Believe it or not 2013 is almost half way over. July is just around the corner and before we know it December will be here. Since we are half way through the year I thought it was a good time to see which dividend-paying stocks are performing the best so far in 2013.
The recent sell off brings things back into a more balanced perspective. Even after the relatively small downturn many of these stocks have still performed very well this year.
I’ve broken things out into 3 different sections. REITs, DOW30, and the Dividend Aristocrats.
REITs
REITs have been getting hit hard lately but there are still 5 REITs that have risen more than 25% so far in 2013.
| REIT | Symbol | REIT Type |
Yield | 2013 Return % |
| Caplease | LSE | Office | 3.36 | 55.07 |
| CommonWealth | CWH | Office | 5.46 | 47.6 |
| Rait Financial | RAS | Diversified | 5.2 | 36.64 |
| Omega Healthcare | OHI | Healthcare | 5.99 | 27.63 |
| Northstar Realty | NRF | Retail | 8.21 | 26.42 |
DJ30
The DOW is up 12% as a whole so far in 2013. Here are the top 10 performers.
| Company | Symbol | Yield | YTD |
| Hewlett Packard | HPQ | 2.4 | 64.30% |
| Boeing | BA | 2 | 30.40% |
| American Express | AXP | 1.2 | 26% |
| Disney | DIS | 1.2 | 25.80% |
| Pfizer | PFE | 3.4 | 23% |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 2.8 | 23% |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 3.1 | 20% |
| United Health | UNH | 1.7 | 19.50% |
| Home Depot | HD | 2.1 | 18.70% |
| DuPont | DD | 3.4 | 17% |
Dividend Aristocrats
The Dividend Aristocrats are stocks that have boosted dividends for 25 consecutive years or more. It similar to our safe dividend list. I’ve included the top 15 performing dividend aristocrats.
| Company | Symbol | Yield | YTD |
| Bemis Co | BMS | 3.1 | 39.50% |
| Walgreen | WAG | 2.3 | 31.50% |
| Pitney Bowes | PBI | 5.3 | 31% |
| Medtronic | MDT | 2.1 | 25.70% |
| Becton Dickinson | BDX | 2 | 24.90% |
| Grainger W.W. | GWW | 1.4 | 24% |
| VF Corp | VFC | 1.8 | 22.90% |
| AbbVie | ABBV | 3.8 | 22.60% |
| Hormel Foods | HRL | 1.8 | 21.60% |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 3.1 | 20.70% |
| Archer-Daniels-Mid | ADM | 2.3 | 20.2 |
| Automatic Data Proc | ADP | 2.5 | 20.1 |
| Commerce Bancshares | CBSH | 2.1 | 19.5 |
| Genuine Parts | GPC | 2.8 | 19.4 |
| Aqua America | WTR | 2.5 | 19.1 |
This post is mostly for entertainment purposes but it’s always good to know about the top performers and try to understand why they have been crushing the market. What’s your best performer so far in 2013?
Too bad none of mine is in the 3 lists 🙂 But that’s ok for me, I’m desperately waiting for lower prices to add to my positions. Luckily those dividends help me abide my time!