Here’s a table of the 2015 performance of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats. Included in the table is the S&P 500 index and Proshares Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NOBL) for comparison.
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2015 S&P Dividend Aristocrats Year End Performance and Yield
| Company | Ticker Symbol | Performance in 2015 | Dividend Yield on Jan 1, 2016 | Quarterly Dividend Increase in 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbvie | ABBV | -6.50% | 3.85% | 4.08% |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 1.87% | 2.32% | 9.09% |
| Archer Daniels Midland | ADM | -27.70% | 3.05% | 16.67% |
| Automated Data Processing | ADP | 4.10% | 2.50% | 8.16% |
| Aflac | AFL | 0.54% | 2.74% | 5.13% |
| Air Products & Chemicals | APD | -7.63% | 2.49% | 5.19% |
| C. R. Bard | BCR | 14.28% | 0.51% | 9.09% |
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | BDX | 12.63% | 1.71% | 10.00% |
| Franklin Resources Inc. | BEN | -32.51% | 1.96% | 20.00% |
| Brown-Forman Corporation | BF-B | 14.55% | 1.41% | 7.94% |
| Cardinal Health | CAH | 12.54% | 1.74% | 12.99% |
| The Chubb Group | CB | 30.87% | 1.72% | 14.00% |
| Cincinnati Financial | CINF | 19.03% | 3.11% | 4.55% |
| Colgate-Palmolive Company | CL | -1.56% | 2.28% | 5.56% |
| The Clorox Company | CLX | 25.03% | 2.43% | 4.05% |
| Cintas Corporation | CTAS | 17.41% | 1.15% | 23.53% |
| Chevron | CVX | -16.17% | 4.76% | 0.00% |
| Dover Corporation | DOV | -12.42% | 2.74% | 5.00% |
| Ecolab | ECL | 10.72% | 1.22% | 6.06% |
| Consolidated Edison | ED | 1.42% | 4.05% | 3.17% |
| Emerson | EMR | -19.72% | 3.97% | 1.06% |
| Genuine Parts Company | GPC | -17.14% | 2.86% | 6.96% |
| W. W. Grainger | GWW | -18.91% | 2.31% | 8.33% |
| HCP, Inc. | HCP | -8.00% | 5.91% | 3.67% |
| Hormel | HRL | 54.47% | 1.47% | 16.00% |
| Illinois Tool Works | ITW | 0.13% | 2.37% | 13.40% |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 1.14% | 2.92% | 7.14% |
| Kimberly-Clark Corporation | KMB | 13.76% | 2.77% | 4.76% |
| The Coca-Cola Company | KO | 5.14% | 3.07% | 8.20% |
| Leggett & Platt | LEG | 1.41% | 3.05% | 3.23% |
| Lowe's Companies | LOW | 12.16% | 1.47% | 21.74% |
| McDonald's Corporation | MCD | 30.43% | 3.01% | 4.71% |
| Medtronic plc | MDT | 8.09% | 1.98% | 24.59% |
| McGraw-Hill Financial Inc. | MHFI | 12.25% | 1.34% | 10.00% |
| McCormick & Company, Inc. | MKC | 17.49% | 2.01% | 7.50% |
| 3M | MMM | -5.91% | 2.72% | 19.88% |
| Proshares Dividend Aristocrat ETF | NOBL | 0.44% | 1.91% | |
| Nucor Corporation | NUE | -14.92% | 3.72% | 0.67% |
| PepsiCo, Inc. | PEP | 8.75% | 2.81% | 7.25% |
| Procter & Gamble, Inc. | PG | -9.97% | 3.34% | 3.00% |
| Pentair, plc. | PNR | -23.81% | 2.67% | 6.25% |
| PPG Industries, Inc. | PPG | -13.38% | 1.46% | 7.46% |
| Sherwin Williams | SHW | -0.35% | 1.03% | 21.82% |
| S&P 500 Index (baseline) | N/A | -0.73% | 2.00% | |
| Stanley, Black & Decker | SWK | 13.44% | 2.06% | 5.77% |
| Sysco | SYY | 5.77% | 3.02% | 3.33% |
| AT&T | T | 8.32% | 5.58% | 2.13% |
| Target Corporation | TGT | -1.60% | 3.08% | 7.69% |
| T. Rowe Price | TROW | -12.26% | 2.91% | 18.18% |
| V. F. Corporation | VFC | -15.29% | 2.38% | 15.63% |
| Walgreen Boots Alliance | WBA | 13.61% | 1.69% | 6.67% |
| Walmart | WMT | -26.64% | 3.20% | 2.08% |
| Exxon-Mobil | XOM | -12.79% | 3.75% | 5.80% |