W. R. Berkley (WRB) will hike its quarterly dividend by 11.1% to 10 cents per share and will pay a 50 cent special dividend. This marks 25 consecutive years of increases by WRB. The company pays annual special dividends: in 2025 a total special dividend of $1.50 was paid. At a stock price of $68.57 the regular dividend yields just 0.6%, but this does not include the special dividend payments.
Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) hikes dividend by 11.1% to 20 cents quarterly in 2026. This marks 12 consecutive years of increases for the Dividend Hero.
Northrop Grumman hikes dividend by 6.9% to $2.47 quarterly in 2026. This marks 23 consecutive years of increases by NOC. The yield is 1.8% at a stock price of $552. Northrop is one of the Dividend Heroes for 2026.
KLA Corp hikes dividend by 21.1% to $2.30 quarterly in 2026. This marks 17 straight years of dividend growth by the Dividend Hero. The yield for KLAC is 0.5% at $1,888. KLA Corp will also do a 10:1 stock split early June.
Dividend Aristocrat PepsiCo (PEP) hikes dividend by 4% to $1.48 quarterly per share in 2026. This marks 54 consecutive years of increases by PepsiCo. This is the smallest dividend hike by PEP since 2019 (+3.0%). PepsiCo also is a Dividend Hero in 2026 but will be dropped from the list because of the dividend cut that's smaller than the required minimum of 5%.
Dividend hero Parker Hannifin (PH) hikes the quarterly dividend by 11.1% to $2.00 quarterly per share in 2026. This marks 70 consecutive years of increases for PH. The yield is 0.8%.
Dividend Hero H.B. Fuller hikes dividend by 4.3% to $0.245 quarterly per share in 2026. This marks 57 consecutive years of increases by FUL. The dividend yield is 1.6% at a stock price of $62.42.
Dividend Hero Costco Wholesale (COST) will hike its dividend by 13.1% to $1.47 quarterly per share in 2026. This marks 22 consecutive years of dividend increases by COST. The dividend yield is 0.6% at a stock price of $987.
Dividend Hero Williams-Sonoma (WSM) will hike its dividend by 15.2% to $0.76 quarterly per share in 2026. This marks 2 decades of increases by WSM. The yield is 1.7% at $185.
Domino's Pizza hikes dividend by 14.4% to $1.99 quarterly per share in 2026. This marks 13 years of increases for DPZ, one of the new Dividend Heroes for 2026.
Dividend Aristocrat Sherwin-Williams (SHW) hikes dividend by 1.3% to 80 cents quarterly in 2026. This marks 48 straight years of increases by SHW. Last year and in 2024 the dividend was raised by double digits.
Cibus Nordic Real Estate owns grocery properties in Scaninavia (image source: Cibus 2021 annual report) Swedish real estate company Cibus is the only listed stock in Europe that pays a monthly dividend to shareholders. The owner of real estate leased to grocery and discount store chains in Sweden, Finland and Denmark started paying a monthly dividend in 2020.