Author: Mike Nadel, Dividends And Income

It very well might be the all-time favorite company of Dividend Growth Investing proponents.

It will be the 32nd purchase in our Income Builder Portfolio.

It’s been a strong performer for decades, not just as a stock that has crushed the overall market in total return but as a company that has grown earnings, revenues, free cash flow and dividends year after year after year.

It will be the 31st purchase in our Income Builder Portfolio.

If you had told me 15 months ago that the companies we’d select for the IBP would combine to outperform the market nearly 2-to-1 while also positioning the portfolio to produce almost $1,000 in annual income, I would have done my happy dance right then and there.