- High Yield Dividend (HYD) Aristocrats from the S&P 1500 Composite Index have raised their annual payouts every year for at least 20 consecutive years.
- The 118 HYD Aristocrats screened as of April 28, 2022 represented all eleven Morningstar sectors. Broker targeted top-ten net gainers ranged 14.6%-43.34% topped by MDU and NUS.
- By yield, IBM again tops all HYD Aristocrats. Top-ten yields from AMCR, XOM, MMM, O, UBSI, WBA, BEN, LEG, NNN and IBM averaged 4.32%.
- HYD Aristocrats top ten by broker-estimated target-price upsides, MMM, FRT, UBSI, LEG, BEN, TDS, UGI, MDU, VFC, and NUS, averaged 23.43%.
- $5k invested April 28 in the five top-yield, lowest-priced HYD Aristocrats showed 18.15% more net-gain than from $5k invested in all top ten. Little (lower-priced) equities led these pre-May S&P 1500 HY Dividend Aristocrats by nearly two lengths.
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118 S&P 1500 High-Yield Dividend Aristocrats - 10 May Buys