Recent Blog Posts
Dividend Geeks Prospects of the Week – July 22, 2018
This week I’m reviewing the Fast Dividend Growth and High Velocity Dividends screeners. I’m thinking of combining these two screens they are very similar in that they both track dividend growth stocks with high dividend growth rates and typically lower initial dividend yields. I like to own a combination of both these high dividend growth […]
Dividend Geeks Prospects of the Week – July 13, 2018
This week I’m looking through the Dividend Champions screener. In our case, companies that have raised dividends between 25 to 49 years, because we separate the Dividend Kings (50+ years) into a separate screener. Technically any company that has raised its dividends 25 or more years is considered a Dividend Champion. What’s so great about […]
Dividend Geek’s Weekly Prospects
This week I’m looking through the Dividend Kings screener (companies that have raised dividends 50 or more consecutive years), there are two undervalued stocks trading at recent support levels Dover Corp (DOV) a diversified industrial company that operates in four segments: Energy, Engineered Systems, Fluids, and Refrigeration & Food Equipment. The second is Genuine Parts […]
New Profitability Metrics and Updated Geek Quality Score Ranking
We added two new profitability metrics to all of the Dividend Geek screener pages, the ‘Past 3-Year Sales Growth’ and ‘Profit Margin’ (trailing 12 months). These are the critical ‘top line’ and ‘bottom line’ metrics that make up the foundation of profitability for a company. Looking over these numbers you can glean a lot of […]
Expanded Dividend Champions Screener
What used to be listed as the ‘Wide Moat Dividend Champions’ screener has been expanded to include all dividend champions (companies that have raised their dividend for 25 or more years) with a few notable exceptions: Companies that have increased their dividend 50 or more years, are located in the ‘Dividend Kings’ screener The 15 […]
New Trade and Dividend Kings
I posted a new trade Thursday (May 31) in one of the most innovative R&D companies in the world that holds over 100,000 patents. Truth be told, I have been wanting to open a position in this company for years, but it rarely trades near fair value. It also happens to be a Dividend King, […]
Using the Dividend Growth Rate (DGR) Metric
One of the key metrics that I use when evaluating companies to invest in is the Dividend Growth Rate (DGR). It is one of the primary metrics used by a small but growing community of investors that use the Dividend Growth Investing methodology. You may not have heard of the DGR. You will not find […]
Buying Quality on the Market Correction
Finally a pull back in the market provided a good opportunity for me to add two new positions in high quality companies, and to add to two existing positions. The combined four trades will provide $560 of annual dividend income. To see all of these recent trades just login and go to Members > Dividend […]
8 Dividend Geek Stocks Raise their Dividends
Several dividend growth stocks that I follow raised their dividend payment last week. Most of them were healthy double digit increases. I’m especially pleased with the raises for MMP and APD since I personally own them. If you track the yield on cost and the dividend growth rate on your personal portfolio like I do […]
New Trade – Adding at 52 Week Lows
Just had an order filled today. The new position will generate about $300.00 of annual dividend income with a 12 month average yield of 4.43% and 5 year dividend growth rate of 14.4%. For details log into your Dividend Geek account and go Member > Dividend Geek Trades.