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The 3 Best Dividend Aristocrats for 2026: The Halftime Scorecard
Key takeaways
- Lowe's dropped 9% on macro housing headwinds despite six straight earnings beats and a fresh dividend raise to $1.25 quarterly.
- Act now: the analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks — and Lowe's didn't make the cut.
- On January 1, 2026, we published The 3 Best Dividend Aristocrats to Buy in 2026, naming Aflac (NYSE: AFL), Lowe's (NYSE: LOW), and Nordson (NASDAQ: NDSN) as the three most compelling names on the Aristocrat roster.
The 3 Best Dividend Aristocrats for 2026: The Halftime Scorecard Trey Thoelcke Wed, July 1, 2026 at 7:10 PM GMT+7 5 min read LOW ^GSPC NDSN AFL NVDA Quick Read Nordson (NDSN) surged 25% and Aflac (AFL) gained 6% year to date, both outpacing the S&P 500 while raising dividends in 2026.
Lowe's dropped 9% on macro housing headwinds despite six straight earnings beats and a fresh dividend raise to $1.25 quarterly.
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