
From time to time, I compile a virtual portfolio consisting of the top 50 holdings of dividend ETFs. To compile the portfolio, I analyze the top 25 holdings in each ETF and assign scores proportional to the size of each holding. Summing the scores of individual holdings allow me to rank them by popularity, and so to find the top holdings of these dividend ETFs.
For this edition, I analyzed 47 dividend ETFs. Of the 1,154 tickers found in the top 25 holdings of these ETFs, 389 are unique. Pfizer (
PFE) and Verizon Communications (
VZ) appear in 25 of the 47 dividend ETFs, the most of any stocks. However, Exxon Mobil (
XOM) tops the list by aggregate score and Apple (
AAPL) is the runner-up, replacing Microsoft (
MSFT) which drops to third place.
Dividend growth investors can compare their own portfolios to the top 50 and identify candidates for analysis and possible investment.