S&P Dow Jones Indices has added three new stocks to its Dividend Aristocrats Index . As of February 1, 2018 Roper Technologies (ROP), Praxair (PX) and A.O. Smith (AOS) will be added to the index of stock that have raised their dividend for at least 25 consecutive years.
Dividend Aristocrat oil major Exxon Mobil ( ticker XOM) will hike its dividend by 4.2 percent to $0.99 per share quarterly in 2024. This will mark 43 consecutive years of dividend increases by XOM.