Dividend Champion Portfolio November 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 October):
| Name | Symbol | Yield | P/E | 3-yr |
| Target Corp. | TGT | 4.2 | 11.93 | 13.7 |
| Altria Group Inc. | MO | 4.11 | 8.03 | 8.6 |
| Archer Daniels Midland | ADM | 3.13 | 17.24 | 16.4 |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 5.82 | 16.18 | 2.2 |
| Helmerich & Payne Inc. | HP | 5.16 | 999 | 28.8 |
| Kimberly-Clark Corp. | KMB | 3.45 | 18.57 | 6.2 |
| Weyco Group Inc. | WEYS | 3.24 | 17.54 | 5.8 |
| Old Republic International | ORI | 3.75 | 13.01 | 1.4 |
| Genuine Parts Co. | GPC | 3.06 | 19.78 | 6.4 |
| Sonoco Products Co. | SON | 3.01 | 19.04 | 5.9 |
| ExxonMobil Corp. | XOM | 3.7 | 30.09 | 6.6 |
| United Bankshares Inc. | UBSI | 3.67 | 18.92 | 1.8 |
| PepsiCo Inc. | PEP | 2.92 | 22.77 | 9.1 |
| People’s United Financial | PBCT | 3.7 | 20.51 | 1.5 |
| National Retail Properties | NNN | 4.73 | 34.94 | 3.6 |
| Federal Realty Inv. Trust | FRT | 3.32 | 38.63 | 8.6 |
| Leggett & Platt Inc. | LEG | 3.05 | 19.13 | 4.1 |
| Consolidated Edison | ED | 3.21 | 20.79 | 2.9 |
| Procter & Gamble Co. | PG | 3.19 | 23.09 | 4.1 |
| Universal Health Realty Trust | UHT | 3.61 | 22.6 | 1.6 |
| Coca-Cola Company | KO | 3.22 | 43.79 | 7.7 |
| Computer Services Inc. | CSVI | 2.56 | 20.21 | 20.9 |
| T. Rowe Price Group | TROW | 2.45 | 15.2 | 12.4 |
| Chevron Corp. | CVX | 3.73 | 37.63 | 3.2 |
| Eagle Financial Services | EFSI | 2.84 | 14.82 | 2.6 |
There is no turnover this month.
The current portfolio is below:
| Position | Shares | Average Purchase Price | Initial Purchase Date | Cost Basis | Current Value | Percentage Gain/Loss Excluding Dividends |
| PBCT | 1758 | 17.86 | 7/7/2017 | $31,397.88 | $31,222.08 | -0.56% |
| KMB | 246 | 115.49 | 10/9/2017 | $28,410.54 | $27,869.34 | -1.90% |
| ORI | 1145 | 16.22 | 4/4/2014 | $18,571.90 | $23,804.55 | 28.18% |
| ADM | 762 | 41.95 | 6/6/2017 | $31,965.90 | $30,175.20 | -5.60% |
| TGT | 391 | 68.65 | 6/3/2016 | $26,842.15 | $23,420.90 | -12.75% |
| MO | 400 | 58.14 | 1/7/2016 | $23,256.00 | $25,804.00 | 10.96% |
| SON | 552 | 51.21 | 10/9/2017 | $28,267.92 | $28,107.84 | -0.57% |
| HP | 390 | 76.57 | 10/6/2014 | $29,862.30 | $23,216.70 | -22.25% |
| WEYS | 1088 | 27.81 | 3/7/2017 | $30,257.28 | $29,876.48 | -1.26% |
| T | 650 | 38.13 | 3/7/2016 | $24,784.50 | $22,100.00 | -10.83% |
The portfolio equity curve is below, compared to three benchmarks:
(Click on image to enlarge)
Disclosure: None.
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