20 Non-Cyclical Consumer Stocks for Dividend Lovers

Non-cyclical consumer stocks are defensive stocks that perform relatively well in declining markets. They slightly underperform the market in bull markets, but make up for the loss in bear markets. IShares Dow Jones US Consumer Goods (IYK) beat the S&P 500 index by around 20% during the last five years. We prepared a list of 20 non-cyclical consumer stocks which pay fat dividend checks regularly. All companies in this list have a market capitalization above $1 billion, P/E ratio lower than 25, and dividend yield of at least 3%. These 20 stocks returned 12.5% (including dividends) during the past 12 months, beating the government bonds by a large margin. 1. The Procter & Gamble Company (PG): Procter & Gamble is one of the leading consumer goods companies in the world. PG recently traded at $61 and has a 3.2% dividend yield. Its stock price lost around 1% during the past... Read more