For Dividend growth investors in Europe, we created a European Dividend Aristocrats certificate to easily track the European edition of the famous Dividend Aristocrats.

European Dividend Aristocrats tracker at a glance

The European Dividend Aristocrats portfolio (EUDIVAR) includes all companies that have increased dividends every year for the last 10 consecutive years and are part of the MSCI Europe-index.

The holdings are equally weighted and every quarter an automatic rebalance will be performed. Companies that cut or postpone their dividend payments will be closely monitored and removed when required. In addition, new companies that meet the criteria will be added during the year. The dividends received will be reinvested automatically as well.

The tracker is officially listed on the German stock exchange Stuttgart and can be traded via several brokers such as Comdirect, Flatex, Onvista Bank, ING DiBa, Postbank, and many more.

European Dividend Aristocrats Quick Facts

Selection: All companies that have increased dividends every year for the last 10 consecutive years and are part of the MSCI Europe-index.

Number of constituents: 45

Weighting Method: Equal weighted

Rebalancing Frequency: Quarterly

Currency: EUR

Launch Date: May 20, 2020

First issuance: November 26, 2020

European Dividend Aristocrats tracker benefits

When building a dividend growth portfolio, the most prominent advantages of the European Dividend Aristocrats tracker are:

Low Initial Investment. The minimum investment is limited only by your broker’s minimum account size and the brokerage fees related to the amount to be invested.

Automatic Diversification. By investing in the European Dividend Aristocrats tracker, you get the benefits of spreading your investment across all (45+) Dividend Aristocrats. You also get diversification across sectors and countries.

Automatic rebalancing. Every quarter rebalancing will be automatically done as well as dividend reinvesting without transaction costs. New aristocrats will be added and companies that cut or postpone dividend payments will be removed.

Dividend Tax benefits. Dividend withholding tax and dividend reclaims are often complex and time-consuming. Investors will benefit from lower dividend taxation via this European Dividend Aristocrats tracker. For several stocks that pay dividends and are traded in euro (€) the gross dividend amount will be received in this tracker.

More information can be found on https://www.wikifolio.com/de/de/w/wf0eudivar (German website) or https://www.wikifolio.com/en/int/w/wf0eudivar

The performance can be followed on several financial portals such as Onvista or your online broker.

European Dividend Aristocrats Country Breakdown

European Dividend Aristocrats Sector Breakdown

European Dividend Aristocrats Performance

The latest performance can be found on https://www.wikifolio.com/de/de/w/wf0eudivar (German website) or https://www.wikifolio.com/en/int/w/wf0eudivar

In addition, the real-time performance can be followed on several financial portals such as Onvista or at your own online broker.