High Yield Dividend Champion Portfolio – May Update
The High Yield Dividend Champion Portfolio is a publicly tracked stock portfolio on Scott’s Investments. The 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 April, “999” indicates a N/A value):
| Name | Symbol | Yield | P/E | 3-yr |
| Altria Group Inc. | MO | 4.99 | 14.61 | 8.3 |
| Tanger Factory Outlet Centers | SKT | 6.38 | 29.66 | 12.7 |
| Meredith Corp. | MDP | 4.21 | 16.5 | 6.3 |
| Target Corp. | TGT | 3.42 | 15.71 | 8.7 |
| PepsiCo Inc. | PEP | 3.68 | 19.71 | 7.7 |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 6.12 | 19.46 | 2.1 |
| Kimberly-Clark Corp. | KMB | 3.86 | 20.26 | 5.6 |
| Black Hills Corp. | BKH | 3.35 | 6.21 | 5.1 |
| Consolidated Edison | ED | 3.57 | 3.65 | 3.1 |
| Leggett & Platt Inc. | LEG | 3.55 | 16.16 | 5 |
| ExxonMobil Corp. | XOM | 4.22 | 24 | 4.3 |
| Procter & Gamble Co. | PG | 3.97 | 17.14 | 2.6 |
| Universal Health Realty Trust | UHT | 4.44 | 17.89 | 1.6 |
| United Bankshares Inc. | UBSI | 4.01 | 15.43 | 1 |
| Old Republic International | ORI | 3.82 | 9.67 | 1.4 |
| Mercury General Corp. | MCY | 5.47 | 18.98 | 0.4 |
| Realty Income Corp. | O | 5.21 | 45.92 | 5 |
| Franklin Resources | BEN | 2.73 | 10.48 | 18.6 |
| National Retail Properties | NNN | 4.99 | 31.7 | 4.1 |
| Genuine Parts Co. | GPC | 3.26 | 19.03 | 5.3 |
| People’s United Financial | PBCT | 3.83 | 17.59 | 1.5 |
| National Fuel Gas | NFG | 3.23 | 8.78 | 2.6 |
| Coca-Cola Company | KO | 3.61 | 36.93 | 6.2 |
| Archer Daniels Midland | ADM | 2.95 | 24.4 | 10.1 |
| Computer Services Inc. | CSVI | 2.62 | 17.01 | 15.8 |
There is turnover in one position this month. HP was sold for a capital gain of 5.61% and original purchase date of 3/8/2018. The proceeds were used to purchase SKT, which was a new addition to the Dividend Champion list this month.
The current portfolio is below:
| Position | Shares | Average Purchase Price | Initial Purchase Date | Cost Basis | Current Value | Percentage Gain/Loss Excluding Dividends |
| MDP | 514 | 56.05 | 2/6/2018 | $28,809.70 | $26,933.60 | -6.51% |
| KMB | 246 | 115.49 | 10/9/2017 | $28,410.54 | $25,377.36 | -10.68% |
| ORI | 1145 | 16.22 | 4/4/2014 | $18,571.90 | $23,186.25 | 24.85% |
| UHT | 500 | 59.92 | 4/6/2018 | $29,960.00 | $31,075.00 | 3.72% |
| TGT | 391 | 68.65 | 6/3/2016 | $26,842.15 | $27,108.03 | 0.99% |
| MO | 400 | 58.14 | 1/7/2016 | $23,256.00 | $22,284.00 | -4.18% |
| SKT | 1400 | 21.11 | 5/7/2018 | $29,554.00 | $29,554.00 | 0.00% |
| ED | 385 | 75.31 | 3/8/2018 | $28,994.35 | $30,168.60 | 4.05% |
| BKH | 557 | 51.75 | 2/6/2018 | $28,824.75 | $32,946.55 | 14.30% |
| T | 650 | 38.13 | 3/7/2016 | $24,784.50 | $20,826.00 | -15.97% |
| Cash | Cash | $25,713.47 | ||||
| Current Portfolio Value (excluding recent dividends): | $295,172.86 |
Disclosure: None.
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