Evan Rapoport, Founder & CEO of SMArtX Advisory Solutions, sits down with Dan McNichol, President of Suncoast Asset Management, and winner of the SMArtX Virtual Award for Large Cap Strategy of the Year. 

Suncoast maintains 2 other strategies on the SMArtX platform, in addition to Dividend growth, the winner of SMArtX Virtual Award.  SMID Cap Strategy and Select Growth, with a 24 year track record large cap growth with less focus on dividend-paying stocks. 

First and foremost, in the process is earnings growth.  Across all 3 strategies, they only invest in companies that have a long demonstrated track record of being able to grow earnings at a double digit rate through multiple market cycles. Specific to Dividend Growth, we only buy companies that increase that dividend year in and year out.