# Portfolio Builder for Conservative Investors Live Trading News is an independent financial media publication. Masthead: Live Trading News. Parent: Knightsbridge Group. Product cousin: KXCO (kxco.ai). Coverage: markets, policy, AI, quantum, blockchain, FX, biotech, ASEAN. New stories are signed ML-DSA-65 and anchored on Armature L1; articles published before the platform launch are not signed. Nothing on the site is investment advice. Canonical HTML: https://www.livetradingnews.com/portfolio-builder-for-conservative-investors-6 Last modified: 2021-07-09 --- By Paul Ebeling · 2021-07-09 Tags: Shayne Heffernan on Investments, Stocks, stock, investors, TXN, Paul Ebeling, dividend, Education, Knightsbridge Insights Signed: no (published before platform launch). Nothing in this article is investment advice. [#investors](https://www.livetradingnews.com/tag/investors)[#conservative](https://www.livetradingnews.com/tag/conservative)[#portfolio](https://www.livetradingnews.com/tag/portfolio) [$TXN ](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TXN?p=TXN&.tsrc=fin-srch) "*Aristocrat dividend stocks are the core of conservative investor portfolios*"-- Paul Ebeling Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) has delivered 204% compound stock market return over the past 5 yrs. This chipmaker boasts 17 yrs running of growing dividends. Texas Instruments first declared a dividend in April 1962. Dividend yield: Texas Instruments stock bears a $4.08 annual dividend, yielding 2.1%. 5 yr return: TXN stock delivered a 204% compound stock market return over the past five years (not including reinvested dividends), vs. 104% for the S&P 500, as tracked by SPDR S&P 500 ETF. Dividend growth rate: 23%, measured over the past 5 yrs. Dividend stability factor: 3, on a scale from Zero (most stable) to 99 (most volatile), measured over the past 5 yrs. Dividend payout ratio: 60%. Earnings stability factor: 6, on a scale from Zero (most stable) to 99 (least stable). Over the past 3yrs. Texas Instruments grew EPS 4% annually. Have a positive weekend, Keep the Faith! --- This Markdown mirrors https://www.livetradingnews.com/portfolio-builder-for-conservative-investors-6. The HTML page is canonical. Site index for AI clients: https://www.livetradingnews.com/llms.txt