Ace Limited (NYSE:ACE) has been named a Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock by Dividend Channel, signifying a stock with above-average ”DividendRank” statistics including a strong 2.3% yield, as well as being recognized by prominent asset managers as being a socially responsible investment, through analysis of social and environmental criteria.
Environmental criteria include considerations like the environmental impact of the company’s products and services, as well as the company’s efficiency in terms of its use of energy and resources. Social criteria include elements such as human rights, child labor, corporate diversity and the company’s impact on society — for instance, taken into consideration would be business activities tied to weapons, gambling, tobacco and alcohol.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, Ace is a member of both the iShares MSCI USA ESG Select Social Index Fund ETF (NYSEARCA:KLD), making up 2.73% of the underlying holdings of the fund, as well as the iShares MSCI KLD 400 Social Index Fund ETF (NYSEARCA:DSI), where Ace makes up 0.5% of the underlying holdings of the fund.
The annualized dividend paid by Ace is $2.60 per share, currently paid in quarterly installments, and its most recent dividend ex-date was on Dec. 15, 2014.
Below is a long-term dividend history chart for Ace, which the DividendRank report stressed as being of key importance. Indeed, studying a company’s past dividend history can be of good help in judging whether the most recent dividend is likely to continue.
Ace operates in the Insurance Brokers sector, among companies like American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) and Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV).
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