20 Hottest Dividend Achievers

I wanted to know what the best dividend growth stocks were and which ones analysts recommend. In order to find the answer, I ran a screen of stocks with more than 10 consecutive years of dividend growth and sorted them by the highest recommendation. As a result, nearly half of the Dividend Achievers, as these types of stocks are known, have a current buy or better rating. Below is a list of the 20 best buy rated stocks.

Enterprise Products (EPD) has a market capitalization of $46.58 billion. The company employs 6,900 people, generates revenue of $44.313 billion and has a net income of $2.088 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3.736 billion. The EBITDA margin is 8.43 percent (the operating margin is 6.45 percent and the net profit margin 4.71 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 42.58 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 119.94 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 17.43 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.85. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.44 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.09, the P/S ratio is 1.05 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.79. The dividend yield amounts to 5.05 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.61.






PPG Industries (PPG) has a market capitalization of $18.77 billion. The company employs 38,400 people, generates revenue of $14.885 billion and has a net income of $1.212 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2.195 billion. The EBITDA margin is 14.75 percent (the operating margin is 10.73 percent and the net profit margin 8.14 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 25.60 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 113.33 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 31.80 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.99. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.26 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 20.45, the P/S ratio is 1.26 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.72. The dividend yield amounts to 1.93 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.30.






Ecolab (ECL) has a market capitalization of $20.52 billion. The company employs 40,200 people, generates revenue of $6.798 billion and has a net income of $463.30 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.149 billion. The EBITDA margin is 16.91 percent (the operating margin is 11.09 percent and the net profit margin 6.81 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 41.86 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 134.76 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 11.87 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.93. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.72 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 36.35, the P/S ratio is 3.02 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.61. The dividend yield amounts to 1.14 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.68.






Take a closer look at the full list of the best recommended Dividend Achievers. The average P/E ratio amounts to 19.60 and forward P/E ratio is 16.84. The dividend yield has a value of 2.75 percent. Price to book ratio is 3.46 and price to sales ratio 2.06. The operating margin amounts to 15.16 percent. The average stock has a debt to equity ratio of 0.92.

Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):


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WPC, EPD, PAA, SJI, ERIE, UGI, CTWS, SJW, MSA, UTX, ATNI, JW-A, MHP, TNC, PPG,
NUS, PII, RAVN, ECL, EOG

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