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U.S. Dividend Champions (A-Z)

Companies that increase their dividends year after year are excellent candidates for a dividend income or dividend reinvestment portfolio. Below are 105 U.S. Dividend Champions, a group of premier stocks that have increased their annual dividends 25 or more consecutive years. The list is displayed in alphabetical order.

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U.S. Dividend Champions (A-Z)
Stock
Price Quote
Annual Dividend & Yield
(Sort)
Industry
Profile
Interactive Price Chart
First Year of Dividend Increase
1st Source Corp.
0.68 (2.90%)
Banking
1997
3M Company
2.54 (2.30%)
Conglomerate
1958
ABM Industries Inc.
0.60 (2.70%)
Business Services
1967
AFLAC Inc.
1.40 (2.60%)
Insurance
1982
Air Products
2.84 (3.10%)
Chemicals
1982
Altria Group
1.76 (4.80%)
Tobacco
1968
American States Water Company
1.42 (2.60%)
Utility-Water
1954
Archer Daniels Midland
0.76 (2.20%)
Farm Products
1975
Atmos Energy
1.40 (3.20%)
Utility-Gas
1985
AT&T
1.80 (4.90%)
Telecommunications
1984
Automatic Data Processing
1.74 (2.50%)
Business Services
1975
Becton Dickinson & Co.
1.98 (2.00%)
Medical Instruments
1973
Bemis Company
1.04 (2.60%)
Packaging
1983
Black Hills Corp.
1.52 (3.10%)
Utility-Electric
1970
Bowl America Class A
0.64 (4.80%)
Recreation
1971
Brady Corp.
0.76 (2.20%)
Business Services
1985
Brown-Forman Class B
1.40 (1.60%)
Beverages-Alcoholic
1984
California Water Service
0.64 (3.20%)
Utility-Water
1967
Carlisle Companies
0.80 (1.20%)
Rubber & Plastics
1976
Chevron
4.00 (3.20%)
Oil & Gas
1988
Chubb Corp.
1.76 (2.00%)
Insurance
1965
Cincinnati Financial
1.63 (3.30%)
Insurance
1960
Cintas Corp.
0.64 (1.40%)
Business Services
1983
Clarcor Inc.
0.54 (1.00%)
Auto Parts
1964
Clorox Company
2.56 (3.00%)
Cleaning Products
1977
Coca-Cola Company
1.12 (2.70%)
Beverages-Non-alcoholic
1962
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
2.72 (2.20%)
Personal Products
1963
Commerce Bancshares
0.90 (2.20%)
Banking
1968
Community Trust Banc.
1.26 (3.60%)
Banking
1980
Conn. Water Service
0.97 (3.40%)
Utility-Water
1969
Consolidated Edison
2.46 (4.00%)
Utility-Electric
1974
C.R. Bard
0.80 (0.80%)
Medical Instruments
1971
Diebold Inc.
1.15 (3.70%)
Business Equipment
1953
Donaldson Company
0.40 (1.10%)
Filtration and Treatment Devices
1986
Dover Corp.
1.40 (1.90%)
Machinery
1955
Eaton Vance Corp.
0.80 (1.90%)
Financial Services
1980
Eagle Financial Services
0.72 (3.60%)
Banking
2005
Emerson Electric
1.64 (2.80%)
Industrial Equipment
1956
Energen Corp.
0.58 (1.20%)
Utility-Gas
1982
ExxonMobil Corp.
2.52 (2.80%)
Oil & Gas
1982
Family Dollar Stores
1.04 (1.60%)
Discount Stores
1976
Federal Realty Inv. Trust
2.92 (2.50%)
REIT
1967
Franklin Resources
1.16 (0.70%)
Financial Services
1981
Genuine Parts Co.
2.15 (2.80%)
Auto Parts
1956
Gorman-Rupp Company
0.40 (1.40%)
Machinery
1972
H.B. Fuller Company
0.40 (1.00%)
Chemical-Specialty
1969
HCP
2.10 (4.00%)
REIT
1985
Helmerich & Payne
0.60 (1.00%)
Oil & Gas
1972
Hormel Foods Corp.
0.68 (1.60%)
Food Processing
1966
Illinois Tool Works
1.52 (2.20%)
Machinery
1963
Johnson & Johnson
2.64 (3.10%)
Drugs/Consumer Prod.
1962
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
3.24 (3.10%)
Personal Products
1972
Lancaster Colony Corp.
1.52 (1.90%)
Food/Consumer Prod.
1962
Leggett & Platt Inc.
1.16 (3.50%)
Furniture/Bldg. Prod.
1971
Lowe's Companies
0.64 (1.50%)
Home Improv. Stores
1962
McCormick & Co.
1.36 (1.90%)
Food Processing
1985
McDonald's Corp.
3.08 (3.10%)
Restaurants
1976
McGraw-Hill Companies
N/A (N/A)
Publishing
1973
Medtronic Inc.
1.04 (2.10%)
Medical Devices
1977
Mercury General Corp.
2.45 (5.40%)
Insurance
1986
MGE Energy Inc.
1.58 (2.90%)
Utility-Electric/Gas
1975
Middlesex Water Co.
0.75 (3.80%)
Utility-Water
1972
Mine Safety Appliances
1.20 (2.40%)
Medical/Safety Equip.
1971
NACCO Industries
1.00 (2.10%)
Machinery
1985
National Fuel Gas
1.46 (2.30%)
Utility-Gas
1970
Nordson Corp.
0.60 (0.80%)
Machinery
1963
Northwest Natural Gas
1.82 (4.00%)
Utility-Gas
1955
Nucor Corp.
1.47 (3.20%)
Steel & Iron
1973
Old Republic Int'l
0.72 (5.20%)
Insurance
1981
Parker-Hannifin Corp.
1.80 (1.90%)
Industrial Equipment
1956
Pentair Inc.
0.92 (1.70%)
Industrial Equipment
1976
PepsiCo Inc.
2.27 (2.70%)
Beverages/Snack Food
1972
Piedmont Natural Gas
1.24 (3.70%)
Utility-Gas
1978
Pitney Bowes Inc.
0.75 (5.00%)
Business Equipment
1982
PPG Industries Inc.
2.44 (1.60%)
Conglomerate
1971
Procter & Gamble Co.
2.41 (3.10%)
Consumer Products
1956
Questar Corp.
0.72 (2.90%)
Utility-Gas/Oil & Gas
1979
Raven Industries
0.48 (1.40%)
Business Equipment
1986
RLI Corp.
1.36 (1.80%)
Insurance
1976
RPM International Inc.
0.90 (2.70%)
Chemical-Specialty
1973
Sherwin-Williams Co.
2.00 (1.10%)
Paints
1978
Sigma-Aldrich Corp.
0.86 (1.10%)
Chemical-Specialty
1976
SJW Corp.
0.73 (2.80%)
Utility-Water
1967
Sonoco Products Co.
1.24 (3.50%)
Packaging
1983
Stanley Black & Decker
1.96 (2.50%)
Tools/Security Products
1967
Stepan Company
0.64 (1.20%)
Cleaning Products
1967
Sysco Corp.
1.12 (3.30%)
Food-Wholesale
1970
Target Corp.
1.44 (2.10%)
Discount Stores
1967
Telephone & Data Sys.
0.51 (2.30%)
Telecommunications
1974
Tennant Company
0.72 (1.40%)
Machinery
1993
Tompkins Financial Corp.
1.52 (3.70%)
Banking
1986
Tootsie Roll Industries
0.32 (1.00%)
Confectioner
1965
T. Rowe Price Group
1.52 (2.00%)
Financial Services
1988
UGI Corp.
1.13 (2.80%)
Utility-Diversified
1988
United Bankshares Inc.
1.24 (4.80%)
Banking
1974
Universal Corp.
2.00 (3.40%)
Tobacco
1971
Universal Health Realty Trust
2.48 (4.60%)
REIT-Health Care
1988
Valspar Corp.
0.92 (1.40%)
Paints
1981
Vectren Corp.
1.42 (3.90%)
Utility-Electric/Gas
1959
VF Corp.
3.48 (1.90%)
Apparel
1972
Walgreen Company
1.10 (2.30%)
Drugstores
1975
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
1.88 (2.40%)
Discount Stores
1974
Weyco Group Inc.
0.72 (3.00%)
Footwear
1981
WGL Holdings Inc.
1.68 (3.80%)
Utility-Gas
1976
W.W. Grainger Inc.
3.72 (1.50%)
Electronics-Wholesale
1971
Dividend data as of May-18-2013.


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