The dividend growth rate (DGR) is an important aspect when analyzing dividend stocks, not only to identify the best dividend growers but also to help dividend investor to keep up with inflation. Dividend growth means that the company should generate robust free cash flow. Free cash flow is defined as a company’s operating cash flow…
AbbVie (ABBV) raised its quarterly dividend by 10.3% to $1.18 a share from $1.07 a share. The new dividend will be payable Feb. 14 to shareholders of record on Jan. 15. At the current stock price of $ 81.75 (as of November 1, 2019), the (forward) dividend yield is 5.77%. This is a high yield,…
The European Dividend Aristocrats are based (by S&P) on Eurozone companies within the S&P Europe 350 Index and a managed dividends policy of increasing dividends for at least 10 consecutive years. Next to the currencies (EUR vs USD), the two major difference are: Increasing dividends for at least 10 consecutive years vs 25 consecutive…
The Dividend Aristocrats list is a select group of companies in the S&P 500 Index that have increased dividends every year for the last 25 straight years. These US companies that have historically provided (slightly) better performance and (slightly) lower volatility than the S&P 500 as a whole and a great source for dividend investors.…
Sustainable investing and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategies are a hot topic at the moment on Wall Street. The ESG ETF assets are already more than double in 2019 and another sign of the increasing popularity of ESG, is the launch of E-mini S&P 500 ESG Index futures, by the CME Group on…
The Dividend Aristocrats are companies of the S&P 500 that have paid steadily increasing dividends for at least 25 years have outperformed the broader market over time, like in 2018. This article lists the current Dividend Aristocrat constituents and their recent returns By showing the recent performance of the Dividend Aristocrats, some active dividend growth…
S&P Europe 350® Dividend Aristocrats® measure the performance of S&P Europe 350 constituents that have followed a policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for at least 10 consecutive years. The index benchmark is the S&P Europe 350 index Like the (US) Dividend Aristocrats “big brother”, the European Dividend Aristocrats also tend to outperform its…
U.S. equities continued their way up in October, helped by optimism around trade talks with China, a good earnings-season, and easing from the Fed. The S&P 500 gained 2.17% and year-to-date the S&P 500 is up around 23% and just below all-time high records. The Dogs of the Dow are only up 11.8% in 2019,…
Dividend aristocrat VF Corporation (Ticker: VFC) is increasing its quarterly dividend by 12%, as reported on Friday. VF Corp. declares $0.48 per share quarterly dividend, 11.6% increase from prior dividend of $0.43. The next payout will be on December 20, 2019 (Record day: December 10, 2019). This is a dividend increase for the 48th consecutive…
American Electric Company Inc. (ticker: AEP), is one of America’s largest electrical utilities, is increasing its quarterly dividend of $0.70 per share. This is an increase of 4.5% compared to the previous quarter ($0.67). On a yearly bases, the total dividend distribution to its shareholders is $ 2.80. The current 3 years dividend growth rate…