Recent Blog Posts
How I’m Investing in a Post Pandemic World
Well a lot has happened in the past 5 months when Corona Virus, and COVID-19, became commonplace words that we hear everyday. My kids just call it ‘the corona’. As in don’t worry Dad “she doesn’t have the corona.” I have been pretty much out of commission on the blog, remind me not to prep […]
QCOM up 12% after hours!
Just a quick note… Good news for owners of QCOM. Q3 earnings just released: EPS of $0.86 vs. $0.70 forecast. Also, they announced a 5G license agreement with Huawei which was included in their Q4 earnings guidance. QCOM’s 5 year dividend growth rate was 10%, but slowed to 4% last year. Disclosure: Dividend Geek is […]
Latest Quality Score and Dividend Safety Ranking Changes due to Covid-19 Crisis
The following companies have recently had their Simply Safe Dividends ranking downgraded, which; in turn has lowered each companies overall quality score listed on our site (where 25 points is the highest score). Downgrades JPM 79 to 60 (Safe to Borderline); Quality Score changed from 22 to 21 WFC 79 to 55 (Safe to Borderline); […]
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 […]