When you see solid companies like MMM, PG, and K m...

2010-02-21T20:29:49.143-08:00

When you see solid companies like MMM, PG, and K mentioned, it makes you realize that they're here for the long-run.

If time permits, I would like to buy positions in some of these companies.

Nice thread.

I don't know if there is such a list, but it&#...

2010-02-17T20:33:23.048-08:00

I don't know if there is such a list, but it'd be interesting to see which companies have long histories of paying dividends, but had a temporary stretch where they did not raise, and were removed from the aristocrats or champions lists. You specifically mentioned Kellogg (K) as an example of a company that stopped raising dividends for three years, but followed that up with recent div growth. Over the 20 years between 1990-2010, (K)'s dividend payment almost tripled ($.48, split adjusted, in 1990 vs. $1.43 currently), despite the zero-increase in '02, '03, '04.

IMO, one of the drawbacks of the aristocrats and champions lists is that a company can make tiny increases and thus remain on the lists. e.g., (ED)'s divs have grown very slowly since 1990, but it's an aristocrat.

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When you see solid companies like MMM, PG, and K m...

I don't know if there is such a list, but it&#...