3 Dividend Stocks That Investors Should Avoid
The 69 stocks that have made the grade as Dividend Aristocrats® -- having raised their dividends for at least 25 years running -- tend to outperform broader markets. (The term Dividend Aristocrats® is a registered trademark of Standard Poor’s Financial Services LLC.) A 2025 analysis by Charles Schwab found that the group had outperformed the S 500 by an average 1.59% a year since 2000.
For context, the S 500 has achieved average annual returns of 7.33% this century so far, so an extra 1.59% of annual returns would make the difference between having $58,600 with the S 500 and $84,700 with Dividend Aristocrats® on an initial $10,000 investment.
It's not hard to see why Dividend Aristocrats® would outperform as a group. Companies that can increase payouts year after year for decades through all kinds of economic conditions tend to be resilient and well-managed. But when a Dividend Aristocrat® falls, it can fall hard.
Source Fool.com
