I use a quality scoring system modeled after David Van Knapp’s
Quality Snapshots, an elegant system for assessing the quality of dividend growth stocks.
Quality Snapshots, an elegant system for assessing the quality of dividend growth stocks.
This article describes my (updated) quality scoring system and how I rank
dividend growth stocks by quality scores. It also explains how my system differs
from Quality Snapshots.
The main purpose of using a quality scoring system is not to make final buy
or sell decisions but to identify candidates for further research. The
scoring system is stringent, but that doesn’t mean the highest-quality
stocks are always suitable for investment. Valuation must be considered
after vetting a candidate’s suitability through further research.
This article
summarizes my quality scoring system and the modifications I’ve made to
assess the quality of more than 700 DG stocks in Dividend Radar. I also present my ranking system, as I often write articles providing
ranked lists of high-quality DG stocks.
summarizes my quality scoring system and the modifications I’ve made to
assess the quality of more than 700 DG stocks in Dividend Radar. I also present my ranking system, as I often write articles providing
ranked lists of high-quality DG stocks.
My ranking system uses quality
scores and three tie-breaking metrics. I use the rankings of candidates
only to help determine the order in which to do further research.
