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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 500Financial Viability: Must have increased dividends for 25 consecutive yearsSize: Have at least 3B$ in market capitalizationLiquidity: Must have an average trading volume of US$ 5 million in the past 6 monthsHere are specifics about the list itself:
Reconstitution: The index is reviewed annuallyStock Diversification: At each review, there must be at least 40 companiesSector Diversification: No more than 30% of a sector weight in the indexMany 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 .
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 NYSE:JNJ JNJ Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Drug Manufacturers - General 0.66 148.12 390.24 26.04 32.25 5.69 0.0273 0.7100 4 4.04 0.0871 7 8 Consumable - Necessities NO YES YES YES USA 1 2.73 NYSE:WMT WMT Walmart Consumer Defensive Discount Stores 0.56 131.24 371.67 24.96 27.56 5.26 0.0165 0.4106 4 2.16 0.0408 7 6 Consumable - Discretionary NO YES YES NO USA 1 1.65 NYSE:PG PG Procter & Gamble Consumer Defensive Household & Personal Products 0.39 125.96 311.83 66.79 27.56 1.89 0.0251 1.6734 4 3.16 0.0546 5 4 Consumable - Necessities NO YES YES YES USA 1 2.51 NYSE:T T AT&T Communication Services Telecom Services 0.63 29.57 210.69 18.06 21.81 1.64 0.0703 1.2683 4 2.08 0.0922 6 7 Tollbooth - Unregulated NO YES YES NO USA 1 7.03 NYSE:KO KO Coca-Cola Consumer Defensive Beverages - Non-Alcoholic 0.68 48.49 208.29 22.81 27.56 2.13 0.0338 0.7700 4 1.64 0.0793 6 8 Consumable - Discretionary NO YES YES YES USA 1 3.38 NASDAQ:PEP PEP Pepsi Co Consumer Defensive Beverages - Non-Alcoholic 0.65 136.06 188.39 27.79 27.56 4.90 0.0301 0.8347 4 4.09 0.1089 7 6 Consumable - Discretionary NO YES YES NO USA 1 3.01 NYSE:XOM XOM Exxon Mobile Corp Energy Oil & Gas Integrated 0.56 43.43 183.63 16.30 28.49 2.66 0.0801 1.3083 4 3.48 0.1281 6 5 Tollbooth - Unregulated NO YES YES NO USA 1 8.01 NYSE:ABT ABT Abbott Laboratories Healthcare Medical Devices 0.37 98.95 175.03 56.72 32.25 1.74 0.0146 0.8276 4 1.44 -0.0045 3 6 Durable NO YES YES NO USA 1 1.46 NYSE:ABBV ABBV AbbVie Inc Healthcare Drug Manufacturers - General 0.54 97.11 171.14 17.18 32.25 5.65 0.0486 0.8354 4 4.72 0.0581 5 6 Consumable - Necessities NO NO YES NO USA 1 4.86 NYSE:CVX CVX Chevron Energy Oil & Gas Integrated 0.57 90.13 168.27 44.64 28.49 2.02 0.0573 2.5545 4 5.16 0.0821 6 6 Tollbooth - Unregulated NO YES YES NO USA 1 5.73 NYSE:MCD MCD McDonald Consumer Cyclical Restaurants 0.61 198.72 147.76 26.03 28.72 7.63 0.0252 0.6553 4 5.00 0.1011 6 6 Consumable - Discretionary NO YES YES NO USA 1 2.52 NYSE:MDT MDT Medtronics Healthcare Medical Devices 0.75 96.35 129.23 27.55 32.25 3.50 0.0241 0.6629 4 2.32 0.1199 9 6 Durable YES YES YES NO USA 1 2.41 NYSE:LIN LIN Linde Praxair Inc. Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals 0.56 244.07 128.18 56.46 32.24 4.32 0.0158 0.8917 4 3.85 0.0685 8 5 Intermediate NO YES YES NO USA 1 1.58 NYSE:LOW LOW Lowe's Companies, Inc. Consumer Cyclical Home Improvement Retail 0.67 147.03 111.01 24.81 28.72 5.93 0.0150 0.3710 4 2.20 0.1849 9 6 Consumable - Discretionary YES YES YES YES USA 1 1.50 NYSE:MMM MMM 3M Industrials Specialty Industrial Machinery 0.65 159.84 91.94 18.75 24.81 8.52 0.0368 0.6901 4 5.88 0.1274 8 7 Consumable - Discretionary YES YES YES YES USA 1 3.68 NYSE:SPGI SPGI S&P Global Inc Financial Services Financial Data & Stock Exchanges 0.52 349.97 84.31 36.54 16.27 9.58 0.0077 0.2797 4 2.68 0.1051 9 5 Subscription NO YES YES NO USA 1 0.77 NYSE:BDX BDX Becton Dickinson & Co Healthcare Medical Instruments & Supplies 0.58 271.89 78.79 80.94 32.25 3.36 0.0116 0.9405 4 3.16 0.0643 8 7 Durable NO YES YES NO USA 1 1.16 NYSE:CAT CAT Caterpillar Industrials Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery 0.70 137.58 74.46 14.57 24.81 9.44 0.0299 0.4364 4 4.12 0.1164 8 8 Durable NO YES YES NO USA 1 2.99 NYSE:APD APD Air Products & Chemicals Basic Materials Chemicals 0.59 291.52 64.38 34.05 32.24 8.56 0.0184 0.6262 4 5.36 0.1052 7 6 Intermediate NO YES YES NO USA 1 1.84 NYSE:CL CL Colgate-Palmolive Consumer Defensive Household & Personal Products 0.53 74.32 63.66 25.33 27.56 2.93 0.0237 0.6007 4 1.76 0.0570 5 7 Consumable - Necessities NO YES YES YES USA 1 2.37 NASDAQ:ADP ADP Automatic Data Processing Industrials Staffing & Employment Services 0.73 145.43 62.50 24.93 24.81 5.83 0.0250 0.6244 4 3.64 0.1161 9 6 Intermediate NO YES YES NO USA 1 2.50 NYSE:TGT TGT Target Consumer Defensive Discount Stores 0.67 123.71 61.86 22.93 27.56 5.39 0.0220 0.5046 4 2.72 0.0857 9 6 Consumable - Discretionary YES YES YES NO USA 1 2.20 NYSE:CB CB Chubb Corporation Financial Services Insurance - Property & Casualty 0.64 134.91 60.89 16.85 16.27 8.01 0.0231 0.3895 4 3.12 0.0515 8 6 Tollbooth - Unregulated NO YES YES NO USA 1 2.31 NYSE:ECL ECL Ecolab Inc. Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals 0.60 210.06 59.71 39.75 32.24 5.28 0.0089 0.3561 4 1.88 0.1011 9 5 Intermediate YES YES YES NO USA 1 0.89 NYSE:ITW ITW Illinois Tool Works Industrials Specialty Industrial Machinery 0.60 184.79 58.38 23.98 24.81 7.70 0.0232 0.5558 4 4.28 0.1513 7 6 Intermediate YES YES YES NO USA 1 2.32 NYSE:SHW SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals 0.62 620.02 56.30 35.79 32.24 17.32 0.0086 0.3095 4 5.36 0.1126 10 5 Intermediate YES YES YES NO USA 1 0.86 NYSE:KMB KMB Kimberley-Clark Consumer Defensive Household & Personal Products 0.56 147.34 50.25 19.81 27.56 7.44 0.0290 0.5753 4 4.28 0.0674 5 8 Consumable - Necessities NO YES YES NO USA 1 2.90 NYSE:ROP ROP Roper Technologies, Inc. Industrials Specialty Industrial Machinery 0.62 415.27 43.35 26.64 24.81 15.59 0.0049 0.1315 4 2.05 0.1602 10 6 Intermediate YES YES YES NO USA 1 0.49 NYSE:GD GD General Dynamics Corporation Industrials Aerospace & Defense 0.79 150.15 43.07 12.67 24.81 11.85 0.0293 0.3713 4 4.40 0.1353 9 6 Durable YES YES YES NO USA 1 2.93 NYSE:EMR EMR Emerson Electric Industrials Specialty Industrial Machinery 0.55 63.36 37.86 18.03 24.81 3.51 0.0316 0.5698 4 2.00 0.0420 5 7 Intermediate NO YES YES YES USA 1 3.16 NASDAQ:WBA WBA Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. Healthcare Pharmaceutical Retailers 0.70 40.51 35.10 49.67 32.25 0.82 0.0462 2.2805 4 1.87 0.1139 9 6 Consumable - Necessities YES YES YES NO USA 1 4.62 NYSE:BF.B BF.B Brown-Forman Corporation Consumer Defensive Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries 0.53 68.00 31.50 39.50 27.56 1.72 0.0103 0.4070 4 0.70 0.0848 8 5 Consumable - Discretionary NO YES YES NO USA 1 1.03 NASDAQ:CTAS CTAS Cintas Corp Industrials Specialty Business Services 0.60 302.60 31.29 34.36 24.81 8.81 0.0084 0.2894 1 2.55 0.1671 10 5 Consumable - Discretionary YES YES YES NO USA 1 0.84 NASDAQ:ROST ROST Ross Stores Inc. Consumer Cyclical Apparel Retail 0.46 86.16 30.67 33.39 28.72 2.58 0.0000 0.0000 4 0.00 0.2011 7 0 Consumable - Discretionary NO YES YES NO USA 1 0.00 NASDAQ:TROW TROW T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Financial Services Asset Management 0.69 133.97 30.48 16.69 16.27 8.03 0.0269 0.4483 4 3.60 0.1424 10 6 Tollbooth - Unregulated YES YES YES NO USA 1 2.69 NYSE:CLX CLX Clorox CO Consumer Defensive Household & Personal Products 0.54 227.04 28.59 33.30 27.56 6.82 0.0196 0.6510 4 4.44 0.0817 7 6 Consumable - Necessities NO YES YES NO USA 1 1.96 NYSE:SYY SYY Sysco Corporation Consumer Defensive Food Distribution 0.63 54.94 27.89 20.79 27.56 2.64 0.0328 0.6818 4 1.80 0.0827 6 4 Consumable - Discretionary NO YES YES NO USA 1 3.28 NYSE:HRL HRL Hormel Foods Corporation Consumer Defensive Packaged Foods 0.60 50.27 27.09 29.58 27.56 1.70 0.0185 0.5471 4 0.93 0.1499 8 6 Consumable - Discretionary YES YES YES YES USA 1 1.85 NYSE:AFL AFL Aflac Financial Services Insurance - Life 0.64 36.77 26.38 9.26 16.27 3.97 0.0305 0.2821 4 1.12 0.0983 6 6 Tollbooth - Unregulated NO YES YES NO USA 1 3.05 NYSE:PPG PPG PPG Industries, Inc. Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals 0.56 110.56 26.08 26.22 32.24 4.22 0.0195 0.5118 4 2.16 0.0835 6 5 Intermediate NO YES YES NO USA 1 1.95 NYSE:MKC MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated Consumer Defensive Packaged Foods 0.59 193.52 25.78 34.84 27.56 5.55 0.0128 0.4468 4 2.48 0.1031 9 6 Consumable - Discretionary NO YES YES NO USA 1 1.28 NYSE:ED ED Consolidated Edison Inc Utilities Utilities - Regulated Electric 0.60 75.58 25.25 19.44 28.92 3.89 0.0405 0.7866 4 3.06 0.0634 4 7 Tollbooth - Unregulated NO YES YES NO USA 1 4.05 NYSE:SWK SWK Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Industrials Tools & Accessories 0.62 152.91 24.40 25.02 24.81 6.11 0.0183 0.4583 4 2.80 0.0760 8 6 Consumable - Discretionary NO YES YES YES USA 1 1.83 NYSE:ADM ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Co Consumer Defensive Farm Products 0.67 42.09 23.38 15.45 27.56 2.72 0.0342 0.5294 4 1.44 0.0869 7 7 Consumable - Necessities NO YES YES NO USA 1 3.42 NYSE:VFC VFC V.F. Corporation Consumer Cyclical Apparel Manufacturing 0.65 59.90 23.33 44.73 28.72 1.34 0.0321 1.4328 4 1.92 0.1144 8 2 Consumable - Discretionary NO YES YES NO USA 1 3.21 NYSE:O O Realty Income Corporation Real Estate REIT - Retail 0.61 57.42 19.72 39.60 33.79 1.45 0.0486 1.9241 12 2.79 0.0908 7 6 Tollbooth - Unregulated NO YES YES NO USA 1 4.86 NYSE:GWW GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. Industrials Industrial Distribution 0.60 341.39 18.29 29.59 24.81 11.54 0.0169 0.4991 4 5.76 0.0724 8 6 Intermediate YES YES YES NO USA 1 1.69 NYSE:CAH CAH Cardinal Health Inc Healthcare Medical Distribution 0.58 56.50 16.50 0.00 32.25 -14.04 0.0344 1.0000 4 1.94 0.0930 9 5 Intermediate YES YES YES NO USA 1 3.44 NYSE:DOV DOV Dover Corp Industrials Specialty Industrial Machinery 0.54 105.51 15.19 22.86 24.81 4.62 0.0186 0.4242 4 1.96 0.0595 6 6 Intermediate NO YES YES YES USA 1 1.86 NYSE:ESS ESS Essex Property Trust Inc. Real Estate REIT - Residential 0.77 214.12 14.01 22.27 33.79 9.62 0.0388 0.8638 4 8.31 0.1047 7 8 Tollbooth - Unregulated NO YES YES NO USA 1 3.88 NASDAQ:CINF CINF Cincinnati Financial Corp Financial Services Insurance - Property & Casualty 0.50 83.23 13.50 258.92 16.27 0.32 0.0288 7.5000 4 2.40 0.0650 7 5 Tollbooth - Unregulated NO YES YES YES USA 1 2.88 NASDAQ:EXPD EXPD Expeditors International of Washington Inc. Industrials Integrated Freight & Logistics 0.60 80.19 13.35 24.25 24.81 3.31 0.0130 0.3142 2 1.04 0.0902 8 6 Consumable - Discretionary YES YES YES NO USA 1 1.30 NYSE:NUE NUE Nucor Corporation Basic Materials Steel 0.60 42.85 12.90 16.64 32.24 2.58 0.0376 0.6240 4 1.61 0.0503 5 8 Intermediate NO YES YES NO USA 1 3.76 NYSE:GPC GPC Genuine Parts Consumer Cyclical Specialty Retail 0.65 88.64 12.79 21.70 28.72 4.08 0.0356 0.7745 4 3.16 0.0863 8 7 Consumable - Discretionary NO YES YES YES USA 1 3.56 NYSE:BEN BEN Franklin Resources, Inc. Financial Services Asset Management 0.72 20.60 10.20 10.56 16.27 1.95 0.0524 0.5538 4 1.08 0.1828 7 7 Tollbooth - Unregulated YES YES YES NO USA 1 5.24 NYSE:PNR PNR Pentair Industrials Specialty Industrial Machinery 0.36 42.38 7.03 21.35 24.81 1.98 0.0179 0.3838 4 0.76 -0.0537 1 4 Intermediate NO NO YES NO USA 1 1.79 NYSE:AOS AOS AO Smith Corp. Industrials Specialty Industrial Machinery 0.63 51.31 6.93 25.55 24.81 2.01 0.0187 0.4776 4 0.96 0.2338 9 5 Durable YES YES YES NO USA 1 1.87 NYSE:FRT FRT Federal Realty Investment Trust Real Estate REIT - Retail 0.75 72.99 5.52 16.15 33.79 4.52 0.0575 0.9292 4 4.20 0.0829 6 9 Tollbooth - Unregulated NO YES YES YES USA 1 5.75 NASDAQ:PBCT PBCT People's United Financial Inc. Financial Services Banks - Regional 0.71 12.00 5.10 10.45 16.27 1.15 0.0592 0.6174 4 0.71 0.0746 6 9 Tollbooth - Unregulated NO YES YES NO USA 1 5.92 NYSE:LEG LEG Leggett & Platt Consumer Cyclical Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances 0.68 35.93 4.75 15.30 28.72 2.35 0.0445 0.6809 4 1.60 0.0893 7 7 Consumable - Discretionary NO YES YES NO USA 1 4.45
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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.