Summary Of The 20 Safest Dividend Growth Stocks

Dividend growth is an investment strategy that works if you have enough time. Currently, there are 187 stocks with a consecutive dividend growth of more than five years (Dividend Achievers). I made a list of the 20 dividend growth stocks with the lowest beta ratio, in total a value of less than 0.4.

Of the 20 results, below are two High-Yields and five with a buy or better recommendation.

Kimberly Clark (KMB) has a market capitalization of $32.46 billion. The company employs 57,000 people, generates revenue of $20,846.00 million and has a net income of $1,523.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,533.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 16.95 percent (operating margin 11.71 percent and net profit margin 7.31 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 34.48 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 127.24 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 28.50 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.75. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.80 in form of dividends to shareholders. The company raised dividends over a period of 40 consecutive years.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.44, P/S ratio 1.57 and P/B ratio 6.24. Dividend Yield: 3.57 percent. The beta ratio is 0.31






Abbott Laboratories (ABT) has a market capitalization of $102.76 billion. The company employs 91,000 people, generates revenue of $38,851.26 million and has a net income of $4,728.45 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $8,795.84 million. The EBITDA margin is 22.64 percent (operating margin 14.81 percent and net profit margin 12.17 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 25.57 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 63.07 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 20.07 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.11. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.92 in form of dividends to shareholders. The company raised dividends over a period of 40 consecutive years.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.92, P/S ratio 2.66 and P/B ratio 4.23. Dividend Yield: 3.10 percent. The beta ratio is 0.31.






Church & Dwight (CHD) has a market capitalization of $6.97 billion. The company employs 3,500 people, generates revenue of $2,749.30 million and has a net income of $309.60 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $567.60 million. The EBITDA margin is 20.65 percent (operating margin 17.92 percent and net profit margin 11.26 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 8.09 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 12.36 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 15.83 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.20. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.68 in form of dividends to shareholders. The company raised dividends over a period of 16 consecutive years.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 22.76, P/S ratio 2.58 and P/B ratio 3.55. Dividend Yield: 1.88 percent. The beta ratio is 0.33.






Family Dollar Stores (FDO) has a market capitalization of $7.57 billion. The company employs 33,000 people, generates revenue of $9,331.00 million and has a net income of $422.24 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $892.60 million. The EBITDA margin is 9.57 percent (operating margin 7.37 percent and net profit margin 4.53 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 16.23 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 42.19 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 35.41 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.58. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.60 in form of dividends to shareholders. The company raised dividends over a period of 36 consecutive years.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.33, P/S ratio 0.82 and P/B ratio 5.87. Dividend Yield: 1.27 percent. The beta ratio is 0.24.






Take a closer look at the full table of the safest dividend growth stocks. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 23.49 and forward P/E ratio is 16.97. The dividend yield has a value of 3.46 percent. Price to book ratio is 2.61 and price to sales ratio 1.90. The operating margin amounts to 16.92 percent. The average stock has a debt to equity ratio of 0.87.

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


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