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:
| S.No. | Company/Ticker | Sector | Number of Years of Dividend Increase |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dover (DOV) | Industrials | 61 |
| 2 | Emerson Electric (EMR) | Industrials | 60 |
| 3 | Genuine Parts (GPC) | Consumer Cyclical | 60 |
| 4 | Procter & Gamble (PG) | Consumer Defensive | 60 |
| 5 | 3M (MMM) | Industrials | 58 |
| 6 | Cincinnati Fin. (CINF) | Financial Services | 56 |
| 7 | Johnson &Johnson (JNJ) | Healthcare | 54 |
| 8 | Coca-Cola (KO) | Consumer Defensive | 54 |
| 9 | Lowes Companies (LOW) | Consumer Cyclical | 54 |
| 10 | Colgate-Palmolive (CL) | Consumer Defensive | 53 |
| 11 | Hormel Foods (HRL) | Consumer Defensive | 51 |
| 12 | Stanley Blk&Dckr (SWK) | Industrials | 49 |
| 13 | Target (TGT) | Consumer Defensive | 49 |
| 14 | Sysco (SYY) | Consumer Defensive | 47 |
| 15 | CR Bard (BCR) | Healthcare | 45 |
| 16 | Becton Dickinson (BDX) | Healthcare | 45 |
| 17 | W W Grainger (GWW) | Industrials | 45 |
| 18 | Leggett & Platt (LEG) | Consumer Cyclical | 45 |
| 19 | PPG Industries (PPG) | Basic Materials | 45 |
| 20 | Kimberly-Clark (KMB) | Consumer Defensive | 44 |
| 21 | Nucor (NUE) | Basic Materials | 44 |
| 22 | PepsiCo (PEP) | Consumer Defensive | 44 |
| 23 | VF (VFC) | Consumer Cyclical | 44 |
| 24 | AbbVie (ABBV) | Healthcare | 43 |
| 25 | Abbott Laboratories (ABT) | Healthcare | 43 |
| 26 | S&P Global Inc. (SPGI) | Industrials | 43 |
| 27 | Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) | Consumer Defensive | 43 |
| 28 | Automatic Data (ADP) | Industrials | 42 |
| 29 | Consolidated Edison (ED) | Utilities | 42 |
| 30 | Illinois Tool Works (ITW) | Industrials | 42 |
| 31 | Archer-Daniels Midland (ADM) | Consumer Defensive | 41 |
| 32 | McDonalds (MCD) | Consumer Cyclical | 41 |
| 33 | Pentair (PNR) | Industrials | 41 |
| 34 | Walgreens Boots (WBA) | Consumer Defensive | 41 |
| 35 | Clorox (CLX) | Consumer Defensive | 39 |
| 36 | Medtronic (MDT) | Healthcare | 39 |
| 37 | Sherwin-Williams (SHW) | Basic Materials | 38 |
| 38 | Franklin Resources (BEN) | Financial Services | 37 |
| 39 | Aflac (AFL) | Financial Services | 34 |
| 40 | Air Products & Chemicals | Basic Materials | 34 |
| 41 | Cintas (CTAS) | Industrials | 34 |
| 42 | Exxon Mobil (XOM) | Energy | 34 |
| 43 | Brown-Forman (BF.B) | Consumer Defensive | 33 |
| 44 | AT&T (T) | Communications | 33 |
| 45 | Cardinal Health (CAH) | Healthcare | 31 |
| 46 | HCP (HCP) | Real Estate | 31 |
| 47 | McCormick & Co. (MKC) | Consumer Defensive | 31 |
| 48 | T. Rowe Price (TROW) | Financial Services | 30 |
| 49 | Chevron (CVX) | Energy | 29 |
| 50 | MDU Resources Group (MDU) | Basic Materials | 26 |
| 51 | SEI Investments (SEIC) | Financial Services | 26 |
| 52 | Ecolab (ECL) | Basic Materials | 25 |
| 53 | General Dynamics (GD) | Industrials | 25 |
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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