10 Top 'Safer' S&P 500 Dividend Dogs Set To Gain 9% To 24%

The Dividend Dogs Rule
The "dog" moniker was earned by stocks exhibiting three traits: (1) paying reliable, repeating dividends, (2) their prices fell to where (3) yield (dividend/price) grew higher than their peers. Thus, the highest yielding stocks in any collection became known as "dogs." More specifically, these are in fact best called "underdogs."

Which Sectors Are "Safer" For The S&P 500?
Ten of eleven Morningstar sectors were represented by the 24 firms whose dividends were bolstered by rising share price and adequate cash as of March 13. The sector representation broke out thus: Communication Services (2); Consumer Cyclical (4); Real Estate (2); Technology (3); Energy (3); Financial Services (3); Utilities (2); Consumer Defensive (2); Healthcare (2); Basic Materials (1); Industrials (0).
Top ten S&P 500 "safe" dogs for dividend yields by this screen as of March 13 represented the first seven sectors on the list above.
S&P 500 Index Firms With "Safe" Dividends


Periodic Safety Inspection
You see grouped below the list that had positive annual price gains and passed the S&P 500 Index dog "safety" check with sufficient annual cash flow yield to cover their anticipated annual dividend yield. The margin of excess is shown in the bold face "Safety Margin" column.

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