MaxDividends
The #1 Dividend Investing Community: Top Dividend Stocks & ETFs • Buy/Hold/Sell Ratings • Dividend Safety Scores • Income Strategies • Dividend Platform • Premium Research.
- Top in Finance
- #9
- Paid leaderboard
- #392
- Subscribers
- 228K
- Paid subscribers
- 100+ paid
- Badge
- Bestseller 100
- Followers
- 254K
- Paid plan
- $29/mo
- Recommends
- 19
- Podcast
- Yes
rounded by Substack
other newsletters
What they write about
Dividend growth investing built around weekly screens and ready-made portfolio builds at set contribution levels. Regular features include a weekly Dividend Radar list using the CCC method, European dividend lists, a running personal portfolio aimed at a monthly income target, and a Sunday personal column.
- dividend investing
- dividend growth
- portfolio building
- passive income
- retirement income
- stock screens
Recent examples: 0.79% Dividend Yield, 22 Years of Dividend Hikes – A Freight Giant Connecting Highways and Railroads · List of Undervalued Dividend Stocks (October)
Written from MaxDividends’s own published post titles and openings in Sep 11, 2026. It describes the subjects the newsletter covers, not its views, and is not investment advice.
Most-mentioned tickers
Symbols named in the headline of a post from the last 30 days, most-covered first. The number is how many of those posts mentioned it.
Read from 5 post headlines in the last 30 days. A newsletter that names a company only in the body of a post will not appear here, and a mention is not a recommendation — it only means the symbol came up.
Growth history
Subscribers (thousands, nightly)
198K on Sep 10, 2026 → 228K on Oct 20, 2026
Followers (thousands, nightly)
Rank in Substack’s finance leaderboard: #9 today · #9 a week ago · #10 a month ago
Stats worth sharing
Tracked since Sep 10, 2026 — 41 daily snapshots so far. The card below is built from what we track and refreshes nightly.
- Percentile
- Top 2%
- Best rank seen
- #9
- Rank, 30 days
- +1 place
- Subscribers added
- +30K
- Followers added
- +31K
- Posts
- 29
- Reactions per post
- 16
- Reactions tracked
- 844
- Tickers covered
- 3
of 525 ranked finance newsletters
on Oct 20, 2026
since tracking began
since tracking began
last 30 days
average, recent posts
across 54 posts
in tracked posts
Most-reacted post we have seen: ☕️ Sunday Coffee: Warren Buffett, Oct. 16, 2008. Buy American. I Am. — 138 reactions on Sep 13, 2026.
Recent posts
- 0.79% Dividend Yield, 22 Years of Dividend Hikes – A Freight Giant Connecting Highways and Railroads
This transportation operator grew quarterly revenue 20%, but operating income increased only 2% as costs absorbed most of the gains. Its advantage is flexibility: customers can move freight through rail-linked containers, dedicated fleets, or brokerage. The question now is whether higher shipment volumes can deliver better margins. J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT) Business Quality Score: 96 / 99 Quick Tip To keep your portfolio strong, stay on top of the financials for each company you hold. Solid companies mean better returns, so be sure to check in on their quarterly and annual numbers…
- List of Undervalued Dividend Stocks (October)
⭐ For Premium Partners Only Intro List of Undervalued Dividend Stocks These stocks are undervalued. By investing in strong, undervalued companies that frequently increase their dividend rates, we benefit from dividend compounding and strong price performance—getting great businesses at a discount. List of Undervalued Dividend Stocks (October) Welcome to this month’s Undervalued Dividend Short-List. This is not a random collection of stocks. This is a rare moment where some of the best dividend businesses in the world are trading at prices the market won’t offer for long. You are not here to…
- The Biggest Wealth Crash: Lessons from Archegos Capital’s $20 Billion Debacle
A fortune built over decades can vanish in the time it takes to eat lunch. A family office run by a once-celebrated trader proved it, and the fallout reached a federal courtroom and the boardrooms of global banks. Three mistakes did the damage, and each is one that ordinary investors can repeat with a far smaller account. The story below shows how they linked together, and what breaks the chain. Lesson #1: Greed Will Wreck You Archegos Capital collapsed in March 2021, and more than $20 billion of founder Bill Hwang’s wealth disappeared in roughly two days. Leverage was the engine: swaps gave…
- Dividend Radar — Weekly Edition · 10/14/2026
⭐ For Premium Partners Only Intro Dividend Radar is a weekly updated list of reliable, dividend-growing companies — built on the timeless CCC method first introduced by David Fish. Dividend Radar — Weekly Edition · 10/14/2026 The legendary method of dividend discipline returns every Wednesday — powered by MaxDividends. What’s new today We’ve added two more data columns to the table: 5-Year Dividend Growth Company Market Cap Category (Mega, Large, Mid, Small)
- 4.93% Dividend Yield, 19 Years of Dividend Hikes – A Pacific Northwest Utility Betting Big on Chips and Data Centers
Tucked into one of America's most important semiconductor and tech corridors, this regulated utility is quietly navigating a payout ratio north of 95% while still chasing one of the more aggressive growth stories in its sector. It just signed its fifth data center contract in under two years, is closing a $1.9 billion cross-state acquisition, and keeps reaffirming earnings guidance even after a bottom-line miss. That's a lot of moving parts for a business most people assume just sends out electric bills. Portland General Electric (POR) Business Quality Score: 85 / 99 Quick Tip To keep your…
- The World of Dividend Aristocrats: Beyond Wall Street
Dividend Aristocrats are usually pictured as a purely American club: prestigious U.S. companies that have raised their dividends for 25 years or more. That picture is incomplete. Other countries keep their own dividend royalty lists, and some of them deserve a serious look. What it takes to join each list, and who has earned a place on it, may be a reason to put them in a portfolio. Same Title, Different Rules Every index guards its own door. In the United States, S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats must raise the payout 25 consecutive years. Britain is gentler: the S&P UK High Yield Dividend…
- ☕️ Sunday Coffee: Investing That Fits Real Schedules
My personal life & business column — a mix of life moments, investing insights, and reflections on long-term wealth building. Most days aren’t built around markets. They’re built around work, family, deadlines, errands, conversations, responsibilities. Real life doesn’t pause just because earnings are coming up or markets feel nervous. And that’s exactly where many investing approaches quietly break down. They assume unlimited time, constant attention, and emotional energy we simply don’t have. We don’t have time to babysit our portfolios. We don’t want to monitor prices all day or…
- Business Quality Score: A Study of U.S. and International Stocks
Business Quality Score A Study of U.S. and International Stocks The MaxDividends Research Platform | Business Quality Score We analyzed 3,782 U.S. and international stocks to explore a simple question: Does business quality make a measurable difference in investment outcomes? Using Business Quality Score (BQS), we compared companies scoring 80 or higher with those scoring below 80. We also examined progressively lower score groups and constructed thousands of hypothetical 25-stock portfolios. The findings suggest a consistent pattern: higher-quality businesses delivered stronger typical…
- MaxDividends Macro Report | Q4 2026
The MaxDividends Macro Report is your quarterly deep dive into global dividend trends — packed with data, insights, and analysis from the most dividend-focused team and community in the world. MaxDividends Mission: Helping people build growing passive income, retire early, and live off dividends. 💬 Like, share, and repost to spread the dividend mindset! Hey Dividend Investors! Our latest MaxDividends Macro Report — Q4 2026 is here, and it’s loaded with sharp, data-driven insights to keep your income strategy moving upward. Each week, we track thousands of dividend-paying companies across…
- Buffett’s Playbook: Three Lessons from the Oracle of Omaha
The automobile changed the world. Most automobile companies disappeared. That gap—between recognizing a revolution and making money from it—is where Warren Buffett’s playbook becomes useful. Berkshire Hathaway’s leadership has changed, but its latest purchases and enormous cash reserves revive three questions: which winners will last, when should a mistake be admitted, and how much imperfection can an investor accept? Greg Abel succeeded Buffett as CEO in January. Charlie Munger died in November 2023. Their earlier Berkshire meeting discussions now offer a lens through which to examine the…
- My Dividend Portfolio. Month 28, Week 2 (+Video)
- Easy-Peasy Week 112: Weekly Portfolio Builds — $300 / $500 / $1,000
⭐ For Premium Partners Only Intro In this section, we share ready-made sets of promising dividend growth stocks with strong future dividend potential — built for $300, $500, and $1,000 weekly investment plans. Each set represents a complete portfolio that grows week by week. We also track performance and provide portfolio links so you can monitor past results and real-time updates. Easy-Peasy Secret Formula At MaxDividends, Easy-Peasy isn’t built on opinions or lucky picks. It’s built on a proven income system — the same principles that have created wealth and cash flow for investors for…
← All trending finance newsletters
Data: Substack public leaderboards and publication archives, refreshed nightly, plus public beehiiv sitemaps and recommendation pages, refreshed weekly. Source for this page: MaxDividends. Subscriber counts are Substack’s own rounded public figures, so week-on-week changes move in steps. beehiiv audience sizes are self-reported by the publisher and are not verified. Last snapshot: Oct 20, 2026.