As dividend growth investors, we know that wide moat stocks make a good starting point, but it is just one of many considerations on our hunt for high-quality dividend growth stocks. Which of these companies with strong sustainable competitive advantages make good dividend growth investments? To help answer this question, I’ve identified all the US…
Wide moat companies are a natural starting point for investors looking for high-quality stocks. To help with this search, I used Morningstar to find all 190 International wide moat stocks. I have separate articles on Canadian and US wide moat stocks, so for this article International means all countries except Canada and the USA. You…
Wide moat companies are a natural starting point for investors looking for high-quality stocks. To help with this search, I used Morningstar to find all US wide moat stocks. This article is the 3rd in a series of wide moat articles: What is a Moat? With 5 Canadian Wide Moat Examples Why Invest in Wide…
Wide moat companies are a natural starting point for investors looking for high-quality stocks. To help with this search, I used Morningstar to find all Canadian wide moat stocks. Results below … Canadian Wide Moat Stocks from Morningstar Analyst Ratings Drum roll, please… Only 6 companies in all of Canada? I was surprised too. I’ll…
“In business, I look for economic castles protected by unbreachable ‘moats’.” Warren Buffett A key component of dividend growth investing is finding high-quality companies that can pay increasing dividends over long periods of time. The search for high-quality starts with wide-moat stocks. That is why it’s important to understand what a moat is, and what…
57%* of dividend-paying firms across the world either cut (43%*) or eliminated their dividend (14%*) during the financial crisis of 2008-2009 and “the year after 2008’s global market decline, aggregate dividends fell by 20%.”* *Source: “Global Dividend-Paying Stocks: A Recent History,” A March 2013 DFA study covering 23 developed markets. Pretty scary stuff if you…
57%* of dividend-paying firms across the world either cut (43%*) or eliminated their dividend (14%*) during the financial crisis of 2008-2009. *Source: “Global Dividend-Paying Stocks: A Recent History,” A March 2013 DFA study covering 23 developed markets. Scary stats if you plan to rely on dividend income in retirement, but it doesn’t need to be…
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“Dividend Yield + Dividend Growth = Prospective Return” Josh Peters, The Ultimate Dividend Playbook (AL), Chapter 2 This formula is based on the Gordon Growth Model and is used to estimate the total return of a stock. It looks simple, but the Dividend Growth part of this formula can be tricky as it involves guessing…
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The Value Line Investment Survey is an extremely valuable investment research resource that I use all the time when researching dividend growth stocks. They have a paper and online version of the same content, that will normally cost about $600 USD/year or more, but I’m going to show you how to access Value Line online…
The Value Line Investment Survey is an extremely valuable investment research resource that I use all the time when researching dividend growth stocks. I’m going to use the largest Canadian company by market cap (As of August 2018); Royal Bank of Canada (TSE:RY), to show you how I use their one-page reports to quickly assess…
