5 Dividend ETFs to Buy in August

4. SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF (NYSE:WDIV)

SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF (NYSE:WDIV) tracks the performance of companies that pay regular dividends and have raised their payouts for at least 10 consecutive years. On June 21, the fund declared a quarterly dividend of $1.2716 per share, up from $0.3588 per share announced in March. Its dividend yield was recorded at 5.29% on August 8. SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF (NYSE:WDIV)’s assets under management stood at $338.4 million and the fund has a total of 94 holdings in its portfolio.

Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) is one of the major holdings of SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF (NYSE:WDIV), representing 1.44% of its portfolio. The insurance company has raised its dividends consistently for the past 13 years and has a 10-year dividend CAGR of 11.5%. It pays a quarterly dividend of $0.33 per share, with a yield of 3.58%, as of August 9.

At the end of Q1 2022, Two Sigma Advisors was the largest stakeholder of Unum Group (NYSE:UNM), owning a stake worth over $63.2 million. Overall, 30 hedge funds in Insider Monkey owned a collective stake of $323.5 million in the company.