September 2017 Dividend Growth Watchlist

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Here are my top 10 companies that I am watching in September.  These companies all pass the Dividend Family Guy stock screen and are worthy of further research.

ADM is back on the list and GAP (GPS) has fallen off.  Some recent positive analysis and news has caused GAP to surge.  Its PE is still low at 13.33 and the dividend yield is still above 3 so I will still keep them in my digital watchlist.

Around September 5 ADM would have been a good by but that ship has sailed and the price has climbed the rest of this month.  PE is at 18.59 and the dividend has dropped to 2.92%.

Company Name	Symbol	Industry	No. Years	Dividend Yield	Sector	EPS% Payout	+/-% vs. Graham
AmTrust Financial Services Inc.	AFSI	Financial Services	11	5.48	Financials	65.38	(34.5)
Lazard Limited	LAZ	Financial Services	10	3.82	Financials	45.43	49.3
Finish Line Inc. (The)	FINL	Retail-Apparel	10	5.28	Consumer Discretionary	53.66	(42.2)
Williams-Sonoma Inc.	WSM	Retail-Home Products	12	3.39	Consumer Discretionary	44.96	40.5
Old Republic International	ORI	Insurance	36	3.98	Financials	48.72	(23.7)
Cracker Barrel Old Country	CBRL	Restaurants	15	3.23	Consumer Discretionary	58.11	118.0
Altria Group Inc.	MO	Tobacco	48	4.16	Consumer Staples	34.83	91.3
Brinker International	EAT	Restaurants	13	4.87	Consumer Discretionary	51.01	n/a
Meredith Corp.	MDP	Publishing	24	3.83	Consumer Discretionary	50.00	19.0
Archer Daniels Midland	ADM	Agriculture	42	3.10	Consumer Staples	54.01	2.7
J.M. Smucker Co.	SJM	Food Processing	20	2.98	Consumer Staples	61.18	25.3
Weyco Group Inc.	WEYS	Footwear	36	3.19	Consumer Discretionary	56.77	7.0
Target Corp.	TGT	Retail-Discount	50	4.55	Consumer Discretionary	50.10	15.0
National Healthcare Corp.	NHC	Healthcare Facilities	14	3.08	Health Care	60.38	9.3
Fastenal Company	FAST	Building Materials	18	3.00	Industrials	69.95	153.1
SCANA Corp.	SCG	Utility-Electric/Gas	17	4.06	Utilities	57.78	(3.2)
Owens & Minor Inc.	OMI	Medical Equipment	20	3.69	Health Care	65.61	15.3
Genuine Parts Co.	GPC	Auto Parts	61	3.26	Consumer Discretionary	58.44	71.7
United Bankshares Inc.	UBSI	Banking	43	3.93	Financials	69.47	(10.1)
WEC Energy Group Inc.	WEC	Utility-Electric/Gas	14	3.19	Utilities	68.20	46.2

For some additional food for though I added an additional 10 stocks that were next in line.  Below is how the top 10 have performed since I setup the list in the beginning of the month.  The markets continue to skyrocket to value is hard to find.  I already own most of my top 10 so maybe cash is king for now.

 

Happy dividend hunting,

Dividend Family Guy