Best Dividend Kings: August 2026
Seeking Alpha reports that Dividend Kings are outperforming the S&P 500 year-to-date with a 14.98% total return versus SPY's 12.89%. Thirty Dividend Kings are beating SPY, with 25 appearing potentially undervalued and offering at least 10% annualized return potential, while dividend growth accelerated to an average rate of 4.12% with several notable increases announced.
Why it matters — As a potential Dividend King, TNC watchers would care about this update on the group's relative outperformance and accelerating dividend growth, which reflects on the broader dividend-growth landscape the company is part of.