Dividend analysis and research
Data-driven looks at individual dividend stocks, ranked by our dividend health score.
Stock ideas & lists
Can You Actually Build a Monthly Dividend Income?
Only 18 of 807 instruments on DividendAtlas pay monthly. Eleven are funds, seven are REITs, and all seven are US-listed. What that means for the plan.
European Dividend Aristocrats 2026: The Real 10-Year List
A data-backed list of European dividend aristocrats for 2026, ranked by consecutive years of dividend growth, with yield, growth rate, and a dividend safety score for each. Plus the definition most lists get wrong.
Markets & perspective
Where a Decade of Dividend Returns Actually Came From
Sort dividend payers by yield today and high yielders look ruinous. Sort by the yield you could have bought at ten years ago and the finding disappears.
Does a Dividend Safety Score Actually Predict Cuts? We Tested Ours
We backtested our Dividend Health Score on 32,167 point-in-time readings. Companies rated very safe cut in 1.2% of cases. Very risky ones, 20.0%.
What a High Yield Costs You in Safety, Measured
We scored 720 dividend payers and sorted them by yield. Below 2%, 91% are rated safe. Above 6%, 23% are. Here is what the trade-off actually looks like.
Companies That Pay Dividends in a Currency They Are Not Listed In
Equinor raised its dividend 5.5% last year, or cut it 2.1%. Both are right. Fifteen companies pay in a currency they are not listed in, and it breaks growth.
The Dividend Aristocrats That Are Quietly Shrinking
21 companies with a 25-year unbroken dividend record are paying less than they did five years ago. The screens that find them cannot see it. Here is why.
The European Saving Habit: Great for Banks, Not for Wealth
Europeans are world-class savers but reluctant investors. Here is why that quietly works against long-term wealth, and how dividends bridge the gap.