The Top Dividend Growth Stock In Each GICS Sector These high-quality dividend growth stocks are ranked #1 in each of the 11 GICS sectors. Author: May 11, 2021 Dividend growth investors like to invest in companies with long dividend growth streaks. Such companies usually have strong business models and are shareholder-friendly. Often, the dividend increase streak is a point of pride for these companies. So there’s a strong likelihood that these companies will continue paying and increasing their dividends, even in challenging economic times such as recessions and pandemics. A strong likelihood—but not a guarantee—as we saw last year when As a dividend growth investor, I look for high-quality dividend growth stocks trading at reasonable valuations. For me, a dividend growth stock is a stock with increasing dividend payouts in each of the past five years. Dividend Radar tracks such stocks every week and publishes a comprehensive spreadsheet, downloadable for free, every Friday. But how do we assess the quality of dividend growth stocks and know when they’re trading at reasonable valuations?