List
Dividend growers
A dividend that rises every year, through good times and bad, usually means a business with dependable cash flow and a board that treats the payout as a promise.
40 companies
from 73 large US companies| Company | Why it's here | Size | Quality | Health | Return on capital | Growth | vs usual price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS Morgan Stanley | 10 years of rises · 21.5% a year | $289bn | 2/2 | 3 | – | – | – |
| GS Goldman Sachs | 10 years of rises · 18.6% a year | $258bn | 2/3 | 4 | – | – | – |
| BAC Bank of America | 10 years of rises · 18.4% a year | $353bn | 2/3 | 5 | – | 3.1% | – |
| UNH UnitedHealth | 10 years of rises · 16.6% a year | $370bn | 7/7 | 7 | 17.5% | 11.0% | – |
| LOW Lowe's | 10 years of rises · 16.1% a year | $111bn | 5/7 | 6 | 43.3% | 3.9% | -15% |
| INTU Intuit | 10 years of rises · 14.9% a year | $91bn | 5/7 | 7 | 14.9% | 16.4% | – |
| TXN Texas Instruments | 10 years of rises · 14.7% a year | $262bn | 5/7 | 7 | 41.1% | 3.1% | – |
| HD Home Depot | 10 years of rises · 14.6% a year | $318bn | 7/7 | 5 | 38.8% | 6.4% | -6% |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase | 10 years of rises · 12.9% a year | $890bn | 3/3 | 3 | – | 6.9% | – |
| ORCL Oracle | 10 years of rises · 12.8% a year | $377bn | 5/7 | 5 | 64.9% | 6.2% | – |
| ABBV AbbVie | 10 years of rises · 12.2% a year | $505bn | 3/7 | 8 | 19.8% | 10.3% | – |
| SPGI S&P Global | 10 years of rises · 11.3% a year | – | 5/7 | 7 | 120.6% | 11.2% | – |
| CMCSA Comcast | 10 years of rises · 10.2% a year | $79bn | 4/7 | 7 | 8.6% | 5.2% | -55% |
| NKE Nike | 10 years of rises · 10.1% a year | $56bn | 2/4 | 5 | – | 3.7% | – |
| MSFT Microsoft | 10 years of rises · 9.7% a year | $3.88tn | 6/7 | 6 | 44.0% | 13.8% | – |
| LMT Lockheed Martin | 10 years of rises · 8.1% a year | – | 7/7 | 6 | 31.2% | 6.4% | – |
| HON Honeywell | 10 years of rises · 7.9% a year | – | 5/7 | 5 | 21.0% | -0.3% | – |
| TGT Target | 10 years of rises · 7.8% a year | $68bn | 5/6 | 6 | 23.9% | 3.4% | – |
| MCD McDonald's | 10 years of rises · 7.6% a year | $177bn | 4/7 | 5 | 23.4% | 0.6% | – |
| PEP PepsiCo | 10 years of rises · 7.4% a year | $184bn | 5/7 | 5 | 17.9% | 4.1% | – |
| CAT Caterpillar | 10 years of rises · 7.0% a year | – | 4/7 | 6 | 19.0% | 3.7% | – |
| QCOM Qualcomm | 10 years of rises · 6.8% a year | $193bn | 5/7 | 6 | 42.0% | 5.8% | – |
| MO Altria | 10 years of rises · 6.7% a year | $123bn | 3/6 | 6 | 43.6% | -0.9% | – |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 10 years of rises · 6.4% a year | $641bn | 3/3 | 4 | – | – | – |
| MRK Merck | 10 years of rises · 6.1% a year | $358bn | 3/3 | 4 | – | – | – |
| CSCO Cisco | 10 years of rises · 5.9% a year | $435bn | 5/7 | 7 | 29.6% | 2.5% | – |
| KO Coca-Cola | 10 years of rises · 4.4% a year | $397bn | 5/6 | 7 | 16.3% | – | – |
| PFE Pfizer | 10 years of rises · 4.4% a year | $170bn | 2/3 | 6 | – | – | – |
| PM Philip Morris | 10 years of rises · 3.4% a year | $314bn | 5/7 | 8 | 48.2% | -5.8% | – |
| VZ Verizon | 10 years of rises · 2.1% a year | $182bn | 1/7 | 5 | 9.2% | 0.5% | -18% |
| V Visa | 9 years of rises · 17.3% a year | $757bn | 4/5 | 5 | 37.9% | 11.2% | – |
| LLY Eli Lilly | 9 years of rises · 13.1% a year | $1.21tn | 3/3 | 7 | – | 12.6% | – |
| AMGN Amgen | 9 years of rises · 9.8% a year | $241bn | 4/7 | 8 | 16.8% | 5.4% | – |
| IBM IBM | 9 years of rises · 2.2% a year | $241bn | 2/4 | 6 | – | -1.9% | – |
| AMAT Applied Materials | 8 years of rises · 33.4% a year | $304bn | 6/7 | 6 | 43.4% | 11.4% | – |
| MA Mastercard | 8 years of rises · 18.4% a year | $542bn | 6/7 | 8 | 79.3% | 12.0% | – |
| TMO Thermo Fisher | 8 years of rises · 11.1% a year | $251bn | 4/7 | 5 | 9.7% | 10.1% | – |
| MDLZ Mondelez | 6 years of rises · 11.7% a year | $81bn | 2/7 | 5 | 8.1% | 2.7% | – |
| CVX Chevron | 6 years of rises · 6.2% a year | – | 2/4 | 5 | – | 3.2% | – |
| DE Deere | 5 years of rises · 10.4% a year | – | 3/6 | 5 | 20.0% | 4.7% | – |
The rules
Dividend per share raised at least 5 years in a row and not cut in the last decade, sorted by the longest streak, then dividend growth.
Keep in mind: A long streak can end. Check the dividend is covered by free cash flow on each company page. Being on a list is not a recommendation.
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