Dividend Kings: Companies That Haven't Cut a Dividend in 50 Years

There's a small group of U.S. companies that have done something that sounds almost impossible: raised their dividend every single year for 50 years straight, no exceptions. Through recessions, crashes, and a pandemic. They're called Dividend Kings.

What Is a Dividend King?

Simple: a U.S. company that has raised its dividend for at least 50 consecutive years. No other requirements — no size rule, no index membership. Only about 50–58 companies currently qualify, depending on the source. Unlike the better-known Dividend Aristocrats (25 years, must be in the S&P 500), there's no single official list — independent researchers track this one.

Why It Matters

A dividend can't be dressed up with accounting tricks — it has to come from real cash flow. A 50-year unbroken streak shows serious financial discipline. A few well-known names:

• Procter & Gamble – ~70 years
• Johnson & Johnson – ~64 years
• Coca-Cola – ~64 years

These companies kept raising payouts through nine recessions.

But the Streak Isn't a Guarantee

Even long-time Kings can fall. 3M was a King for decades — until it finally broke the streak. So treat this as a research starting point, not a buy signal. Before investing, check:

• payout ratio (ideally vs. free cash flow)
• recent dividend growth rate
• debt levels
• current valuation

Bottom Line

Dividend Kings are a strong quality signal — but a backward-looking one. Use the list to find candidates worth researching, not as a finished investment decision.

This post is for informational purposes only and not investment advice.

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12 High-Yielding And Fairly Priced Dividend Stocks

Sometimes high dividends can be transient as the business may not be able to support it long term. In compiling this list, we have also considered the safety of the dividend and this is indicated by a high dividend coverage ratio. 

These companies have also grown their dividends at a nice clip over the last 5 years which shows their commitment to dividend payments and shareholder returns. 

While nothing is certain, this is a great list to start with and conduct further research in each of these stocks to figure out if they are good investments for your portfolio or not.

Attached you can find a list of stocks that might look attractive now. Each of the resutls pay a dividend over 3 percent yerly and have a low price-to-earnings ratio. Dividends grew by more than 10 percent over the past 5 years and those payments are coverd more than two times.

The value focus on the market moves more to Energy, Commodity and Energy related engineering stocks.

In addition, there are also a few retailing stocks that look cheap. Macy's, Kohls, GameStop, Wal-Mart, BestBuy, Bed Bath & Beyond are a few examples.

They could also be cheap for a reason: Online retailers like Amazon or ebay gaining more and more market share.

However, back to the results. Here are the 12 best results for value investors who look for dividend income.

12 High-Yielding And Fairly Priced Dividend Stocks are...

Top Monthly Income Stocks: These 10 Stocks Pay You Every Month

I know that you like dividend and you also like stocks that pay often dividends. Monthly dividends are very popular because for many people, it looks like monthly payment check. Your bills also come each month and must be paid.

Regretless there are only a few amounts of stocks that pay dividends on a monthly basis and let me mention one thing about these stocks: They are not the best ones on the market.

However, Today I like to show you 10 names on the market with 12 dividends a year.

You may also be interested in those stocks with the fastest dividend growth from the S&P 500.

These are the results:

10 Stocks Giving Investors More Money

I'm a passionate dividend investor and I also like to see my dividends growing. For sure, dividend growth is no safe bet or a strategy that makes you quick rich but it can deliver a solid return.

I've build a database with dividend growth stocks and stocks that have announced a share buyback program in order to monitor potential investment opportunities.

Each day and week, I sit down and watch that list and switch stock by stock with hopes to find the next ten-bagger that could generate millions for my portfolio.

Below is an overview of the latest dividend grower. Those stocks have raised dividends within the past week. This time, only 10 companies hiked their payments to shareholders.

The biggest fish in the pool was Philip Morris, followed by American Tower and Yum! Brands.

Big is beautiful but they also have a high debt burden in common.

Which stocks do you like?

How You Can Make $276,600 And More With One Stock Buy

We all look for stocks that doubles or tenfold in a decade. Remember how it was if you buy for $3k per stock position and your asset grows to $300,000 in ten years or so? Wouldn't it be great? Definitly!

I know, it sounds crazy but this happens with hundred or more stocks.

You don't need to be skilled tech founder like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs. You have all the skills to succeed. 

The only thing you need is patience and a long-term investment horizon and some luck as well.

Take your money and invest it into solid stocks with good long-term growth perspectives and a trustworthy management.

I've read a great inspiring story on CNN Money. They released a story about a Chinese couple that bought 100 shares from Apple in August 1998 at a price of $34 dollar and added 500 more shares in 1999.

With their first shares, they made a $276,600 dollar gain and their additional 500 shares hit the million mark in trading capital gain. Great story for normal investors like me and you!

Here are their most important items you need to know when you try to copy their success:

- "We didn't panic. We know the stock market goes up and down"

- "We believe a good brand and a good company can last very long after the founder passes away. So we stayed with Apple"

- "At the beginning we realized Apple products are almost like jewels. People are proud of their Apple product. That's not a technical Wall Street analysis"

- Apple's "financial outlook, numbers and data are essential, but not the main reason to trigger buying the stock"

- We are "happy end user of Apple products"

Happy Investing!

These 8 Dividend Stocks Bubbling Cash Like Lava Gold Mines (Part II)

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Are you an income investor who likes to receive dividends or are you a short-term orientated trader with focus on quick profits?

I'm focused on long-term growth with growing income. In my view, only over a long period of time, stocks can double and develop their full asset potential.

I've recently published a small article about stocks with high free cash flows, companies that earn so much money from its operations and they have no need or desire to invest this money. 

I love those companies but the source of income should also be reliable. Only cash that comes over years and decades will deliver a good return for you.

In my first article about Cash Cows that produce money like milk, I've compiled some of the top yielding stocks with low reinvestment rates. 

Most of the top yielding stocks come from the technology sector and they also plan to buyback a significant amount of own shares which is also very good for the stock price.

Today I like to go forward and introduce the rest of my research results. They have in average a smaller yield but should be also attractive. A big part of the results come from the financial sector. Asset Managers and Stock Exchange Operators are top.

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8 latest stocks with strong cash income sources are...

Find The Good Stocks That Pay And Grow Money For You Over Decades!

Every trade causes costs. I'm talking about taxes and transaction costs. You can adjust your portfolio risk with your trades but if you are right or wrong, it's in my view often hard to say. I have sold stocks many times and often they doubled or tenfold after I have decided to sell them; a bad choice from me. Recently, I wanted to sell 25 percent of my Mondelez stake because they got so big after the spin-off from Kraft Foods. The order was not executed because my limit was too high on the trading day, at USD 34. But because of my 70 percent gain, I needed to pay high taxes on my trade, a number that causes a potential 10 percent loss for the whole stake.

I believe that it makes more sense to buy high-quality stocks at fair prices and keep them for 20 years or more. Over this period of time, the stock should have paid your investment amount nearly completely back. No dream, just reality. Some stocks can pay you in 10 years, others need 50 years. The point is to find the good stocks that pay you.

Below are six stocks with over 10 years of consecutive dividend growth and solid debt and growth predictions.

Sturm Ruger: First Sell-Off In The Dividend Yield Passive Income Portfolio

On February 21, 2014, I closed my position in Sturm, Ruger & Co. The company reduced its dividend in September 2013 from 65 cents to 58. The next dividend should also be lower at 54 cents. It’s not the kind of long-term dividend growth stock I want to hold in my portfolio. The stake was initiated in August 2013 and resulted in a 31,41 percent overall return.

I still believe that Sturm, Ruger & Co. is a well managed company with deep values but it’s too small and more volatile than bigger defense stocks like Lockheed Martin or Raytheon.

For the time being, the portfolio delivered around $2,000 in dividends over the life-time and has now still $13,487.05 in cash values. I’m still confident about the current market situation but want to keep the high cash ratio in order to be prepared when good bargains are available.

The overall return of the portfolio is 9.56 percent and 1.28 percent year-to-date. The value is close to the performance of the Dow Jones since the beginning of the year but less than the values of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq. Those indices also benefited from massive capital gains of social networks like Facebook or innovative stocks like Tesla. Each investor can build it's own thoughts about the current valuation of those stocks.

Dividend Yield Passive Income Portfolio Performance LTD (Click to enlarge)

Dividend Yield Passive Income Portfolio Performance YTD (Click to enlarge)

Despite the position close of Sturm,Ruger & Co., dividend hikes of current portfolio holdings could overcompensate the lost dividend income stream. The expected dividend income is now at $3,017.76.

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For readers who are new to the matter and my dividend growth philosophy: I funded a virtual portfolio with 100k on October 04, 2012 with the aim to build a passive income stream that doubles each five to ten years. I plan to purchase each week one stock holding until the money is fully invested. The total number of constituents is expected at 50 – 70 companies and the dividend income should be at least at $3,000 per year.

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Here is the income perspective of the portfolio

Sym	Name	P/E Ratio	Dividend Yield	Buy	# Shrs	Income	Value
TRI	Thomson Reuters C	2865.83	3.79	28.90	50	$65.25	$1,717.00
LMT	Lockheed Martin C	17.67	3.07	92.72	20	$99.20	$3,246.00
INTC	Intel Corporation	13.1	3.63	21.27	50	$45.00	$1,238.00
MCD	McDonald's Corpor	17.13	3.32	87.33	25	$79.00	$2,378.75
WU	Western Union Com	11.62	3.01	11.95	100	$50.00	$1,673.00
PM	Philip Morris Int	15.36	4.43	89.76	30	$107.40	$2,427.30
JNJ	Johnson & Johnson	19	2.89	69.19	20	$52.80	$1,842.40
MO	Altria Group Inc	15.87	5.13	33.48	40	$73.60	$1,450.40
SYY	Sysco Corporation	21.79	3.14	31.65	40	$45.20	$1,440.80
DRI	Darden Restaurant	18.37	4.32	46.66	30	$64.50	$1,531.80
CA	CA Inc.	14.43	2.99	21.86	50	$50.00	$1,675.00
PG	Procter & Gamble	21	3.08	68.72	25	$60.20	$1,966.50
KRFT	Kraft Foods Group	12.23	3.72	44.41	40	$80.00	$2,210.80
MAT	Mattel Inc.	14.41	3.93	36.45	40	$58.40	$1,492.40
PEP	Pepsico Inc. Com	18.3	2.16	70.88	20	$34.08	$1,601.40
KMB	Kimberly-Clark Co	19.69	2.98	86.82	15	$48.60	$1,655.25
COP	ConocoPhillips Co	8.98	4.12	61.06	20	$52.80	$1,330.00
GIS	General Mills In	18.53	2.95	42.13	30	$44.10	$1,500.90
UL	Unilever PLC Comm	19.07	3.5	39.65	35	$50.26	$1,436.05
NSRGY	NESTLE SA REG SHR	22.36	2.9	68.69	30	$65.31	$2,263.20
GE	General Electric	18.74	3.22	23.39	65	$53.30	$1,655.55
ADP	Automatic Data Pr	26.62	2.3	61.65	25	$44.63	$1,944.50
K	Kellogg Company C	12.18	2.26	61.52	25	$34.00	$1,517.25
KO	Coca-Cola Company	20.04	2.94	38.83	40	$44.80	$1,528.00
RTN	Raytheon Company	16.17	1.69	57.04	20	$33.00	$1,958.20
RCI	Rogers Communicat	11.73	4.4	46.5	50	$84.60	$1,933.50
GPC	Genuine Parts Com	19.73	2.48	77.06	20	$43.00	$1,761.80
TSCDY	TESCO PLC SPONS A	N/A	4.13	17.08	110	$75.79	$1,824.90
APD	Air Products and	25.22	1.78	85.71	15	$31.95	$1,819.80
GSK	GlaxoSmithKline P	15.8	4.4	52.16	30	$74.07	$1,678.20
WMT	Wal-Mart Stores	15.23	2.52	79.25	20	$37.60	$1,494.00
BTI	British American	16.41	3.87	111.13	30	$125.40	$3,263.70
CHL	China Mobile Limi	9.39	4.67	55.32	40	$89.56	$1,902.00
MMM	3M Company Common	19.99	2.05	110.27	15	$41.40	$2,020.95
TUP	Tupperware Brands	15.35	3.12	80.98	15	$37.20	$1,179.00
IBM	International Bus	12.4	2.05	193.17	20	$76.00	$3,703.40
HAS	Hasbro Inc.	25.36	2.91	44.09	30	$48.00	$1,654.80
T	AT&T Inc.	9.5	5.62	34.47	30	$54.30	$957.90
WAG	Walgreen Co. Comm	23.93	1.79	44.25	30	$36.60	$2,038.50
AFL	AFLAC Incorporate	9.38	2.27	59.39	20	$28.80	$1,281.60
TGT	Target Corporatio	19.76	2.72	68.69	32	$52.80	$2,001.28
CSCO	Cisco Systems In	14.41	3.1	23.98	130	$88.40	$2,834.00
DE	Deere & Company C	9.16	2.4	84.11	15	$30.60	$1,288.95
LO	Lorillard Inc Co	15.42	4.66	42.3	30	$67.95	$1,471.80
UNP	Union Pacific Cor	18.95	1.78	154.75	8	$25.44	$1,443.04
IDA	IDACORP Inc. Com	15.29	2.91	47.94	20	$32.40	$1,123.80
BAX	Baxter Internatio	18.82	2.79	66.38	20	$38.40	$1,390.00
MSFT	Microsoft Corpora	14.02	2.69	33.88	40	$40.80	$1,532.40
ACN	Accenture plc. Cl	17.75	2.09	77.71	20	$34.80	$1,667.00
BCE	BCE Inc. Common	16.71	3.93	44.26	25	$42.48	$1,090.00
VZ	Verizon Communica	11.88	4.4	50.31	30	$62.70	$1,427.40
CVX	Chevron Corporati	10.43	3.46	124.03	10	$40.00	$1,153.30
ORCL	Oracle Corporatio	16.57	0.92	35.2	40	$14.40	$1,564.40
XEL	Xcel Energy Inc.	15.67	3.71	28.21	50	$55.50	$1,514.50
CHRW	C.H. Robinson Wor	19.76	2.01	57.72	20	$21.00	$1,037.20
XOM	Exxon Mobil Corpo	13	2.63	101.51	20	$50.40	$1,925.40
						$3,017.76	$97,658.97
						Average Yield	3.09%
						Yield On Cost	3.38%