5 Future Dividend Aristocrats To Buy Today

Dividend Aristocrats are beloved by income growth investors and for good reason.
(Source: Ploutos Research)
These boring but beautiful blue-chips have delivered 25+ consecutive years of rising dividends in all economic, market and interest rate environments. They've also managed to outperform the market by 25% annually since 1990 and with 18% less volatility, making them even better sleep well at night or SWAN stocks. They achieved this mostly by declining less during downturns and keeping up with market rallies (the best offense is a good defense).
But while you can certainly just stick to Dividend Aristocrats and kings, (my Bunker Dividend Growth Portfolio is a 100% pure aristocrat/king portfolio) why not cash in on great companies that are likely to join this famous club in the coming years?
Dividend achievers, companies with 10 to 24 years of consecutive dividend growth, have proven they are stable businesses (by raising during the Great Recession) and thus likely future Dividend Aristocrats. Which is why I'm presenting for your consideration the five best future Dividend Aristocrats you can buy today.
How I Built This List
I'm a big fan of Warren Buffett's investing advice including his warning that there are two primary rules to good investing "Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget rule No. 1."
Minimizing permanent losses of capital by avoiding value/yield traps (who can't sustain safe and growing dividends over time) is thus the... Read more