Best Performing Dividend Stocks of 2017

As we close in on the end of the 3rd quarter let’s take a look at the top performing dividend stocks of the year.

To make the list stocks had to have 5 year dividend growth over 3% and positive 3 year income growth. We also removed any stocks with payout ratios over 80% due to concerns that they may not be able to continue paying or growing dividend payouts.

A few notable names on the list include Boeing, Fidelity, Best Buy and Carnival.




NameSymbolIndustryP/EYield5yr Div
Growth %
Payout
Ratio
1 Year
Return %
Boeing CoBAAerospace22.372.1121.0144.3565.3
RGC Resources IncRGCOUtilities31.252.113.4664.8664.56
PetMed ExpressPETSPharma27.552.187.6859.2357.78
Fidelity NationalFNFInsurance21.052.0812.894243.9
Grupo AeropOMABAir Services20.73.5735.7478.4241.47
Banco SantanderBSACBanks16.453.643.6163.4839.52
First AmericanFAFInsurance14.932.8437.9741.2137.35
Best Buy Co IncBBYRetail15.292.2711.7433.0736.79
Taiwan SemiTSMSemicond.17.063.0515.2652.4236.45
WyndhamWYNLodging18.832.2127.2340.0735.11
Diageo PLCDEOBeverages23.262.377.7555.0533.81
National ResearchNRCIBDiagnostics16.844.23371.1732.23
Grupo AeropPACAir Services30.32.3116.8665.8432.05
Marlin BusinessMRLNFinance22.422.0756.3246.2831.67
Avista CorpAVAUtilities24.332.754.4966.3531.19
BanColombiaCIBBanks11.522.65.7530.4430.83
KLA-TencorKLACSemicond.17.152.198.8636.3930.38
Amgen IncAMGNBiotech16.982.3948.1739.1629.9
Vectren CorpVVCUtilities24.572.533.1861.4829.65
Carnival CorpCCLLeisure17.422.36.1938.7727.43
NextEra EnergyNEEUtilities16.982.579.6142.4426.61
Advanced SemiASXSemicond.13.793.7526.3760.1526.4
Prologis IncPLDREIT29.152.688.4577.1325.69
Maxim IntegratedMXIMSemicond.23.872.858.4566.6725.28
CenterPointCNPUtilities21.413.545.457524.93