The best dividend growth stock of
all time is a dividend king, a company that has raised dividends constantly
over time. A dividend king is a company that has managed to increase dividends
to shareholders for at least fifty years in a row.
There are only a
handful of these companies worldwide, most of them being US based. A company
that has managed to increase dividends each year for over half a century has a
stable business model that has endured a lot over a long period of time.
As investors who
want to live off dividends in retirement, we want to concentrate on quality
businesses that operate in industries with significant competitive advantages.
This will allow those businesses to grow earnings and pay higher dividends over
time.
In order to give
you a quick overview of the current market valuation and fundamentals of the 18
Dividend Kings, you can find attached a list with more details.
Here are the actual Dividend Kings...
Here are the actual Dividend Kings...
Name
|
Symbol
|
Years of Rising Dividends
|
10 year Annual Dividend Growth
|
10 year Annual EPS Growth
|
American States Water
|
AWR
|
61
|
6.86%
|
7.24%
|
Dover Corp.
|
DOV
|
60
|
11.52%
|
3.83%
|
Northwest Natural Gas
|
NWN
|
60
|
3.51%
|
0.60%
|
Emerson Electric
|
EMR
|
59
|
8.35%
|
3.24%
|
Genuine Parts Co.
|
GPC
|
59
|
7.11%
|
6.26%
|
Parker-Hannifin Corp.
|
PH
|
59
|
15.96%
|
5.10%
|
Procter & Gamble Co.
|
PG
|
59
|
9.22%
|
3.57%
|
3M Company
|
MMM
|
57
|
9.33%
|
6.26%
|
Vectren Corp.
|
VVC
|
56
|
2.61%
|
2.61%
|
Cincinnati Financial
|
CINF
|
55
|
4.70%
|
-0.15%
|
Coca-Cola Company
|
KO
|
53
|
8.95%
|
6.91%
|
Johnson & Johnson
|
JNJ
|
53
|
9.81%
|
5.97%
|
Lancaster Colony Corp.
|
LANC
|
53
|
6.41%
|
5.41%
|
Lowe's Companies
|
LOW
|
53
|
26.14%
|
6.74%
|
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
|
CL
|
52
|
10.45%
|
8.62%
|
Nordson Corp.
|
NDSN
|
52
|
11.05%
|
11.16%
|
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp
|
FMCB
|
51
|
5.43%
|
4.38%
|
Hormel Foods Corp.
|
HRL
|
50
|
14.42%
|
11.02%
|
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| 17 Dividend Kings (click to enlarge) |