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3 Different Yield Tables Of The Highest Yielding Dividend Aristocrats

The S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index has greatly outperformed the broader S&P 500 Index over the past 10 years, and includes many quality companies that raise their payouts year after year. 

But S&P Dow Jones Indices has a High-Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index that can help you find even higher-yielding stocks. 

Most financial-media news is geared toward current events that can affect stock prices over the short term. But many investors are much more concerned with longer-term strategies for growth or income.





I'm a strong believer in long-term value creation though growth and job creation. Only a growing company with a healthy business that works over decades and has also a strategic plan has potential to create a solid return for us.

These are the 10 highest yielding Dividend Aristocrats...



Company
Industry
Dividend yield
HCP Inc.
Real Estate Investment Trusts
6.76%
AT&T Inc.
Major Telecommunications
5.65%
Chevron Corp.
Integrated Oil
4.70%
Consolidated Edison Inc.
Electric Utilities
4.16%
Emerson Electric Co.
Electrical Products
3.90%
AbbVie Inc.
Major Pharmaceuticals
3.78%
Nucor Corp.
Steel
3.68%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
Integrated Oil
3.65%
Procter & Gamble Co.
Household/Personal Care
3.53%
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Discount Stores
3.27%


Here are the 15 S&P High-Yield Dividend Aristocrats with the highest current yields:

Company
Industry
Dividend yield
HCP Inc.
Real Estate Investment Trusts
6.76%
AT&T Inc.
Major Telecommunications
5.65%
Mercury General Corp.
Property/Casualty Insurance
4.92%
Realty Income Corp.
Real Estate investment Trusts
4.72%
National Retail Properties Inc.
Real Estate Investment Trusts
4.70%
Chevron Corp.
Integrated Oil
4.70%
Questar Corp.
Gas Distributors
4.57%
Caterpillar Inc.
Trucks/Construction/Farm Machinery
4.44%
Consolidated Edison Inc.
Electric Utilities
4.16%
MDU Resources Group Inc.
Gas Distributors
4.15%
Old Republic International Corp.
Property/Casualty Insurance
4.05%
People’s United Financial Inc.
Savings Banks
4.05%
Black Hills Corp.
Electric Utilities
4.02%
Vectren Corp.
Gas Distributors
3.92%
Emerson Electric Corp.
Electrical Products
3.90%

Here are free cash flow yields calculated by FactSet (except for the REITs, as described above) for the 15 highest-yielding High-Yield Dividend Aristocrats:

Company
Free cash flow yield - past 12 months
Dividend
yield
HCP Inc.
9.46%
6.76%
AT&T Inc.
7.13%
5.65%
Mercury General Corp.
6.26%
4.92%
Realty Income Corp.
5.57%
4.72%
National Retail Properties Inc.
6.03%
4.70%
Chevron Corp.
-6.25%
4.70%
Questar Corp.
2.94%
4.57%
Caterpillar Inc.
8.58%
4.44%
Consolidated Edison Inc.
2.56%
4.16%
MDU Resources Group Inc.
-6.32%
4.15%
Old Republic International Corp.
13.98%
4.05%
People’s United Financial Inc.
4.81%
4.05%
Black Hills Corp.
-0.42%
4.02%
Vectren Corp.
1.63%
3.92%
Emerson Electric Corp.
7.66%
3.90%