High Dividend Stocks: Dividend Aristocrats

One of the top sources of high dividend stocks ideas for investors is the S&P 500's Dividend Aristocrats' List. Thee S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats is designed to measure the performance of the 50 highest dividend yielding constituents that have followed a policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for at least 25 consecutive years. Here is the stocks that are currently on the list:

Ticker Company
ABM ABM Industries
ABT Abbott Labs
ASBC Associated Banc-Corp.
AVY Avery Dennison Corp.
AWR American States Water Co.
BAC Bank of America Corp.
BBT BB&T Corporation
BKH Black Hills
BUD Anheuser-Busch
CBSS Compass Bancshares
CINF Cincinnati Financial
CMA Comerica Inc.
ED Consolidated Edison
EMR Emerson Electric
FHN First Horizon National
FITB Fifth Third Bancorp
GCI Gannett Co.
GE General Electric
HB Hillenbrand Industries
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
KEY KeyCorp
KMB Kimberly-Clark
KO Coca Cola Co.
LEG Leggett & Platt
LLY Lilly (Eli) & Co.
LZB LA-Z Boy Chair
MCD McDonald's Corp.
MMM 3M Company
MO Altria Group, Inc.
MRBK Mercantile Bankshares
MTB M&T Bank Corp.
NFG National Fuel Gas
NWN Northwest Natural Gas
PFE Pfizer, Inc.
PG Procter & Gamble
PNY Piedmont Nat'l Gas
PPG PPG Industries
RF Regions Financial Corp.
ROH Rohm & Haas
RPM RPM International Inc.
SLM SLM Corporation
SNV Synovus Financial
SWK Stanley Works
USB U.S. Bancorp
VFC V.F. Corp.
VVC Vectren Corporation
WGL WGL Holdings, Inc.
WL Wilmington Trust Corp.
WPS WPS Resources
WWY Wrigley (Wm) Jr.

These are all good starting points for further investigation. If high dividend stocks are of interest to you, then do not miss this list.