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Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) – a domestic energy delivery company – currently offers its shareholders a 2.9% dividend yield and has delivered 18 consecutive annual dividend hikes. The company began its current streak of consecutive annual dividend hikes after temporarily suspending its dividend payouts in the second quarter of 1997. After paying no dividend for the 10 subsequent periods, the company reintroduced…

Extra Space Storage, Inc. (NYSE:EXR) currently offers its shareholders a 3.6% dividend yield and has a record of boosting its annual dividend payout amount for nearly a decade. The company’s current yield outperformed the company’s five-year dividend yield average. Additionally, the REIT’s  dividend payout ratio has declined from an average of 105% over the past five years to the current 80%…

After seven consecutive years of annual dividend hikes, Sotherly Hotels, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOHO) currently offeres its shareholders a 7% dividend yield and a moderately steady asset appreciation. In the aftermath of the financial crisis, the company nearly eliminated its dividend payouts at the beginning of 2009. Sotherly Hotels reduced its quarterly dividend from $0.17 in the fourth quarter of 2008 to a nominal…

HP, Inc. (NYSE:HPQ) – the computer hardware and peripherals manufacturer formerly known as the Hewlett-Packard Company – will reward its shareholders by boosting its upcoming quarterly dividend payout 15%. Following a 35% annual dividend cut in 2016, HP, Inc. has enhanced its total annualized dividend payout nearly 30% for the three subsequent years. This level of growth converts to an average…

The dividend growth model is just one of many analytic strategies devised by financial experts and investors to navigate thousands of available investment options and select the individual equities that are the best fit for their specific portfolio strategy. The specific purpose of the dividend growth model valuation is to estimate the fair value of an equity. Once this fair…