Download 4 S&P Dividend Aristrocrats Indices in Excel

One of the popular dividend index series published by Standard&Poors is the Dividend Aristocrats indices. In this post, I shall provide a brief description of each index and list the constituents in downloadable excel files.

1. S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index

This index “measures the performance of large cap, blue chip companies within the S&P 500 that have followed a policy of increasing dividends every year for at least 25 consecutive years.”

Total Return YTD as of Dec 24,2009: 27.82%

Download:  SP 500 Dividend Aristocrats Constituents.xls

For the Factsheet click here

2.The S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index

This index tracks “the performance of the 50 highest dividend yielding S&P Composite 1500 constituents which have followed a managed dividends policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for at least 25 years.”

Total Return YTD as of Dec 24,2009:  20.55%

Download:  SP High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Components.xls

For the Factsheet click here

3. The S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index

This index measures “the performance of S&P Canada Broad Market Index (BMI) constituents that have followed a managed-dividends policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for at least five years.”

Total Return YTD as of Dec 24,2009: 44.16%

Download:  SP TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Components.xls

For the Factsheet click here

4. The S&P Pan Asia Dividend Aristocrats Index

This index tracks “the performance of constituents within the S&P Pan Asia Broad Market Index (BMI) that have followed a policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for at least seven years. This index is a member of the S&P Dividend Aristocrats index series.”

Total Return YTD as of Dec 24,2009:  40.36%

For the Factsheet click here

5. The S&P Europe 350 Dividend Aristocrats Index

This index aims to measure “the performance of S&P Europe 350 index constituents that have followed a policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for at least 10 consecutive years, have a float-adjusted market capitalization of at least US$ 3 billion and have an average daily trading volume of at least US$ 5 million.”

Total Return YTD as of Dec 24,2009: 40.36%

Download: SP Europe 350 Dividend Aristocrats Components.xls

For the Factsheet click here

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