These 9 Dividend Aristocrat Stocks Could Ride Out a Recession
By Lawrence C. Strauss
Updated July 7, 2022 8:38 am ET / Original July 7, 2022 4:30 am ET
I’ll cut to the chase with a table this article printed:
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These S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats have debt-to-equity ratios below 50% and payout ratios with room to expand.
Company / Ticker Dividend Yield Market Value (bil) YTD Return
Exxon Mobil $XOM 4.2% $356.4 41.6%
Chevron $CVX 4.0% $279.6 23.9%
Medtronic $MDT 3.0% $120.2 -11.3%
Aflac $AFL 2.9% $ 35.8 -3.7%
Johnson & Johnson $JNJ 2.5% $468.2 5.5%
Cincinnati Financial $CINF 2.3% $ 19.1 5.7%
Hormel Foods $HRL 2.2% $ 26.0 -1.5%
Nucor $NUE 1.9% $ 27.8 -7.6%
Chubb $CB 1.7% $ 81.8 0.7%