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Amid recent market volatility, investors are looking at blue-chip dividend stocks that may now be available at more reasonable prices. These companies typically command premium valuations due to their quality and earnings consistency, but some have come under pressure from broader concerns or from market reactions to corporate changes.
In other cases, dividend stocks have continued to rise while still appearing undervalued as business prospects improve. The article highlights three Dividend Kings—Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Genuine Parts (GPC), and Altria Group (MO)—each of which has raised dividends annually for more than 50 consecutive years.
Automatic Data Processing, known as ADP, has fallen amid fears about artificial intelligence’s disruptive effects across multiple sectors. The stock has also been weighed by concerns about the sluggish state of the U.S. employment market. According to the article, investors anticipating worse-than-expected results sold the shares, pushing ADP to multi-year lows.
Despite the pullback, the article argues the market may have overreacted. After the decline, ADP’s forward dividend yield has climbed to over 3%. The company has continued to raise dividends by double digits and has increased guidance.
This year, management expects revenue and earnings growth of 6% and 11%, respectively. If guidance is met, the stock—trading at 21 times earnings—could move toward its historic valuation of around 25 times earnings.
Genuine Parts fell after the company released fourth-quarter 2025 earnings on Feb. 17. The article states that shares dropped by nearly 15% following the results and have continued to decline.
It also notes that even a more bullish development was accompanied by weak results and guidance. Genuine Parts has a long record of dividend growth, with 71 consecutive years of dividend growth. The latest increase, announced alongside the earnings report, was 3.2%.
Altria Group, parent company of Philip Morris USA, has been “running hot” year to date, despite limited progress in adapting to changing tobacco and nicotine consumption patterns, according to the article.
The piece attributes some of the improved sentiment to rising cigarette prices, which it says enable modest earnings growth. It also states that concerns about the sustainability of dividend growth have been dissipating.
While the company previously faced setbacks—such as its investment in Juul or the acquisition of NJOY—the article suggests that any further effort to pursue the “smoke-free” market could be viewed positively by investors.
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