2020 S&P Dividend Aristocrats: 25+ years of dividend increases

The S&P500 Dividend Aristocrats is the best list for filtering dividend stocks. This should be your starting point to create your core portfolio. Why should it be part of your core portfolio? It’s simple, the companies in the list must have increased their dividends every year for 25 years. Better yet, find one of those stellar aristocrat with a consistent dividend growth rate about 10% and you have a golden goose.

Many of those companies also exhibit consistent growth in value which is what you want along with dividend growth. Dividend investing can be many things and when I started, I looked for high yields but I have since adapted my strategy to look for dividend growth stocks with a double-digit dividend growth history. There are many other reasons why my filtering start with dividend companies, see my post on why I chose dividend investing.

S&P500 US Dividend Aristocrats Requirements

The following criteria must be met to become a S&P500 Dividend Aristocrat:

Universe: Member of the S&P 500
Financial Viability: Must have increased dividends for 25 consecutive years
Size: Have at least 3B$ in market capitalization
Liquidity: Must have an average trading volume of US$ 5 million in the past 6 months

Here are specifics about the list itself:

Reconstitution: The index is reviewed annually
Stock Diversification: At each review, there must be at least 40 companies
Sector Diversification: No more than 30% of a sector weight in the index

Many of the companies you are going to see have increased their dividends for more than 25 years, that’s quite a commitment to shareholders. Below is the complete sector breakdown for the aristocrats. You can also buy a dividend aristocrat ETF like NOBL.

US Dividend Aristocrats - By Sector February 2018 — *Source: S&P 500® Dividend Aristocrats®*

S&P US Dividend Aristocrats List

The constituents are listed below. See the Dividend Ambassadors for the best dividend growth aristocrats as not all dividend aristocrats grow their dividends at the same rate.

Constituents

TickerKey	Ticker	Company	Sector	Industry	Score	Quote	Market Cap	P/E	FPE	EPS	Yield	Payout Ratio	Payments	Dividend	Chowder	GrowthRating	IncomeRating	Tollbooth	Ambassador	Achiever	Aristocrat	King	Country	Graph	Yield
NYSE:JNJ	JNJ	Johnson & Johnson	Healthcare	Drug Manufacturers - General	0.62	170.22	448.20	29.66	29.66	5.74	0.0249	0.7387	4	4.24	0.0866	6	7	Consumable - Necessities	NO	YES	YES	YES	USA	1	2.49
NYSE:WMT	WMT	Walmart	Consumer Defensive	Discount Stores	0.63	139.52	392.54	29.25	29.25	4.77	0.0158	0.4612	4	2.20	0.0396	7	6	Consumable - Discretionary	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	1.58
NYSE:PG	PG	Procter & Gamble	Consumer Defensive	Household & Personal Products	0.61	138.01	338.00	24.51	24.51	5.63	0.0252	0.6180	4	3.48	0.0568	5	7	Consumable - Necessities	NO	YES	YES	YES	USA	1	2.52
NYSE:XOM	XOM	Exxon Mobile Corp	Energy	Oil & Gas Integrated	0.64	60.77	257.31	0.00	0.00	-4.47	0.0573	1.0000	4	3.48	0.0958	8	6	Tollbooth - Unregulated	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	5.73
NYSE:KO	KO	Coca-Cola	Consumer Defensive	Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	0.49	54.73	235.98	32.77	32.77	1.67	0.0307	1.0060	4	1.68	0.0655	5	5	Consumable - Discretionary	NO	YES	YES	YES	USA	1	3.07
NYSE:T	T	AT&T	Communication Services	Telecom Services	0.43	32.24	230.05	0.00	0.00	-0.34	0.0645	1.0000	4	2.08	0.0845	5	7	Tollbooth - Unregulated	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	6.45
NYSE:CVX	CVX	Chevron	Energy	Oil & Gas Integrated	0.59	109.47	211.10	0.00	0.00	-4.17	0.0490	1.0000	4	5.36	0.0871	8	6	Tollbooth - Unregulated	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	4.90
NYSE:ABT	ABT	Abbott Laboratories	Healthcare	Medical Devices	0.51	118.31	209.57	36.97	36.97	3.20	0.0152	0.5625	4	1.80	-0.0047	4	6	Durable	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	1.52
NYSE:ABBV	ABBV	AbbVie Inc	Healthcare	Drug Manufacturers - General	0.42	116.43	205.50	42.96	42.96	2.71	0.0447	1.9188	4	5.20	0.0516	5	5	Consumable - Necessities	NO	NO	YES	NO	USA	1	4.47
NASDAQ:PEP	PEP	Pepsi Co	Consumer Defensive	Beverages - Non-Alcoholic	0.68	146.59	202.59	27.05	27.05	5.42	0.0293	0.7934	4	4.30	0.1072	8	6	Consumable - Discretionary	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	2.93
NYSE:MCD	MCD	McDonald	Consumer Cyclical	Restaurants	0.61	231.72	172.95	33.49	33.49	6.92	0.0223	0.7457	4	5.16	0.1016	6	6	Consumable - Discretionary	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	2.23
NYSE:MDT	MDT	Medtronics	Healthcare	Medical Devices	0.55	125.27	168.95	58.27	58.27	2.15	0.0185	1.0791	4	2.32	0.0974	7	4	Durable	YES	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	1.85
NYSE:LIN	LIN	Linde Praxair Inc.	Basic Materials	Specialty Chemicals	0.62	301.17	156.70	54.36	54.36	5.54	0.0141	0.7653	4	4.24	0.0753	8	5	Intermediate	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	1.41
NYSE:LOW	LOW	Lowe's Companies, Inc.	Consumer Cyclical	Home Improvement Retail	0.77	198.91	142.62	25.60	25.60	7.77	0.0121	0.3089	4	2.40	0.1454	10	6	Consumable - Discretionary	YES	YES	YES	YES	USA	1	1.21
NYSE:CAT	CAT	Caterpillar	Industrials	Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery	0.59	242.23	132.73	38.39	38.39	6.31	0.0170	0.6529	4	4.12	0.0868	6	7	Durable	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	1.70
NYSE:MMM	MMM	3M	Industrials	Specialty Industrial Machinery	0.65	204.38	118.47	20.75	20.75	9.85	0.0290	0.6010	4	5.92	0.1037	8	7	Consumable - Discretionary	YES	YES	YES	YES	USA	1	2.90
NYSE:TGT	TGT	Target	Consumer Defensive	Discount Stores	0.70	211.16	105.12	24.22	24.22	8.72	0.0129	0.3119	4	2.72	0.0621	9	6	Consumable - Discretionary	YES	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	1.29
NYSE:SPGI	SPGI	S&P Global Inc	Financial Services	Financial Data & Stock Exchanges	0.64	379.16	91.34	37.14	37.14	10.21	0.0081	0.3017	4	3.08	0.1186	10	5	Subscription	YES	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	0.81
NASDAQ:ADP	ADP	Automatic Data Processing	Industrials	Staffing & Employment Services	0.73	194.64	82.83	33.62	33.62	5.79	0.0191	0.6425	4	3.72	0.1197	9	6	Tollbooth - Unregulated	YES	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	1.91
NYSE:CB	CB	Chubb Corporation	Financial Services	Insurance - Property & Casualty	0.68	170.18	76.51	13.77	13.77	12.36	0.0183	0.2524	4	3.12	0.0488	7	7	Tollbooth - Unregulated	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	1.83
NYSE:SHW	SHW	The Sherwin-Williams Company	Basic Materials	Specialty Chemicals	0.66	286.09	76.08	36.49	36.49	7.84	0.0077	0.2806	4	2.20	0.1482	10	5	Intermediate	YES	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	0.77
NYSE:ITW	ITW	Illinois Tool Works	Industrials	Specialty Industrial Machinery	0.60	238.50	75.44	34.07	34.07	7.00	0.0191	0.6514	4	4.56	0.1493	7	6	Intermediate	YES	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	1.91
NYSE:CL	CL	Colgate-Palmolive	Consumer Defensive	Household & Personal Products	0.54	83.56	70.71	26.78	26.78	3.12	0.0215	0.5769	4	1.80	0.0529	6	6	Consumable - Necessities	NO	YES	YES	YES	USA	1	2.15
NYSE:BDX	BDX	Becton Dickinson & Co	Healthcare	Medical Instruments & Supplies	0.61	242.38	70.42	42.90	42.90	5.65	0.0137	0.5876	4	3.32	0.0404	7	7	Durable	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	1.37
NYSE:APD	APD	Air Products & Chemicals	Basic Materials	Chemicals	0.68	301.05	66.61	35.54	35.54	8.47	0.0199	0.7084	4	6.00	0.1211	7	6	Intermediate	YES	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	1.99
NYSE:ECL	ECL	Ecolab Inc.	Basic Materials	Specialty Chemicals	0.53	224.06	64.10	73.70	73.70	3.04	0.0086	0.6316	4	1.92	0.0798	7	5	Intermediate	YES	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	0.86
NYSE:EMR	EMR	Emerson Electric	Industrials	Specialty Industrial Machinery	0.50	95.84	57.54	26.92	26.92	3.56	0.0211	0.5674	4	2.02	0.0335	4	7	Intermediate	NO	YES	YES	YES	USA	1	2.11
NYSE:GD	GD	General Dynamics Corporation	Industrials	Aerospace & Defense	0.68	191.94	54.23	17.32	17.32	11.08	0.0248	0.4296	4	4.76	0.1209	9	6	Durable	YES	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	2.48
NASDAQ:WBA	WBA	Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.	Healthcare	Pharmaceutical Retailers	0.52	54.71	47.30	0.00	0.00	-0.71	0.0342	1.0000	4	1.87	0.0946	8	5	Consumable - Necessities	YES	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	3.42
NYSE:ROP	ROP	Roper Technologies, Inc.	Industrials	Specialty Industrial Machinery	0.51	438.35	46.14	46.00	46.00	9.53	0.0051	0.2361	4	2.25	0.2166	7	2	Intermediate	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	0.51
NYSE:KMB	KMB	Kimberley-Clark	Consumer Defensive	Household & Personal Products	0.64	134.18	45.28	20.03	20.03	6.70	0.0340	0.6806	4	4.56	0.0672	5	7	Consumable - Necessities	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	3.40
NASDAQ:TROW	TROW	T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	Financial Services	Asset Management	0.74	191.07	43.32	16.12	16.12	11.85	0.0226	0.3646	4	4.32	0.1386	10	6	Tollbooth - Unregulated	YES	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	2.26
NYSE:SYY	SYY	Sysco Corporation	Consumer Defensive	Food Distribution	0.32	84.00	42.89	0.00	0.00	-0.48	0.0214	1.0000	4	1.80	0.0794	4	2	Consumable - Discretionary	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	2.14
NYSE:PPG	PPG	PPG Industries, Inc.	Basic Materials	Specialty Chemicals	0.51	179.10	42.46	35.68	35.68	5.02	0.0121	0.4303	4	2.16	0.0798	6	5	Intermediate	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	1.21
NYSE:AFL	AFL	Aflac	Financial Services	Insurance - Life	0.59	56.46	38.39	7.25	7.25	7.79	0.0234	0.1694	4	1.32	0.0933	6	7	Tollbooth - Unregulated	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	2.34
NYSE:ADM	ADM	Archer-Daniels-Midland Co	Consumer Defensive	Farm Products	0.62	67.66	37.80	18.34	18.34	3.69	0.0219	0.4011	4	1.48	0.0619	7	7	Consumable - Necessities	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	2.19
NASDAQ:CTAS	CTAS	Cintas Corp	Industrials	Specialty Business Services	0.54	358.08	37.62	38.22	38.22	9.37	0.0021	0.0800	1	0.75	0.1839	7	3	Consumable - Discretionary	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	0.21
NYSE:BF.B	BF.B	Brown-Forman Corporation	Consumer Defensive	Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries	0.53	78.24	36.64	40.96	40.96	1.91	0.0089	0.3665	4	0.70	0.0733	7	5	Consumable - Discretionary	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	0.89
NYSE:SWK	SWK	Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.	Industrials	Tools & Accessories	0.67	216.01	34.89	21.60	21.60	10.00	0.0130	0.2800	4	2.80	0.0603	8	7	Consumable - Discretionary	NO	YES	YES	YES	USA	1	1.30
NYSE:VFC	VFC	V.F. Corporation	Consumer Cyclical	Apparel Manufacturing	0.47	85.44	33.48	0.00	0.00	-0.46	0.0229	1.0000	4	1.96	0.0567	6	1	Consumable - Discretionary	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	2.29
NYSE:NUE	NUE	Nucor Corporation	Basic Materials	Steel	0.38	102.51	30.67	43.25	43.25	2.37	0.0158	0.6835	4	1.62	0.0268	3	5	Intermediate	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	1.58
NYSE:ED	ED	Consolidated Edison Inc	Utilities	Utilities - Regulated Electric	0.53	78.97	27.07	23.29	23.29	3.39	0.0387	0.9027	4	3.06	0.0642	4	7	Tollbooth - Unregulated	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	3.87
NYSE:HRL	HRL	Hormel Foods Corporation	Consumer Defensive	Packaged Foods	0.66	46.58	25.16	28.23	28.23	1.65	0.0210	0.5939	4	0.98	0.1310	8	6	Consumable - Discretionary	YES	YES	YES	YES	USA	1	2.10
NYSE:O	O	Realty Income Corporation	Real Estate	REIT - Retail	0.52	65.34	24.41	67.36	67.36	0.97	0.0427	2.8763	12	2.79	0.0761	4	2	Tollbooth - Unregulated	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	4.27
NYSE:GWW	GWW	W.W. Grainger, Inc.	Industrials	Industrial Distribution	0.64	467.06	24.33	32.91	32.91	14.19	0.0139	0.4567	4	6.48	0.0668	9	6	Intermediate	YES	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	1.39
NYSE:MKC	MKC	McCormick & Company, Incorporated	Consumer Defensive	Packaged Foods	0.67	89.56	23.94	31.21	31.21	2.87	0.0152	0.4739	4	1.36	0.1060	9	6	Consumable - Discretionary	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	1.52
NYSE:CLX	CLX	Clorox CO	Consumer Defensive	Household & Personal Products	0.72	181.32	22.55	24.80	24.80	7.31	0.0245	0.6074	4	4.44	0.0990	8	6	Consumable - Necessities	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	2.45
NYSE:DOV	DOV	Dover Corp	Industrials	Specialty Industrial Machinery	0.49	151.40	21.79	29.46	29.46	5.14	0.0131	0.3852	4	1.98	0.0398	5	6	Intermediate	NO	YES	YES	YES	USA	1	1.31
NASDAQ:EXPD	EXPD	Expeditors International of Washington Inc.	Industrials	Integrated Freight & Logistics	0.66	119.61	20.22	23.41	23.41	5.11	0.0097	0.2270	2	1.16	0.0835	9	6	Consumable - Discretionary	YES	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	0.97
NASDAQ:CINF	CINF	Cincinnati Financial Corp	Financial Services	Insurance - Property & Casualty	0.63	120.96	19.49	6.38	6.38	18.96	0.0208	0.1329	4	2.52	0.0629	7	7	Tollbooth - Unregulated	NO	YES	YES	YES	USA	1	2.08
NYSE:GPC	GPC	Genuine Parts	Consumer Cyclical	Specialty Retail	0.43	131.96	19.06	73.72	73.72	1.79	0.0247	1.8212	4	3.26	0.0761	6	4	Consumable - Discretionary	NO	YES	YES	YES	USA	1	2.47
NYSE:ESS	ESS	Essex Property Trust Inc.	Real Estate	REIT - Residential	0.56	288.37	18.75	44.30	44.30	6.51	0.0290	1.2842	4	8.36	0.0878	7	5	Tollbooth - Unregulated	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	2.90
NYSE:BEN	BEN	Franklin Resources, Inc.	Financial Services	Asset Management	0.60	34.54	17.46	16.07	16.07	2.15	0.0324	0.5209	4	1.12	0.1376	7	7	Tollbooth - Unregulated	YES	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	3.24
NYSE:CAH	CAH	Cardinal Health Inc	Healthcare	Medical Distribution	0.73	56.34	16.35	14.37	14.37	3.92	0.0345	0.4958	4	1.94	0.0563	7	8	Intermediate	YES	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	3.45
NYSE:AOS	AOS	AO Smith Corp.	Industrials	Specialty Industrial Machinery	0.63	71.77	11.52	29.78	29.78	2.41	0.0145	0.4315	4	1.04	0.2196	8	5	Durable	YES	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	1.45
NYSE:PNR	PNR	Pentair	Industrials	Specialty Industrial Machinery	0.33	68.78	11.43	27.51	27.51	2.50	0.0116	0.3200	4	0.80	-0.0523	2	3	Intermediate	NO	NO	YES	NO	USA	1	1.16
NYSE:FRT	FRT	Federal Realty Investment Trust	Real Estate	REIT - Retail	0.46	112.53	8.75	74.03	74.03	1.52	0.0377	2.7895	4	4.24	0.0591	5	5	Tollbooth - Unregulated	NO	YES	YES	YES	USA	1	3.77
NASDAQ:PBCT	PBCT	People's United Financial Inc.	Financial Services	Banks - Regional	0.33	19.35	8.18	36.51	36.51	0.53	0.0367	1.3396	4	0.71	0.0520	4	2	Tollbooth - Unregulated	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	3.67
NYSE:LEG	LEG	Leggett & Platt	Consumer Cyclical	Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances	0.59	56.37	7.51	26.46	26.46	2.13	0.0298	0.7887	4	1.68	0.0704	6	6	Consumable - Discretionary	NO	YES	YES	NO	USA	1	2.98

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