Dividend stocks data include companies with long runway backed by historical operating performance. These dividend-paying stocks have showcased above-average historical growth in return on equity, revenue, and net income reported in the last fiscal year. In general, these stocks have also reported dividend growth and dividend yield of more than 2.0% over the past 5 years. 

Typically, a high dividend yield of a stock does not indicate that it is investible as a high dividend yield of a stock may be because of multiple reasons, including falling share price, limited earnings growth, or because of a special dividend payout. But when dividend-paying stocks are screened based on revenue and net profit growth for over five years, it may indicate stable companies. It is one of the forms of dividend stock screener which helps in identifying quality dividend-paying stocks.