As Wall Street kicks off another month with even more volatility in the markets, Credit Suisse has identified a number of “dividend aristocrats” that can provide steady returns for investors. Analysts at the investment bank maintain an excess rating on dividend stocks, even as they move down to value-neutral, according to a Friday report from the investment bank. They believe value is currently overbought, as they expect most of the increase in yields on U.S. Treasury Department-protected securities, or TIPS, to be over the past 25 years in the U.S. Dividends accounted for 43 percent of returns in the U.S. since 1995, and these dividend preferred stocks have the distinction of performing 20 percent better over the past 12 years, the bank found. They are also cheap. A basket of 14 better-rated US stocks offered by Credit Suisse offers investors a healthy dividend yield, supported by a history of increasing dividends per share. Here are 10 so-called dividend aristocrats: International Business Machines is expected to generate a 4.6% dividend yield this year. According to an April report from Argus Research, IBM’s hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) are seen as key drivers of the company’s growth. Tech stocks have an absolute 12-month price-to-earnings ratio of 13.4. Chevron is forecast to generate a dividend yield of 3.4% in 2022. The energy company is expected to benefit from rising oil prices as the Ukraine-Russia war worsens. Chevron has a forward P/E ratio of 11.2. Analysts expect Coca-Cola to generate a 2.6% dividend yield. According to an April report from Guggenheim Securities, the company has good valuation capabilities when dealing with the costs of greater inflation. Coca-Cola has a forward P/E ratio of 26. Caterpillar has a forecast dividend yield of 2.2% for 2022. “Caterpillar has invested heavily in vending machines that can grow the total market. The company’s likely address, according to a May report from Stifel Caterpillar, has a forward P/E of 15.6. Other stocks on this list are Emerson Electric, Stanley Black & Decker, NextEra Energy, Colgate -Palmolive, Sysco and McDonald’s.