The Cream of the Dividend Crop
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The 23 names that made the cut are listed below. Another way to invest in this elite group is through an exchange-traded fund: SPDR S&P Dividend (SDY).
| Company (Ticker) | S&P STARS Rank | Price (1/23/08) | Div. Yield (1/23/08)
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott Laboratories (ABT) | 4 | $57.97 | 2.24%
|
| Aflac (AFL) | 5 | $62.59 | 1.31%
|
| Anheuser-Busch (BUD) | 4 | $48.67 | 2.71%
|
| Automatic Data Processing (ADP) | 5 | $39.48 | 2.94%
|
| Avery Dennison (AVY) | 4 | $46.45 | 3.53%
|
| Bank of America (BAC) | 5 | $40.57 | 6.31%
|
| Becton, Dickinson (BDX) | 4 | $84.64 | 1.35%
|
| CenturyTel (CTL) | 4 | $33.48 | 0.78%
|
| Chubb (CB) | 5 | $48.79 | 2.38%
|
| Coca-Cola (KO) | 5 | $58.87 | 2.31%
|
| Emerson Electric (EMR) | 4 | $50.53 | 2.37%
|
| Gannett (GCI) | 4 | $35.77 | 4.47%
|
| General Electric (GE) | 4 | $34.59 | 3.58%
|
| Grainger (W.W.) (GWW) | 4 | $78.22 | 1.79%
|
| Integrys Energy Group (TEG) | 4 | $50.30 | 5.25%
|
| Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) | 4 | $64.20 | 2.59%
|
| Kimberly-Clark (KMB) | 4 | $64.44 | 3.29%
|
| Lowe's (LOW) | 4 | $26.04 | 1.23%
|
| McDonald's (MCD) | 5 | $53.01 | 2.83%
|
| Procter & Gamble (PG) | 5 | $66.24 | 2.11%
|
| Stanley Works (SWK) | 5 | $46.48 | 2.67%
|
| State Street (STT) | 4 | $79.45 | 1.16%
|
| VF (VFC) | 4 | $75.55 | 3.07% |
Piskora is managing editor of U.S. Editorial Operations for Standard & Poor's .
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