Chemical Stocks Pay Reliable Dividends

Many large chemical companies pay safe reliable dividends. Most of these stocks are cyclical so be sure to study their price charts before you make a purchase. Buy them early in an upside move and avoid buying them near a cyclical top.

Here are chemical stocks that have long histories of increasing their divdends.

Chemicals Portfolios - Dividend Information

Company and Website (Dividend History)
Quote Symbol

Comments

Dividend Chart

Annual Dividend & Yield

Dividend Growth Rate

Dow
DOW
DOW has paid dividends every quarter since 1912.
Chart
$0.60 (2.00%)
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DuPont
DD
DD has paid consecutive quarterly dividends since 1904.
Chart
$1.64 (4.40%)
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H.B. Fuller Company
FUL
FUL has raised its annual dividend every year since 1969. It is a Dividend Achiever and U.S. Dividend Champion.
Chart
$0.27 (1.20%)
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Praxair
PX
PX has raised its annual dividend every year since 1992. It is a Dividend Achiever.
Chart
$1.80 (2.20%)
Table
RPM International
RPM
RPM has raised its annual dividend every year since 1973. It is a Dividend Achiever and U.S. Dividend Champion.
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$0.82 (3.90%)
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Sigma-Aldrich
SIAL
SIAL has raised its annual dividend every year since 1976. It is a Dividend Achiever and U.S. Dividend Champion.
Chart
$0.64 (1.20%)
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NOTE: Dividend data used in charts and computations are from finance.yahoo.com as of Mar-20-10.

Price & Returns Information includes price charts and performance data. Investor & Profile Information includes links to a company's investor relations page and profile. All Dividend-Paying Portfolios includes links to each portfolio. Great Dividend Stocks includes links to more dividend-paying stocks.

To follow the day-to-day progress of the Chemicals portfolio, check out the chart below. It is updated each day, so the portfolio values are always current. The current value of the portfolio assumes that $1,666.67 was invested (total of $10,000) in each of the 6 stocks at its closing weekly price for the first week of January 2001.

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Today's date: Mar-20-10.