The article compares four blue-chip dividend stocks with long track records and checks whether current cash flow covers their payouts. Exxon Mobil (XOM) yields 2.26% at $184.55 and just raised its quarterly dividend to $1.07 from $1.03, with third-quarter free cash flow of $19.10 billion and dividends using about 73% of trailing free cash flow. Chevron (CVX) has the highest yield in the group at 2.77% at $232.46, but its dividend equals about 103% of trailing earnings, although it cut net debt by $7.8 billion in the quarter. The article notes that both Exxon and Chevron benefited from higher oil prices this year, which would be a risk if prices fall. AbbVie (ABBV) yields 2.24% at $295.25 and raised its quarterly dividend about 5.2% to $1.82, with dividends using about 65% of trailing free cash flow.
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