'Safer' Dividend Aristocrats Show 12.9%-28.2% Top Gains By 10

Actionable Conclusions (1-10): Brokers Project Top Ten 'Safer' Dividend Aristocrats Stocks to Net 14.66% to 38.2% Gains To July, 2019 Three of ten biggest yield "safer" Dividend Aristocrats (tinted in the chart above) showed up in the Top ten gainers for the coming year based on analyst 1 year target prices. Thus the yield selection strategy for this group as graded by analyst estimates proved 30% accurate.
Projections based on estimated dividend returns from $1000 invested in the thirty highest yielding stocks and their aggregate one year analyst median target prices, as reported by YCharts, created the 2018-19 data points. Note: one year target prices by lone analysts were not applied. Ten probable profit-generating trades projected to August 15, 2019 were:
Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) netted $282.06 based on a median target price set by twenty analysts, plus estimated dividends less broker fees. The Beta number showed this estimate subject to volatility 1% over the market as a whole.
Nucor Corp (NUE) netted $233.01 based on the median target price estimate from fifteen analysts plus dividends less broker fees. The Beta number showed this estimate subject to volatility 56% more than the market as a whole.
Chevron (CVX) netted $233.01 based on estimates from twenty-three analysts, plus dividends less broker fees. The Beta number showed this estimate subject to volatility 10% more than the market as a whole.
General Dynamics (GD) netted... Read more