Dividend Champion Portfolio Update - Monday, May 8
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 April):
| Name | Symbol | Yield | P/E | 3-yr |
| Target Corp. | TGT | 4.3 | 12.14 | 13.7 |
| Altria Group Inc. | MO | 3.4 | 9.83 | 8.6 |
| T. Rowe Price Group | TROW | 3.22 | 14.86 | 12.4 |
| VF Corp. | VFC | 3.08 | 19.58 | 18.7 |
| Helmerich & Payne Inc. | HP | 4.62 | 999 | 28.8 |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 4.95 | 18.87 | 2.2 |
| Weyco Group Inc. | WEYS | 3 | 17.81 | 5.8 |
| Consolidated Edison | ED | 3.48 | 19.24 | 2.9 |
| Old Republic International | ORI | 3.68 | 12.93 | 1.4 |
| People’s United Financial | PBCT | 3.95 | 18.99 | 1.5 |
| Sonoco Products Co. | SON | 2.98 | 18.55 | 5.9 |
| Coca-Cola Company | KO | 3.43 | 28.96 | 7.7 |
| ExxonMobil Corp. | XOM | 3.77 | 43.43 | 6.6 |
| Kimberly-Clark Corp. | KMB | 2.99 | 21.66 | 6.2 |
| Genuine Parts Co. | GPC | 2.93 | 19.92 | 6.4 |
| National Retail Properties | NNN | 4.31 | 35.48 | 3.6 |
| Emerson Electric | EMR | 3.19 | 23.55 | 4.7 |
| United Bankshares Inc. | UBSI | 3.31 | 20.05 | 1.8 |
| Archer Daniels Midland | ADM | 2.8 | 21.08 | 16.4 |
| Eagle Financial Services | EFSI | 2.98 | 14.97 | 2.6 |
| Federal Realty Inv. Trust | FRT | 2.99 | 43.06 | 8.6 |
| Procter & Gamble Co. | PG | 3.16 | 25.24 | 4.1 |
| W.W. Grainger Inc. | GWW | 2.66 | 19.7 | 10.4 |
| Chevron Corp. | CVX | 4.05 | 999 | 3.2 |
| Community Trust Banc. | CTBI | 2.85 | 16.84 | 2.8 |
There is no turnover in positions this month.
The current portfolio is below:
| Position | Shares | Average Purchase Price | Initial Purchase Date | Cost Basis | Current Value | Percentage Gain/Loss Excluding Dividends |
| VFC | 470 | 57.39 | 12/7/2016 | $26,973.30 | $25,600.90 | -5.09% |
| ED | 390 | 70.41 | 12/7/2016 | $27,459.90 | $31,125.90 | 13.35% |
| ORI | 1145 | 16.22 | 4/4/2014 | $18,571.90 | $23,197.70 | 24.91% |
| KO | 653 | 41.29 | 12/7/2016 | $26,962.37 | $28,529.57 | 5.81% |
| TGT | 391 | 68.65 | 6/3/2016 | $26,842.15 | $22,412.12 | -16.50% |
| MO | 400 | 58.14 | 1/7/2016 | $23,256.00 | $28,368.00 | 21.98% |
| TROW | 300 | 71.35 | 7/5/2016 | $21,405.00 | $21,570.00 | 0.77% |
| HP | 341 | 80.9 | 10/6/2014 | $27,586.90 | $20,333.83 | -26.29% |
| WEYS | 1088 | 27.81 | 3/7/2017 | $30,257.28 | $30,246.40 | -0.04% |
| T | 650 | 38.13 | 3/7/2016 | $24,784.50 | $25,064.00 | 1.13% |
Disclosure: None.
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