The Dividend Aristocrats are a select group of 51 S&P 500 stocks with 25+ years of consecutive dividend increases.These 51 are large, US companies that have historically provided (slightly) better performance and (slightly) lower volatility than the S&P 500 as a whole.
In 2017, the following stocks were added to the Dividend Aristocrats Index:
- General Dynamics (GD)
- Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT).
HCP, Inc. (HCP) was removed from the Index.
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Source: S&P News Release
The Dividend Aristocrats in the S&P 500 for 2017 (01/31/2017) are:
| Company | Ticker |
|---|---|
| 3M CO | MMM |
| ABBOTT LABORATORIES | ABT |
| ABBVIE INC | ABBV |
| AFLAC INC | AFL |
| AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS | APD |
| ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO | ADM |
| AT&T INC | T |
| AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING | ADP |
| BECTON DICKINSON AND CO | BDX |
| BROWN-FORMAN CORP | BF-B |
| C R BARD INC | BCR |
| CARDINAL HEALTH INC | CAH |
| CHEVRON CORP | CVX |
| CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORP | CINF |
| CINTAS CORP | CTAS |
| CLOROX CO | CLX |
| COCA-COLA CO/THE | KO |
| COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO | CL |
| CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC | ED |
| DOVER CORP | DOV |
| ECOLAB INC | ECL |
| EMERSON ELECTRIC CO | EMR |
| EXXON MOBIL CORP | XOM |
| FEDERAL REALTY INV. TRUST | FRT |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | BEN |
| GENERAL DYNAMICS | GD |
| GENUINE PARTS CO | GPC |
| HORMEL FOODS CORP | HRL |
| ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC | ITW |
| JOHNSON & JOHNSON | JNJ |
| KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP | KMB |
| LEGGETT & PLATT INC | LEG |
| LOWE'S COS INC | LOW |
| MCCORMICK & CO INC | MKC |
| MCDONALD'S CORP | MCD |
| MEDTRONIC INC | MDT |
| NUCOR CORP | NUE |
| PENTAIR PLC | PNR |
| PEPSICO INC | PEP |
| PPG INDUSTRIES INC | PPG |
| PROCTER & GAMBLE CO | PG |
| S&P GLOBAL | SPGI |
| SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO | SHW |
| STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC | SWK |
| SYSCO CORP | SYY |
| T. ROWE PRICE GROUP INC | TROW |
| TARGET CORP | TGT |
| VF CORP | VFC |
| W W GRAINGER INC | GWW |
| WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE | WBA |
| WAL-MART STORES INC | WMT |
