These 4 Dividend Darlings Could Drop 20%

I know I don’t have to tell you it’s a minefield out there for income investors. Ten-year Treasuries yield a pathetic 1.5%, and dividend-growth stocks have been on a tear. The ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NOBL) , which holds shares of companies that have hiked their payouts annually for 25 years or more, has soared 12% year-to-date, more than doubling the S&P 500’s gain: That’s left many Dividend Aristocrats overvalued and ripe for a fall. Worse, it’s driven their dividend yields to historic lows. Just take a look at food distributor Sysco (SYY) , which yields 2.4% today, barely above the S&P 500 average and near lows not seen in nine years: Read more