Dividend Score Rankings – New*

Current Dividend Score of Top 20 Dividend Growth Stocks


The table below shows the Top 20 Dividend Growth Stocks based on their Dividend Score. The universe of stocks are the Dividend Champions, Contenders and Challengers whose market capitalization is higher than $10 billion, current yield is above 2.5% and weighted DGR (Dividend Growth Rate) is above 5%. The resulting list is a solid watchlist of WHAT to buy for a Dividend Growth Investor. WHEN to buy one of these stocks should be determined by additional valuation and support level analysis. More on our Dividend Score.

Rank Name Symbol SCORE Yield Years DGR
1 Lockheed Martin LMT 86 4,98 10 19,7
2 McDonalds MCD 86 3,49 36 12,9
3 Intel INTC 85 4,36 9 14,3
4 Procter & Gamble PG 84 3,31 56 9,7
5 Walgreen WAG 84 2,97 37 13,6
6 Emerson Electric EMR 78 3,1 56 8,1
7 Raytheon RTN 77 3,47 8 13,7
8 Automatic Data Proc. ADP 76 3,06 38 10,2
9 Johnson & Johnson JNJ 74 3,48 50 7,8
10 General Dynamics GD 74 2,94 21 11,5
11 Coca-Cola Company KO 73 2,81 50 8,2
12 Microsoft MSFT 71 3,44 10 14,8
13 PepsiCo PEP 70 3,14 40 8,4
14 Kimberly-Clark KMB 70 3,51 40 7,3
15 Rogers Communications RCI 65 3,49 8 30,6
16 General Mills GIS 65 3,27 9 10,7
17 Nucor NUE 63 3,41 40 8
18 Teva Pharmaceutical TEVA 63 2,77 13 10,9
19 Ameriprise Financial AMP 62 2,87 8 11,3
20 Waste Management WM 62 4,33 10 7,8

Note: “Years” refers to the number of consecutive years of Dividend Increase. For more details on the other indicators, go to the Dividend Score page

You will see all the Target Buy Prices for these stocks in this post.

  • Past Scores for September 2012

    Data as of September 2, 2012

    Rank Company Symbol SCORE Yield
    1 Walgreen Company WAG 91 3,08
    2 Altria Group Inc. MO 89 5,18
    3 Emerson Electric EMR 87 3,15
    4 Illinois Tool Works ITW 85 2,56
    5 Procter & Gamble Co. PG 84 3,35
    6 McDonalds Corp. MCD 82 3,13
    7 AFLAC Inc. AFL 82 2,86
    8 Nucor Corp. NUE 81 3,88
    9 Lockheed Martin LMT 81 4,39
    10 Intel Corp. INTC 80 3,62
    11 Air Products & Chem. APD 79 3,10
    12 Archer Daniels Midland ADM 78 2,62
    13 Stanley Black & Decker SWK 77 2,98
    14 Nippon Telegraph & Telephone NTT 77 3,56
    15 General Dynamics GD 76 3,11
    16 Raytheon Company RTN 76 3,54
    17 Johnson & Johnson JNJ 76 3,62
    18 Sysco Corp. SYY 74 3,56
    19 United Technologies UTX 73 2,68
    20 Norfolk Southern NSC 73 2,76
    21 Rogers Communications Inc. RCI 73 3,91
    22 Kimberly-Clark Corp. KMB 72 3,54
    23 BHP Billiton Ltd. BHP 72 3,40
    24 Abbott Laboratories ABT 72 3,11
    25 Automatic Data Proc. ADP 71 2,72
    26 Medtronic Inc. MDT 71 2,56
    27 Coca-Cola Company KO 70 2,73
    28 ExxonMobil Corp. XOM 70 2,61
    29 Energy Transfer Equity LP ETE 70 5,69
    30 Occidental Petroleum OXY 69 2,54
    31 PepsiCo Inc. PEP 66 2,97
    32 Reynolds American Inc. RAI 65 5,12
    33 NextEra Energy NEE 64 3,57
    34 Waste Management WM 64 4,11
    35 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries TEVA 63 2,52

  • Past Scores for August 2012

    Data as of July 31, 2012

    Rank Company Symbol SCORE Yield
    1 Emerson Electric EMR 93 3.35
    2 Walgreen Company WAG 90 3.03
    3 Lowes Companies LOW 88 2.52
    4 Illinois Tool Works ITW 87 2.65
    5 Procter & Gamble Co PG 86 3.48
    6 AFLAC Inc AFL 84 3.02
    7 Altria Group Inc MO 84 4.56
    8 McDonalds Corp MCD 84 3.13
    9 Air Products & Chem APD 83 3.18
    10 Lockheed Martin LMT 82 4.48
    11 Archer Daniels Midland ADM 81 2.68
    12 Nucor Corp NUE 79 3.72
    13 Intel Corp INTC 78 3.5
    14 BHP Billiton Ltd BHP 78 3.32
    15 Raytheon Company RTN 77 3.6
    16 Stanley Black & Decker SWK 77 2.93
    17 Nippon Telegraph & Tel. NTT 77 3.55
    18 United Technologies UTX 76 2.87
    19 BHP Billiton plc BBL 76 3.78
    20 Johnson & Johnson JNJ 75 3.52
    21 General Dynamics GD 74 3.22
    22 Rogers Communications Inc RCI 74 4.03
    23 Medtronic Inc MDT 73 2.64
    24 Sysco Corp SYY 71 3.67
    25 Abbott Laboratories ABT 71 3.08
    26 Automatic Data Proc ADP 71 2.79
    27 Norfolk Southern NSC 71 2.54
    28 NTT DoCoMo Inc DCM 70 4.11
    29 CNOOC Ltd CEO 70 3.4
    30 Energy Transfer Equity LP ETE 70 5.82
    31 Kimberly-Clark Corp KMB 69 3.41
    32 ExxonMobil Corp XOM 69 2.63
    33 Coca-Cola Company KO 68 2.52
    34 Waste Management WM 68 4.13
    35 PepsiCo Inc PEP 66 2.96