S&P 500 -- An Analysis of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index Top 25 Dividend Payers from 12/1/2023 to 11/29/2024

An analysis of the top 25 of 403 dividend payers in the index over the past year.

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As always, please read our disclaimer.

The following stocks are sorted in descending order of greatest “yield.”

For more obscure and/or low volume dividend stocks, we usually do descending “yield + capital gain” but here the list is sorted by descending yield.

Also be aware that for MMM there was a special spinoff payment on 4/1/2024 which is unlikely to be repeated.

Additionally, some of the components here are repeated from the Dow Jones Industrial Average component study as they are in both indices.

[1]. MMM

MMM had a recent dividend of $0.7000 and had 5 dividends from 12/1/2023 to 11/29/2024. The total dividends for that period were $21.1129 (this includes a special dividend/spinoff on 4/1/2024). This resulted in a Yield during that period of 21.14%. During that same period MMM had a starting price of $99.85 and an ending price of $133.53. This resulted in a capital gain of 33.73%. The total return (yield+capital gains) for the period is 54.88%. The standard deviation of dividends for the time period was 6.6015. The average volume of MMM during the time period was 4,715,293.

For further information, please see the following link:

https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/MMM/dividends/yield

[2]. MO

MO had a recent dividend of $1.0200 and had 4 dividends from 12/1/2023 to 11/29/2024. The total dividends for that period were $3.9818. This resulted in a Yield during that period of 9.35%. During that same period MO had a starting price of $42.60 and an ending price of $57.74. This resulted in a capital gain of 35.54%. The total return (yield+capital gains) for the period is 44.89%. The standard deviation of dividends for the time period was 0.0173. The average volume of MO during the time period was 9,707,276.

For further information, please see the following link:

https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/MO/dividends/yield

[3]. TDG

TDG had a recent dividend of $75.0000 and had 1 dividends from 12/1/2023 to 11/29/2024. The total dividends for that period were $75.4121. This resulted in a Yield during that period of 7.77%. During that same period TDG had a starting price of $970.27 and an ending price of $1,252.97. This resulted in a capital gain of 29.14%. The total return (yield+capital gains) for the period is 36.91%. The standard deviation of dividends for the time period was 0.0. The average volume of TDG during the time period was 221,985.

For further information, please see the following link:

https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/TDG/dividends/yield