With 40 straight years of dividend growth under its belt, Pentair (PNR) is a dividend aristocrat that is just a decade away from joining an even more elite club, the dividend kings. Over the past three decades, Pentair shareholders have enjoyed dividend growth that's not only been remarkably consistent, but strong as well (8.9% [...]
Cisco (CSCO) is a rather unusual dividend stock because it offers a relatively high yield near 4% but has grown its payout at a fast clip, including a 12% boost earlier this year. In fact, the company’s quarterly dividend payment has increased from 6 cents per share in 2011 to 29 cents most recently, [...]
Air Products & Chemicals (APD), is one of the few (51 S&P 500 companies) to make it into the dividend aristocrat club, meaning that it's been raising its dividend for at least 25 consecutive years. In fact, since 1983 Air Products has been growing its dividend at an annual rate of 9.6%, which has not [...]
Sherwin-Williams (SHW) is one of 51 dividend aristocrats and has annually increased dividends each year since 1979 while outperforming the market by more than 9% per year over the last decade. While watching paint dry has been anything but boring with coatings producer Sherwin-Williams, past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Let's take a [...]
Dividend Kings, companies with 50+ straight years of dividend growth, are the epitome of dependable long-term income growth investments. Dover (DOV), an industrial blue chip, is even more impressive having grown its payout 9% annually over the past 30 years, and the company is about to announce its 62nd consecutive annual dividend increase. [...]
Dividend aristocrats, S&P 500 companies that have proven to have stable and resilient enough business models to raise dividends for 25+ consecutive years, can be a great place to go looking for new income growth ideas. Let's take a look at McCormick (MKC), a dividend aristocrat whose wide moat business has allowed it to raise [...]
With 46 straight years of dividend increases to its name, Leggett & Platt (LEG) is a dividend aristocrat and very close to becoming a dividend king, an even more exclusive club with members boasting 50+ consecutive years of payout increases. What makes Leggett & Platt an even more interesting investment candidate is that over the past [...]
Nucor (NUE) has increased its dividend for 44 consecutive years – every year since it first began paying dividends in 1973. For a company operating in the cyclical steel market, this level of consistency is very impressive. Nucor possesses a number of competitive advantages that have helped it navigate the many ups and [...]
Companies that have consistently increased their dividends over the course of several decades are often some of the most resilient businesses in the market. Dividend kings are especially popular with income investors because they have boosted their payouts for at least 50 consecutive years. American States Water (AWR) is a small cap and [...]
Dividend aristocrats, S&P 500 companies with 25+ years of consecutive dividend growth, can make a great starting point in the search high-quality income investments. Among the dividend aristocrats, consumer products conglomerates are one of the most popular choices, thanks to their recession resistant business models and low volatility. Warren Buffett owns a number [...]
With 30 consecutive years of dividend increases under its belt, S&P Global (SPGI) is a member of the dividend aristocrats. S&P Global is one of the most unique companies in this group for a number of reasons, making it an interesting stock to keep an eye on for long-term dividend growth investors. The [...]
Dividend kings, companies with 50+ consecutive years of dividend growth under their belts, tend to be large, stable, and well-known businesses that are often a favorite among income investors. However, occasionally small, lesser-known companies make it into this venerable group. ABM Industries (ABM) is one example and has been a remarkably stable business over [...]
Cintas (CTAS) has proven to be an extremely durable business with roots dating back nearly 90 years, and the company has rewarded its shareholders with higher dividend payments for more than 30 years. Cintas is one of the most consistent sales and earnings growers around, and it operates in a very slow-changing industry where it [...]
PPG Industries (PPG) has rewarded its shareholders with higher dividend payments for 46 consecutive years, making it a member of the dividend aristocrats list here. The company's dividend growth has accelerated in recent years, and management boosted PPG's payout by 13% earlier this year. PPG is arguably one of the highest quality dividend [...]
Dividend aristocrats, those 51 companies in the S&P 500 that have raised payouts for 25+ consecutive years, often make excellent starting places to look for high-quality, long-term investments. However, a common problem is that many dividend aristocrats are very large, slow growing blue chips that are so well known that they often trade at premium valuations. [...]