A photograph captures a moment in time. Seconds after the flash dims a tree could have fallen on the object of the photo or the sad looking man in the photo could have been told he just won a million dollars. In much the same way a dividend stock analysis is a snapshot in time, but the real question for the savvy dividend growth investor is 'where is the stock headed?'
Here are four important directional metrics that I look for when updating my stock database: 1. Declining Shares, 2. Declining Debt, 3. Rising Equity and 4. Rising Free Cash Flow/Share. Combining the equity and debt metrics, I looked for companies with a declining Debt to Total Capital ratio, and combining the free cash flow and shares outstanding metrics, I looked for a rising free cash flow per share. Below are several companies I noted that exhibited each of the above characteristics...
Source: Dividend Growth Stocks
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