Updated S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats

Here’s an updated list of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats. These are companies that have raised their dividend for 25 years in a row. This list is a great place to find high-quality stocks and you’ll notice a few current Buy List stocks along with some former members. I’ve included each stock, the ticker symbol, when the dividend streak started and the current yield.

That’s quite impressive that a company can increase its dividend every year for a quarter of a century. There’s an ETF which follows this: ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ($NOBL).

The S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats had a big change this year as Diebold ($DBD) is no longer a member. After 60 straight dividend increases, they weren’t able to do it again. Energen ($EGN) also got booted when they ended their streak last year. Bemis ($BMS) and Family Dollar ($FDO) left due to acquisitions. Sigma-Aldrich ($SIAL) is in the process of being bought out as well, but they’re still on the list for now.

Company Symbol Streak Began Yield
3M Company MMM 1959 2.49%
AFLAC Inc AFL 1983 2.52%
AbbVie Inc ABBV 2013 3.46%
Abbott Laboratories ABT 1973 2.14%
Air Products & Chemicals APD 1983 2.05%
Archer-Daniels-Midland ADM 1976 2.39%
AT&T T 1985 5.47%
Automatic Data Processing ADP 1975 2.26%
CR Bard BCR 1972 0.51%
Becton, Dickinson BDX 1972 1.69%
Brown-Forman Corp B BF.B 1985 1.55%
Cardinal Health CAH 1989 1.59%
Chubb Corp CB 1966 1.97%
Chevron Corp CVX 1988 3.89%
Cincinnati Financial CINF 1961 3.55%
Cintas Corp CTAS 1984 1.05%
Clorox Co CLX 1978 2.74%
Coca-Cola KO 1963 2.88%
Colgate-Palmolive CL 1964 2.07%
Consolidated Edison ED 1975 3.94%
Dover Corp DOV 1956 2.22%
Ecolab Inc ECL 1986 1.21%
Emerson Electric EMR 1957 3.26%
Exxon Mobil Corp XOM 1983 3.05%
Franklin Resources BEN 1982 1.12%
Genuine Parts GPC 1957 2.39%
Grainger, WW GWW 1972 1.82%
HCP HCP 1986 5.31%
Hormel Foods HRL 1967 1.85%
Illinois Tool Works ITW 1964 2.01%
Johnson & Johnson JNJ 1963 2.79%
Kimberly-Clark KMB 1973 3.07%
Leggett & Platt LEG 1972 2.83%
Lowe’s Cos Inc LOW 1963 1.29%
McCormick MKC 1987 2.16%
McDonald’s MCD 1977 3.61%
McGraw-Hill Financial MHFI 1974 1.22%
Medtronic MDT 1978 1.64%
Nucor NUE 1974 3.12%
PPG Industries Inc PPG 1973 1.17%
PepsiCo PEP 1973 2.61%
Pentair Ltd PNR 1977 1.98%
Procter & Gamble PG 1957 3.00%
Sherwin-Williams SHW 1981 0.79%
Sigma-Aldrich Corp SIAL 1976 0.67%
Stanley Black & Decker SWK 1968 2.15%
Sysco SYY 1971 3.08%
T Rowe Price TROW 1987 2.14%
Target Corporation TGT 1968 2.72%
VF Corporation VFC 1973 1.83%
Walmart WMT 1975 2.22%
Walgreen Company WBA 1976 1.70%

AbbVie ($ABBV) is on the list because it was spun-off by Abbott Labs ($ABT).

Posted by on February 12th, 2015 at 2:42 pm


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