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
