Dividend Aristocrats are companies that are part of the S&P 500 index and have increased their dividends for at least 25 consecutive years. This is considered a significant achievement, as it demonstrates a company’s ability to generate consistent earnings and return value to shareholders. The list of current Dividend Aristocrats as of September 2021 is as follows:
-3M Co (MMM)
- AbbVie Inc (ABBV)
- Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
- Aflac Inc (AFL)
- Air Products and Chemicals Inc (APD)
- Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM)
- AT&T Inc (T)
- Becton, Dickinson and Co (BDX)
- Boeing Co (BA)
- Brown-Forman Corp (BF.B)
- Cardinal Health Inc (CAH)
- Caterpillar Inc (CAT)
- Chubb Ltd (CB)
- Cincinnati Financial Corp (CINF)
- Clorox Co (CLX)
- Coca-Cola Co (KO)
- Colgate-Palmolive Co (CL)
- Consolidated Edison Inc (ED)
- Costco Wholesale Corp (COST)
- CVS Health Corp (CVS)
- Dow Inc (DOW)
- Duke Energy Corp (DUK)
- Eaton Corp PLC (ETN)
- Elanco Animal Health Inc (ELAN)
- Emerson Electric Co (EMR)
- Eversource Energy (ES)
- Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM)
- Fastenal Co (FAST)
- Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT)
- General Dynamics Corp (GD)
- General Mills Inc (GIS)
- Genuine Parts Co (GPC)
- HCP Inc (HCP)
- Helmerich & Payne Inc (HP)
- Hormel Foods Corp (HRL)
- Illinois Tool Works Inc (ITW)
- Intel Corp (INTC)
- Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
- JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM)
- Kimco Realty Corp (KIM)
- Leggett & Platt Inc (LEG)
- Lowe’s Companies Inc (LOW)
- McCormick & Co Inc (MKC)
- McDonald’s Corp (MCD)
- Medtronic PLC (MDT)
- Merck & Co Inc (MRK)
- Microsoft Corp (MSFT)
- NextEra Energy Inc (NEE)
- Northern Trust Corp (NTRS)
- Nucor Corp (NUE)
- People’s United Financial Inc (PBCT)
- PepsiCo Inc (PEP)
- PNC Financial Services Group Inc (PNC)
- Procter & Gamble Co (PG)
- Prudential Financial Inc (PRU)
- Raytheon Technologies Corp (RTX)
- Reynolds Consumer Products Inc (REYN)
- Robert Half International Inc (RHI)
- S&P Global Inc (SPGI)
- SBA Communications Corp (SBAC)
- Schlumberger Ltd (SLB)
- Southern Co (SO)
- Stanley Black & Decker Inc (SWK)
- State Street Corp (STT)
- Target Corp (TGT)
- T. Rowe Price Group Inc (TROW)
- Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc (SKT)
- Target Corp (TGT)
- Texas Instruments Inc (TXN)
- Tractor Supply Co (