Building a Resilient Portfolio With Canadian Dividend Aristocrats in 2025

Building a Resilient Portfolio With Canadian Dividend Aristocrats in 2025

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Written by Brian Paradza, CFA at The Motley Fool Canada

Canadian investors face an uncertain 2025 as the United States threatens to ignite another trade war battle with hefty tariffs on Canadian goods. However, uncertainty is the order of every investor’s day, and smart investors always prepare for bumpy economic rides by building resilient portfolios.

Building a resilient investment portfolio is critical. One proven resiliency strategy is focusing on dividend-paying stocks, particularly Canadian Dividend Aristocrats. These top TSX dividend stocks have demonstrated a remarkable commitment to sharing business profits with shareholders, making them a cornerstone for long-term growth and financial stability. They could regularly pay you respectable sums of money, even during periods of economic turbulence.

Canadian Dividend Aristocrats are TSX dividend stocks that have consistently raised their payouts every year for at least five years. While the U.S. stock market has a higher “Aristocrat” threshold of 25 years, achieving the five-year feat in the Canadian market, with its smaller economy, is a significant accomplishment. It signals financial strength, operational stability, and an unwavering dedication to rewarding investors.

These companies’ business models have proven their capacity to survive economic shocks, and they will most likely survive others in the future. As with all equity investments, there won’t be any guarantees, but the Aristocrats may continue to pay you valuable dividends through trying financial times.

To create a resilient portfolio, Canadian investors may scoop up a ready-made diversified portfolio of Canadian Dividend Aristocrats through a professionally managed exchange-traded fund (ETF).

Enter iShares Canadian Dividend Aristocrat Index ETF (TSX:CDZ).

iShares Canadian Dividend Aristocrat Index ETF offers investors diversified exposure to a portfolio of high-quality TSX dividend-paying stocks. Its underlying index screens for large, established Canadian companies that increased ordinary cash dividends every year for at least five consecutive years.

The ETF has a large portfolio with more than $980 million in assets under management. The portfolio is diversified across  92 different securities. Financial sector stocks make up nearly a third of the portfolio weight, followed by energy at 11.3%, industrials at 10.8%, and utilities at 10.8%. The top 10 holdings constitute 26.2% of the portfolio. Holdings appear well diversified across Canadian economic sectors and individual stock positions.

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