U.S. Dividend Champions Offer Multiyear Dividend Increases

Companies that increase their dividends year after years are excellent candidates for a dividend income or dividend reinvestment portfolio. The list of U.S. Dividend Champions (Excel Spreadsheet or PDF) includes companies that have increased their dividend for at least 25 consecutive years.

Below are 10 companies with dividend increases for 50 or more consecutive years.

U.S. Dividend Champions
Stock and Website	Symbol	Number Consecutive Years Dividend Increase*	Annual Dividend and Dividend Yield
Diebold	DBD	57	$1.08 (3.40%)
American States Water	AWR	55	$1.04 (3.00%)
Dover Corporation	DOV	54	$1.04 (2.20%)
Northwest Natural Gas	NWN	54	$1.66 (3.50%)
Genuine Parts	GPC	54	$1.64 (4.00%)
Procter & Gamble	PG	53	$1.76 (2.80%)
Emerson Electric	EMR	53	$1.34 (2.70%)
Parker-Hannifin	PH	52	$1.00 (1.50%)
3M	MMM	52	$2.10 (2.50%)
Integrys Energy Group	TEG	51	$2.72 (5.80%)
NOTE: Dividend data are from finance.yahoo.com as of Mar-20-2010. * As of March 5, 2010.

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Updated Mar-20-2010.