When we chart 117 rolling return periods for the Dividend
Aristocrats since its inception (May 2005), we see it consistently outperformed the S&P 500 under almost all market conditions.
If you held the Canadian dividend
aristocrats since inception you would have seen $ 10,000 in 2006 become about $ 18,000 today.
I pretty much follow the same strategy, except I switch up the order and use the CCC list from David Fish (never really looked at
the Aristocrats since I found the CCC).
Hormel has been a Dividend
Aristocrat since 1991 and in 2016 increased its dividend for the 50th consecutive year.
Air Products has been a Dividend
Aristocrat since 2007.
ExxonMobil, the world's largest oil and gas company has been a Dividend
Aristocrat since 2007.
Not exact matches
The Little
Aristocrat is proudly handcrafted in the USA by Colgate, the Crib Mattress Specialist ®, a family - owned and operated business dedicated to baby's safety
since 1955.
The elite Ohanaeze represents the political
aristocrats, who had been part and parcel of the gravy
since 1960; and after the Civil War — faithful collaborators with the Northern power elite, which IPOB now lampoons.
The chart below shows the performance
since the NOBL Dividend
Aristocrats ETF began, which has shown strong out - performance against the S&P, particularly
since the start of 2016.
Looking at the performance of the two dividend
aristocrats ETFs
since NOBL's inception we can see that it still significantly outperforms the SDY index.
Since 1991, when the market has been in its least - disperse quartile, the average monthly deviation of the
Aristocrats index relative to its parent S&P 500 has been 0.71 %.
Coca Cola is one of the older members of the S&P Dividend
Aristocrats, having increased their dividends
since 1962.
Procter & Gamble has one of the longest dividend records of all U.S. companies, having paid dividends
since 1890, and one of the longest records of dividend growth among all the Dividend
Aristocrats.
Bethesda, MD — February 27, 2014 — ProShares, a premier provider of alternative exchange traded funds, today announced that its S&P 500
Aristocrats ETF (NOBL) has gathered more than $ 100 million in assets
since its October 2013 launch.
Illinois Tool Works has increased dividends
since 1963 and met the Dividend
Aristocrat criteria of 25 consecutive years of dividend increases in 1987.
The S&P maintains a Dividend
Aristocrat index that, through back - testing, has been determined to have beaten the S&P 500 by an average of more than 2 % per year
since 1991.
The McDonald's dividend has been paid continuously
since 1976 and increased for 42 consecutive years; qualifying the company for the Dividend
Aristocrats and Dividend Champions list.
The Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) dividend has been paid continuously
since 1972 and increased for 42 consecutive years; qualifying the company as a Dividend
Aristocrat and Dividend Champion.
Since companies across all sectors may follow an increasing dividend - payout policy and can exhibit consistent dividend growth, the S&P 500 Dividend
Aristocrats draws its constituents from a broad spectrum of industries (see Exhibit 2).
Since its inception in May 2005 through 12/31/2015, the S&P 500 Dividend
Aristocrats Index (NOBL's index) has returned 10.2 % annually vs. 7.7 % annually for the S&P 500, with volatility of 19.0 % vs. 20.2 %.
Since the early 1970s, S&P Dow Jones Indices has been identifying stocks with a long history of consistent dividend increases, which we call «dividend
aristocrats.»
The AT&T dividend has been paid continuously
since 1881 and increased for 34 consecutive years; qualifying the company as Dividend
Aristocrat and Dividend Champion.
The Kimberly - Clark dividend has been paid continuously
since 1972 and increased for 45 consecutive years; qualifying the company as a Dividend
Aristocrat, and Dividend Champion.
Since 1973, Pepsi has increased its regular quarterly dividends and in 1998 met the Dividend
Aristocrat criteria of 25 consecutive years of dividend increases.
If we look at the
aristocrats vs the S&P 500
since 2005, we see that even though they lost value in 2008, they lost considerably less than the market as a whole:
The Medtronic dividend has been paid continuously
since 1977 and increased for 40 consecutive years; qualifying the company as a Dividend
Aristocrat and Dividend Champion.
While the business is not a member of the dividend
aristocrats list, it has paid uninterrupted dividends for over 90 years while increasing its dividend each year
since 2010.
Historically, three - year rolling returns for the S&P 500 Dividend
Aristocrats revealed they've outperformed in 95 % of three - year rolling periods
since inception.
Chevron (CVX) has paid a dividend
since 1912 and increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years; qualifying the company as Dividend
Aristocrat and Dividend Champion.
Franklin Resources has a Dividend Safety Score of 95, indicating that the company has one of the most secure dividends in the market, which is what one would usually expect from a dividend
aristocrat that has been raising its payout every year
since 1982.
Noting that the S&P 500 Dividend
Aristocrats Index has outperformed the S&P 500 in over 90 % of the rolling periods
since its inception, he added that the same dividend growth screen has been applied effectively to other markets, like mid cap and small cap.
TIE — Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index (2003) and S&P 500 ® Dividend
Aristocrats ® (2005):
Since 1926, dividends have contributed approximately one - third of the total return of the S&P 500.
The business has waited 2 years to increase its dividend several times, but has not reduced the dividend
since being included to the dividend
aristocrat index in 1989.
The business has not cut its dividend
since being included on the dividend
aristocrat list to this present day.
Unlike blue chip dividend stocks and dividend
aristocrats, which grow their dividends primarily as a result of earnings growth, most MLPs need to borrow money or issue new units to continue growing their distributable cash flows
since their partnership agreements usually call for all available cash on hand to be distributed.
Lowe's (LOW) has paid a dividend
since 1961 and increased its dividend for 55 consecutive years; qualifying the company as a Dividend King, Dividend
Aristocrat, and Dividend Champion.
The Dover dividend has been paid
since 1956 and increased its dividend for 62 consecutive years; qualifying the company as Dividend King, Dividend
Aristocrat, and Dividend Champion.
Right now, it isn't clear if the company will continue to increase dividends each year — Praxair has grown dividends
since its spinoff from Union Carbide in 1992 and would be eligible to become a Dividend
Aristocrat at the beginning of 2018.
S&P Global Inc. (formerly McGraw - Hill Financial) owns the S&P Dow Jones Indices and has maintained a Dividend
Aristocrat Index (Symbol: SPDAUDP)
since 2005.
Since French royalty enjoyed hunting in the 16th through 19th centuries, nobility and
aristocrats favored this breed.
Indeed the Italian Lakes, and Lombardy's Lago di Como in particular, have been highly regarded
since Roman times and this area is full of cultural associations as well as being the haunt of visiting
aristocrats.
A quirk of history, the colony was introduced by local
aristocrat Lady Colquhoun in the 1940's and has
since grown to become one of the few populations of wallabies outside Australia.
The idea that portrait painting is a celebratory act has remained persistent
since it was reserved for only the richest
aristocrats, monarchs or biblical figures.