E482 - New S&P Rules for Dividend Aristocrats

New S&P Rules for Dividend Aristocrats

For years, the phrase “Dividend Aristocrat” meant one thing to many investors:

25 straight years of increasing dividends.

But there's more to the story.

S&P has developed a much broader family of Dividend Aristocrat indexes—and the rules change depending on the size of the company, the industry, and even whether we're measuring dividends or free cash flow.

In this episode of Trail Boss Radio, we take a fresh look at what it really means to be a Dividend Aristocrat in 2026.

We b...