On Wall Street, question marks over the health of the economy have increased as many sectors struggle to maintain stability. However, consumer stocks — especially those related to essential goods — often exhibit resilience during such volatility.

Dividend aristocrats make an excellent case for inclusion in your portfolio, irrespective of the underlying circumstances. To qualify as a dividend aristocrat, a stock must represent one of the S&P 500 companies and have boosted their dividend every year for at least 25 years.

“What is a Dividend King? A stock with 50 or more consecutive years of dividend increases.”—suredividend.com. The 53 Dividend Kings, screened as of August 6, represented 8 of 11 Morningstar Sectors. Broker-targeted top-ten net-gains ranged 9.36%-31.67% topped-by PPG, and Target. By yield, Altria tops-all. Top-ten August dogs: NFG, FRT, KVUE, FTS, UBSI, BKH, NWN, CDUAF, UVV, & MO averaged 4.92% in yield.

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Although acquiring nominally cheap securities doesn't necessarily mean anything, targeting undervalued stocks is another ballgame. By undervalued, we're talking about enterprises that should be priced higher thanks to various factors.

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Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call July 30, 2024 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Kevin Kim - VP, IR Kevin Hourican - Chairman and CEO Kenny Cheung - CFO Conference Call Participants Mark Carden - UBS Lauren Silberman - Deutsche Bank Jake Bartlett - Truist Securities John Heinbockel - Guggenheim Brian Harbour - Morgan Stanley Kendall Toscano - Bank of America Operator Welcome to Sysco's Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2024 Conference Call. As a reminder, today's call is being recorded.

Sysco's (SYY) fourth-quarter fiscal 2024 results reflect improved earnings and revenues. The company witnesses positive operating leverage for the seventh consecutive time.

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While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Sysco (SYY) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Sysco (SYY) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.39 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.38 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.34 per share a year ago.