The S&P 500® Dividend Aristocrats® Index measure the performance of S&P 500 companies that have increased dividends every year for the last 25 consecutive year or more. Companies achieveing the aristrocrats desingation are unique since increasing dividends for many years is not an easy. Invstors looking for consistent dividend payers among the S&P 500 companies can consider looking into these aristocrats.
The list of S&P 500® Dividend Aristocrats for this year are shown in the table below:
Source: S&P and Dividend Builder
Download: The S&P 500® Dividend Aristocrats 2017 (in Excel)
Of the companies listed above 26% ocompanies from the consumer staples sector. Just 2% are in the tech sector.
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