Great Dividend Stocks for a Long-term Portfolio - Stocks Sorted by Duration of Dividend Increases

The dividend stocks presented here include stocks with both consistent multi-year dividend growth and steady price appreciation. Most of the stocks belong to the Dividend Achievers, Dividend Aristocrats or US. Dividend Champions, elite groups of stocks characterized by long periods of dividend increases.

The stocks are sorted by duration of annual dividend increases with the longest duration listed first. See the column called Increased Annual Dividend Since: for the years in which dividend increases started.

Great Dividend Stocks - 63 Stocks Sorted by Duration of Dividend increases
Company & Link to Dividend History	Sector	Quote Symbol	Increased Annual Dividend Since:	Annual Dividend & Yield	Dividend Chart	Dividend Growth Rate	10-Year Moving Average Chart	Price and PDI Chart	10-Year Returns
Ecolab	Consumer Staples	ECL	1937	$0.62 (1.30%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
American States Water Company	Utilities	AWR	1954	$1.04 (3.10%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Northwest Natural Gas Company (NW Natural)	Utilities	NWN	1955	$1.66 (3.60%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Procter & Gamble	Consumer Staples	PG	1956	$1.93 (3.20%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Emerson	Industrials	EMR	1956	$1.34 (2.70%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Integrys	Utilities	TEG	1958	$2.60 (2.10%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
3M	Industrials	MMM	1958	$2.10 (2.60%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Vectren	Utilities	VVC	1959	$1.36 (5.60%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Cincinnati Financial Corporation	Financials	CINF	1960	$1.60 (5.80%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Coca-Cola	Consumer Staples	KO	1962	$1.76 (3.10%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Lowe's	Consumer Discretionary	LOW	1962	$2.64 (4.00%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Johnson & Johnson	Health Care	JNJ	1962	$0.44 (2.00%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Nordson Corporation	Industrials	NDSN	1963	$0.84 (1.20%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Colgate-Palmolive	Consumer Staples	CL	1963	$2.12 (2.80%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Illinois Tool Works	Industrials	ITW	1964	$2.72 (5.50%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
The Chubb Corporation	Financials	CB	1965	$1.48 (2.70%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Hormel	Consumer Staples	HRL	1966	$1.36 (3.10%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Target	Consumer Discretionary	TGT	1967	$1.00 (1.90%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Eli Lilly	Health Care	LLY	1967	$1.96 (5.70%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
ABM Industries	Industrials	ABM	1967	$0.54 (2.60%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Commerce Bancshares	Financials	CBSH	1968	$0.94 (2.50%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
H.B. Fuller Company	Materials	FUL	1969	$1.12 (3.10%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
National Fuel Gas	Utilities	NFG	1970	$2.00 (3.70%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
W.W. Grainger	Industrials	GWW	1971	$2.16 (1.90%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
PPG Industries	Industrials	PPG	1971	$2.20 (3.20%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
C. R. Bard	Health Care	BCR	1971	$0.72 (0.90%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
ADP	Information Technology	ADP	1972	$1.36 (3.40%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
PepsiCo	Consumer Staples	PEP	1972	$1.92 (3.00%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Kimberly-Clark	Consumer Staples	KMB	1972	$4.36 (6.40%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
VF Corp	Consumer Discretionary	VFC	1972	$2.40 (3.20%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
RPM International	Materials	RPM	1973	$0.82 (4.60%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Nucor	Materials	NUE	1973	$1.44 (3.70%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Wal-Mart Stores	Consumer Staples	WMT	1974	$1.21 (2.30%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Consolidated Edison	Utilities	ED	1974	$2.38 (4.90%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Walgreen Company	Consumer Staples	WAG	1975	$0.70 (2.60%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
RLI	Financials	RLI	1975	$1.16 (2.20%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Abbott Laboratories	Health Care	ABT	1975	$1.76 (3.50%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Pentair	Industrials	PNR	1976	$0.76 (2.40%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
McDonald's	Consumer Discretionary	MCD	1976	$0.90 (2.80%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
WGL Holdings	Utilities	WGL	1976	$1.51 (4.20%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Sigma-Aldrich	Materials	SIAL	1976	$0.64 (1.20%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Family Dollar	Consumer Staples	FDO	1976	$0.62 (1.40%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Medtronic	Health Care	MDT	1977	$0.63 (3.20%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Clorox	Consumer Staples	CLX	1977	$2.20 (3.30%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Valspar	Materials	VAL	1981	$0.64 (2.10%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Community Trust Bancorp	Financials	CTBI	1981	$1.22 (4.50%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Air Products	Materials	APD	1982	$1.96 (2.50%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
ExxonMobil	Energy	XOM	1982	$1.76 (3.00%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Aflac	Financials	AFL	1982	$1.20 (2.40%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
AT&T	Information Technology	T	1984	$1.68 (6.10%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
McCormick	Consumer Staples	MKC	1985	$2.20 (2.90%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Atmos Energy Corporation	Utilities	ATO	1987	$1.34 (4.60%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Chevron	Energy	CVX	1987	$2.88 (3.70%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Progress Energy	Utilities	PGN	1988	$2.48 (5.70%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
MDU Resources Group	Energy	MDU	1990	$1.38 (3.10%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Aqua America	Utilities	WTR	1991	$0.62 (3.10%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Praxair	Materials	PX	1992	$1.80 (2.10%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
International Business Machines	Information Technology	IBM	1993	$2.16 (3.70%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
FPL Group	Utilities	FPL	1994	$0.28 (1.40%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Buckeye Partners, L.P.	Energy	BPL	1995	$3.85 (6.20%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Erie Indemnity Company	Financials	ERIE	1996	$1.92 (3.60%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners	Energy	KMP	1997	$1.04 (2.60%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table
General Mills	Consumer Staples	GIS	2004	$0.84 (1.90%)	Chart	Table	Chart	Chart	Table

See the 63 great dividend stocks grouped by nine economic sectors: Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples, Energy, Financials, Industrials, Information Technology, Health Care, Materials and Utilities. NOTE: All price and dividend data in the charts and tables to follow are from Yahoo! Finance.

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Today's date: Sep-05-10.