Companies that meet the criteria for being a constituent of the S&P Europe 350 Dividend Aristocrats
There are 31 components as of July 2021.
The S&P Europe 350 Dividend Aristocrats is the European equivalent of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats. It is a stock index of European constituents that have followed a policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for at least 10 consecutive years. [1] The index was launched on May 2, 2005. It is a subset of the S&P Europe 350. ETFs exist for the set of constituents. The constituents of the index are determined by rules set forth by Standard & Poor's.
There are 31 components as of July 2021.
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