As a dividend growth investor, you could narrow the universe of stocks you willing to consider for your investment to dividend stocks that are undervalued. We will zoom-in on and discuss ten undervalued Dividend Aristocrats, their valuation, dividend yield, and performance. This undervaluation list can be a good starting point for further research, and find…
In this article: What are Dividend Kings, Aristocrats, Champions, Challengers, and Contenders? Which criteria are used to construct the (US) Dividend Aristocrats list? What are the differences between European, US, and other Dividend Aristocrats? What are Dividend Kings, Aristocrats, Champions, Challengers, and Contenders? Before zooming in on the Dividend Aristocrats, here is the list…
We continue our updates for the detailed dividend stock pages, as of today, additional dividend safety data is available for the majority of the stocks in our database. The individual pages now include the following Dividend Safety Metrics overview. See for example 3M (MMM). Dividend payout ratio The dividend payout ratio and dividend growth, representing…
Britain’s telecom group BT shares are tumbling 8% on Thursday after the announcement to suspend its dividend and currently trade around 105.20 (GBX). The 2019/20 reported results were in line with expectations, but the dividend plan is worse than expected. The company said its board has decided that it was more prudent to suspend the…
The Belgian-Dutch food retailer Ahold Delhaize has reported Q1 2020 EPS that is up by about 50% at 59 euro cents, beating the consensus by 5 cents Ahold’s net sales rose by 14.7% to 18.2 billion euros, including a 12.7% increase excluding currency effects. The Ahold Delhaize group is maintaining its annual targets, including underlying…
European dividend aristocrat and Dutch publisher Wolters Kluwer (WKL.AS) suspended its 2020 guidance on Wednesday, given the uncertainty surrounding the impact of Covid-19. Wolters Kluwer, however, remains committed to a progressive dividend policy and the last dividend increase has been 20% (2019). The final dividend for 2019 is approved by shareholders and to be paid…
After the global sell-off related to the corona-virus in March, the S&P 500 recovered 13% in April. This is the best monthly performance since January 1987. The Dividend Aristocrats showed similar performance and posted a gain of 10.59% in April 2020, which is the best monthly performance since the Financial Crisis (April 2009). The Dow…
Berkshire Hathaway (Warren Buffett) said that the conglomerate has sold all positions in the U.S. airline industry because of coronavirus. The news was announced on Saturday afternoon from Omaha came after Berkshire Hathaway reported first-quarter earnings. The total position of $4 billion dollars, included positions in United, American, Southwest and Delta Airlines. In total this…
The European Dividend Aristocrats are based (by S&P) on the 40 highest dividend-yielding Eurozone companies within the S&P Europe Broad Market Index (BMI). European Dividend Aristocrats managed dividends policy of increasing or stable dividends for at least 10 consecutive years, which is different from the US-edition. This article lists the current European Dividend Aristocrat constituents…
The Dividend Kings are the best in class with respect to dividend endurance. A Dividend King is a stock with 50 or more consecutive years of dividend increases. The Dividend Kings list can be a good source for selecting dividend stocks. While the S&P Dividend Aristocrats Index consists of over 60 stocks, which includes companies…