Dividend Champion Portfolio April Update
The High Yield Dividend Champion Portfolio is a publicly tracked stock portfolio on Scott’s Investments. Its 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 March):
| Name | Symbol | Yield | P/E | 3-yr |
| Target Corp. | TGT | 4.35 | 12 | 13.7 |
| Altria Group Inc. | MO | 3.42 | 9.78 | 8.6 |
| T. Rowe Price Group | TROW | 3.35 | 14.29 | 12.4 |
| VF Corp. | VFC | 3.06 | 19.7 | 18.7 |
| Helmerich & Payne Inc. | HP | 4.21 | 999 | 28.8 |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 4.72 | 19.79 | 2.2 |
| Consolidated Edison | ED | 3.55 | 18.85 | 2.9 |
| Old Republic International | ORI | 3.71 | 12.8 | 1.4 |
| Weyco Group Inc. | WEYS | 2.99 | 17.89 | 5.8 |
| Coca-Cola Company | KO | 3.49 | 28.48 | 7.7 |
| Eagle Financial Services | EFSI | 3.1 | 15.69 | 2.6 |
| ExxonMobil Corp. | XOM | 3.66 | 43.62 | 6.6 |
| Genuine Parts Co. | GPC | 2.92 | 20.13 | 6.4 |
| Emerson Electric | EMR | 3.21 | 23.38 | 4.7 |
| Kimberly-Clark Corp. | KMB | 2.95 | 21.97 | 6.2 |
| Sonoco Products Co. | SON | 2.8 | 18.77 | 5.9 |
| National Retail Properties | NNN | 4.17 | 36.66 | 3.6 |
| Archer Daniels Midland | ADM | 2.78 | 21.22 | 16.4 |
| Computer Services Inc. | CSVI | 2.56 | 19.69 | 20.9 |
| Air Products & Chem. | APD | 2.81 | 21.24 | 7 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc. | WMT | 2.83 | 16.42 | 3.3 |
| McGrath Rentcorp | MGRC | 3.1 | 21.11 | 2.1 |
| Universal Corp. | UVV | 3.05 | 19.99 | 2 |
| United Bankshares Inc. | UBSI | 3.12 | 21.23 | 1.8 |
| Federal Realty Inv. Trust | FRT | 2.94 | 43.91 | 8.6 |
There is no turnover in positions this month.
The current portfolio is below:
| Position | Average Purchase Price | Initial Purchase Date | Percentage Gain/Loss Excluding Dividends |
| VFC | 57.39 | 12/7/2016 | -5.58% |
| ED | 70.41 | 12/7/2016 | 11.25% |
| ORI | 16.22 | 4/4/2014 | 23.18% |
| KO | 41.29 | 12/7/2016 | 3.34% |
| TGT | 68.65 | 6/3/2016 | -21.97% |
| MO | 58.14 | 1/7/2016 | 22.84% |
| TROW | 71.35 | 7/5/2016 | -2.83% |
| HP | 80.9 | 10/6/2014 | -15.93% |
| WEYS | 27.81 | 3/7/2017 | 0.32% |
| T | 38.13 | 3/7/2016 | 6.48% |
Disclosure: None.
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