Sunday, August 03, 2014

Dividend Payers Underperformed In July

Much is made by some investment managers that dividend payers hold up well in market downturns. Generally, we would agree that is the case; however, this performance advantage does not always bear out and one must look at the underlying cash flow of individual companies. A case in point is the performance of the payers in July.

As the below table shows the average performance of the payers underperformed the non-payers by almost two full percentage points. On a year to date basis the average return of the payers is also lagging the return for the non-payers. As the below performance table shows, most S&P 500 companies do pay a dividend. The difficulty with the safety trade in July was the fact some of the defensive sectors underperformed the overall S&P 500 Index. The staples sector is one of those defensive sectors and the relative performance versus the S&P 500 Index is noted below as well. In that chart, if the line is declining, the noted sector is underperforming the broader S&P 500 Index.

From The Blog of HORAN Capital Advisors

From The Blog of HORAN Capital Advisors

One sector that performed well versus the overall S&P 500 Index was technology. At HORAN we do believe this sector continues to offer opportunities for investors.

From The Blog of HORAN Capital Advisors


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