Dividend Track Records

Dividend Aristocrat Cintas Corporation (CTAS) will raise its annual dividend by 24.4 percent to $3.55 per share in 2019. This marks the company's 36th consecutive year of dividend increases.

Middlesex Water Company (MSEX) will raise its dividend for the 47th consecutive year in 2019. The water utility company will increase its quarterly dividend by 6.8%. The stock currently yields 1.6%.

Dividend Aristocrat VF Corporation (VFC) will raise its dividend by 12 percent this year. If adjusted for the Kontoor Brands spinoff earlier this year this marks the company's 47th consecutive year of annual dividend increases.

Stepan Co (SCL) will raise its dividend by exactly ten percent to 27.5 cents per share in 2019, marking the 52nd consecutive year of dividend increases.

American Financial Group, Inc. (AFG) will raise its regular quarterly dividend by 12.5 percent to $0.45 per share in 2019. The insurance holding company already paid a special cash dividend of $1.50 per share in the second quarter of 2019. The next dividend is payable on October 25, 2019 to holders of record on October 15, 2019. The new annual dividend of $1.80 per share yields 1.7% at a stock price of $103. American Financial Group is an insurance holding company, based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Through the operations of Great American Insurance Group, AFG is engaged primarily in property and casualty insurance, focusing on specialized commercial products for businesses, and in the sale of fixed and fixed-indexed annuities in the retail, financial institutions and education markets. Great American Insurance Group’s roots go back to 1872 with the founding of its flagship company, Great American Insurance Company.