The S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats index selects companies in the S&P 500 that have
increased their dividends year over year for at least 25 consecutive years.
More than half a century the company
increased its dividends year over year.
A better approach is to buy Dividend Aristocrats, quality stocks that are listed in the S&P 500 and that have
increased their dividends every year over the past 25 years.
Not exact matches
This Toronto - based property and casualty insurance company has
increased its
dividend by more than 50 %
over the past three
years while its stock price has climbed from $ 35 to $ 62.
With this Armonk, N.Y. — based technology giant, you're getting a company that's
increased its
dividend for 18 straight
years and has a proven that it can grow its earnings
over the long term.
I am pleased to announce that our Board of Directors declared a 7 %
increase in our quarterly cash
dividend to $ 0.77 per share, marking 14 consecutive
years of
dividend increases with a compound annual growth rate of about 10 %
over that period.
At the same time, the company has
increased its
dividend by 33 %
over the past five
years, yet its payout ratio is a paltry 9 %.
It has
increased its
dividend five times
over the past five
years.
The group chairman, Jose Vinals, said in the same statement that the board «understands the importance of the ordinary
dividend to shareholders and intends to
increase the full
year dividend per share
over time.»
These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full
year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may
increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an
increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products
over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay
dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
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increasing its payout
over the last seven
years and is just three
years away from making it to the
Dividend Achievers list.
Instead, it looks for TSX - listed companies that have at least $ 300 mln in market cap and have paid and
increased their
dividends over each of the last five
years.
The Minneapolis - based financial services company also announced a
dividend of 90 cents per share, an 8 percent
increase over the previous quarter and the 11th quarterly
dividend increase in the last nine
years.
Also, to be included in the Index, companies must have paid and
increased thier
dividends over each of the last five
years.
The great news is that my
dividend income has
increase modestly
over the past three
years but is still far from my goal.
CSCO has
increased its quarterly
dividend from $ 0.14 to $ 0.29
over the past five
years, or 16 % compounded annually.
Some analysts predict the company could send as much as $ 180 billion to investors through stock buybacks and
dividend increases over the next two and a half
years, on top of the $ 300 billion it has already authorized.
A value
over 1.0 suggests that the
dividend growth rate has been
increasing as the 5
year rate is higher than the 10
year rate.
Over the past 5
years, BEP has maintained an 8 % FFO / units CAGR while
increasing its
dividends by 6 %.
We have
increased our
dividends by 100 %
over the last 3
years, which speaks to the consistent cash flow we generate and our intent to return more capital to shareholders through
dividends.
Stocks of companies such as Coca Cola, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Nestlé, Novartis, Roche and Unilever with a long track record of
increasing their
dividends have played an important role in my portfolio
over the last
years.
Outside analysts suggest they will
increase their
dividend at a faster rate
over the next two
years and possibly pay a one time special
dividend.
• Stellar
dividend resume: Decent yield at 2.9 %; excellent
dividend growth rate of 20 %
over the past 5
years; upcoming
increase of 14 % in December; strong
dividend safety, protected by very good cash flow; and 44 -
year streak of
increasing dividends.
Colgate - Palmolive Company (NYSE: CL) is a «
dividend king,» having
increased its
dividend annually for
over 50 straight
years — 53, to be exact.
CubeSmart has an impressive
dividend growth track record,
increasing payouts by 28 % CAGR
over the last five
years and by 23 % in the last
year itself.
Richard Kinder had telegraphed, vehemently so, 10 %
dividend increases annually
over the next five
years.
• Good
dividend resume: Yield 3.0 %; stated commitment to
dividend; 15 straight
years of
increases; strong
dividend growth record (10 % per
year over past 5
years); and strong
dividend safety.
Over 150
dividend stocks have increased their dividend for at least 20 consecutive years, significantly more than the 51 Dividend Aris
dividend stocks have
increased their
dividend for at least 20 consecutive years, significantly more than the 51 Dividend Aris
dividend for at least 20 consecutive
years, significantly more than the 51
Dividend Aris
Dividend Aristocrats.
Dominion is a
Dividend Achiever (meaning they have continuously paid and
increased dividends over 10
years).
• Excellent on certain
dividend categories, including 43 straight
years of
increases, low payout ratio, and highest yield ever available • Declining number of shares
over the past 10
years makes each remaining share worth a higher percentage of the company.
If someone handed me $ 10,000,000 with the imperative to construct a portfolio that will, comprehensively, make money in all environments,
increase wealth by at least 5 % in excess of the rate of inflation
over the long term, and do it in a way that the total
dividends paid out would be greater each
year, these are the companies I would choose.
Furthermore, SNA has
increased its
dividend consecutively
over the last nine
years.
Twelve of our companies, just
over 20 % of our holdings, used their cash flow to achieve all four goals: they
increased the
dividend, reduced the share count, made an acquisition and still ended the
year with a stronger balance sheet.
An improving balance sheet and consistent cash generation from its operations have allowed management to reward investors with annual
dividend increases over the past three
years.
Based on the data below, for each 1 %
increase in the 10 -
year U.S. Treasury yield, STORE capital's
dividend yield can be expected to rise by about 1.47 %, meaning the share price would be expected to decline (perhaps somewhat meaningfully)
over the short - term.
The yield is
over 3 %, the growth rate is phenomenal, the payout ratio is a manageable 46 % and QCOM has
increased the
dividend 13 consecutive
years.
The first screen looks for companies with above - average
dividend yields that have also maintained or
increased their
dividends over the past five
years.
And because many of the companies he owned had a tendency of
increasing their
dividend each
year, his passive income stream was poised to grow larger and larger
over time.
As for
dividend growth, CU has posted an
increase consecutively for
over forty
years.
Assumes: 7 % annualized reinvested
dividends over five
years, with 2 % annual property value
increases *
For fiscal
year 2014 BlackRock is on track to pay $ 7.72 per share in
dividends a 14.8 %
increase over fiscal
year 2013.
Additionally, there are eight constituents with
over 55 consecutive
years of
dividend increases.
Walgreens Boots Alliance has paid out
dividends for
over 81
years and began
increasing dividends 38
years ago, in 1976.
The initial DGR is much lower than what's transpired
over the last five
years; it's also much lower than the most recent
dividend increase.
We trace
increases over 5
years and more, to get a timely reading on the company's commitment to
dividend increases.
The last two columns illustrate how that DGR has
increased the dollar - and - cents amount of the annual
dividend over the 10
years from 2002 - 2012.
That 8 %
dividend increase really gave Jason a 12 %
year over year increase when you mix
dividend growth with
dividend reinvestment.
And this biotech firm is proving its desire to grow its
dividend aggressively; the company has
increased its
dividend at an annual rate of 29.9 %
over the last three
years, with its most recent
dividend increase being right in that neighborhood.
The annual
dividend has
increased over each of the last six
years and the company has not reduced its annual
dividend payment;