The CCC list is a great resource for dividend growth investors. Focusing on stocks trading on U.S. exchanges, the list contains nearly 900 stocks that have consistently increased their calendar year payouts for at least 5 consecutive years. An accompanying spreadsheet providing key data on the CCC stocks is maintained by Justin Law.

With my monthly 10 Dividend Growth Stocks series, 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 Industrials sector.

The latest CCC list (dated 04/30/19) contains 878 stocks. There are 135 Dividend Champions with increasing calendar year payouts for the past 25 years; 226 Dividend Contenders (past 10-24 years); and 517 Dividend Challengers (past 5-9 years).

The CCC spreadsheet contains 126 Industrials sector stocks. I ranked 98 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 May 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!