Dividend Contenders

This is the current list of Dividend Contenders. These are companies that have increased their dividend payment for 10-24 consecutive years. The only requirement to being a dividend contender is the number of consecutive years that these companies have increased their dividend. Learn why dividend contenders can help investors avoid a yield trap.

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Stock Type
Consensus Rating
CompanyCurrent PriceDividend YieldAnnual PayoutPayout Ratio3-Year Dividend GrowthYears of Dividend GrowthEx-Dividend Date
Accenture plc stock logo
ACN
Accenture
$310.63
-2.0%
1.44%$4.4839.93%21.26%18N/A
Agilent Technologies, Inc. stock logo
A
Agilent Technologies
$110.75
-1.1%
0.81%$0.9023.56%16.59%1110/2/2023
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. stock logo
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
$98.51
-2.4%
5.04%$4.96147.18%5.67%139/28/2023
ALLETE, Inc. stock logo
ALE
ALLETE
$53.82
-3.3%
5.04%$2.7179.47%3.43%13N/A
Alliant Energy Co. stock logo
LNT
Alliant Energy
$49.26
-3.5%
3.67%$1.8169.08%6.39%20N/A
Alliant Energy Co. stock logo
LNT
Alliant Energy
$49.26
-3.5%
3.67%$1.8169.08%6.39%20N/A
Altria Group, Inc. stock logo
MO
Altria Group
$41.90
-0.5%
9.36%$3.92102.89%3.91%14N/A
Amdocs Limited stock logo
DOX
Amdocs
$85.04
-1.5%
2.05%$1.7437.26%11.49%109/28/2023
Ameren Co. stock logo
AEE
Ameren
$76.85
-3.4%
3.28%$2.5259.02%7.12%10N/A
American Electric Power Company, Inc. stock logo
AEP
American Electric Power
$76.34
-3.0%
4.35%$3.3286.01%5.37%13N/A
American Electric Power Company, Inc. stock logo
AEP
American Electric Power
$76.34
-3.0%
4.35%$3.3286.01%5.37%13N/A
American Equity Investment Life Holding stock logo
AEL
American Equity Investment Life
$53.70
-0.3%
0.04%$0.020.37%6.27%18N/A
American Financial Group, Inc. stock logo
AFG
American Financial Group
$111.69
-1.4%
2.26%$2.5225.20%11.87%17N/A
American Tower Co. stock logo
AMT
American Tower
$162.91
-1.7%
3.85%$6.28303.38%15.74%1310/10/2023
American Water Works Company, Inc. stock logo
AWK
American Water Works
$129.67
-2.3%
2.18%$2.8359.08%9.51%14N/A
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. stock logo
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
$327.83
-2.3%
1.65%$5.4025.36%8.60%18N/A
AMERISAFE, Inc. stock logo
AMSF
AMERISAFE
$51.00
-1.3%
2.67%$1.3640.24%7.43%10N/A
AmerisourceBergen Co. stock logo
ABC
AmerisourceBergen
$179.98
-0.2%
1.08%$1.9423.63%5.24%18N/A
Amgen Inc. stock logo
AMGN
Amgen
$269.04
+0.8%
3.17%$8.5257.45%10.19%11N/A
Amphenol Co. stock logo
APH
Amphenol
$81.46
-2.2%
1.03%$0.8427.36%19.06%11N/A
Analog Devices, Inc. stock logo
ADI
Analog Devices
$172.34
-1.8%
2.00%$3.4446.74%12.07%21N/A
Aon plc stock logo
AON
AON
$331.33
-1.3%
0.74%$2.4619.16%8.39%12N/A
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. stock logo
APOG
Apogee Enterprises
$46.36
-1.4%
2.07%$0.9621.10%7.93%12N/A
Apple Inc. stock logo
AAPL
Apple
$171.96
-2.3%
0.56%$0.9616.13%6.19%12N/A
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. stock logo
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
$155.13
-0.4%
0.90%$1.4015.84%3.13%14N/A
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. stock logo
AJG
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
$231.10
-0.9%
0.95%$2.2042.88%5.85%13N/A
Assurant, Inc. stock logo
AIZ
Assurant
$146.24
-1.0%
1.91%$2.8043.55%4.08%18N/A
Assured Guaranty Ltd. stock logo
AGO
Assured Guaranty
$60.52
-1.4%
1.85%$1.1221.96%11.57%12N/A
Avery Dennison Co. stock logo
AVY
Avery Dennison
$182.54
-1.4%
1.77%$3.2446.69%9.04%13N/A
Avista Co. stock logo
AVA
Avista
$32.65
-2.7%
5.64%$1.8495.34%4.33%21N/A
AXIS Capital Holdings Limited stock logo
AXS
AXIS Capital
$57.49
-0.8%
3.06%$1.7644.44%2.43%199/29/2023
Balchem Co. stock logo
BCPC
Balchem
$123.49
-2.4%
0.57%$0.7123.13%10.94%12N/A
Bank of Marin Bancorp stock logo
BMRC
Bank of Marin Bancorp
$18.15
-1.3%
5.51%$1.0040.98%7.00%17N/A
Best Buy Co., Inc. stock logo
BBY
Best Buy
$68.01
-2.6%
5.41%$3.6863.34%20.74%20N/A
BlackRock, Inc. stock logo
BLK
BlackRock
$646.54
-1.7%
3.09%$20.0058.41%13.93%14N/A
BOK Financial Co. stock logo
BOKF
BOK Financial
$78.39
-2.2%
2.76%$2.1622.67%1.95%17N/A
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Co. stock logo
BAH
Booz Allen Hamilton
$108.34
+0.2%
1.74%$1.8885.07%21.46%12N/A
Bristol-Myers Squibb stock logo
BMY
Bristol-Myers Squibb
$58.54
-1.0%
3.89%$2.2860.64%9.61%1610/5/2023
Broadcom Inc. stock logo
AVGO
Broadcom
$816.19
-2.1%
2.25%$18.4056.58%14.70%13N/A
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. stock logo
BR
Broadridge Financial Solutions
$182.02
-1.7%
1.76%$3.2060.49%10.02%16N/A
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. stock logo
BAM
Brookfield Asset Management
$33.66
-1.1%
3.80%$1.28N/A-4.35%12N/A
Brunswick Co. stock logo
BC
Brunswick
$78.36
-1.5%
2.04%$1.6021.02%18.84%11N/A
Casey's General Stores, Inc. stock logo
CASY
Casey's General Stores
$274.64
-1.4%
0.63%$1.7213.93%6.17%2410/31/2023
Celanese Co. stock logo
CE
Celanese
$120.12
-3.0%
2.33%$2.8024.10%4.52%14N/A
Chemed Co. stock logo
CHE
Chemed
$513.90
-0.1%
0.31%$1.6010.67%6.08%15N/A
Chesapeake Utilities Co. stock logo
CPK
Chesapeake Utilities
$105.96
-1.4%
2.23%$2.3647.68%9.57%20N/A
Churchill Downs Incorporated stock logo
CHDN
Churchill Downs
$114.23
+1.6%
0.32%$0.367.72%7.11%11N/A
Cisco Systems, Inc. stock logo
CSCO
Cisco Systems
$52.71
-1.4%
2.96%$1.5650.81%3.05%1310/3/2023
City Holding stock logo
CHCO
City
$87.73
-0.6%
2.96%$2.6033.90%4.29%10N/A
CME Group Inc. stock logo
CME
CME Group
$199.83
-0.5%
2.20%$4.4053.72%10.06%13N/A
CNO Financial Group, Inc. stock logo
CNO
CNO Financial Group
$23.79
-1.9%
2.52%$0.6031.41%8.55%11N/A
Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. stock logo
CCOI
Cogent Communications
$63.85
-1.6%
5.92%$3.7816.00%13.37%11N/A
Cohen & Steers, Inc. stock logo
CNS
Cohen & Steers
$60.17
-1.4%
3.79%$2.2878.35%15.17%14N/A
Comcast Co. stock logo
CMCSA
Comcast
$44.24
-1.4%
2.62%$1.1673.42%N/A1610/3/2023
Comfort Systems USA, Inc. stock logo
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
$169.60
-1.4%
0.53%$0.9013.29%12.34%11N/A
Community Bank System, Inc. stock logo
CBU
Community Bank System
$41.33
-1.3%
4.36%$1.8062.72%3.27%14N/A
Corning Incorporated stock logo
GLW
Corning
$30.12
-2.7%
3.72%$1.12153.42%10.52%13N/A
Costco Wholesale Co. stock logo
COST
Costco Wholesale
$552.96
-1.0%
0.74%$4.0830.22%11.47%19N/A
CSG Systems International, Inc. stock logo
CSGS
CSG Systems International
$50.96
-0.6%
2.20%$1.1251.14%6.00%10N/A
CSX Co. stock logo
CSX
CSX
$30.62
-1.7%
1.44%$0.4422.22%7.72%19N/A
CubeSmart stock logo
CUBE
CubeSmart
$38.48
-0.3%
5.09%$1.96113.95%11.33%139/29/2023
Cummins Inc. stock logo
CMI
Cummins
$229.05
-1.1%
2.93%$6.7237.65%7.21%18N/A
Delek Logistics Partners, LP stock logo
DKL
Delek Logistics Partners
$41.03
-3.5%
10.09%$4.14115.00%5.36%10N/A
DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. stock logo
XRAY
DENTSPLY SIRONA
$34.59
+1.2%
1.62%$0.56-11.74%10.06%129/28/2023
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. stock logo
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
$119.81
-3.1%
4.07%$4.88378.30%4.15%18N/A
Discover Financial Services stock logo
DFS
Discover Financial Services
$86.86
-0.8%
3.22%$2.8019.40%11.04%12N/A
Domino's Pizza, Inc. stock logo
DPZ
Domino's Pizza
$379.22
-1.0%
1.28%$4.8436.58%19.17%11N/A
Douglas Dynamics, Inc. stock logo
PLOW
Douglas Dynamics
$30.12
-0.5%
3.92%$1.1879.73%2.10%13N/A
DTE Energy stock logo
DTE
DTE Energy
$102.16
-3.3%
3.73%$3.8159.25%-2.12%13N/A
Duke Energy Co. stock logo
DUK
Duke Energy
$91.13
-2.3%
4.50%$4.10229.05%2.05%19N/A
Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc. stock logo
EBMT
Eagle Bancorp Montana
$11.94
4.69%$0.5636.13%11.87%12N/A
EastGroup Properties, Inc. stock logo
EGP
EastGroup Properties
$166.79
-1.4%
3.00%$5.00133.33%16.93%129/28/2023
Eastman Chemical stock logo
EMN
Eastman Chemical
$74.77
-2.0%
4.23%$3.1653.93%6.80%13N/A
Eaton Co. plc stock logo
ETN
Eaton
$211.09
-2.2%
1.63%$3.4450.81%4.49%13N/A
Edison International stock logo
EIX
Edison International
$65.80
-2.7%
4.48%$2.95118.95%4.66%199/28/2023
Elevance Health, Inc. stock logo
ELV
Elevance Health
$448.27
-1.3%
1.32%$5.9222.17%16.96%12N/A
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. stock logo
ELS
Equity LifeStyle Properties
$65.45
-2.4%
2.73%$1.79116.99%10.21%199/28/2023
Evercore Inc. stock logo
EVR
Evercore
$135.66
-1.8%
2.24%$3.0435.85%8.23%17N/A
Fastenal stock logo
FAST
Fastenal
$54.46
-0.6%
2.57%$1.4071.07%12.54%24N/A
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Co. stock logo
AGM
Federal Agricultural Mortgage
$155.85
-1.1%
2.82%$4.4031.59%10.72%12N/A
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. stock logo
FNF
Fidelity National Financial
$40.89
-1.3%
4.40%$1.8095.24%12.00%11N/A
Fifth Third Bancorp stock logo
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
$25.28
-2.4%
5.22%$1.3237.50%10.26%129/28/2023
Financial Institutions, Inc. stock logo
FISI
Financial Institutions
$16.86
-2.0%
7.12%$1.2036.25%5.07%13N/A
First American Financial Co. stock logo
FAF
First American Financial
$57.51
-1.3%
3.69%$2.1291.78%7.03%13N/A
First Business Financial Services, Inc. stock logo
FBIZ
First Business Financial Services
$29.46
-0.5%
3.09%$0.9120.40%9.60%11N/A
First Financial Bankshares, Inc. stock logo
FFIN
First Financial Bankshares
$24.75
-2.5%
2.91%$0.7246.45%12.38%13N/A
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. stock logo
FR
First Industrial Realty Trust
$48.04
-1.8%
2.66%$1.2853.56%8.65%109/28/2023
First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. stock logo
FIBK
First Interstate BancSystem
$24.71
+0.2%
7.61%$1.8866.90%11.09%10N/A
First Merchants Co. stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
$27.69
-0.3%
4.91%$1.3631.19%7.72%12N/A
First Savings Financial Group, Inc. stock logo
FSFG
First Savings Financial Group
$14.77
-0.1%
3.79%$0.5634.15%34.58%10N/A
Flowers Foods, Inc. stock logo
FLO
Flowers Foods
$22.60
-0.4%
4.07%$0.9287.62%5.07%21N/A
Franco-Nevada Co. stock logo
FNV
Franco-Nevada
$133.75
-3.1%
1.02%$1.3639.42%8.94%10N/A
GATX Co. stock logo
GATX
GATX
$108.27
-1.4%
2.03%$2.2036.24%4.17%13N/A
Getty Realty Corp. stock logo
GTY
Getty Realty
$27.95
-2.5%
6.15%$1.72124.64%5.34%109/27/2023
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
GBCI
Glacier Bancorp
$28.98
+0.7%
4.55%$1.3253.01%2,574.26%11N/A
Globe Life Inc. stock logo
GL
Globe Life
$109.77
-1.2%
0.82%$0.9010.51%52.24%1810/5/2023
Hasbro, Inc. stock logo
HAS
Hasbro
$65.27
-2.1%
4.29%$2.80-151.35%1.35%1810/31/2023
Hawkins, Inc. stock logo
HWKN
Hawkins
$58.28
-1.3%
1.10%$0.6421.05%6.78%19N/A
HEICO Co. stock logo
HEI
HEICO
$157.41
-1.3%
0.13%$0.206.97%8.74%17N/A
HNI Co. stock logo
HNI
HNI
$32.96
-2.1%
3.88%$1.2878.05%1.63%12N/A
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) stock logo
HOMB
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)
$20.91
-1.3%
3.44%$0.7233.80%8.97%13N/A
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) stock logo
HOMB
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)
$20.91
-1.3%
3.44%$0.7233.80%8.97%13N/A
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) stock logo
HOMB
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)
$20.91
-1.3%
3.44%$0.7233.80%8.97%13N/A
Honeywell International Inc. stock logo
HON
Honeywell International
$187.89
-2.1%
2.19%$4.1250.99%5.72%12N/A
Honeywell International Inc. stock logo
HON
Honeywell International
$187.89
-2.1%
2.19%$4.1250.99%5.72%12N/A
Horace Mann Educators Co. stock logo
HMN
Horace Mann Educators
$29.80
+1.2%
4.43%$1.32-488.87%3.63%14N/A
Horizon Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
HBNC
Horizon Bancorp
$10.36
-1.0%
6.18%$0.6434.04%12.11%1210/5/2023
HP Inc. stock logo
HPQ
HP
$25.70
-2.3%
4.09%$1.0545.26%15.52%13N/A
Hubbell Incorporated stock logo
HUBB
Hubbell
$308.90
-1.3%
1.45%$4.4837.24%7.57%15N/A
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
$493.07
-1.6%
0.72%$3.5413.21%12.71%129/28/2023
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. stock logo
HII
Huntington Ingalls Industries
$200.38
-0.5%
2.48%$4.9638.12%9.81%11N/A
IDACORP, Inc. stock logo
IDA
IDACORP
$95.55
-2.1%
3.31%$3.1658.63%5.90%11N/A
Independent Bank Corp. stock logo
INDB
Independent Bank
$48.65
-0.8%
4.52%$2.2036.42%5.73%129/29/2023
Ingredion Incorporated stock logo
INGR
Ingredion
$98.19
-0.3%
2.89%$2.8433.14%2.71%139/29/2023
Insperity, Inc. stock logo
NSP
Insperity
$93.63
-1.2%
2.44%$2.2848.00%18.76%13N/A
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. stock logo
IFF
International Flavors & Fragrances
$67.10
-1.5%
4.83%$3.24-37.94%2.63%20N/A
Intuit Inc. stock logo
INTU
Intuit
$503.19
-1.0%
0.62%$3.1236.97%13.28%1210/5/2023
ITT Inc. stock logo
ITT
ITT
$95.04
-2.1%
1.22%$1.1622.61%21.55%11N/A
J&J Snack Foods Corp. stock logo
JJSF
J&J Snack Foods
$162.90
-1.0%
1.80%$2.9486.22%8.71%19N/A
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. stock logo
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
$186.48
-2.1%
0.90%$1.6820.51%15.44%20N/A
Kadant Inc. stock logo
KAI
Kadant
$222.01
-0.2%
0.52%$1.1612.18%4.22%1010/11/2023
Kaiser Aluminum Co. stock logo
KALU
Kaiser Aluminum
$70.81
-1.6%
4.35%$3.08488.89%8.67%11N/A
Kellogg stock logo
K
Kellogg
$59.18
-0.5%
4.06%$2.4096.00%1.17%19N/A
KeyCorp stock logo
KEY
KeyCorp
$10.43
-1.9%
7.86%$0.8254.67%3.62%11N/A
KLA Co. stock logo
KLAC
KLA
$445.16
-2.2%
1.17%$5.2021.59%14.88%13N/A
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. stock logo
LHX
L3Harris Technologies
$173.53
-0.4%
2.63%$4.56108.57%44.01%22N/A
Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
LBAI
Lakeland Bancorp
$12.37
-1.4%
4.69%$0.5836.48%5.17%12N/A
Landstar System, Inc. stock logo
LSTR
Landstar System
$179.76
-2.0%
0.73%$1.3214.07%16.26%10N/A
Lazard Ltd stock logo
LAZ
Lazard
$30.34
-2.7%
6.59%$2.00-1,111.05%1.60%14N/A
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. stock logo
LMAT
LeMaitre Vascular
$53.45
-4.2%
1.05%$0.5649.56%13.72%12N/A
Lennox International Inc. stock logo
LII
Lennox International
$365.37
-3.9%
1.20%$4.4028.41%11.60%14N/A
Lindsay Co. stock logo
LNN
Lindsay
$115.07
-1.3%
1.22%$1.4021.77%2.62%21N/A
Lithia Motors, Inc. stock logo
LAD
Lithia Motors
$286.26
-1.4%
0.70%$2.005.00%10.60%13N/A
Littelfuse, Inc. stock logo
LFUS
Littelfuse
$244.33
-1.7%
1.06%$2.6019.86%7.48%12N/A
Lockheed Martin Co. stock logo
LMT
Lockheed Martin
$408.75
-1.0%
2.94%$12.0043.88%8.20%20N/A
Logitech International S.A. stock logo
LOGI
Logitech International
$66.42
-3.5%
N/AN/A0.00%10.44%10N/A
LyondellBasell Industries stock logo
LYB
LyondellBasell Industries
$93.63
-1.7%
5.34%$5.0077.64%4.24%12N/A
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. stock logo
MMP
Magellan Midstream Partners
$69.00
6.07%$4.1983.47%1.02%20N/A
Magna International Inc. stock logo
MGA
Magna International
$52.79
-3.0%
3.49%$1.8456.79%7.23%14N/A
Main Street Capital Co. stock logo
MAIN
Main Street Capital
$40.14
-1.2%
7.03%$2.8263.66%2.28%1210/5/2023
ManpowerGroup Inc. stock logo
MAN
ManpowerGroup
$71.82
-2.4%
4.09%$2.9450.00%7.66%13N/A
MarketAxess Holdings Inc. stock logo
MKTX
MarketAxess
$205.70
-2.6%
1.40%$2.8842.92%11.13%14N/A
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. stock logo
MMC
Marsh & McLennan Companies
$193.39
-1.0%
1.47%$2.8443.36%8.95%1410/5/2023
Masco Co. stock logo
MAS
Masco
$52.63
-1.2%
2.17%$1.1432.20%31.28%10N/A
Mastercard Incorporated stock logo
MA
Mastercard
$395.24
-1.8%
0.58%$2.2821.37%3.65%1110/5/2023
Materion Co. stock logo
MTRN
Materion
$99.01
-2.5%
0.53%$0.5211.02%4.40%11N/A
Matson, Inc. stock logo
MATX
Matson
$87.05
-1.8%
1.47%$1.2810.50%12.36%11N/A
McKesson Co. stock logo
MCK
McKesson
$442.89
-0.8%
0.56%$2.489.25%8.08%16N/A
Merck & Co., Inc. stock logo
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.
$105.39
-0.4%
2.77%$2.92239.34%7.40%12N/A
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
$76.05
-1.8%
2.16%$1.6437.96%16.55%20N/A
Microsoft Co. stock logo
MSFT
Microsoft
$312.14
-1.7%
0.87%$2.7228.07%10.35%2111/15/2023
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. stock logo
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
$130.49
+0.0%
4.29%$5.60109.38%6.78%1310/12/2023
MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. stock logo
MOFG
MidWestOne Financial Group
$19.33
-1.5%
5.02%$0.9735.14%5.46%13N/A
Mondelez International, Inc. stock logo
MDLZ
Mondelez International
$70.57
+1.2%
2.18%$1.5450.99%10.48%119/28/2023
Monro, Inc. stock logo
MNRO
Monro
$27.37
-2.8%
4.09%$1.12101.82%8.55%16N/A
Moody's Co. stock logo
MCO
Moody's
$315.43
-2.3%
0.98%$3.0839.69%11.87%14N/A
Morningstar, Inc. stock logo
MORN
Morningstar
$239.10
-1.2%
0.63%$1.50283.02%24.47%1110/5/2023
Motorola Solutions, Inc. stock logo
MSI
Motorola Solutions
$273.50
-1.1%
1.29%$3.5239.91%11.41%11N/A
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. stock logo
MSM
MSC Industrial Direct
$95.41
-0.1%
3.31%$3.1649.30%3.27%19N/A
Nasdaq, Inc. stock logo
NDAQ
Nasdaq
$47.98
-1.4%
1.83%$0.8839.64%8.15%10N/A
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. stock logo
NXST
Nexstar Media Group
$137.20
+0.2%
3.94%$5.4029.65%25.99%10N/A
NIKE, Inc. stock logo
NKE
NIKE
$90.18
-0.5%
1.51%$1.3642.11%11.51%21N/A
Northrop Grumman Co. stock logo
NOC
Northrop Grumman
$426.53
+0.2%
1.75%$7.4824.78%9.42%20N/A
NorthWestern Co. stock logo
NWE
NorthWestern
$49.21
-2.3%
5.20%$2.5685.33%3.09%19N/A
NorthWestern Co. stock logo
NWE
NorthWestern
$49.21
-2.3%
5.20%$2.5685.33%3.09%19N/A
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. stock logo
NUS
Nu Skin Enterprises
$21.56
-5.3%
7.24%$1.56110.64%1.33%23N/A
OGE Energy Corp. stock logo
OGE
OGE Energy
$33.86
-3.5%
4.90%$1.6675.80%3.51%17N/A
Open Text Co. stock logo
OTEX
Open Text
$34.67
-2.6%
2.88%$1.00178.57%11.15%10N/A
Otter Tail Co. stock logo
OTTR
Otter Tail
$77.04
+1.1%
2.27%$1.7527.13%5.63%10N/A
PACCAR Inc stock logo
PCAR
PACCAR
$83.86
-1.9%
1.29%$1.0815.51%2.79%1211/14/2023
Packaging Co. of America stock logo
PKG
Packaging Co. of America
$149.12
-1.1%
3.35%$5.0052.85%14.55%12N/A
Paychex, Inc. stock logo
PAYX
Paychex
$112.72
-1.4%
3.16%$3.5682.79%7.78%13N/A
Perrigo Company plc stock logo
PRGO
Perrigo
$31.47
-2.2%
3.46%$1.09-259.52%8.24%21N/A
Pfizer Inc. stock logo
PFE
Pfizer
$32.37
-1.8%
5.07%$1.6443.62%3.57%12N/A
Philip Morris International Inc. stock logo
PM
Philip Morris International
$91.08
-2.8%
5.58%$5.0898.26%2.94%159/26/2023
Pinnacle West Capital Co. stock logo
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
$74.84
-3.3%
4.62%$3.4696.65%4.47%11N/A
PNM Resources, Inc. stock logo
PNM
PNM Resources
$44.74
-0.1%
3.29%$1.4753.07%6.21%1110/26/2023
Pool Co. stock logo
POOL
Pool
$338.28
-2.5%
1.30%$4.4029.16%21.86%13N/A
Portland General Electric stock logo
POR
Portland General Electric
$42.45
-1.6%
4.48%$1.9079.17%5.61%17N/A
Premier Financial Corp. stock logo
PFC
Premier Financial
$16.85
-1.2%
7.36%$1.2436.90%N/A12N/A
Primerica, Inc. stock logo
PRI
Primerica
$195.38
-2.3%
1.33%$2.6021.21%17.39%13N/A
Prologis, Inc. stock logo
PLD
Prologis
$111.48
-1.6%
3.12%$3.4891.58%14.23%10N/A
Prudential Financial, Inc. stock logo
PRU
Prudential Financial
$95.14
-2.0%
5.26%$5.00166.67%6.27%15N/A
Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated stock logo
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
$58.46
-3.0%
3.90%$2.2841.01%4.74%12N/A
Quaker Chemical Co. stock logo
KWR
Quaker Chemical
$158.09
-2.9%
1.10%$1.74370.21%3.62%1610/16/2023
QUALCOMM Incorporated stock logo
QCOM
QUALCOMM
$109.72
-0.6%
2.92%$3.2041.88%5.72%21N/A
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated stock logo
DGX
Quest Diagnostics
$124.58
+0.2%
2.28%$2.8441.34%7.04%1310/5/2023
Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated stock logo
RGA
Reinsurance Group of America
$145.91
-1.8%
2.33%$3.4024.32%5.58%13N/A
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. stock logo
RS
Reliance Steel & Aluminum
$260.16
-1.5%
1.54%$4.0015.84%16.74%13N/A
Republic Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
RBCAA
Republic Bancorp
$42.99
-1.3%
3.49%$1.5033.94%8.91%22N/A
Republic Services, Inc. stock logo
RSG
Republic Services
$145.68
-0.5%
1.47%$2.1443.06%6.98%209/29/2023
Robert Half Inc. stock logo
RHI
Robert Half
$71.59
-3.1%
2.68%$1.9238.10%11.52%18N/A
Rockwell Automation, Inc. stock logo
ROK
Rockwell Automation
$279.06
-1.9%
1.69%$4.7238.50%4.93%13N/A
Royal Gold, Inc. stock logo
RGLD
Royal Gold
$108.67
-1.6%
1.38%$1.5042.86%9.72%2110/5/2023
Ryder System, Inc. stock logo
R
Ryder System
$102.63
-1.9%
2.77%$2.8424.61%2.94%18N/A
Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
SASR
Sandy Spring Bancorp
$20.94
-1.1%
6.49%$1.3642.50%4.85%12N/A
Sempra stock logo
SRE
Sempra
$69.22
-2.6%
3.44%$2.3860.25%5.78%199/26/2023
Service Co. International stock logo
SCI
Service Co. International
$57.73
-1.4%
2.01%$1.1636.94%12.31%13N/A
Sierra Bancorp stock logo
BSRR
Sierra Bancorp
$18.86
-2.3%
4.88%$0.9238.66%7.53%10N/A
Silgan Holdings Inc. stock logo
SLGN
Silgan
$42.57
-1.8%
1.69%$0.7225.44%13.30%19N/A
Silgan Holdings Inc. stock logo
SLGN
Silgan
$42.57
-1.8%
1.69%$0.7225.44%13.30%19N/A
Simmons First National Co. stock logo
SFNC
Simmons First National
$16.37
-1.9%
4.89%$0.8038.10%5.90%12N/A
Snap-on Incorporated stock logo
SNA
Snap-on
$252.96
-1.3%
2.56%$6.4835.90%14.37%13N/A
Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
SMBC
Southern Missouri Bancorp
$38.60
-2.5%
2.18%$0.8421.59%13.56%11N/A
SouthState Co. stock logo
SSB
SouthState
$67.42
-1.9%
3.09%$2.0829.38%5.84%12N/A
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. stock logo
SWX
Southwest Gas
$62.11
-0.5%
3.99%$2.48-75.38%4.44%1611/14/2023
SpartanNash stock logo
SPTN
SpartanNash
$21.04
-5.2%
4.09%$0.8674.14%3.39%13N/A
Spire Inc. stock logo
SR
Spire
$57.27
-2.2%
5.03%$2.8866.82%4.96%19N/A
Standex International Co. stock logo
SXI
Standex International
$140.70
-2.1%
0.80%$1.129.60%8.93%12N/A
Starbucks Co. stock logo
SBUX
Starbucks
$92.00
-0.8%
2.30%$2.1264.63%10.31%1211/9/2023
State Street Co. stock logo
STT
State Street
$66.83
-1.2%
3.77%$2.5234.05%6.62%129/29/2023
Steel Dynamics, Inc. stock logo
STLD
Steel Dynamics
$102.82
-1.5%
1.65%$1.709.91%12.31%119/28/2023
STERIS plc stock logo
STE
STERIS
$223.23
-1.1%
0.93%$2.08170.49%8.23%18N/A
Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
SYBT
Stock Yards Bancorp
$39.82
-2.0%
3.01%$1.2030.69%3.11%13N/A
TE Connectivity Ltd. stock logo
TEL
TE Connectivity
$120.52
-2.0%
1.96%$2.3636.42%6.20%142/15/2024
Terreno Realty Co. stock logo
TRNO
Terreno Realty
$56.99
-1.3%
2.81%$1.6086.96%13.21%129/28/2023
Texas Instruments Incorporated stock logo
TXN
Texas Instruments
$157.96
-1.8%
3.14%$4.9659.62%13.47%1910/30/2023
The Aaron's Company, Inc. stock logo
AAN
Aaron's
$10.29
-1.6%
4.86%$0.50-625.00%45.86%13N/A
The AES Co. stock logo
AES
AES
$15.86
-2.3%
4.16%$0.66-108.19%5.00%10N/A
The Allstate Co. stock logo
ALL
Allstate
$113.28
-1.7%
3.14%$3.56-34.40%19.35%13N/A
The Bank of New York Mellon Co. stock logo
BK
Bank of New York Mellon
$42.26
-1.5%
3.98%$1.6848.98%6.37%12N/A
The Ensign Group, Inc. stock logo
ENSG
The Ensign Group
$92.74
-1.5%
0.25%$0.235.45%4.95%159/28/2023
The Gorman-Rupp Company stock logo
GRC
Gorman-Rupp
$31.38
-0.7%
2.23%$0.7084.34%7.59%16N/A
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. stock logo
THG
The Hanover Insurance Group
$111.46
-1.5%
2.91%$3.24-124.62%7.69%18N/A
The Hershey Company stock logo
HSY
Hershey
$205.24
-0.4%
2.32%$4.7654.78%9.02%14N/A
The Home Depot, Inc. stock logo
HD
Home Depot
$302.54
-1.3%
2.76%$8.3652.22%11.79%14N/A
The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. stock logo
IPG
Interpublic Group of Companies
$28.40
-1.7%
4.37%$1.2451.45%7.26%11N/A
The Kroger Co. stock logo
KR
Kroger
$45.15
-1.2%
2.57%$1.1651.79%16.14%1711/14/2023
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. stock logo
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
$121.59
-0.8%
5.10%$6.2042.49%11.04%12N/A
The Southern Company stock logo
SO
Southern
$67.11
-3.1%
4.17%$2.8098.94%3.15%22N/A
The Toro Company stock logo
TTC
Toro
$81.12
-0.2%
1.68%$1.3637.99%10.26%1910/3/2023
The Travelers Companies, Inc. stock logo
TRV
Travelers Companies
$167.96
+0.1%
2.38%$4.0042.60%4.35%21N/A
THOR Industries, Inc. stock logo
THO
THOR Industries
$92.86
-2.1%
1.94%$1.8017.27%3.66%14N/A
TowneBank stock logo
TOWN
TowneBank
$23.00
-2.0%
4.35%$1.0041.49%8.33%129/28/2023
Tractor Supply stock logo
TSCO
Tractor Supply
$203.03
-1.6%
2.03%$4.1241.16%39.35%14N/A
Trinity Industries, Inc. stock logo
TRN
Trinity Industries
$24.60
-3.0%
4.23%$1.04110.64%12.86%1210/12/2023
Tyson Foods, Inc. stock logo
TSN
Tyson Foods
$51.27
+1.3%
3.74%$1.92208.70%6.38%1111/30/2023
U.S. Bancorp stock logo
USB
U.S. Bancorp
$33.01
-1.7%
5.82%$1.9253.19%5.97%119/28/2023
UDR, Inc. stock logo
UDR
UDR
$35.71
-0.8%
4.70%$1.68125.37%3.63%1410/6/2023
UMB Financial Co. stock logo
UMBF
UMB Financial
$61.97
-1.4%
2.45%$1.5219.95%7.18%20N/A
Union Pacific Co. stock logo
UNP
Union Pacific
$204.84
-1.7%
2.54%$5.2047.45%11.14%16N/A
United Parcel Service, Inc. stock logo
UPS
United Parcel Service
$151.91
-1.6%
4.27%$6.4856.20%16.55%14N/A
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated stock logo
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
$505.62
-0.9%
1.49%$7.5233.65%15.63%14N/A
Unum Group stock logo
UNM
Unum Group
$49.44
-1.6%
2.95%$1.4620.25%4.95%14N/A
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
$32.98
-0.5%
7.91%$2.6152.20%N/A1910/6/2023
Visa Inc. stock logo
V
Visa
$229.68
-1.6%
0.78%$1.8022.84%14.47%14N/A
Vulcan Materials stock logo
VMC
Vulcan Materials
$201.35
-0.3%
0.85%$1.7231.68%8.87%10N/A
W. R. Berkley Co. stock logo
WRB
W. R. Berkley
$64.43
-0.7%
0.68%$0.449.67%10.49%22N/A
Washington Federal, Inc. stock logo
WAFD
Washington Federal
$25.25
-1.6%
3.96%$1.0024.57%5.39%13N/A
Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
WASH
Washington Trust Bancorp
$26.83
+0.0%
8.35%$2.2465.31%2.91%129/29/2023

Dividend contenders are a group of stocks that consist of companies that have increased their dividends for at least 10-24 consecutive years. As of June 2022, there are 348 companies that belong to this club.

Dividend contenders fall between dividend challengers which have increased their dividend for five to nine years and dividend champions that have increased their dividend for at least 25 years. What all of these companies have in common is that the only requirement to achieve their particular status is that they have raised their divided for the required amount of time.

In this article we’ll explain the significance of dividends and why dividend contenders are an appealing option for investors.

When you buy stock in a company, you take an ownership stake in the company. A dividend takes that one step further by distributing a percentage of its profits (known as the payout ratio) to investors as a dividend for owning the stock.

Many companies pay a dividend every three months (i.e. a quarterly dividend). That means that investors earn this dividend on a regular schedule no matter what is happening with the company’s stock price.

Companies that pay a dividend usually do so because they are at a point in their business cycle that puts some upside limit on their growth. This doesn’t mean that the companies are in financial trouble. Many of these companies are large-cap companies that generate billions in revenue and have consistent earnings. They have sound balance sheets and generate significant free cash flow (FCF).

The downside of this consistency is that the companies don’t deliver the same growth as companies that are involved in sectors that deliver disruptive technology. And for that reason the stock price of these companies tends to underperform the overall market.

To help offset this relative lack of stock price appreciation, these companies will help increase their shareholders total return by issuing a dividend.

The total return on an investment includes interest, capital gains, dividends and other distributions that an investment generates over a period of time. If a company doesn’t issue a dividend, the total return of that investment is almost exclusively limited to capital gains. When the market is going up, these stocks can outperform the market. However when the market is in a correction or a bear market, the total return on these stocks can be significantly lower than broader market.

By contrast, dividend stocks offer investors a dividend in addition to the opportunity for capital gains. This has a smoothing effect on many portfolios. While these stocks may not outperform the market in terms of capital gains, the dividends can help move them closer. But these stocks really shine in times of market downturns. In this case, the stocks tend to perform “less badly” than growth stocks. In addition, the “rent” that investors collect from the dividend can help trim losses even more.

That’s because in most cases, investors have the ability to reinvest their dividends. This increases the amount of stock an investor owns which increases their capital gains as well as increasing their dividend payout. This creates a wealth-building cycle.

Dividend yield is the amount of company’s current annual dividend per share divided by its current stock price. If a company has a stock price of $150 and pays an annual dividend per share of $3 it has a dividend yield of 2%.

A common mistake that investors make is to believe that a dividend yield by itself is an indicator of a good dividend stock. But a company’s dividend yield reflects the current dividend payout and the current share price. Both of those variables can change.

Sometimes a company’s stock price drops based on short-term challenges. But sometimes it indicates more fundamental problems with the company. In these cases, investors may find themselves in a yield trap in which they bought shares of a company that is destined to underperform the market.

A better way to evaluate the security of a dividend is to monitor its dividend payout. Ideally investors want to see a payout ratio that is staying the same or growing. Dividend contenders have increased their dividend payout for at least 10 years. Once a company makes that kind of commitment it is likely to continue to prioritize its dividend.

Identifying dividend contenders is a sound strategy for building the income side of your portfolio. Not only do these companies have reliable, growing dividends but they’re likely to be companies that will offer some stock price appreciation that will boost an investor’s total return.

However, like any stock, there are times when a dividend contender will underperform or outperform the market. Therefore, getting the most out of dividend contender requires a willingness to hold on to these stocks over time.

Find out why slow and steady wins the race with DividendStocks.com.