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

Name: Best dividend aristocrats — top 25 list
Creator: StockMarketAgent.AI
Published: 2026-08-05
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 2026-08-05 · freshness SLO 72 hours.

01
WMTWalmart Inc.
53.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 34.9%, yielding 0.9%.
887.72B USD
02
XOMExxonMobil Holdings Corporation
45.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 53.1%, yielding 2.7%.
633.07B USD
03
JNJJohnson & Johnson
64.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 62.1%, yielding 2.1%.
614.36B USD
04
CATCaterpillar Inc.
33.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 32.5%, yielding 0.7%.
403.73B USD
05
CVXChevron Corporation
39.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 68.4%, yielding 3.7%.
373.56B USD
06
KOThe Coca-Cola Company
64.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 63.7%, yielding 2.4%.
372.43B USD
07
PGThe Procter & Gamble Company
70.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 65.8%, yielding 2.9%.
344.66B USD
08
LINLinde plc
33.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 41.3%, yielding 1.3%.
223.41B USD
09
IBMInternational Business Machines Corporation
30.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 60.0%, yielding 2.9%.
221.54B USD
10
MCDMcDonald's Corporation
51.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 61.3%, yielding 2.8%.
190.66B USD
11
NEENextEra Energy, Inc.
30.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 56.0%, yielding 2.9%.
181.88B USD
12
CBChubb Limited
34.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 14.4%, yielding 1.2%.
134.37B USD
13
PHParker-Hannifin Corporation
70.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 29.5%, yielding 0.8%.
125.16B USD
14
LOWLowe's Companies, Inc.
54.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 42.3%, yielding 2.3%.
122.28B USD
15
SPGIS&P Global Inc.
53.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 23.6%, yielding 0.9%.
121.60B USD
16
ADPAutomatic Data Processing, Inc.
51.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 62.2%, yielding 2.5%.
107.65B USD
17
GDGeneral Dynamics Corporation
35.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 38.8%, yielding 1.6%.
104.21B USD
18
EMREmerson Electric Co.
69.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 51.2%, yielding 1.4%.
88.97B USD
19
SHWThe Sherwin-Williams Company
49.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 29.5%, yielding 0.9%.
87.26B USD
20
ITWIllinois Tool Works Inc.
56.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 58.3%, yielding 2.2%.
84.89B USD
21
CTASCintas Corporation
45.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 38.1%, yielding 1.0%.
81.49B USD
22
ECLEcolab Inc.
40.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 39.2%, yielding 1.0%.
79.69B USD
23
CNICanadian National Railway Company
29.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 47.6%, yielding 2.1%.
76.90B CAD
24
TGTTarget Corporation
55.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 61.3%, yielding 3.1%.
67.27B USD
25
AFLAflac Incorporated
42.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 27.7%, yielding 1.9%.
63.70B USD

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