Best of / best-dividend-aristocrats Best dividend aristocrats for 2026: 25-plus years of raises 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 53.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 35.9%, yielding 0.8%.
942.21B USD 02 XOM ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation 45.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 53.1%, yielding 2.3%.
747.92B USD 03 39.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 68.4%, yielding 3.1%.
448.93B USD 04 64.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 62.5%, yielding 2.3%.
394.71B USD 05 PG The Procter & Gamble Company 70.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 65.6%, yielding 2.8%.
367.11B USD 06 33.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 28.1%, yielding 0.9%.
328.72B USD 07 IBM International Business Machines Corporation 30.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 57.7%, yielding 2.7%.
239.50B USD 08 33.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 41.3%, yielding 1.3%.
234.03B USD 09 54.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 74.5%, yielding 4.5%.
180.65B USD 10 MCD McDonald's Corporation 51.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 62.7%, yielding 3.1%.
177.33B USD 11 30.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 44.9%, yielding 3.1%.
169.82B USD 12 34.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 14.3%, yielding 1.1%.
136.05B USD 13 53.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 23.1%, yielding 0.9%.
130.19B USD 14 50.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 70.9%, yielding 3.0%.
115.91B USD 15 PH Parker-Hannifin Corporation 70.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 28.1%, yielding 0.9%.
115.03B USD 16 ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 51.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 62.2%, yielding 2.4%.
113.03B USD 17 LOW Lowe's Companies, Inc. 54.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 42.3%, yielding 2.5%.
111.06B USD 18 GD General Dynamics Corporation 35.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 38.8%, yielding 1.8%.
95.69B USD 19 69.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 48.6%, yielding 1.3%.
93.48B USD 20 45.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 36.9%, yielding 1.0%.
84.46B USD 21 40.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 39.7%, yielding 1.0%.
81.97B USD 22 ITW Illinois Tool Works Inc. 56.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 61.4%, yielding 2.5%.
78.71B USD 23 SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company 49.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 29.5%, yielding 1.0%.
76.94B USD 24 CNI Canadian National Railway Company 29.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 47.5%, yielding 2.1%.
75.43B CAD 25 55.0 years of dividend growth at a payout of 48.1%, yielding 3.1%.
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