S&P's Dividend Aristocrats: Ranked By Yield

Eddy Elfenbein submits: S&P tracks its list of "Dividend Aristocrats." These are S&P 500 stocks that have increased their dividend every year for the last 25 years.

Here's the list ranked by current dividend yield:

First Horizon National Corporation (FHN) - 5.51%
Bank of America Corp. (BAC) - 5.34%
Consolidated Edison, Inc. (ED) - 5.29%
U.S. Bancorp (USB) - 5.21%
Pfizer Inc. (PFE) - 4.92%
BB&T Corporation (BBT) - 4.81%
Comerica Incorporated (CMA) - 4.73%
Regions Financial Corporation (RF) - 4.68%
Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) - 4.43%
Altria Group (MO) - 4.09%
KeyCorp (KEY) - 4.09%
Cincinnati Financial Corporation (CINF) - 3.55%
Leggett & Platt, Inc. - (LEG) 3.44%
Gannett Co., Inc. (GCI) - 3.24%
Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) - 3.12%
Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) - 3.10%
Synovus Financial Corp. (SNV) - 2.85%
General Electric Company (GE) - 2.83%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) - 2.72%
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. (BUD) - 2.69%
PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG) - 2.68%
The Clorox Company (CLX) - 2.61%
M&T Bank Corporation (MTB) - 2.60%
The Coca-Cola Company (KO) - 2.59%
Rohm and Haas Company (ROH) 2.58%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) - 2.57%
Avery Dennison Corporation (AVY) - 2.56%
V.F. Corporation (VFC) - 2.51%
Compass Bancshares, Inc. (CBSS) 2.47%
The Chubb Corporation (CB) - 2.27%
PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP) - 2.27%
The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) 2.24%
The Stanley Works (SWK) - 2.21%
Emerson Electric Co. (EMR) - 2.20%
3M Company (MMM) - 2.15%
McDonald's Corporation (MCD) - 2.05%
SLM Corporation (SLM) - 2.01%
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (WWY) - 2.01%
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) 1.96%
Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) - 1.90%
Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW) - 1.77%
W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) - 1.57%
SUPERVALU INC. (SVU) - 1.54%
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (FDO) 1.50%
Dover Corporation (DOV) 1.43%
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (MHP) - 1.34%
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) - 1.34%
State Street Corporation (STT) - 1.28%
Becton, Dickinson and Co. (BDX)- 1.25%
Johnson Controls, Inc. (JCI) - 1.17%
Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW) 1.14%
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (SIAL) 1.01%
Questar Corporation (STR) - 0.95%
Target Corp. (TGT) - 0.90%
Walgreen Company (WAG) - 0.85%
Nucor Corporation (NUE) - 0.84%
C.R. Bard, Inc. (BCR) - 0.75%
CenturyTel, Inc. (CTL) - 0.56%
The Progressive Corporation (PGR) - 0.19%

Comments

[dectra]

Actually, ACAS has the best dividend yield on the S&P at 9.34%. They also just raised their dividend by 11% to $3.68 a year.