A of I – Looking Over the Dividend Kings

Hi Everyone!  Time for another ‘Article of Interest’ post.  I see it’s been 4 months since I shared the first article in this series… time flies.

To recap the intent of this… every now and then, when perusing personal finance articles across the Internet, I come across what I call an ‘Article of Interest’, or ‘A of I’ for short.

I decided it might be helpful to share a link to the article in case some of my visitors would find it of interest as well.

In most cases, the articles will focus on dividend-paying stocks or dividend growth investing (DGI).  However, other finance-related topics might be highlighted, too.

Now that we are up-to-speed, let’s see what this A of I is about…

 

Link Overview

The newest link discusses the 15 current Dividend Kings.  As noted in the article, Dividend Kings are “stocks that have boasted uninterrupted dividend growth for a half-century or more.”

The article also lists the following attributes for each King:

  • size (by market value)
  • dividend yield
  • number of consecutive years of dividend raises (50 or more, of course)
  • a tally of recent analyst opinions

As one might expect, these are many of the most reliable dividend payers on the planet.  One sentence from the article sums it up best: “Nothing says quality more than stocks that haven’t missed a dividend hike in decades.”

http://www.kiplingers.com/slideshow/investing/T018-S001-15-dividend-kings-for-decades-of-dividend-growth/index.html

A quick check of my Portfolio shows that I own 6 of the 15 Dividend Kings mentioned in the article.  I’ve actually held two of them for over 20 years!

How many Dividend Kings populate your portfolio?  Which one(s) have you been holding for the longest time?  Do you have a favorite Dividend King?

 

At the end of the article you’ll find a 2nd article written by Brian Bollinger (President of Simply Safe Dividends) entitled ’20 Dividend Stocks to Fund 20 Years of Retirement’ which you may find interesting as well.

I hope you find the articles useful and/or enjoyable.  Please share your thoughts once you’ve had a chance to read the material.

Until next time…

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4 thoughts on “A of I – Looking Over the Dividend Kings”

  1. Thanks for sharing ED, it was an interesting read. I found out from the article that Colgate-Palmolive would acquire Filorga Cosmetiques whose products are super-expensive, as I noticed in a pharmacy 🙂
    Out of the 15 mentioned stocks, I own 4 – MMM, PG, ITW and JNJ, although I only have one stock of the latter one 🙂 PG was one of my first buys when I started investing, while the rest of the stocks joined my portfolio over the last 12 months.
    Do you know how many dividends were generated by the two stocks you held for more than 20 years? I assume they increased in value significantly as well?
    BI

    1. Hi BI! It’s great that you found out some new information about one of the stocks.
      Sounds like you are building a foundation of Dividend Kings with all those adds over the past year. You’ve chosen some good ones, for sure.
      As for dividends for my 20+ year Dividend Kings (PG & JNJ) here’s what I have:
      PG – over $3,250 in dividends, which nearly matches what I invested (~$3,500).
      JNJ – over $2,800 in dividends, which again nearly matches what I invested (~$3,000)
      They have grown in value, too, as you’d imagine. My PG position has grown to over $15,800. My JNJ position has grown to over $12,000.

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