Highest Yielding Dividend Aristocrats

Three stocks, C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), Nordson (NDSN) and J.M. Smucker (SJM), will join the storied S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats on Feb. 1.

Those paying highest yields, with newest index additions shown for comparison.

Company	TICKER	SECTOR	Years of dividend increases	Dividend yield
VF	VFC	Consumer Discretionary	50	6.8%
Walgreens Boots Alliance	WBA	Consumer Staples	47	5.3
3M Company	MMM	Industrials	60	5.3
International Business Machines	IBM	Information Technology	27	4.7
Realty Income	O	Real Estate	28	4.4
Amcor	AMCR	Materials	39	4.2
T. Rowe Price Group	TROW	Financials	36	4.1
Essex Property Trust	ESS	Real Estate	28	4.1
Franklin Resources	BEN	Financials	41	4.0
AbbVie	ABBV	Health Care	50	4.0
J.M. Smucker *	SJM	Consumer Staples	25	2.7
C.H. Robinson Worldwide*	CHRW	Industrials	25	2.3
Nordson*	NDSN	Industrials	42	1.1

Sources: S&P Global Market Intelligence, IBD, * — new index additions

Highest dividend yielding stocks in Dow Jones Industrial Average

 

Company	Symbol	Dividend yield	Sector
Verizon Communications	(VZ)	6.5%	Communication Services
Dow	(DOW)	5.5	Materials
Intel	(INTC)	5.5	Information Technology
Walgreens Boots Alliance	(WBA)	5.2	Consumer Staples
3M	(MMM)	4.9	Industrials
International Business Machines	(IBM)	4.7	Information Technology
Chevron	(CVX)	3.3	Energy
Amgen	(AMGN)	3.3	Health Care
Cisco Systems	(CSCO)	3.2	Information Technology
JPMorgan Chase	(JPM)	3.0	Financials
Goldman Sachs	(GS)	2.9	Financials

Sources: S&P Global Market Intelligence, IBD

Income-producing investments, ranked in order of preference

Energy pipelines once again top our annual list of income-producing investments, ranked in order of preference.

	Recent Price	YTD Return	Yield
Energy Pipelines
Alerian MLP / AMLP	$37.12	22.4%	8.1%
Tortoise Midstream Energy / NTG	34.01	21.4	9.1
Williams Cos. / WMB	32.72	32.2	5.2
U.S. Dividend Stocks
Vanguard High Dividend Yield / VYM	$107.45	-1.2%	3.0%
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity / SCHD	74.92	-4.0	3.1
ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats / NOBL	89.58	-6.9	2.0
Foreign Dividend Stocks
iShares International Select Dividend / IDV	$27.12	-6.5%	7.1%
Schwab International Dividend Equity / SCHY	22.32	-9.8	4.7
Real Estate Investment Trusts
Vanguard Real Estate / VNQ	$81.30	-27.3%	3.9%
Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty / RQI	11.19	-32.9	8.6
Convertible Bonds
SPDR Bloomberg Convertible Securities / CWB	$63.71	-21.6%	1.9%
Miller Convertible Bond / MCIFX	12.20	-11.0	1.0
Advent Convertible & Income / AVK	10.81	-35.0	13.0
Junk Bonds
iShares iBoxx HIgh Yield Corporate Bond / HYG	$72.63	-12.2%	6.6%
Blackrock Corporate High Yield / HYT	8.43	-25.3	11.1
Nuveen Credit Strategies Income / JQC	5.02	-15.4	11.4
Municipal Bonds
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt / VWITX	$13.36	-6.9%	2.6%
Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income / NEA	11.01	-25.7	4.9
Pimco High Yield Municipal Bond / PHMIX	8.19	-12.8	4.7
Preferred Stocks
iShares Preferred & Income Securities / PFF	$30.35	-18.7%	6.1%
InfraCap REIT Preferred / PFFR	16.52	-24.9	7.7
JPMorgan Chase 4.2% / JPM Pr M	17.39	-27.7	6.1
Telecoms
AT&T / T	$18.22	4.7%	6.1%
Verizon Communications / VZ	38.81	-21.2	6.7
Cash Alternatives
iShares Short Treasury Bond / SHV	$109.87	0.9%	4.1%
SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill / BIL	91.44	1.3	4.2
Vanguard Ultra-Short-Term Bond / VUBFX	9.85	-0.5	5.5
Treasuries
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond / SHY	$81.21	-3.8%	4.3%
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond / TLT	99.55	-31.3	3.9
iShares TIPS Bond / TIP	106.32	-12.3	3.9
Electric Utilities
Utilities Select Sector SPDR / XLU	$70.67	1.7%	3.2%
Reaves Utility Income / UTG	28.53	-12.5	8.0
NextEra Energy / NEE	83.16	-9.1	2.0

Note: data as of Dec. 28

Sources: Bloomberg; company reports