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Dividend Aristocrats: 69 S&P 500 Companies With 25+ Years of Raises

At the end of June 2026, 69 S&P 500 companies had raised their dividend every year for at least 25 years, the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats (ProShares, index data as of June 30, 2026). As of 2026, Procter & Gamble is far past that at 70 years of raises, Coca-Cola at 64.

Cover: 69 S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats as of Jun 30, 2026; P&G 70 and Coca-Cola 64 years of raises vs the 25-year minimum

Twenty-five straight years of raises plus S&P 500 membership is the entry rule; the 69 are about 1 in 7 S&P 500 companies (computed). A streak counts raises as stated by each company, not payments: P&G has paid for 136 years and raised for 70.

Grid of 500 cells with 69 filled: S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats as of Jun 30, 2026, about 1 in 7 of about 500 companies

Of six Aristocrats we checked, not a full ranking, 2026 company releases put Dover at 71 years of raises, P&G and Genuine Parts at 70, Johnson & Johnson and Coca-Cola at 64, and Colgate-Palmolive at 63. Each count grows at the next raise.

Bar chart of years of dividend raises in a row, 2026: Dover 71, P&G 70, Genuine Parts 70, J&J 64, Coca-Cola 64, Colgate 63

Coca-Cola paid $0.68 per share in 2007 and $2.04 in 2025, about 3 times. That is cash paid per share from its 10-K filings, split-adjusted and not adjusted for inflation. Its 2026 annual rate is $2.12.

Coca-Cola cash dividend paid per share, split-adjusted, 2007 to 2025: $0.68 rising every year to $2.04; 2026 annual rate $2.12

The raise can be small. In 2026 Coca-Cola raised its quarterly dividend about 4%, P&G 3% and Dover half a cent, 0.96% (computed from company releases).

One cut ends a streak. After the Solventum spin-off in April 2024, 3M's quarterly dividend fell from $1.51 to $0.70, down 54% (10-Q filings, first to second quarter 2024). Fortune reported that this ended more than six decades of raises.

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