Dividend Aristocrats

Dividend Aristocrats are companies that are part of the S&P 500 and have increased their dividends in each of the past 25 years. Firms in this list have been able to grow their dividends through many different economic environments and through significant periods of recession. In historical testing conducted by Standard & Poors, these companies have produced outperformance over the S&P 500 as a whole.

Dividend Aristocrats

Ticker Price Market Cap
($mil)
XOM $42.80 $180,968
T $31.46 $224,184
CVX $90.44 $174,101
ABBV $108.67 $191,854
FRT $90.71 $6,862
BEN $23.98 $12,100
WBA $41.77 $36,085
ED $74.24 $25,399
LEG $41.76 $5,534
CAH $56.15 $16,476
MMM $175.29 $101,111
GPC $97.95 $14,133
KMB $135.76 $46,177
KO $53.33 $229,182
CINF $81.33 $13,086
AFL $45.12 $31,694
ADM $49.84 $27,730
NUE $56.43 $17,038
GD $154.14 $44,234
PEP $145.69 $201,337
JNJ $153.10 $403,042
EMR $81.60 $48,800
MCD $208.69 $155,497
TROW $151.57 $34,320
SYY $76.41 $38,920
PG $136.41 $336,858
CAT $180.07 $97,825
VFC $88.13 $34,371
CLX $200.51 $25,274
ITW $206.57 $65,384
ADP $173.84 $74,545
CL $84.75 $72,645
HRL $47.07 $25,414
MDT $112.95 $152,033
APD $270.57 $59,803
AOS $57.67 $9,312
DOV $123.24 $17,759
SWK $178.29 $28,566
PNR $52.60 $8,750
LOW $160.13 $117,331
PPG $145.39 $34,342
GWW $411.22 $22,069
MKC $93.12 $24,829
WMT $148.27 $419,498
ECL $225.90 $64,482
SPGI $327.28 $78,744
CTAS $354.04 $37,042
SHW $720.64 $65,452
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