Dividend Track Records

Dividend Aristocrat Medtronic will increase its quarterly dividend by 25%.

National Fuel Gas will raise its quarterly dividend by 2.6%.

Medical instruments maker C.R. Bard will increase its dividend by 9%.

Retailer Target will raise its dividend by 7,7%.

Lowe's Companies will increase its dividend by 21,7%.

Dividend Aristocrat Clorox will raise its dividend by 4,1%.

Dividend Aristocrat PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP) will raise its dividend by 7,3%.

After four months in 2015 the average Dividend Aristocrat is unchanged. Only one stock manages to score a double digit gain so far year to date: McGraw Hill Financial . Surprisingly, Chevron didn't raise its dividend in April.

Dividend Aristocrat W.W. Grainger Inc. (NYSE:GWW) will raise its dividend by 8.3%.

Dividend Aristocrat Exxon Mobil will raise its dividend by 5,8%.