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The Complete Guide to U.S. Dividend Kings in 2026

2026년 4월 11일

The full list of U.S. Dividend Kings — companies that have raised their dividend for 50+ consecutive years. Includes dividend yields, sector breakdowns, and how they differ from Dividend Aristocrats. Real-time data, updated for 2026.

"A company that has never cut its dividend in 50 years?" — Yes, such companies exist. In fact, there are 54 of them. These names are called Dividend Kings. Since they have raised their payout every year for half a century, they have certainly earned the title.

What makes Dividend Kings remarkable is not simply that they have paid dividends for a long time. Spanning 50 years means they have weathered the oil shocks, the dot-com bubble, the 2008 financial crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Raising the dividend every year — let alone cutting it — through all of that is clear evidence of an exceptionally resilient business.

This article provides the full 2026 list of Dividend Kings, examines which sectors they cluster in, profiles several representative names, and lays out the key caveats every investor should know before buying in.

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1. What Are Dividend Kings?

Dividend Kings are U.S.-listed companies that have raised their dividend for 50 or more consecutive years. There is no official index — the label arose organically within the investing community. The criteria are so demanding that only 54 of the thousands of U.S.-listed companies carry the title.

Because several similarly named categories exist, things can be confusing at first. Here is a side-by-side comparison.

Category Consecutive Dividend Increases Must Be in S&P 500? Approx. Number of Stocks
Dividend King 50+ years No ~54
Dividend Aristocrat 25+ years Yes ~67
Dividend Champion 25+ years No ~154
Dividend Achiever 10+ years No ~400

One point worth noting here: Dividend Kings do not have to be in the S&P 500. That is why smaller regional utilities and banks also make the list. Dividend Aristocrats, by contrast, must be S&P 500 members — so a fair number of Dividend Kings are not Aristocrats.

For context, 3M (MMM) lost its Dividend King status in 2024 when it cut its dividend for the first time in 66 years. Even a company that raised its dividend for over 50 years is not immune — a point we will revisit later.

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2. The Full 2026 List of Dividend Kings

Below is the complete list of Dividend Kings with 50+ consecutive years of dividend increases, as of April 2026. Stocks are sorted by length of consecutive increase history. Prices and dividend yields reflect real-time data.

How to read this table: Dividend yield is the annual dividend relative to the current share price. 5Y dividend growth rate is the average annual dividend increase over the past five years. The payout ratio is the portion of net income paid out as dividends; below 80% is generally considered comfortable.

Ticker Company Sector Consecutive Increases Dividend Yield 5Y Dividend Growth Market Cap
AWR American States Water Utilities 72 years 2.64% 8.67% $3.1B
DOV Dover Corporation Industrials 71 years 0.98% 1.00% $29.3B
NWN Northwest Natural Utilities 71 years 3.55% 0.52% $2.3B
GPC Genuine Parts Consumer Discretionary 70 years 3.94% 5.45% $14.8B
PG Procter & Gamble Consumer Staples 70 years 2.94% 6.13% $337.4B
PH Parker-Hannifin Industrials 70 years 0.73% 13.70% $124.2B
EMR Emerson Electric Industrials 69 years 1.54% 1.08% $80.8B
CINF Cincinnati Financial Financials 65 years 2.26% 7.71% $25.1B
KO Coca-Cola Consumer Staples 64 years 2.74% 4.46% $333.2B
JNJ Johnson & Johnson Healthcare 64 years 2.22% 5.25% $574.4B
CL Colgate-Palmolive Consumer Staples 63 years 2.54% 3.32% $67.6B
NDSN Nordson Corporation Industrials 63 years 1.23% 15.61% $15.4B
LOW Lowe's Companies Consumer Discretionary 63 years 2.05% 15.61% $136.8B
HRL Hormel Foods Consumer Staples 60 years 5.62% 4.52% $11.5B
ABM ABM Industries Industrials 59 years 2.99% 7.45% $2.3B
CWT California Water Service Utilities 59 years 2.85% 7.14% $2.8B
FRT Federal Realty Inv. Trust REITs 59 years 4.17% 1.11% $9.5B
SCL Stepan Company Materials 59 years 2.98% 6.52% $1.2B
SWK Stanley Black & Decker Industrials 59 years 4.60% 3.49% $11.2B
HTO H2O America Utilities 58 years 2.95% 5.59% $2.5B
CBSH Commerce Bancshares Financials 58 years 2.18% 4.30% $7.4B
FUL H.B. Fuller Materials 58 years 1.26% 7.43% $3.5B
ITW Illinois Tool Works Industrials 57 years 2.34% 7.07% $78.0B
SYY Sysco Corporation Consumer Staples 57 years 2.96% 3.53% $34.8B
TGT Target Corporation Consumer Staples 57 years 3.57% 10.95% $55.2B
MO Altria Group Consumer Staples 56 years 6.42% 4.12% $112.7B
BKH Black Hills Corp. Utilities 55 years 3.81% 4.47% $5.6B
GWW W.W. Grainger Industrials 55 years 0.81% 8.25% $55.5B
KMB Kimberly-Clark Consumer Staples 55 years 5.35% 3.32% $32.3B
MSA MSA Safety Industrials 55 years 1.24% 4.19% $6.7B
MSEX Middlesex Water Utilities 55 years 2.51% 5.82% $1.0B
NFG National Fuel Gas Energy 55 years 2.29% 3.60% $8.9B
UVV Universal Corporation Consumer Staples 55 years 6.12% 1.28% $1.3B
ABBV AbbVie Healthcare 54 years 3.28% 6.56% $367.8B
ABT Abbott Laboratories Healthcare 54 years 2.45% 9.42% $174.7B
BDX Becton Dickinson Healthcare 54 years 2.55% 5.65% $43.9B
PEP PepsiCo Consumer Staples 54 years 3.73% 6.93% $214.7B
PPG PPG Industries Materials 54 years 2.61% 5.77% $24.7B
TR Tootsie Roll Industries Consumer Staples 54 years 0.78% 3.13% $3.0B
ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Consumer Staples 53 years 3.03% 7.21% $33.6B
FTS Fortis Inc. Utilities 53 years 3.28% 4.33% $29.2B
RPM RPM International Materials 53 years 1.95% 6.83% $13.9B
SPGI S&P Global Financials 53 years 0.95% 7.46% $124.1B
WMT Walmart Consumer Staples 53 years 0.77% 5.48% $1,010.8B
ED Consolidated Edison Utilities 52 years 3.13% 2.13% $41.0B
GRC Gorman-Rupp Industrials 52 years 1.09% 4.63% $1.8B
MZTI Marzetti Company Consumer Staples 52 years 2.75% 6.40% $3.9B
NUE Nucor Corporation Materials 52 years 1.20% 6.54%
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