Longest Dividend Increase Streaks
Active payers ranked by consecutive years of rising annual dividend totals, computed directly from payment records.
A streak computed from actual payment totals is stricter than one quoted from press releases: it requires the split-adjusted cash paid per share to rise every single calendar year. That strictness is the point — it cannot be flattered by timing shifts or announcement wording.
Key Observations
- The longest increase streak in our stored history belongs to Johnson & Johnson (JNJ): 55 consecutive years of higher annual totals through 2025.
- 25 active payers show streaks of at least 38 years within our data window — note that streaks are bounded by how far back our per-ticker history goes, so published lists citing longer records may rely on deeper data.
Longest active increase streaks in our data (through 2025)
| Company | Ticker | Consecutive years of increases |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 55 |
| Emerson Electric Co. | EMR | 53 |
| PepsiCo, Inc. | PEP | 53 |
| Colgate-Palmolive Company | CL | 52 |
| Consolidated Edison, Inc. | ED | 44 |
| Walmart Inc. | WMT | 43 |
| The Clorox Company | CLX | 42 |
| PPG Industries, Inc. | PPG | 42 |
| Exxon Mobil Corporation | XOM | 42 |
| The Procter & Gamble Company | PG | 42 |
| Target Corporation | TGT | 42 |
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | BDX | 42 |
| Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | ADP | 42 |
| Dover Corporation | DOV | 41 |
| Aflac Incorporated | AFL | 41 |
| W.W. Grainger, Inc. | GWW | 40 |
| Black Hills Corporation | BKH | 40 |
| Stepan Co | SCL | 40 |
| The Sherwin-Williams Company | SHW | 40 |
| Genuine Parts Company | GPC | 39 |
| Atmos Energy Corporation | ATO | 38 |
| Ecolab Inc. | ECL | 38 |
| Universal Health Realty Income Trust | UHT | 38 |
| Chevron Corporation | CVX | 38 |
| Tennant Company | TNC | 38 |
Methodology
For each active common stock we walk split-adjusted annual totals backward from the last full calendar year, counting consecutive years where the total exceeded the prior year. Minimum shown: 10 years.
Caveats
Streaks are bounded by our per-ticker history depth — a company whose record predates our data shows the in-window streak only, so published Aristocrat/King records may exceed figures here. Our curated Aristocrats and Kings lists follow the recognized definitions instead.
Sources: Dividendly dividend history. Computed Oct 19, 2026.
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Computed Oct 19, 2026. https://dividendly.ai/data/longest-dividend-streaks/
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Data updated Oct 19, 2026. This research page is generated from Dividendly's structured market and dividend dataset using the approach described on our methodology and data sources pages. Data is automatically validated using defined rules and may also be periodically reviewed. Research only, not investment advice. Spotted a data error? Report it.