If I had to invest $100K today in Dividend Aristocrats, here's what I would do. I'd spread my investments in between my top 10 picks within the list. I show you what portfolio profile this would create, and where it falls short.
AbbVie continues to navigate Humira's LOE brilliantly, with the higher rebates and lower pricing ensuring its market-leading share despite the notable impacts on the top/bottom lines. The management has also raised their FY2024 guidance despite the multiple adjustments related to the acquired IPR&D and milestones expenses. These developments underscore ABBV's robust ex-Humira portfolio growth and M&A acumen, building upon the +15% YoY growth reported in FQ1'24.
AbbVie on Wednesday lowered its 2024 adjusted profit forecast as the drugmaker expects to incur $937 million in acquisition-related expenses.
In a holiday-shortened week, shares of AbbVie Inc. NYSE: ABBV are down a little more than 3%. To put that in context, the drop in ABBV stock was more than that of biotech stocks such as Johnson & Johnson NYSE: JNJ, which is down 0.68%, and Pfizer Inc. NYSE: PFE, which is down 1.38%.
In a holiday-shortened week, shares of AbbVie Inc. NYSE: ABBV are down a little more than 3%. To put that in context, the drop in ABBV stock was more than that of biotech stocks such as Johnson & Johnson NYSE: JNJ, which is down 0.68%, and Pfizer Inc. NYSE: PFE, which is down 1.38%.
Just 1% of all stocks listed on the major U.S. exchanges are Dividend Aristocrats. These are the 67 companies listed on the S&P 500 that have raised their dividends for 25 consecutive years or more.
One of the most important sectors in any country's economy is the biotech sector. Picking under-the-radar biotech stocks is easier said than done because we do not see immediate results.
Retirement stocks are something every investor needs to look into, and when deciding on which retirement stocks to buy, you can never go wrong with Dividend Kings, S&P 500 index constituents that have raised their dividends every one of the previous 25 straight years. Dividend growers had 11.7% compound annual returns from 1986 to 2016, while dividend payers had 9.9%.
The S&P 500 index is up, but not all of its components participated in the rally. Shares of Pfizer have fallen over the past year, and the stock offers a dividend yield now that's much larger than usual.
AbbVie (ABBV) is seeking approval for Tepkinly in the EU as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma after two or more prior therapies.
AbbVie is a Dividend King poised for growth. Gilead Sciences is a stable, low-risk candidate for investors.
If you want a massive dividend snowball: Get the right combination of dividend yield and growth for maximum compounding effect. Dividend Aristocrats may not always be the best choice due to high valuations and low yields. I refine a list of Dividend Aristocrats from 60+ to 10 based on yield and growth rates if I had to pick just 10.