Best dividend aristocrats for 2026: 25-plus years of raises

Name: Best dividend aristocrats — top 25 list
Creator: StockMarketAgent.AI
Published: 2026-10-28
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Dividend aristocrats are the rare cohort of companies that have raised their dividend for at least 25 consecutive years. The streak is informative on its own (it requires durable free cash flow and disciplined capital allocation through multiple economic cycles), but the cohort is most useful as a starting set for income-oriented portfolios where the cash distribution is the point. The list below filters for active aristocrats with payout ratios still under 75%, so the dividend has room to grow rather than being maxed-out and at risk of a freeze.

How we picked: Cohort: dividend yield greater than 0%, dividend-growth streak at least 25 years, payout ratio between 0% and 75%. Sorted by market cap descending.

Source snapshot 2026-10-28 · freshness SLO 72 hours.

01
WMTWalmart Inc.
53.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 35.9%, yielding 0.8%.
942.21B USD
02
XOMExxonMobil Holdings Corporation
45.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 53.1%, yielding 2.3%.
747.92B USD
03
CVXChevron Corporation
39.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 68.4%, yielding 3.1%.
448.93B USD
04
KOThe Coca-Cola Company
64.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 62.5%, yielding 2.3%.
394.71B USD
05
PGThe Procter & Gamble Company
70.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 65.6%, yielding 2.8%.
367.11B USD
06
CATCaterpillar Inc.
33.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 28.1%, yielding 0.9%.
328.72B USD
07
IBMInternational Business Machines Corporation
30.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 57.7%, yielding 2.7%.
239.50B USD
08
LINLinde plc
33.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 41.3%, yielding 1.3%.
234.03B USD
09
PEPPepsiCo, Inc.
54.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 74.5%, yielding 4.5%.
180.65B USD
10
MCDMcDonald's Corporation
51.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 62.7%, yielding 3.1%.
177.33B USD
11
NEENextEra Energy, Inc.
30.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 44.9%, yielding 3.1%.
169.82B USD
12
CBChubb Limited
34.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 14.3%, yielding 1.1%.
136.05B USD
13
SPGIS&P Global Inc.
53.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 23.1%, yielding 0.9%.
130.19B USD
14
MDTMedtronic plc
50.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 70.9%, yielding 3.0%.
115.91B USD
15
PHParker-Hannifin Corporation
70.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 28.1%, yielding 0.9%.
115.03B USD
16
ADPAutomatic Data Processing, Inc.
51.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 62.2%, yielding 2.4%.
113.03B USD
17
LOWLowe's Companies, Inc.
54.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 42.3%, yielding 2.5%.
111.06B USD
18
GDGeneral Dynamics Corporation
35.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 38.8%, yielding 1.8%.
95.69B USD
19
EMREmerson Electric Co.
69.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 48.6%, yielding 1.3%.
93.48B USD
20
CTASCintas Corporation
45.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 36.9%, yielding 1.0%.
84.46B USD
21
ECLEcolab Inc.
40.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 39.7%, yielding 1.0%.
81.97B USD
22
ITWIllinois Tool Works Inc.
56.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 61.4%, yielding 2.5%.
78.71B USD
23
SHWThe Sherwin-Williams Company
49.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 29.5%, yielding 1.0%.
76.94B USD
24
CNICanadian National Railway Company
29.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 47.5%, yielding 2.1%.
75.43B CAD
25
TGTTarget Corporation
55.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 48.1%, yielding 3.1%.
67.50B USD

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