Dividend Growth 5

I thought it might be interesting to compare older spreadsheets 5 year dividend growth rates in my spreadsheets from 2011 and later. What this spreadsheets shows that for when I compare the 5 year dividend growth rates from my 2015 spreadsheet to my current one 23.7% of the stocks show higher dividend growth, 22.3% show lower dividend growth and 54% show the same dividend growth.

For example, I have 139 stocks that are the same as 2015 as in the 2016 spreadsheet. Of these stocks 33 stocks or 23.7% had higher 5 year dividend growth, 31 stocks or 22.3% had lower 5 year dividend growth and 75 stocks or 54% had the same dividend growth.

Examples would be Canadian National Railway (TSX-CNR, NYSE-CNI) which grew its dividend. It had 5 year growth of 14.6% per year over the past 5years on my 2015 spreadsheet and 18.3% per year over the past 5years on my 2016 spreadsheet.

Ag Growth International (TSX-AFN, OTC-AGGZF) dividends declined because it had 5 year growth of 3.3% per year over the past 5years on my 2015 spreadsheet and 3.0% per year over the past 5years on my 2016 spreadsheet.

Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX-BNS, NYSE-BNS) dividends were the same because it had 5 year growth of 7.6% per year over the past 5years on my 2015 spreadsheet and 7.6% per year over the past 5years on my 2016 spreadsheet.

Compared to Current Spreadsheet	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
Dividend growth increased	23.74%	59.70%	45.31%	42.11%	33.65%
Dividend growth decreased	22.30%	35.82%	51.56%	56.14%	65.38%
Dividend growth same	53.96%	4.48%	3.13%	1.75%	0.96%

We seem to be in a time of lower dividend growth. This can hardly be surprising. Our economies have not been doing that well. It has been a very long, very slow recovery from 2008.

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