VF Corp (NYSE: VFC): Winter comfort and resilient dividends make for a strong portfolio

Dress warmly, because winter is going to be cold... The North Face brand, which is one of the many properties of VF Corp (NYSE: VFC), not only warms the body, but also your wallet :-). The stock has been outperforming the market for the past month.

The company currently offers a decent yield of 3.3%, which is however slightly below its long term trend (3.41%). The medium term dividend growth is modest, at 5.87%. On the positive side, the company has increased its dividend payout over the past 37 years and it is only paying out 46.13% of its profit to its shareholders, which leaves it with room to maneuver certain. On the other hand, with a standard deviation of 16.34%, VFC is one of our most volatile open positions (but still less than the SMI).

In view of these figures, we remain in a "hold" position on VF Corp.