Dividend growth has slowed significantly for 3M. Dividend Aristocrat 3M (MMM) will raise its dividend by 0.7% to $1.49 quarterly. Last year MMM also announced a 0.7% (1 cent per share) dividend increase. This marks 64 consecutive years of dividend growth for the conglomerate but also matches the smallest dividend hike in decades.
Dividend Aristocrat Cardinal Health (CAH) will increase its quarterly dividend by 1% to $0.4957 per share in 2022, marking 38 years in a row of increased dividends.
Linde plc, formerly Praxair, will raise its quarterly dividend by 10.4 percent to $1.17 per share in 2022. This will mark the 29th consecutive year of dividend increases by the industrial gases company.
S&P Global (ticker symbol SPGI) will raise its dividend by 10.4% to 85 cents per share quarterly in 2022. This is the 49th consecutive year of dividend increases by the company.