Here is my initial list of the top 100 dividend growth companies. All the companies meet my favored criteria, including;
- A company that pays a stable, growing dividend
- A company that maintains a high historical dividend yield
- A company that is undervalued based upon historical price/sales analysis
- A company with a solid balance sheet and moderate payout ratio
The list if diversified by sector and industry. It is a good place for any astute dividend investor to start to examine good stock candidates for inclusion in your dividend stock portfolio.
List;
| Company | Ticker | Price 03/05/14 | % Yield | Beta | SPS 2014 | 5 Year Div. Growth Rate | 10 yr P/S Low | P/S Ratio | 10 yr P/S High | |
| 1 | Abbott Labs. | ABT | $39.79 | 2.20 | 0.71 | 15.35 | 11.50 | 1.82 | 2.59 | 5.12 |
| 2 | AES Corp | AES | $14.04 | 1.50 | 1.25 | 26.1 | 6.00 | 0.230 | 0.54 | 1.17 |
| 3 | Aflac Inc. | AFL | $65.01 | 2.20 | 1.25 | 36.15 | 8.50 | 0.60 | 1.80 | 4.83 |
| 4 | Altera | ALTR | $36.29 | 2.20 | 1.30 | 7.35 | 12.00 | 2.78 | 4.94 | 8.64 |
| 5 | Amgen | AMGN | $123.11 | 2.00 | 0.75 | 26.35 | 10.00 | 1.33 | 2.43 | 9.10 |
| 6 | Apple Inc. | AAPL | $532.36 | 2.30 | 0.95 | 213.7 | 15.00 | 1.00 | 2.49 | 7.38 |
| 7 | Archer Daniels | ADM | $40.67 | 2.24 | 0.85 | 143.3 | 5.00 | 0.120 | 0.28 | 0.84 |
| 8 | Avalonbay Comm | AVB | $128.14 | 3.40 | 1.05 | 64.65 | 5.00 | 1.40 | 1.98 | 3.40 |
| 9 | Bank of New York Mellon | BK | $32.44 | 1.90 | 1.25 | 31.35 | 13.50 | 0.61 | 1.03 | 3.08 |
| 10 | Baxter Int’l Inc. | BAX | $69.34 | 2.80 | 0.75 | 31.8 | 8.50 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 3.42 |
| 11 | Becton, Dickinson | BDX | $111.56 | 2.00 | 0.7 | 44.35 | 8.50 | 2.20 | 2.65 | 3.88 |
| 12 | BlackRock, Inc. | BLK | $307.08 | 2.50 | 1.20 | 157.45 | 9.50 | 0.69 | 1.95 | 7.90 |
| 13 | BP PLC ADR | BP | 48.61 | 4.70 | 1.10 | 122.60 | 10.50 | 0.28 | 0.40 | 1.1 |
| 14 | Broadcom Corp | BRCM | $30.23 | 1.60 | 1.2 | 14.65 | 6.50 | 1.36 | 2.06 | 9.15 |
| 15 | Brookfield Asset | BAM | $40.97 | 2.00 | 1.15 | 37.35 | 5.00 | 0.84 | 1.10 | 4.54 |
| 16 | Buckeye Partners | BPL | $72.55 | 5.90 | 0.75 | 41.70 | 5.00 | 0.56 | 1.74 | 4.91 |
| 17 | Bunge Limited | BG | $78.38 | 1.50 | 1.15 | 457.9 | 5.00 | 0.060 | 0.17 | 0.43 |
| 18 | C.H. Robinson | CHRW | $51.76 | 2.70 | 0.95 | 85.9 | 5.00 | 0.690 | 0.60 | 1.45 |
| 19 | Campbell Soup | CPB | $35.66 | 3.30 | 0.55 | 26.9 | 4.50 | 2.19 | 1.33 | 2.80 |
| 20 | Canon Inc. ADR | CAJ | $30.71 | 3.40 | 0.9 | 33.1 | 6.00 | 0.67 | 0.93 | 2.19 |
| 21 | Capital One Fin’l | COF | $74.36 | 1.60 | 1.40 | 73 | 8.00 | 0.13 | 1.02 | 2.50 |
| 22 | Cardinal Health | CAH | $67.95 | 1.80 | 0.85 | 250 | 12.00 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.50 |
| 23 | Carnival Corp | CCL | $39.28 | 2.50 | 1.20 | 21.8 | 7.50 | 0.800 | 1.80 | 4.86 |
| 24 | Cisco Systems, Inc | CSCO | $21.87 | 3.50 | 1.05 | 8.65 | 11.00 | 1.62 | 2.53 | 5.50 |
| 25 | CNA Financial | CNA | $42.30 | 2.40 | 1.20 | 48.25 | 23.00 | 0.28 | 0.88 | 2.06 |
| 26 | Coach, Inc. | COH | $48.11 | 2.80 | 1.15 | 18.05 | 22.00 | 1.120 | 2.67 | 6.44 |
| 27 | Coca-Cola | KO | $37.32 | 2.90 | 0.60 | 11.55 | 9.00 | 2.97 | 3.23 | 5.50 |
| 28 | Comcast | CMCSA | $51.89 | 1.80 | 1.00 | 27.9 | 11.00 | 0.880 | 1.86 | 5.53 |
| 29 | ConocoPhillips | COP | 70.65 | 4.10 | 0.90 | 46.35 | 4.00 | 1.30 | 1.48 | 3.20 |
| 30 | Corning | GLW | $19.66 | 2.10 | 1.25 | 7.05 | 16.00 | 1.25 | 2.79 | 6.00 |
| 31 | DDR Corp | DDR | $16.72 | 3.70 | 1.65 | 12.1 | 7.00 | 0.100 | 1.38 | 4.04 |
| 32 | Devon Energy | DVN | 61.87 | 1.40 | 1.25 | 29.75 | 5.50 | 1.35 | 2.03 | 3.74 |
| 33 | Diamond Offshore | DO | 56.92 | 6.70 | 1.20 | 21.95 | 6.00 | 2.04 | 2.49 | 5.50 |
| 34 | EMC Corp. | EMC | $26.92 | 1.50 | 1 | 11.2 | 15.00 | 1.12 | 2.40 | 6.75 |
| 35 | Encana Corp | ECA | $19.58 | 1.50 | 1.15 | 8.60 | 5.00 | 0.93 | 2.28 | 6.00 |
| 36 | Ensco Plc | ESV | 57.18 | 5.60 | 1.25 | 21.95 | 11.00 | 1.30 | 2.51 | 7.00 |
| 37 | Equity Residential | EQR | $55.53 | 2.90 | 1.05 | 28.85 | 5.00 | 1.30 | 1.92 | 3.00 |
| 38 | Exelon Corp | EXC | $30.28 | 4.10 | 0.75 | 29.7 | 5.00 | 0.600 | 1.02 | 2.25 |
| 39 | Federated Investors | FII | $27.84 | 3.60 | 1.10 | 5.9 | 4.00 | 2.76 | 4.72 | 10.60 |
| 40 | Fidelity National | FIS | $55.53 | 1.70 | 0.80 | 21.8 | 12.40 | 0.60 | 2.55 | 8.67 |
| 41 | Freeport-McMoRan | FCX | $33.91 | 3.70 | 1.50 | 25.15 | 11.00 | 0.340 | 1.35 | 3.39 |
| 42 | GlaxoSmithKline ADR | GSK | $54.74 | 4.60 | 0.75 | 17.8 | 11.50 | 1.59 | 1.59 | 5.93 |
| 43 | Hartford Fin’l Svcs. | HIG | $35.92 | 1.70 | 2.05 | 45.35 | 16.00 | 0.08 | 0.79 | 1.75 |
| 44 | Intel Corp. | INTC | $24.50 | 3.60 | 0.95 | 10.7 | 7.00 | 1.76 | 2.29 | 6.33 |
| 45 | ITC Holdings Corp | ITC | $34.79 | 1.70 | 0.75 | 19.35 | 10.50 | 1.800 | 1.80 | 4.00 |
| 46 | KeyCorp | KEY | $13.36 | 1.70 | 1.25 | 11.25 | 18.00 | 0.33 | 1.19 | 2.91 |
| 47 | KLA-Tencor | KLAC | $65.46 | 2.80 | 1.15 | 18.25 | 7.00 | 1.02 | 3.59 | 8.26 |
| 48 | Kohl’s Corp | KSS | $55.01 | 2.80 | 0.90 | 102.3 | 12.00 | 0.450 | 0.54 | 1.59 |
| 49 | Las Vegas Sands | LVS | $87.22 | 2.30 | 1.85 | 18.45 | 20.00 | 0.200 | 4.73 | 17.91 |
| 50 | Legg Mason Inc | LM | $46.54 | 1.50 | 1.60 | 52.6 | 15.00 | 0.29 | 0.88 | 3.43 |
| 51 | Lilly (Eli) | LLY | $55.60 | 3.60 | 0.8 | 18.2 | 5.00 | 1.43 | 1.43 | 5.50 |
| 52 | Macerich Company | MAC | $61.80 | 4.10 | 1.40 | 24.55 | 6.00 | 0.280 | 2.52 | 5.71 |
| 53 | Marsh & McLennan | MMC | $48.92 | 2.00 | 0.80 | 22.6 | 7.00 | 1.53 | 2.16 | 6.10 |
| 54 | Maxim Integrated Prod | MXIM | $32.70 | 3.20 | 1.05 | 8.85 | 8.00 | 1.67 | 3.69 | 8.50 |
| 55 | Medtronic, Inc. | MDT | $59.15 | 1.90 | 0.95 | 18.4 | 6.00 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 6.46 |
| 56 | Merck | MRK | $63.12 | 3.80 | 0.95 | 19.9 | 6.00 | 1.82 | 3.17 | 6.71 |
| 57 | MetLife Inc. | MET | $52.09 | 2.20 | 1.70 | 68.6 | 11.00 | 0.30 | 0.76 | 1.90 |
| 58 | Microsoft Corp. | MSFT | $38.11 | 2.90 | 0.85 | 9.34 | 12.00 | 2.27 | 4.08 | 7.00 |
| 59 | Mitsubishi Financial Group, Inc. | MTU | $5.73 | 2.10 | 0.79 | 9.48 | 6.00 | 0.45 | 0.60 | 1.40 |
| 60 | Mosaic Co | MOS | $49.85 | 2.00 | 1.20 | 25.45 | 14.00 | 1.000 | 1.96 | 4.50 |
| 61 | NetApp, Inc. | NTAP | $39.81 | 1.50 | 1.05 | 20.1 | 12.00 | 1.01 | 1.98 | 4.00 |
| 62 | New York Community | NYCB | $16.12 | 2.40 | 0.80 | 13 | 6.00 | 0.62 | 1.24 | 2.96 |
| 63 | Noble Corp. | NE | $31.50 | 2.20 | 1.30 | 18.80 | 10.00 | 1.44 | 1.68 | 7.50 |
| 64 | Northern Trust Corp. | NTRS | $62.33 | 2.5 | 1.10 | 33.55 | 6.5 | 1.12 | 1.86 | 3.72 |
| 65 | Occidental Petroleum | OXY | 95.1 | 1.50 | 1.15 | 31.45 | 11.00 | 1.33 | 2.89 | 4.49 |
| 66 | Pepsico Inc | PEP | $79.44 | 2.90 | 0.60 | 45.3 | 8.00 | 1.25 | 1.75 | 3.30 |
| 67 | Pfizer, Inc. | PFE | $31.27 | 3.00 | 0.75 | 8.1 | 12.00 | 1.65 | 1.65 | 5.53 |
| 68 | PNC Financial Serv. | PNC | $82.94 | 2.40 | 1.30 | 79.2 | 14.00 | 0.34 | 1.05 | 2.32 |
| 69 | Potash Corp | POT | $34.79 | 4.00 | 1.20 | 8.20 | 20.00 | 1.290 | 4.24 | 9.24 |
| 70 | Principal Financial | PFG | $46.16 | 2.40 | 1.85 | 36.1 | 8.50 | 0.42 | 1.28 | 3.44 |
| 71 | Progressive (Ohio) | PGR | $24.30 | 2.24 | 0.85 | 13.05 | 8.00 | 1.15 | 1.86 | 4.15 |
| 72 | Qualcomm | QCOM | $76.67 | 1.90 | 0.9 | 16.15 | 20.00 | 4.20 | 4.75 | 10.61 |
| 73 | Quest Diagnostics | DGX | $52.10 | 2.80 | 0.75 | 50.35 | 8.00 | 0.95 | 1.03 | 2.01 |
| 74 | Resmed Inc | RMD | $46.83 | 2.00 | 0.8 | 12.65 | 13.00 | 2.53 | 2.53 | 7.04 |
| 75 | Rio Tinto plc | RIO | $54.65 | 2.50 | 1.65 | 31.35 | 14.00 | 0.350 | 1.74 | 4.77 |
| 76 | Royal Dutch Shell ‘A’ | RDS/A | 71.27 | 4.47 | 1.05 | 149.50 | 3.00 | 0.28 | 0.48 | 1.07 |
| 77 | Safeway Inc. | SWY | $39.48 | 2.60 | 0.70 | 225.45 | 6.00 | 0.070 | 0.18 | 0.39 |
| 78 | Sanofi Aventis ADR | SNY | $51.80 | 1.60 | 0.9 | 17.8 | 5.00 | 1.46 | 2.91 | 5.66 |
| 79 | Schlumberger Ltd. | SLB | $92.01 | 2.00 | 1.25 | 38.90 | 14.00 | 1.63 | 2.37 | 5.90 |
| 80 | Silver Wheaton | SLW | $29.60 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 2.95 | 17.50 | 5.60 | 10.03 | 18.44 |
| 81 | State Street Corp. | STT | $66.50 | 2.70 | 1.35 | 44.75 | 13.00 | 0.49 | 1.49 | 3.26 |
| 82 | Stryker Corp. | SYK | $77.67 | 3.40 | 0.85 | 24.95 | 7.00 | 1.82 | 1.82 | 5.44 |
| 83 | Symantec Corp. | SYMC | $20.96 | 1.80 | 1.15 | 10 | 12.00 | 1.20 | 2.10 | 6.10 |
| 84 | Target Corp | TGT | $61.49 | 2.50 | 0.90 | 121.25 | 10.50 | 0.25 | 0.280 | 0.95 |
| 85 | Tesoro Corp | TSO | $51.74 | 3.50 | 1.20 | 333.10 | 8.00 | 0.03 | 0.16 | 0.40 |
| 86 | Teva ADR | TEVA | $48.77 | 2.40 | 0.6 | 24.75 | 6.00 | 1.54 | 1.54 | 4.43 |
| 87 | Tim Hortons Inc | THI | $54.00 | 2.80 | 0.85 | 24.3 | 15.00 | 1.830 | 2.22 | 6.26 |
| 88 | Toyota Motor | TM | $104.83 | 1.40 | 0.90 | 183.3 | 8.00 | 0.40 | 0.57 | 1.10 |
| 89 | Transocean Ltd. | RIG | 49.42 | 5.20 | 1.35 | 26.65 | 8.00 | 1.05 | 1.76 | 5.43 |
| 90 | Travelers Cos. | TRV | $84.44 | 2.6 | 0.85 | 73.15 | 9.0 | 0.63 | 1.15 | 1.90 |
| 91 | UDR Inc | UDR | $26.63 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 12.7 | 6.00 | 0.820 | 2.10 | 5.38 |
| 92 | United Parcel SVC | UPS | $84.76 | 2.90 | 0.85 | 60 | 10.00 | 1.10 | 1.41 | 2.40 |
| 93 | UnitedHealth Group | UNH | $73.29 | 2.10 | 1 | 134.95 | 10.00 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 1.28 |
| 94 | Valero Energy | VLO | $50.20 | 3.70 | 1.25 | 250.95 | 11.00 | 0.06 | 0.20 | 0.46 |
| 95 | Ventas Inc | VTR | $63.03 | 5.00 | 1.00 | 29.85 | 8.00 | 1.150 | 2.11 | 6.34 |
| 96 | Verizon | VZ | $48.36 | 4.30 | 0.65 | 42.6 | 8.00 | 1.81 | 1.14 | 2.00 |
| 97 | Walgreen | WAG | $41.04 | 2.70 | 0.80 | 79.45 | 9.50 | 1.18 | 0.52 | 1.35 |
| 98 | Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | $69.58 | 2.40 | 0.60 | 151.15 | 9.50 | 0.35 | 0.46 | 1.00 |
| 99 | WellPoint Health Ntwks | WLP | $85.47 | 1.90 | 1 | 255.15 | 11.00 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.85 |
| 100 | Weyerhaeuser | WY | $29.82 | 3.10 | 1.10 | 16.75 | 12.00 | 0.580 | 1.78 | 4.63 |
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