Why These 9 Dividend Aristocrats Are Surging Today

As a class of stocks, Dividend Aristocrats are generally pretty stable. That should be expected from a group of companies that have all paid and raised their dividends every year for at least 25 years straight. To make that list, it takes a great business with durable competitive advantages and strong management. 

However, April 14 saw at least nine Dividend Aristocrats gain 5% or more during trading: 

Data sources: Yahoo! Finance and YCharts. Data as of 3:22 p.m. EDT.

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