One way to identify dividend growth stocks for further analysis is to monitor dividend increases. Companies that regularly increase their dividends show confidence in the potential growth of future earnings.
I look for dividend increase announcements for stocks in the Dividend Champions List [CCC list].
This week, 18 companies in the CCC list announced dividend increases, including three of the stocks I own. The table below presents a summary of these increases.
The table is sorted by the percentage increase, %Incr. Dividends are annualized and in US$, unless otherwise indicated. Yield is the new