We Are in a Recession: These 7 Dividend Aristocrats Are the Best Second-Half Ideas

The Combat Systems segment manufactures land combat solutions, such as wheeled and tracked combat vehicles, Stryker wheeled combat vehicles, piranha vehicles, weapons systems, munitions, mobile bridge systems with payloads, tactical vehicles, main battle tanks, armored vehicles and armaments. This segment also offers modernization programs, engineering, support and sustainment services.

The Technologies segment provides information technology solutions and mission support services; mobile communication, computers and command-and-control mission systems; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance solutions to military, intelligence and federal civilian customers. This segment also offers cloud computing, artificial intelligence; machine learning; big data analytics; development, security and operations; software-defined networks; everything-as-a-service; defense enterprise office system solutions; and unmanned undersea vehicle manufacturing and assembly services.

General Dynamics stock investors receive a 2.25% dividend. Wells Fargo has set a $282 price objective, while the consensus target is $269.86. The final trade on Friday was for $223.86 a share.

Walmart

The giant retailer has posted solid results over the past year, and it is a top idea in an inflationary environment, when consumers look for value. Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is the world’s largest retailer, operating retail stores under the formats of Walmart Stores, Supercenters, Neighborhood Markets and Sam’s Club locations in the United States, as well as a growing e-commerce business. Internationally Walmart also operates locations in several countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico and the United Kingdom.

Each week, nearly 260 million customers and members visit the company’s 11,535 stores under 72 banners in 28 countries and e-commerce websites in 11 countries. It had fiscal 2020 revenue of over $550 billion, and Walmart employs approximately 2.2 million associates worldwide.

Shareholders receive a 1.83% dividend. The price target on Walmart stock is $160 at BofA Securities. The consensus target is $154.88, and shares were last seen trading at $122.63 apiece.

These seven top stocks have reasonable upside to the Wall Street targets, and the companies pay very dependable dividends, given their Dividend Aristocrat status. With even moderate appreciation in the share prices of these top companies, investors should be looking at double-digit total return potential. In a market that remains very long in the tooth, despite the horrific first half, and an economy that is sputtering, these dependable companies make a ton of sense for nervous investors now.

Originally posted at 24/7 Wall St.

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