Dividend Aristocrat Overview: Abbott
Health care products company Abbott has grown dividends since 1973. Read about Abbott Labs’ history of dividend growth. Read more [...]
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Dividend Aristocrat Overview: Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
Glenview – based Illinois Tool Works, Inc., which has an intellectual portfolio of nearly 10,000 patents, began increasing dividends in 1963. Read more about Illinois Tool Works’ history of dividend growth. Read more [...]
Dividend Aristocrats Week in Review for October 11, 2014: Two Future Aristocrats Announce Dividends
This week’s activity in dividend growth stocks saw six companies – 2 Dividend Aristocrats and 4 High Yield Dividend Aristocrats – make dividend announcements. A company that produces specialty coatings and sealants and a heavy machinery company that began paying dividends in 1933 are among this week’s dividend growth stocks that announced dividend events this week.
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), which produces heavy machinery for the construction and energy industries, will pay a quarterly Read more [...]
Dividend Aristocrat Overview: The Sherwin-Williams Company
Paint and coatings producer The Sherwin-Williams Company began increasing dividends in 1979. Read about Sherwin-Williams’ history of dividend growth. Read more [...]
Dividend Aristocrat Performance in the 3rd Quarter of 2014
Now that we’re a few days into October, I thought I’d take a look at how well the Dividend Aristocrats did in the 3rd quarter of 2014. I’ll use the S&P 500 ETF ‘SPY’ as a proxy for comparison.
From June 1st to September 30th SPY was flat, being up just 0.46% during those 3 months. The 54 Dividend Aristocrats were split evenly in comparison, with 27 of the Aristocrats beating the S&P 500 index and 27 of them trailing the performance of the S&P 500. Not surprisingly, the two Read more [...]