Dividend Track Records

In 2021, as of November 29, the average Dividend Aristocrat has gained 21.5% with the best performers being steel maker Nucor Corp and lithium manufacturer Albemarle. The biggest loser YTD is Clorox with a 14.2% drop in share price.

Hormel Foods is a Dividend Aristocrat Dividend Aristocrat Hormel Foods  (symbol: HRL) will raise its dividend for the 56th year in a row. Shareholders of the food company will be rewarded with a dividend hike of 6 percent in 2021.

Dividend Aristocrat Brown Forman has paid special dividends before Dividend Aristocrat Brown-Forman Corporation (BFB) will raise its quarterly dividend by 5% and will pay shareholders a $1.00 per share special dividend. This marks the 38th consecutive year of dividend increases by the Jack Daniel's maker.

Realty Income has raised its monhtly dividend by 5.1 percent YOY Dividend Aristocrat Realty Income will raise its monthly dividend for the 4th time in 2021 with a new 4.2 percent increase to $0.246 per share. The commercial REIT has raised its dividend 27 consecutive years and has now raised its dividend by 5.1 percent compared to last year.

Dividend Aristocrat Roper Technologies (ticker ROP) will increase its dividend by 10.2% to 62 cents per share in 2021. This follows a dividend hike of 9.8 percent to $0.5625 per share in 2020. Roper has now raised its annual dividend for 29 years in a row.

Emerson has raised its dividend 65 years in a row Dividend Aristocrat Emerson (symbol EMR) will hike its dividend by 2% to $0.515 per share, marking the 65th consecutive year of dividend increases by the industrial company. Dividend growth has slowed significantly in the last couple of years.

Becton Dickinson will raise its quarterly dividend by 4.8% Dividend Aristocrat Becton Dickinson (ticker: BDX) will raise its quarterly dividend by 4.8 percent to $0.87 per share, marking the 50th year in a row of increased dividends by the medical equipment maker.

American Financial Group, Inc. (AFG) will pay another special dividend of $4.00 per share. The insurance holding company last raised its quarterly dividend by 12 percent to 56 cents per share in August and paid $4.00 and $2.00 special dividend earlier in 2021. The regular annual dividend rate of $2.24 per AFG share yields 1.6% at a stock price of $143. The dividend is payable on November 22, 2021 to shareholders of record on November 15, 2021. The aggregate amount of this special dividend will be approximately $340 million. This special dividend is in addition to the Company’s regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.56 per share most recently paid on October 25, 2021. With this special dividend, the Company has declared $24.00 per share in special dividends in 2021. S. Craig Lindner and Carl H. Lindner III, AFG’s Co-Chief Executive Officers, issued this statement: “We are extremely pleased with AFG’s performance during the third quarter. Our Specialty P&C businesses reported outstand

Vans owner VF Corp has raised its dividend 49 years in a row © dividendtrackrecords.com Dividend Aristocrat VF Corporation (symbol VFC) will also hike its dividend in 2021 with a 2 percent increase to 50 cents per share. This marks 49 consecutive years of dividend increases in a row for the company behind brands such as Vans, Timberland and The North Face.