10 Hottest Dividend Aristocrats

According to Standard & Poor's, the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats 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. The large-cap companies in this index must also have an average daily trading volume of at least $5 Million for the six months prior to the index reference date. The index is very prestigious and popular among dividend investors, especially during the market turmoil over the past few years. Below we compiled a list of 10 S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats that had the best 52-week returns. The average 52-week return of all constitutes of the index is about 10%, versus 4.68% for SPY in the same period. And the average 52-week return of the top 10 Dividend Aristocrats is 34.72%, beating the market by more than 30 percentage points. Ticker Company Dividend... Read more