total

Total is consistent
Also stanchart, NMG

Is it the number of times or the value?? anyway u have picked great companies...they work both ways ..value and dividends.

I did some analysis on best dividend stocks btw 2001 & 2009 (I have not updated it yet for 2010) and the best stocks in terms of growing dividend yields were

1. NMG (40%)
2. EABL (30%)
3. Kenol (36%)*
4. CMC (37%)
5. DTBK (25%)

The reason that some stocks with lower percentages like EABL are higher is because I penalized stocks that had reduced or non-existent dividend payouts during certain years.

I also penalized stocks like SCBK and Total which are mentioned here because even though their absolute dividend yield is higher on initial purchase, the relative growth of the dividend yield over the years was low and also their capital gains were much lower.

Hope that helps. Using this analysis, I invested in NMG, EABL and DTBK back in 2006 and have been impressed with the return of my portfolio. (I trade other stocks but the initial investment in these 3 stocks, I have held steady)

P.S. Good thing you brought this subject up, I need to update the figures for 2010 :)

rasilio, ive been thinking about investing in broiler chiken 4 a while since uve already cranked the numbers sii u help me out with some details i.e costs, benefits