The four criteria I used to pick Dividend Machines are: yield had to be no less than 3% until 2014 when I upped the minimal yield to 3.5%; EPS (earnings per share) during the previous four quarters had to be greater than the dividend paid out during the previous four quarters; dividends had to grow consistently, and in 2014 I required a 5-year history of at least 4% annual dividend increases; and finally D/E (debt to equity ratio) had to be 1 or less or within industry standards.
If you liked Chevron at $120, will you still like it a $99, or how about $69? Since I started writing my income investing blog, Chevron (NYSE:CVX) made the grade as a Dividend Machine in every one of the four portfolios (2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014) I created using my four Dividend Machine criteria. Stocks I call Dividend Machines are one of three investments I use to create income.
Source: Seeking Alpha
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