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Dividend-growth streak

A dividend-growth streak is the number of consecutive years a company has kept its per-share dividend at least flat or rising.

A dividend-growth streak counts the consecutive years a company has paid a per-share annual dividend that did not decrease. A 25-year streak means the dividend has held steady or grown every year for a quarter century. It is a track record of a durable, shareholder-friendly payout, not a forecast that it will continue.

Long streaks are prized because maintaining them through recessions signals financial discipline and stable cash generation. Companies often manage their dividends specifically to protect a streak, since cutting it tends to be read as a warning sign.

stocks-llm derives streaks from SEC EDGAR XBRL filing data — consecutive non-decreasing per-share annual dividends — so they are grounded in official filings, shown with their as-of context.

Longest dividend streaks without a cut in the catalog

CompanyStreakDiv yield
1Microsoft (MSFT)≥ 19 yrs+0.7%
2Walmart (WMT)≥ 19 yrs+0.9%
3Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)≥ 19 yrs+2.0%
4Coca-Cola Company (The) (KO)≥ 19 yrs+2.4%
5Procter & Gamble (PG)≥ 19 yrs+3.0%

Live from the catalog, last updated 2026-10-20 — delayed data from SEC EDGAR + market data.

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Related terms

  • Dividend — A dividend is a cash payment a company makes to its shareholders out of its profits, usually on a regular quarterly schedule.
  • Dividend yield — Dividend yield is a company’s annual dividend per share divided by its share price, showing the income a shareholder earns relative to the price.
  • Dividend payout ratio — The dividend payout ratio is the share of a company’s earnings (or free cash flow) it pays out as dividends — a gauge of how sustainable the dividend is.
  • Ex-dividend date — The ex-dividend date is the cutoff for a dividend: you must own the shares before it to receive the upcoming payment.

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