The Dividend Aristocrats are a select group of currently 57 S&P 500 stocks with 25+ years of consecutive dividend increases. These 57 are large, US companies that have historically provided (slightly) better performance and (slightly) lower volatility than the S&P 500 as a whole. S&P 500 applies the following criteria to construct the Dividend Aristocrats…
The new December 2019 Dividend Newsletter just went live and is available to subscribers and premium data members via the members section. Our Dividend Newsletter contains analysis on international dividend growth stocks, our defensive aristocrat selection, and our International Dividend Portfolio. We created the International Dividend Portfolio, so customers can follow a selection of international…
Important: change in our International Dividend Portfolio Given the poor performance and the high volatility of Casino, Guichard-Perrachon SA (CO.PA) in our portfolio, L’Oreal (OR.PA) will replace Casino. Furthermore, rebalancing will take place by selling part of the Unilever (UNIA.AS) holdings. L’Oreal is currently trading (12/3/2019) around € 250 with a current dividend yield of…
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 November, helped by optimism around trade talks with China. The S&P 500 gained 3.63%, its biggest monthly gain since June, and year-to-date the S&P 500 is up around 27.6% and just below all-time high records. The Dow Jones (DJIA) jump even 3.72% The Dogs of the Dow are…
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…
European Dividend Aristocrat L’Oréal (OR.PA), the French cosmetics giant, is worldwide known for its cosmetic products and has a very impressive track record. The company has a long history of steady dividend increases. In fact, L’Oréal is in Europe the Dividend Aristocrat with the longest track record of consecutive dividend increases each year, if its…
The dividend aristocrats are well-known companies of the S&P 500 that have paid steadily increasing dividends for at least 25 years have outperformed the broader market over time. Typically dividend growth investors are using the dividend aristocrats list as a source for potential dividend stocks to invest in or build-up their dividend or retirement portfolio.…
US consumer goods giant Clorox Co. (CLX) will pay its shareholders a $ 1.06 quarterly dividend, as reported on Tuesday. Most recently, the Group raised its dividend by 10% in May 2019 to the current amount. This is for a full year 4.24 US dollars of dividends. At the current share price of $ 146.51…
The Swiss pharmaceutical Roche (ROG.SW) has a very impressive track record. The company has a long history of steady dividend increases. In fact, Roche would qualify as a true European Dividend Aristocrat, if its dividend payout were measured in its home currency (CHF). Roche is one of the few European dividend stocks with at least…