S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats

The Dividend Aristocrats are S&P 500 constituents that have increased their dividend payouts for 25 consecutive years.

The companies that make up the Dividend Aristocrats span ten different business sectors with both growth and value holdings. This composition contrasts with most other dividend-yield based portfolios, which tend to be heavily weighted toward financials and utilities, and often have a strong value tilt.[1]

The list declined from 52 companies in 2009 to 42 companies in 2010, as many companies cut their dividend payouts. It then held steady in 2011, with three companies being dropped, and three companies being added. For 2012, one company (CenturyLink; CTL) was removed from the index while ten companies were added.

These ten include:

  1. AT&T (T)
  2. Colgate-Palmolive (CL)
  3. Franklin Resources (BEN)
  4. Genuine Parts (GPC)
  5. HCP (HCP)
  6. Illinois Tool Works (ITW)
  7. Medtronic (MDT)
  8. Nucor (NUE)
  9. Sysco (SYY)
  10. T. Rowe Price (TROW)

In 2013 the list grew to 54 companies and didn't change in 2014. In 2015, Family Dollar Stores (FDO) was removed from the list due to its purchase by Dollar Tree.

The full list of 53 companies follows:

  1. 3M Company (MMM)
  2. AFLAC Inc. (AFL)
  3. AbbVie Inc. – (ABBV)
  4. Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
  5. Air Products & Chemicals Inc (APD)
  6. Archer-Daniels-Midland Co (ADM)
  7. AT&T (T)
  8. Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
  9. Bard, C.R. Inc (BCR)
  10. Becton, Dickinson & Co (BDX)
  11. Bemis Co Inc (BMS)
  12. Brown-Forman Corp B (BF/B)
  13. Cardinal Health Inc. – (CAH)
  14. Chubb Corp (CB)
  15. Chevron Corp. – (CVX)
  16. Cincinnati Financial Corp (CINF)
  17. Cintas Corp (CTAS)
  18. Clorox Co (CLX)
  19. Coca-Cola Co (KO)
  20. Colgate-Palmolive (CL)
  21. Consolidated Edison Inc (ED)
  22. Dover Corp (DOV)
  23. Ecolab Inc (ECL)
  24. Emerson Electric Co (EMR)
  25. Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM)
  26. Franklin Resources (BEN)
  27. Genuine Parts (GPC)
  28. Grainger, W.W. Inc (GWW)
  29. HCP (HCP)
  30. Hormel Foods Corp (HRL)
  31. Illinois Tool Works (ITW)
  32. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
  33. Kimberly-Clark (KMB)
  34. Leggett & Platt (LEG)
  35. Lowe’s Cos Inc (LOW)
  36. McCormick & Co (MKC)
  37. McDonald’s Corp (MCD)
  38. McGraw-Hill Cos Inc (MHFI)
  39. Medtronic (MDT)
  40. Nucor (NUE)
  41. PPG Industries Inc (PPG)
  42. PepsiCo Inc (PEP)
  43. Pentair Ltd. – (PNR)
  44. Procter & Gamble (PG)
  45. Sherwin-Williams Co (SHW)
  46. Sigma-Aldrich Corp (SIAL)
  47. Stanley Black & Decker Inc. (SWK)
  48. Sysco (SYY)
  49. T. Rowe Price (TROW)
  50. Target Corporation (TGT)
  51. VF Corporation (VFC)
  52. Walmart (WMT)
  53. Walgreen Company (WBA)

See also [2][3]

Investing

The exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P Dividend (SDY) tracks the S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index. The fund is a competitor to the popular iShares Select Dividend (DVY) which tracks the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index. The ProShares S&P 500® Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NOBL) is tracking the S&P 500 dividend aristocrats since 10/9/13

References

  1. ↑ http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2009/01/07/the-sp-500-dividend-aristocrats/?WT.qs_osrc=FBS-FCN-19
  2. ↑ http://moneyinvestexpert.com/dividend-aristocrats/dividend-aristocrats-2014
  3. ↑ http://www.proshares.com/funds/nobl_daily_holdings.html

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