They fit within the metrics I use to look at new investments — a reasonable payout ratio, healthy earnings per share,
history of stock appreciation, ability to handle a recession, dividend increases (even if they aren't annually) and a diversified business model.
It's expensive right now but
their history of stock appreciation and dividend growth has been impressive.
Not exact matches
As the name implies, the dividend
appreciation index fund seeks to track a benchmark against
stocks that have a
history of increasing dividends over time.
The Vanguard Dividend
Appreciation ETF tracks the performance
of the Dividend Achievers Select Index, which consists
of U.S.
stocks that have long
history of raising their dividends.
This includes correctly identifying the extreme dividend growth and capital
appreciation awaiting Visa shareholders in general during its rise from $ 50 to $ 130 per share over the past four years, Schwab investors during Brexit when the
stock was at $ 25 before rising to $ 60, or pointing out the inanity
of paying $ 71 per share for classic blue - chip staple General Mills in the summer
of 2016 (triggering my only ever «short» article for a blue - chip
stock in my
history of writing).
The Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSEMKT: VYM) emphasizes dependable high - yield dividend
stocks, while the Vanguard Dividend
Appreciation ETF (NYSEMKT: VIG) focuses more on a company's
history of dividend growth over time.