Recent Blog Posts
Recent Quality Score Downgrades Due to Economic Impact of COVID-19
Quick Update Simply Safe Dividends has recently downgraded their dividend safety score for the following companies, which; in turn has lowered each companies overall quality score listed on our site (where 25 points is the highest score). DIS 99 to 65 (Very Safe to Safe); Quality Score changed from 24 to 23 EPD 89 to […]
Polaris Industries: Blue-Chip Stock For Dividend Growth Investors
Many thanks to Sure Dividend for the following guest post! The term “blue-chip” stock gets thrown around quite loosely in the financial media. Generally, it refers to quality, stable dividend payers that do not display high volatility. But at Sure Dividend, we have a more precise definition for what constitutes a blue-chip stock. In our […]
New Year Updates – Dividend Growth and Quality Scores
Dividend Growth Rates The website screeners have been updated to reflect the dividend increases for 2019 which is reflected in the 1 Year Dividend Growth Rate column (1 Yr DGR). Naturally the 2019 dividend increases are now reflected in the averages for the ‘3 Yr DGR’ column and the ‘1,3,5 Yr Avg DGR’ column, which […]
Bevy of End of Year Dividend Increases
With the end of the year quickly approaching many companies are getting in their 2019 dividend increases. Here are the increases announced in the first half of December for the dividend growth stocks we follow. Abbott Laboratories (ABT) announced its next dividend of $0.36 per share, a 12.5% increase from ABT’s previous payout of $0.32. […]
Highest Quality Undervalued Dividend Growth Stocks – General Dynamics (GD)
Based on a 5-factor high quality scoring system that uses independent data from Value Line, Morningstar and Simply Safe Dividends, where 5 points is awarded for the highest score for each of the following: Value Line Safety (Safety, Price Stability) Value Line Financial Strength (Fundamental Analysis) Morningstar Economic Moat (Competitive Advantages) Morningstar Stewardship (Leadership/Management) Simply […]
New Highest Quality Screener
After adding the new grading system to identify high quality dividend growth stocks it only seems natural to rank them by highest quality. That is, not just within each sector, but in aggregate. So we have done just that… the new screener is called ‘Highest Quality’ and can be found under the ‘Quality’ tab on […]
The First Key To Successful Investing
As I have gained more experience investing over the years I have learned that the first key to successful investing is identifying high quality companies. Followed by purchasing them at fair value. As Warren Buffett has famously stated: In addition, dividend growth investors are seeking a balance of good yield, and sustainable dividend growth for […]
ABBV Rasises Their Dividend 10.3%
AbbVie (ABBV) a dividend growth stock that we follow announced its next quarterly dividend of $1.18 per share, a 10.3% increase from their previous payout of $1.07. This is ABBV’s 6th consecutive year of dividend increases since they spun off from Abbott Laboratories (ABT). They also raised their dividend in January, this latest increase will […]
Bought TXN on the earning report dip
This morning I purchased 50 shares of Texas Instruments (TXN) at $117.9012 on a market order in my Roth IRA account Thanks to Charles Schwab it was commission free! This is a long-term investment for income and income growth which I don’t plan on selling unless there is a disruption in the income stream (dividend […]
TXN Lowers Q4 Guidance – Dip Opportunity?
Texas Instruments (TXN) is down -11.0% after reporting Q3 earning after hours today. Just missing analysis expectations of EPS of $1.42 (they came in at $1.40) didn’t help but was not the major factor in the large decline. It was their lowering of Q4 guidance. Here is an article on the details – in short […]