We've detected you are on Internet Explorer. For the best Barrons.com experience, please update to a modern browser.GoogleFirefox

5 Stocks With Safe and Growing Dividends


  • Order Reprints
  • Print Article

For a stock screen emphasizing safe and growing dividends, Barron’s pulled together a handful of criteria, such as consistent dividend growth and attractive yields.

With the help of Simply Safe Dividends, which publishes a newsletter and website dedicated to equity income investing, we started with a dividend yield of 3% to 4.5%. When yields get above the upper end of that range, it can signal problems for a stock, possibly a dividend cut in the offing.

Another...