While all-weather dividend growth stocks may hold up better than their more volatile peers, avoiding sell-offs altogether is impossible. No matter how high quality the stock's operations may be, the broader economic market may affect boring-looking stocks in ways investors could not have imagined.

Consider the 2020 pandemic and how its impacts were a tailwind initially for Sherwin-Williams (NYSE: SHW) and Domino's Pizza (NYSE: DPZ). With its customers stuck at home, many people turned to Sherwin-Williams products to freshen up their homes or relied upon Domino's quick delivery for an easy pizza night.

The two stocks saw outsized growth and profitability early during the pandemic but have struggled since, trying to lap formidable comparable figures.

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