48 Dividend Champions For Further Research

As part of my research, I ran a screen on the Divided Growth Investor Universe.

I looked for companies, which have:

1) Increased dividends for at least 25 years in a row

2) Consistently managed to increase dividends by at least 5%/year over the past decade

3) Increased earnings per share over the past decade

4) Forward Dividend Payout Ratio below 70%

I came u…