The High Yield Dividend Champion Portfolio is a publicly tracked stock portfolio on Scott’s Investments. The goal is to capture quality high yield stocks with a history of raising dividends.
The screening process for this portfolio starts with the “Dividend Champions” as compiled by DRIP Investing. The list is comprised of stocks that have increased their dividend payout for at least 25 consecutive years. Stocks are then ranked on yield, P/E and 3-year dividend growth rate and assigned an overall rank.
Stocks are sold on the re-balance date (generally around the 5th of the month) when they drop out of the top 15 (to limit turnover) and are replaced with the next highest rated stock.
The top 25 stocks are below and displayed in order of their overall ranking (figures are from the end of October, “999” indicates a N/A value):
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| Name |
Symbol |
Yield |
P/E |
3-yr |
| Altria Group Inc. |
MO |
4.92 |
16.59 |
8.3 |
| Tanger Factory Outlet Centers |
SKT |
6.29 |
34.25 |
12.7 |
| Leggett & Platt Inc. |
LEG |
4.19 |
14.82 |
5 |
| Franklin Resources |
BEN |
3.02 |
9.56 |
18.6 |
| Black Hills Corp. |
BKH |
3.39 |
5.81 |
5.1 |
| AT&T Inc. |
T |
6.52 |
15.26 |
2.1 |
| People’s United Financial |
PBCT |
4.47 |
12.84 |
1.5 |
| Consolidated Edison |
ED |
3.76 |
3.44 |
3.1 |
| Eaton Vance Corp. |
EV |
3.11 |
14.39 |
8.1 |
| Illinois Tool Works |
ITW |
3.14 |
17.08 |
16.1 |
| PepsiCo Inc. |
PEP |
3.3 |
19.38 |
7.7 |
| Universal Corp. |
UVV |
4.42 |
17.22 |
1.9 |
| Target Corp. |
TGT |
3.06 |
16.73 |
8.7 |
| Kimberly-Clark Corp. |
KMB |
3.84 |
22.24 |
5.6 |
| T. Rowe Price Group |
TROW |
2.89 |
12.93 |
9 |
| Meredith Corp. |
MDP |
4.23 |
999 |
6.3 |
| United Bankshares Inc. |
UBSI |
4.1 |
14 |
1 |
| Realty Income Corp. |
O |
4.39 |
51.96 |
5 |
| ExxonMobil Corp. |
XOM |
4.12 |
22.64 |
4.3 |
| National Retail Properties |
NNN |
4.28 |
33.88 |
4.1 |
| Old Republic International |
ORI |
3.54 |
10.81 |
1.4 |
| Computer Services Inc. |
CSVI |
2.88 |
15.75 |
15.8 |
| PSB Holdings Inc. |
PSBQ |
4.11 |
999 |
6.7 |
| Community Trust Banc. |
CTBI |
3.16 |
14.49 |
3.2 |
| Farmers & Merchants Bancorp |
FMCB |
41.26 |
999 |
2.5 |
