25-Year Dividend Increasing Stocks

25-Year Dividend Increasing StocksThe following dividend stocks are a very select group, as they have been increasing their annual dividends every year for at least the past 25 years.

A history of several years of steadily increasing dividend payouts is one of the factors we use when evaluating dividend stocks. For more information on our DARS™ Ratings, click here.

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Stock
Symbol
Company
Name
DARS™
Rating [?]
No. of
Years
Dividend
Yield**
Current
Price*
Annual
Dividend
DBD Diebold, Inc. Login/Signup for Ratings 59 3.65% 31.47 1.15
AWR American States Water Login/Signup for Ratings 58 2.66% 53.40 1.42
DOV Dover Corp. Login/Signup for Ratings 57 1.83% 76.41 1.40
NWN Northwest Natural Gas Login/Signup for Ratings 57 4.10% 44.34 1.82
PG Procter & Gamble Login/Signup for Ratings 56 3.06% 78.82 2.41
EMR Emerson Electric Login/Signup for Ratings 56 2.83% 57.89 1.64
GPC Genuine Parts Login/Signup for Ratings 56 2.62% 82.11 2.15
MMM 3M Login/Signup for Ratings 54 2.29% 110.79 2.54
PH Parker Hannifin Corp. Login/Signup for Ratings 53 1.81% 99.62 1.80
VVC Vectren Corporation Login/Signup for Ratings 53 3.95% 35.94 1.42
CINF Cincinnati Financial Login/Signup for Ratings 52 3.40% 47.90 1.63
KO Coca-Cola Co. Login/Signup for Ratings 50 2.65% 42.25 1.12
JNJ Johnson & Johnson Login/Signup for Ratings 50 2.98% 88.46 2.64
LOW Lowe's Login/Signup for Ratings 50 1.49% 42.97 0.64
LANC Lancaster Colony Corp. Login/Signup for Ratings 50 1.84% 82.57 1.52
ITW Illinois Tool Works Login/Signup for Ratings 49 2.15% 70.80 1.52
CL Colgate-Palmolive Login/Signup for Ratings 49 2.21% 61.41 1.36
NDSN Nordson Corp Login/Signup for Ratings 49 0.82% 73.40 0.60
CLC Clarcor Inc. Login/Signup for Ratings 48 0.99% 54.68 0.54
CB Chubb Corp Login/Signup for Ratings 47 2.00% 88.01 1.76
HRL Hormel Foods Login/Signup for Ratings 46 1.60% 42.40 0.68
SWK Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Login/Signup for Ratings 45 2.41% 81.23 1.96
FRT Federal Realty Investment Trust REIT Login/Signup for Ratings 45 2.56% 114.14 2.92
TGT Target Login/Signup for Ratings 45 2.11% 68.40 1.44
ABM ABM Industries Login/Signup for Ratings 45 2.58% 23.26 0.60
CWT California Water Services Group Login/Signup for Ratings 45 3.22% 19.90 0.64
SJW SJW Corp Login/Signup for Ratings 45 2.76% 26.45 0.73
SCL Stepan Co. Login/Signup for Ratings 45 1.17% 54.52 0.64
CBSH Commerce Bankshares Login/Signup for Ratings 44 2.08% 43.27 0.90
MO Altria Group Login/Signup for Ratings 43 4.77% 36.90 1.76
BKH Black Hills Corp Login/Signup for Ratings 43 3.13% 48.61 1.52
FUL H.B. Fuller Co. Login/Signup for Ratings 43 1.00% 40.05 0.40
CTWS Connecticut Water Services Login/Signup for Ratings 43 3.36% 28.90 0.97
SYY Sysco Corp Login/Signup for Ratings 42 3.19% 35.07 1.12
NFG National Fuel Gas Co. Login/Signup for Ratings 42 2.32% 62.85 1.46
GWW W.W.Grainger Login/Signup for Ratings 41 1.43% 259.92 3.72
BCR C.R. Bard, Inc. Login/Signup for Ratings 41 0.76% 105.28 0.80
BDX Becton Dickinson Login/Signup for Ratings 41 1.98% 100.02 1.98
LEG Leggett & Platt Login/Signup for Ratings 41 3.50% 33.18 1.16
UVV Universal Corp Login/Signup for Ratings 41 3.37% 59.39 2.00
MSA Mine Safety Applications Login/Signup for Ratings 41 2.47% 48.53 1.20
TNC Tennant Co. Login/Signup for Ratings 41 1.44% 49.99 0.72
VFC V.F. Corporation Login/Signup for Ratings 40 1.88% 185.03 3.48
KMB Kimberly-Clark Login/Signup for Ratings 40 3.17% 102.15 3.24
PEP PepsiCo Login/Signup for Ratings 40 2.74% 82.97 2.27
ABT Abbott Labs Login/Signup for Ratings 40 1.48% 37.72 0.56
PPG PPG Industries Login/Signup for Ratings 40 1.55% 157.55 2.44
GRC Gorman-Rupp Login/Signup for Ratings 40 1.38% 28.99 0.40
MSEX Middlesex Water Co. Login/Signup for Ratings 40 3.85% 19.48 0.75
ABBV AbbVie Inc. Login/Signup for Ratings 40 3.42% 46.76 1.60
MHFI McGraw-Hill Financial Login/Signup for Ratings 39 2.03% 55.18 1.12
NUE Nucor Corporation Login/Signup for Ratings 39 3.19% 46.10 1.47
UBSI United Bankshares Login/Signup for Ratings 39 4.78% 25.94 1.24
WMT Wal-Mart Stores Login/Signup for Ratings 38 2.44% 77.03 1.88
ADP Automatic Data Processing Login/Signup for Ratings 38 2.48% 70.26 1.74
ED Consolidated Edison Login/Signup for Ratings 38 4.13% 59.61 2.46
RPM RPM International Login/Signup for Ratings 38 2.75% 32.73 0.90
TDS Telephone & Data Systems Login/Signup for Ratings 38 2.10% 24.30 0.51
WAG Walgreen Company Login/Signup for Ratings 37 2.19% 50.14 1.10
SIAL Sigma-Aldrich Corporation Login/Signup for Ratings 37 1.02% 84.34 0.86
MGEE MGE Energy Login/Signup for Ratings 37 2.84% 55.68 1.58
MCD McDonald's Login/Signup for Ratings 36 3.03% 101.74 3.08
CSL Carlisle Co. Login/Signup for Ratings 36 1.22% 65.68 0.80
FDO Family Dollar Stores Login/Signup for Ratings 36 1.62% 64.02 1.04
PNR Pentair Inc. Login/Signup for Ratings 36 1.75% 57.06 1.00
RLI RLI Corp Login/Signup for Ratings 36 1.85% 73.52 1.36
WGL WGL Holdings Login/Signup for Ratings 36 3.76% 44.74 1.68
CLX Clorox Co. Login/Signup for Ratings 35 3.30% 86.10 2.84
MDT Medtronic, Inc. Login/Signup for Ratings 35 2.02% 51.53 1.04
SHW Sherwin Williams Login/Signup for Ratings 34 1.07% 187.13 2.00
PNY Piedmont Natural Gas Login/Signup for Ratings 34 3.60% 34.45 1.24
STR Questar Corp Login/Signup for Ratings 33 2.86% 25.18 0.72
EV Eaton Vance Login/Signup for Ratings 32 1.89% 42.33 0.80
CTBI Community Trust Bancorp Login/Signup for Ratings 32 3.57% 35.26 1.26
BEN Franklin Resources Login/Signup for Ratings 31 0.71% 163.65 1.16
ORI Old Republic International Corp Login/Signup for Ratings 31 5.14% 14.00 0.72
VAL Valspar Corp Login/Signup for Ratings 31 1.25% 73.41 0.92
WEYS Weyco Group Login/Signup for Ratings 31 3.10% 23.21 0.72
AFL Aflac Login/Signup for Ratings 30 2.53% 55.33 1.40
APD Air Products & Chemicals Login/Signup for Ratings 30 2.99% 95.12 2.84
CTAS Cintas Corporation Login/Signup for Ratings 30 1.41% 45.35 0.64
EGN Energen Corp Login/Signup for Ratings 30 1.05% 54.98 0.58
XOM Exxon Mobil Login/Signup for Ratings 30 2.73% 92.19 2.52
BMS Bemis Co. Login/Signup for Ratings 29 2.57% 40.42 1.04
T AT&T Login/Signup for Ratings 28 4.92% 36.62 1.80
BF-B Brown-Forman Login/Signup for Ratings 28 1.43% 71.14 1.02
BRC Brady Corp Login/Signup for Ratings 27 2.25% 33.79 0.76
ECL Ecolab Inc. Login/Signup for Ratings 27 1.05% 87.43 0.92
HCP HCP Inc. REIT Login/Signup for Ratings 27 3.88% 54.18 2.10
NC NACCO Industries Login/Signup for Ratings 27 1.86% 53.71 1.00
TROW T. Rowe Price Login/Signup for Ratings 26 1.96% 77.73 1.52
MKC McCormick & Co. Login/Signup for Ratings 26 1.84% 74.00 1.36
PLEASE NOTE: This list is current through the end-of-year 2012.

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