WMT - Walmart and 3 Other Dividend Kings That Are Outperforming the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite in 2024
2024-05-22 08:00:00 ET
The best dividend stocks can have a tough time keeping pace with a rip-roaring, growth-fueled bull market. After all, the whole idea of a dividend is to pass along a portion of profits directly to shareholders instead of reinvesting them in the business.
Naturally, dividend-paying companies tend to be lower growth. But Walmart (NYSE: WMT) , Target (NYSE: TGT) , Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) , and Emerson Electric (NYSE: EMR) have not only paid and raised their dividends for at least 50 consecutive years -- making them Dividend Kings -- but all four stocks are also beating the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indexes year to date.
Here's what's going right for each company and whether they are worth buying now.
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Walmart and 3 Other Dividend Kings That Are Outperforming the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite in 2024