What are Dividend Aristocrats?
They are companies who have grown their dividend payouts each and every year for at least 25 years. These companies have strong brands, are in good sectors of the economy and have capable management.
Here is the full list:
The full list of 52 companies follows:
3M Company (MMM)
AFLAC Inc. (AFL)
AbbVie Inc. – (ABBV)
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
Air Products & Chemicals Inc (APD)
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co (ADM)
AT&T (T)
Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
C. R. Bard (BCR)
Becton Dickinson (BDX)
Bemis Company (BMS)
Brown-Forman (Class B shares BF/B)
Cardinal Health Inc. – (CAH)
Chevron Corp. – (CVX)
Cincinnati Financial Corp (CINF)
Cintas Corp (CTAS)
The Clorox Company (CLX)
Coca-Cola Co (KO)
Colgate-Palmolive (CL)
Consolidated Edison Inc (ED)
Dover Corp (DOV)
Ecolab Inc (ECL)
Emerson Electric (EMR)
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM)
Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT)
Franklin Resources (BEN)
General Dynamics (GD)
Genuine Parts Company (GPC)
W. W. Grainger (GWW)
Hormel Foods Corp (HRL)
Illinois Tool Works (ITW)
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
Kimberly-Clark (KMB)
Leggett & Platt (LEG)
Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW)
McCormick & Company (MKC)
McDonald's (MCD)
Medtronic (MDT)
Nucor (NUE)
PPG Industries (PPG)
PepsiCo (PEP)
Pentair – (PNR)
Procter & Gamble (PG)
S&P Global (formerly McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. SPGI)
Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
Stanley Black & Decker Inc. (SWK)
Sysco (SYY)
T. Rowe Price (TROW)
Target Corporation (TGT)
VF Corporation (VFC)
Walmart (WMT)
Walgreen Boots Alliance (WBA)
There is also an exchange-traded fund that invests in all these companies called the SPDR S&P Dividend (SDY) https://www.google.com/finance?q=sdy&ei=db0rWfnyIMKS2AaSiorIDg.
It has a 3.02% dividend and has grown its stock from $55 USD a share in 2012 to $88 USD
in 2017, appreciation of 61% in total over 5 years.
Why do I recommend Dividend Aristocrats? There is almost no chance you will lose all your money in the SDPR S&P Dividend ETF (SDY)
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