Dividend Aristocrats

A dividend aristocrat has raised its dividend every year for at least 25 years — a track record that only survives recessions, rate shocks and bad quarters through genuine staying power. These are the longest, steadiest raisers in Quantic's universe, ranked by their increase streak.

Updated July 5, 2026

#	Stock	Yield	Streak	5y growth	Safety
1	ES ESS Essex Property Trust, Inc.	3.47%	29y	4.34%	Watch
2	BF BF-B Brown Forman Inc	1.65%	29y	5.46%	Safe
3	KM KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation	3.65%	29y	3.32%	Watch
4	DO DOV Dover Corporation	1.28%	29y	1.00%	Safe
5	NE NEE NextEra Energy, Inc.	2.54%	29y	10.13%	Watch
6	ND NDSN Nordson Corporation	1.10%	29y	15.17%	Safe
7	GP GPC Genuine Parts Company	2.74%	29y	5.45%	Safe
8	LI LIN Linde plc	1.38%	29y	9.27%	Watch
9	AD ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc.	2.01%	29y	11.10%	Safe
10	AP APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc	2.44%	29y	5.96%	Safe
11	FR FRT Federal Realty Investment Trust	4.12%	29y	0.84%	Watch
12	KO KO Coca-Cola Company (The)	2.99%	29y	4.46%	Safe
13	SP SPGI S&P Global Inc.	0.84%	29y	7.46%	Watch
14	CI CINF Cincinnati Financial Corporatio	2.47%	29y	7.71%	Safe
15	BE BEN Franklin Resources, Inc.	4.72%	29y	3.46%	Safe
16	PG PG Procter & Gamble	2.52%	29y	5.97%	Watch
17	JN JNJ Johnson & Johnson	2.88%	29y	5.18%	Safe
18	PE PEP Pepsico, Inc.	3.12%	29y	6.82%	Watch
19	AD ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Company	2.77%	29y	7.21%	Safe
20	TR TROW T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	3.99%	29y	7.13%	Safe
21	LO LOW Lowe's Companies, Inc.	1.81%	29y	16.40%	Safe
22	AT ATO Atmos Energy Corporation	2.47%	29y	8.64%	Safe
23	ED ED Consolidated Edison, Inc.	3.58%	29y	2.13%	Safe
24	SW SWK Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.	3.22%	29y	3.49%	Safe
25	IB IBM International Business Machines	4.10%	29y	1.52%	Watch
26	HR HRL Hormel Foods Corporation	2.98%	29y	4.47%	Safe
27	MK MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporat	1.99%	29y	7.74%	Watch
28	IT ITW Illinois Tool Works Inc.	2.31%	29y	7.07%	Watch
29	TG TGT Target Corporation	2.82%	28y	11.02%	Watch
30	AO AOS A.O. Smith Corporation	1.73%	28y	7.21%	Safe
31	RO ROP.SW ROCHE PS	3.27%	28y	1.51%	Safe
32	O O Realty Income Corporation	5.03%	28y	3.48%	Safe
33	GD GD General Dynamics Corporation	2.20%	28y	6.40%	Safe
34	OZ OZK Bank OZK	3.29%	27y	9.89%	Safe
35	FD FDS FactSet Research Systems Inc.	0.95%	26y	7.39%	Watch
36	PE PEP.DE PEPSICO INC. R	3.01%	26y	6.83%	Watch
37	GG GGG Graco Inc.	1.20%	26y	9.46%	Safe
38	ES ES Eversource Energy (D/B/A)	3.81%	25y	5.80%	Watch
39	DC DCC.L DCC PLC ORD EUR0.25 (CDI)	3.61%	25y	7.26%	Safe

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