The hidden risk in your dividend portfolio

When everything shut down, your Kirana store didn't. No flashy app. No cashback. Just consistency—shutters up, mask on, showing up every single day. That's what gets you through uncertainty. Not size. Not speed. Just reliability.

And in a falling market, a special kind of stock does exactly that.

They're the Kirana stocks of the market—steady, dependable, and always delivering. These are Dividend Growth Stocks, and in today's volatile world, they deserve a place in your portfolio.

Why Dividend Growth Stocks work—Especially now

They pay you—even when markets fall: Wild swings, corrections, or crashes—dividends keep coming.

They give you a raise every year: These companies don't just pay—they increase their payouts year after year.

They're built for all seasons: Only businesses with strong cash flows and profits can grow dividends consistently. That means built-in downside protection.

They grow earnings, too: These aren't boring income machines. When the market turns, they bounce back stronger—with capital gains and dividends.

How we picked these 10 stocks
We combed through our entire recommended universe to find companies that:

• Have a consistent history of paying and increasing dividends
  
• Generate sustainable cash flows to support future hikes
  
• Are still growing earnings at a healthy pace

The result? A handpicked list of 10 Dividend Growth Stocks that combine rising income, resilient business quality, and long-term compounding potential.

We call it the Dividend Growth Portfolio—and then we stress-tested it.

Tested in a crisis—and delivered

To see how these stocks perform under pressure, we looked at FY21—the year COVID-19 hit.

The broader market?

• 128 companies (nearly one in four) paid nothing at all.
  
• 37 per cent companies increased their dividends.

Our Dividend Growth Portfolio?

• All 10 companies paid dividends.
  
• 7 out of 10 increased their dividends that year.

That's not just reliability—that's confidence, even in chaos.

Dividend growth ≠ High yield

Don't confuse dividend-growth stocks with high-yield stocks.

High-yield stocks often look attractive, but come with serious issues:

• No reinvestment = No growth = No compounding
  
• Stagnant business = High chance of dividend cuts

We looked at the top 10 high-yield stocks from FY14. Only two beat the Sensex over the next decade.

Now compare that with our Dividend Growth Stocks:

In FY24, they delivered an average 28% earnings growth, beating the BSE 500 by 8 percentage points. That's the difference between dividend growth and dividend distraction.

How to access these 10 stocks

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