Time for another ‘Article of Interest’ post. This is now the 20th post in this series. It’s been a while since my last post in this series, which was nearly four months ago! As I did last year, I point you to TWO articles covering the updated list of Dividend Aristocrats (updated for 2022)… one from Kiplinger, and one from Sure Dividend.
To recap the intent of this series… every now and then, when perusing investing or personal finance articles across the Internet, I come across what I call an ‘Article of Interest’, or ‘A of I’ for short.
I decided it might be helpful to share a link to the article(s) in case some of my visitors would find it of interest as well.
In most cases, the articles will focus on dividend-paying stocks or dividend growth investing (DGI). However, other finance-related topics might be highlighted, too.
Now that we are up-to-speed, let’s see what this A of I is about…
Link Overview
Today’s links take you to two articles, each of which provide a list of the 2022 Dividend Aristocrats.
In general, Dividend Aristocrats are companies in the S&P 500 Index that have raised their annual dividend payouts every year for at least 25 consecutive years.
As you probably know, Dividend Aristocrats are some of the best dividend stocks, as they’ve been able to raise their dividend payments each and every year no matter the business/market environment.
Sixty-six different stocks are part of this year’s list – one more than last year. There are 2 stock additions and 1 stock departure compared to last year’s list, which each article covers.
The first link is from Kiplinger. You may recall that they had a similar article in both 2020 & 2021. Thus, you could say this is becoming an annual tradition.
As before, each stock comes with a brief status/review. The stocks are listed in order of increasing number of consecutive annual dividend raises.
The second link is from Sure Dividend. While this also covers the 2022 list of Dividend Aristocrats, it takes a more detailed look at these stocks. Here are some of the ways the list is examined:
- How to Use the Dividend Aristocrats List to Find Dividend Investment Ideas
- Performance of Dividend Aristocrats
- Sector Composition of the Dividend Aristocrats
- The 7 Best Dividend Aristocrats Today
- Link to Last Dividend Analysis Performed by Sure Dividend on each Dividend Aristocrat
- Historical Dividend Aristocrats List
- Links to Other Lists of Dividend-Paying Stocks & Final Thoughts
https://www.suredividend.com/dividend-aristocrats-list/
As always, there’s plenty of info here to keep one busy for a long time!
Just like last year, I found that my Portfolio contains 18 of the Dividend Aristocrats – no additions or deletions compared to 2021 for my Portfolio.
I hold shares in over 1/4 of the entire Dividend Aristocrats list, and nearly 1/3 of the stocks in my Portfolio are Dividend Aristocrats.
How many Dividend Aristocrats are present in your portfolio? Is this more or less than the previous year?
I hope you find the article useful and/or enjoyable. As always, please share your thoughts once you’ve had a chance to read the material.
See you next time…