The CCC list is a great resource for dividend growth investors. The list contains nearly 900 stocks trading on U.S. exchanges with the distinction of having paid higher dividends for at least 5 consecutive calendar years. The list was created by the late David Fish and now is maintained by Justin Law.

In this article, I rank a subset of CCC stocks and present the 10 top-ranked stocks for further research. My ranking system assigns letter grades to stocks relative to their performance among sector peers. Having a sector-oriented ranking system avoids the problems associated with ranking dissimilar stocks.

This month I decided to rank CCC stocks in the Information Technology sector.

The latest CCC list (dated 03/29/19) contains 875 stocks. There are 135 Dividend Champions with increasing calendar year payouts for the past 25 years; 222 Dividend Contenders (past 10-24 years); and 518 Dividend Challengers (past 5-9 years).

The CCC spreadsheet contains 55 Information Technology sector stocks. I ranked 44 of these stocks after excluding stocks trading over the counter, stocks with market caps below $1 billion, and stocks with yields below 1%.

To see the top 10 ranked stocks for April 2019, please read this article at Seeking Alpha. As usual, I provide fair value estimates and key metrics, as well as F.A.S.T. Graphs charts for three of the top 10 ranked stocks.

Thanks for reading!