Companies With Growing Dividends By Industry

The role of dividends has changed substantially since Graham first advised investors to focus on companies with a history paying them out (not least because the rules surrounding buybacks have changed), but it can still be a useful measure of which companies are healthy enough to keep returning value to shareholders year after year. Some companies that struggled during the financial crisis have started boosting their dividends and buybacks again now that the economy is recovering, but Shauna O’Brien at Dividend.com has identified some of the old stalwarts that have a long history of dividend increases.

Coca-Cola has paid dividends continuously since 1920

Some companies have been increasing their dividends every year without missing a beat for literally decades. The...