9 Cheapest Dividend Aristocrats

Dividend Aristocrats are those unique kinds of stocks that rarely go on sale. For more than 25 years, these companies have been churning out ever-increasing dividend payments that show they are more than capable of handling the ups and downs of the economy or their respective industry cycles.

By its very nature, a Dividend Aristocrat tends to be a large and stable blue-chip company with a strong balance sheet. Many of these companies are familiar names that produce household brands. Let's look at the cheapest Dividend Aristocrats in this article.

Every once in a while, though, the market forgets the long-term earnings power of these companies and their stocks become good bargains.

Dividend-paying stocks with consistently growing revenue and earnings that increase dividends, year in and year out. I've recently screened the 52 stocks that make up the "Dividend Aristocrats," to find the cheapest and best values to buy now, as we head into 2017.

These are the results...

9 Cheapest Dividend Aristocrats (click to enlarge)

These are the cheapest by expected 5 year earnings growth...

8 Cheapest Dividend Aristocrats -
Forward P/E under 20
with 10% Expected Earnings Growth
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