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Here’s a table of the 2016 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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| Company | Ticker Symbol | Performance in 2016 | Dividend Yield on Jan 1, 2017 | Quarterly Dividend Increase in 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbvie | ABBV | 9.79% | 4.09% | 11.76% |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | -12.32% | 2.76% | 8.33% |
| Archer Daniels Midland | ADM | 28.39% | 2.63% | 7.14% |
| Automated Data Processing | ADP | 24.29% | 2.22% | 7.55% |
| Aflac | AFL | 19.10% | 2.47% | 4.88% |
| Air Products & Chemicals | APD | 21.73% | 2.39% | 6.17% |
| C. R. Bard | BCR | 19.16% | 0.46% | 8.33% |
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | BDX | 9.22% | 1.76% | 10.61% |
| Franklin Resources Inc. | BEN | 9.75% | 2.02% | 11.11% |
| Brown-Forman Corporation | BF-B | -8.21% | 1.63% | 7.35% |
| Cardinal Health | CAH | -18.04% | 2.50% | 15.99% |
| Cincinnati Financial | CINF | 31.54% | 2.53% | 4.35% |
| Colgate-Palmolive Company | CL | 0.44% | 2.38% | 2.63% |
| The Clorox Company | CLX | -2.99% | 2.67% | 3.90% |
| Cintas Corporation | CTAS | 28.56% | 0.91% | 26.67% |
| Chevron | CVX | 36.66% | 3.67% | 0.93% |
| Dover Corporation | DOV | 25.37% | 2.35% | 4.76% |
| Ecolab | ECL | 3.75% | 1.26% | 5.71% |
| Consolidated Edison | ED | 18.90% | 3.64% | 3.08% |
| Emerson | EMR | 21.01% | 3.44% | 1.05% |
| Genuine Parts Company | GPC | 14.30% | 2.75% | 6.91% |
| W. W. Grainger | GWW | 17.27% | 2.10% | 4.27% |
| HCP, Inc. | HCP | -9.45% | 4.98% | -35.65% |
| Hormel | HRL | -10.62% | 1.95% | 17.24% |
| Illinois Tool Works | ITW | 35.03% | 2.12% | 18.18% |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 15.33% | 2.78% | 6.67% |
| Kimberly-Clark Corporation | KMB | -7.69% | 3.22% | 4.55% |
| The Coca-Cola Company | KO | -36.00% | 3.38% | 6.06% |
| Leggett & Platt | LEG | 19.55% | 2.78% | 6.25% |
| Lowe's Companies | LOW | -4.88% | 1.97% | 25.00% |
| McDonald's Corporation | MCD | 6.21% | 3.09% | 5.62% |
| Medtronic plc | MDT | -5.91% | 2.41% | 13.16% |
| McCormick & Company, Inc. | MKC | 11.05% | 2.01% | 9.30% |
| 3M | MMM | 21.72% | 2.49% | 8.29% |
| Proshares Dividend Aristocrat ETF | NOBL | 11.65% | 1.91% | |
| Nucor Corporation | NUE | 52.18% | 2.54% | 0.67% |
| PepsiCo, Inc. | PEP | 7.80% | 2.88% | 7.12% |
| Procter & Gamble, Inc. | PG | 9.36% | 3.19% | 1.00% |
| Pentair, plc. | PNR | 16.00% | 2.46% | 1.47% |
| PPG Industries, Inc. | PPG | -2.60% | 1.69% | 11.11% |
| Sherwin Williams | SHW | 4.79% | 1.25% | 25.37% |
| S&P Global, Inc. | SPGI | 10.55% | 1.34% | 9.09% |
| S&P 500 Index (baseline) | SPY | 12.00% | 2.03% | |
| Stanley, Black & Decker | SWK | 9.64% | 2.02% | 5.45% |
| Sysco | SYY | 38.76% | 2.38% | 6.45% |
| AT&T | T | 29.87% | 4.61% | 2.08% |
| Target Corporation | TGT | 2.74% | 3.32% | 7.14% |
| T. Rowe Price | TROW | 8.47% | 2.87% | 3.84% |
| V. F. Corporation | VFC | -12.11% | 3.15% | 11.90% |
| Walgreen Boots Alliance | WBA | -1.01% | 1.81% | 4.17% |
| Walmart | WMT | 16.03% | 2.89% | 2.04% |
| Exxon-Mobil | XOM | 19.88% | 3.32% | 2.74% |