Four new stocks made February’s Safest Dividend Yields Model Portfolio, which was made available to members on February 19, 2026.
Recap from January’s Picks
On a price return basis, our Safest Dividend Yields Model Portfolio (+2.2%) outperformed the S&P 500 (-0.9%) by 3.1% from January 22, 2026 through February 17, 2026. On a total return basis, the Model Portfolio (+2.5%) outperformed the S&P 500 (-0.9%) by 3.4% over the same time. The best performing large cap stock was up 24%, and the best performing small cap stock was up 14%. Overall, 13 out of the 17 Safest Dividend Yield stocks outperformed their respective benchmarks (S&P and Russell 2000) from January 22, 2026 through February 17, 2026.
This Model Portfolio gives investors the best of both worlds: safety and upside potential. It only includes companies that earn our Attractive or Very Attractive rating and generate sufficient cash flows to support high dividend payments.
The outperformance of the Very Attractive Stocks Index, managed by Bloomberg, shows that Very Attractive-rated stocks outperform since the index simply tracks all the stocks that get our Very Attractive rating. As of 2/20/26 the index beats the S&P 500 by 36% over the past five years.
Although you can’t trade the Very Attractive Stocks Index, you can get access to all of our Very Attractive-rated stocks and our Safest Dividend Yields Model Portfolio via subscriptions here and here.
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