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17 October 2025
By Maynard Paton
I can’t be the only investor who likes to collect a reliable dividend.
Hence this revisit to an old screen that pinpoints companies boasting a long-running payout, a meaningful yield and respectable prospects.
The exact criteria I redeployed for this search were:
- A history of dividend payments spanning at least 20 years;
- A 10-year dividend growth record of 5% or more;
- A minimum forecast three-year dividend growth rate of 5%, and;
- A forecast dividend yield of at least 4%.
I applied the screen the other day and ShareScope returned 16 matches:
I selected MP Evans primarily because the company has never cut its dividend during the last 33 years:
The payout has in fact advanced by a near-20% CAGR during the last decade, while future income growth also appeared very reasonable.
Let’s take a closer look.
Read my full MP EVANS article for ShareScope >>Maynard Paton
