (the stock has since sold off by nearly 40%). Perhaps there is a [...]
Air Products (APD): A Dividend Aristocrat Distributing Higher Dividends for 38 Straight Years
Air Products (APD) has rewarded shareholders with 38 consecutive years of dividend increases and is in the process of spinning off a non-core business to create further value. This industrial gas business shares many competitive advantages with other stocks we own in our Top 20 Dividend Stocks portfolio, but is now the time to buy it? Business Overview APD was founded in 1940 and has grown to be a world-leading industrial gas company. APD provides atmospheric and process gases and related equipment to manufacturing markets, including refining and petrochemical, metals, electronics, and food and beverage. The business is also very international – sales in North America accounted for just 42% of APD’s total revenue last year. The [...]