High Yield Dividend Champion Portfolio January 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 December, “999” indicates a N/A value):
| Name | Symbol | Yield | P/E | 3-yr |
| Altria Group Inc. | MO | 6.48 | 12.6 | 8.3 |
| Franklin Resources | BEN | 3.51 | 9.21 | 18.6 |
| Eaton Vance Corp. | EV | 3.98 | 10.63 | 8.1 |
| Target Corp. | TGT | 3.87 | 12.69 | 8.7 |
| Tanger Factory Outlet Centers | SKT | 6.92 | 34.86 | 12.7 |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 7.15 | 14.2 | 2.1 |
| Archer Daniels Midland | ADM | 3.27 | 11.32 | 10.1 |
| Leggett & Platt Inc. | LEG | 4.24 | 14.34 | 5 |
| People’s United Financial | PBCT | 4.85 | 11.83 | 1.5 |
| Universal Corp. | UVV | 5.54 | 13.02 | 1.9 |
| ExxonMobil Corp. | XOM | 4.81 | 16.84 | 4.3 |
| Consolidated Edison | ED | 3.74 | 3.47 | 3.1 |
| Black Hills Corp. | BKH | 3.22 | 6.25 | 5.1 |
| Community Trust Bank. | CTBI | 3.64 | 12.61 | 3.2 |
| Illinois Tool Works | ITW | 3.16 | 16.96 | 16.1 |
| United Bankshares Inc. | UBSI | 4.37 | 13.13 | 1 |
| Old Republic International | ORI | 3.79 | 7.37 | 1.4 |
| T. Rowe Price Group | TROW | 3.03 | 12.31 | 9 |
| PepsiCo Inc. | PEP | 3.36 | 19.05 | 7.7 |
| Meredith Corp. | MDP | 4.2 | 999 | 6.3 |
| Urstadt Biddle Properties | UBA | 5.72 | 29.57 | 1.6 |
| Kimberly-Clark Corp. | KMB | 3.51 | 24.29 | 5.6 |
| Realty Income Corp. | O | 4.21 | 52.97 | 5 |
| Helmerich & Payne Inc. | HP | 5.92 | 999 | 2.2 |
| Federal Realty Inv. Trust | FRT | 3.46 | 40.84 | 7.1 |
There is no turnover in the portfolio this month. The current portfolio is below:
| Position | Shares | Average Purchase Price | Initial Purchase Date | Cost Basis | Current Value | Percentage Gain/Loss Excluding Dividends |
| BKH | 516 | 60.18 | 8/8/2018 | $31,052.88 | $32,301.60 | 4.02% |
| UVV | 540 | 60.15 | 9/9/2018 | $32,481.00 | $29,640.60 | -8.74% |
| PBCT | 1896 | 17.28 | 10/8/2018 | $32,762.88 | $28,629.60 | -12.62% |
| EV | 869 | 36.82 | 12/7/2018 | $31,996.58 | $31,344.83 | -2.04% |
| TGT | 391 | 68.65 | 6/3/2016 | $26,842.15 | $27,244.88 | 1.50% |
| MO | 504 | 58.24 | 1/7/2016 | $29,352.96 | $24,585.12 | -16.24% |
| SKT | 1400 | 21.11 | 5/7/2018 | $29,554.00 | $29,708.00 | 0.52% |
| ED | 385 | 75.31 | 3/8/2018 | $28,994.35 | $29,044.40 | 0.17% |
| BEN | 930 | 33.3 | 8/8/2018 | $30,969.00 | $28,281.30 | -8.68% |
| T | 928 | 36.4 | 3/7/2016 | $33,779.20 | $28,665.92 | -15.14% |
| Cash | Cash | $13,141.47 |
Disclosure: None.
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