What you plant or invest in today will not yield much for years to come. That is not to say progress is not seen. It is just slow and deliberate. To grow hardwoods it takes great foresight and commitment to the process. The small investments we make in quality dividend growth stocks each month won't provide large payments in the near-term. It will take time for the payments to grow and compound, but they will.
Consider what these six "hardwood" dividend growth stocks have done over the last 10 years, assuming a buy at 2005's high:
Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW) sells retail building materials and supplies, lumber, hardware and appliances through more than 1,800 stores in the U.S. and Canada.
- 2005 Yield on Cost: 0.3%
- 2014 Yield on 2005 Cost: 2.4%
- Yield on Cost Growth: 9.0 times
- Years of Consecutive Dividend Increases: 52
- Current Yield: 1.2%
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) develops and operates the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurant and retail concept in the United States.
- 2005 Yield on Cost: 1.2%
- 2014 Yield on 2005 Cost: 7.3%
- Yield on Cost Growth: 6.3 times
- Years of Consecutive Dividend Increases: 13
- Current Yield: 2.6%
Target Corp. (TGT) operates nearly 1,800 Target, SuperTarget and CityTarget general merchandise stores across the U.S.
- 2005 Yield on Cost: 0.6%
- 2014 Yield on 2005 Cost: 2.9%
- Yield on Cost Growth: 5.3 times
- Years of Consecutive Dividend Increases: 47
- Current Yield: 2.6%
International Business Machines Corp.'s (IBM) global offerings include information technology services,
software, computer hardware equipment, fundamental research, and related financing.
- 2005 Yield on Cost: 0.8%
- 2014 Yield on 2005 Cost: 3.8%
- Yield on Cost Growth: 4.9 times
- Years of Consecutive Dividend Increases: 19
- Current Yield: 2.7%
Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT), the world's largest military weapons manufacturer, is also a significant supplier to NASA and other non-defense government agencies. LMT receives about 93% of its revenues from global defense sales.
- 2005 Yield on Cost: 1.6%
- 2014 Yield on 2005 Cost: 8.4%
- Yield on Cost Growth: 5.2 times
- Years of Consecutive Dividend Increases: 13
- Current Yield: 2.9%
When the time comes to enjoy the fruits of your labor, the steady stream of dividend income will delight the investor. When money is not an issue, few people would say, "That's a nice cherry bedroom set. Do you have anything in pine?"
Full Disclosure: Long LMT in my Dividend Growth Portfolio, and long CBRL and IBM in my High Dividend Growth Portfolio. See a list of all my dividend growth holdings here.
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