Dividend Aristocrats
A Dividend Aristocrat has raised its dividend 25 consecutive years or more. The Dividend Aristocrats Index from Standard & Poor's contains S&P500-index stocks with a dividend that has been raised at least 25 years in a row and includes iconic names such as Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson and Walmart.
In 2023, there are 67 official Dividend Aristocrats, including the stocks displayed below:
- Exxon Mobil (oil major)
- Chevron (oil major)
- AbbVie (biopharmaceutical company)
- Consolidated Edison (utility)
- Kimberly-Clark (diapers, tissues)
- Realty Income (retail REIT)
- VF Corporation (Vans, Timberland, The North Face)
- Becton Dickinson (medical equipment)
- Emerson (electrical components)
- Roper Technologies (software/engineered products)
- Hormel Foods (meat products)
- Brown-Forman (alcoholic beverages)
- McCormick (spices and flavors)
- Nucor (steel)
- Ecolab (water/hygiene solutions)
- Pentair (water/filtration solutions)
- Franklin Resources (investment management)
- Abbott Laboratories (medical devices)
- Archer Daniels Midland (agricultural commodities)
- S&P Global (information services/credit ratings)
- Procter & Gamble (Beauty & Personal Care)
- Johnson & Johnson (Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices)
- Cardinal Health (Integrated Healthcare Services/Products)
- 3M Company (industrial/consumer conglomerate)
- Leggett & Platt (Furniture/seating components)
- Medtronic (medical devices)
- Lowe's Companies (home improvement stores)
- Clorox (household products)
- Walgreens Boots Alliance (drug retail)
- Dover Corporation (industrial manufacturer)
- Altria Group (tobacco)
- Sysco Corp (food wholesale)
- McDonald's Corp (restaurants)
- A.O. Smith Corp (water heating & treatment products)
- Aflac (insurance)
- Automatic Data Processing (HCM solutions)
- Cincinnati Financial (insurance)
- Air Products (industrial gases)
OTHER US LISTED COMPANIES WITH 25+ YRS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
- Linde (industrial gases)
- RPM International (paint/sealants)
- Middlesex Water Co (water utility)
- Stepan Co (specialty chemicals/surfactants)
- ABM Industries (facility services)
- Franklin Electric (pumping systems)
