Howard Silverblatt Growth Quotations

Given the historically slow pace of change for dividends, the growth in dividend payers since January 2003 has been remarkable. Unlike the prior 20 years when the number of paying issues actually declined by 25%, since the start of 2003 the number of paying issues within the S&P 500 issues has risen by 10% to 386. For the remainder of 2006, we expect a continuation in both dividend increases and initiations among S&P 500 constituents, resulting in another double-digit gain in dividend payments.

Oil prices are going nowhere but up and so we believe that earnings are going to go south. It does cast a doubt over whether earnings growth for the rest of the year will be at double-digit levels.

You don't want to pay for 13 percent growth when you're only getting 8 percent.

It makes a difference when you look at a company with 14 percent growth as opposed to 8 percent growth.

It'll downshift just a little bit. But there's nothing wrong with that. You can't expect 20 percent profit growth forever.