The list of dividend aristocrats declined from 52 companies in 2009 to 42 in 2010 as many companies cut their dividend payouts. It then held steady in 2011, with three companies being dropped and three added.
2011 changes
Stocks Removed:
- Integrys Energy Group Inc – (TEG)
- Lilly, Eli & Co – (LLY)
- Supervalu Inc – (SUV)
Stocks Added:
- Ecolab Inc. – (ECL)
- Hormel Foods Corporation – (HRL)
- McCormick & Company – (MKC)
So here are the S&P 500 dividend aristocrats for 2011:
| 3M Co (MMM) |
| Abbott Laboratories (ABT) |
| AFLAC Inc (AFL) |
| Air Products & Chemicals Inc (APD) |
| Archer-Daniels-Midland Co (ADM) |
| Automatic Data Processing (ADP) |
| Bard, C.R. Inc (BCR) |
| Becton, Dickinson & Co (BDX) |
| Bemis Co Inc (BMS) |
| Brown-Forman Corp B (BF/B) |
| CenturyLink Inc (CTL) |
| Chubb Corp (CB) |
| Cincinnati Financial Corp (CINF) |
| Cintas Corp (CTAS) |
| Clorox Co (CLX) |
| Coca-Cola Co (KO) |
| Consolidated Edison Inc (ED) |
| Dover Corp (DOV) |
| Ecolab Inc (ECL) |
| Emerson Electric Co (EMR) |
| Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM) |
| Family Dollar Stores Inc (FDO) |
| Grainger, W.W. Inc (GWW) |
| Hormel Foods Corp (HRL) |
| Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) |
| Kimberly-Clark (KMB) |
| Leggett & Platt (LEG) |
| Lowe’s Cos Inc (LOW) |
| McCormick & Co (MKC) |
| McDonald’s Corp (MCD) |
| McGraw-Hill Cos Inc (MHP) |
| PepsiCo Inc (PEP) |
| Pitney Bowes Inc (PBI) |
| PPG Industries Inc (PPG) |
| Procter & Gamble (PG) |
| Sherwin-Williams Co (SHW) |
| Sigma-Aldrich Corp (SIAL) |
| Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) |
| Target Corp (TGT) |
| VF Corp (VFC) |
| Walgreen Co (WAG) |
| Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) |
