Contenders, or Dividend Contenders are those companies in the directory that have a dividend growth pattern of at least 10 years. For 10 years their dividend did not decrease. Example CKI Holdings (1038.HK) 22 years they keep on raising their dividend.

Challenger, or Dividend Challengers are those companies in the directory that have a dividend growth pattern of at least 5 years. For 5 years their dividend was not lowered.

Dogs of the Hang Seng are a selection of 10 companies out of the 50 constituents (blue chip) that have the highest yield on a selected date. At HKDS starting date is 30 June 2019.

From June 30 to December 31, 2019:

• HKG:0386 SINOPEC CORP
• HKG:3988 BANK OF CHINA
• HKG:1088 CHINA SHENHUA
• HKG:0005 HSBC HOLDINGS
• HKG:3328 BANKCOMM
• HKG:0939 CCB
• HKG:1928 SANDS CHINA LTD
• HKG:0883 CNOOC
• HKG:1398 ICBC
• HKG:0006 POWER ASSETS

Of all the Dividend Growth Stocks (DGS), we took the 10 with the highest yield at the given date (June 30, 2019) and named them Dividend Growth Cats.

From June 30 to December 31, 2019:

• HKG:0386 SINOPEC CORP
• HKG:3988 BANK OF CHINA
• HKG:1088 CHINA SHENHUA HKG:0005 HSBC HOLDINGS
• HKG:3328 BANKCOMM
• HKG:0939 CCB
• HKG:1928 SANDS CHINA LTD
• HKG:0883 CNOOC
• HKG:1398 ICBC
• HKG:0006 POWER ASSETS