Stopping a Dividend Shouldn't Raise a Quality Score

A flaw in my quality scores let a company gain points by stopping its dividend. Here's how I found it, what I changed, and which scores moved.

9F Dividend Quality Scores: Factor 5 - Profitability & Earnings Quality

My quality scoring system for dividend stocks blends qualitative and quantitative measures across nine weighted factors. This article introduces Factor 5, Profitability & Earnings Quality, and shows how it scores the current universe.

10 Dividend Growth Stocks for October 2026

The 10 top-ranked dividend growth stocks for October 2026 have Dividend Safety scores of 8.0 or higher, forward yields of 2.5% or higher, and trading at or below my fair value estimate.

October 2026 Newsletter

My October Newsletter provides a quick market recap, an overview of my DivGro portfolio (as of September 30, 2026), and a list of all transactions that affected my portfolio's projected annual dividend income.

9F Dividend Quality Scores: Factor 4 - Earnings & Revenue Growth

My quality scoring system for dividend stocks blends qualitative and quantitative measures across nine weighted factors. This article introduces Factor 4, Earnings & Revenue Growth, and shows how it scores the current universe.

10 Dividend Growth Stocks for September 2026

The 10 top-ranked dividend growth stocks for September 2026 have dividend growth streaks of at least 25 years, a 5-year dividend growth rate of 8% or higher, and trading no more than 5% above my fair value estimate.

September 2026 Newsletter

My September Newsletter provides a quick market recap, an overview of my DivGro portfolio (as of August 31, 2026), and a list of all transactions that affected my portfolio's projected annual dividend income.

10 Dividend Growth Stocks for August 2026

The 10 top-ranked stocks have dividend-increase streaks ranging from 3 to 9 years, a projected dividend growth rate of 12% or higher, and are trading at or below fair value.

August 2026 Newsletter

My August Newsletter provides a quick market recap, an overview of my DivGro portfolio (as of July 31, 2026), and a list of all transactions that affected my portfolio's projected annual dividend income.