Longest dividend streaks without a cut
Companies with the longest run of consecutive non-decreasing per-share annual dividends, derived from SEC XBRL filing data. A long streak reflects a durable payout history, not a forecast. Important: each streak is measured only within the SEC XBRL per-share history we hold, which for most companies begins with fiscal 2007-2009 — so about 19 years is the longest streak we can measure. A value marked "≥" ran unbroken to the start of that history and is a floor, not a total; those rows are tied at the ceiling and ordered by market cap, not by streak, so a decades-long payer sits beside a 19-year one.
Ranked by streak, Microsoft (MSFT) leads the covered catalog at ≥ 19 yrs.
| # | Company | Sector | Streak | Dividend yield | Market cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft (MSFT) | Information Technology | ≥ 19 yrs | +0.7% | $3.95T |
| 2 | Walmart (WMT) | Consumer Staples | ≥ 19 yrs | +0.9% | $935.0B |
| 3 | Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) | Health Care | ≥ 19 yrs | +2.0% | $625.0B |
| 4 | Coca-Cola Company (The) (KO) | Consumer Staples | ≥ 19 yrs | +2.4% | $402.2B |
| 5 | Procter & Gamble (PG) | Consumer Staples | ≥ 19 yrs | +3.0% | $370.3B |
| 6 | Merck & Co. (MRK) | Health Care | ≥ 19 yrs | +2.3% | $365.9B |
| 7 | Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) | Industrials | ≥ 19 yrs | +0.8% | $333.4B |
| 8 | Home Depot (The) (HD) | Consumer Discretionary | ≥ 19 yrs | +3.1% | $314.4B |
| 9 | Texas Instruments (TXN) | Information Technology | ≥ 19 yrs | +2.1% | $253.7B |
| 10 | American Express (AXP) | Financials | ≥ 19 yrs | +1.2% | $215.0B |
| 11 | Amphenol (APH) | Information Technology | ≥ 19 yrs | +0.6% | $195.6B |
| 12 | Analog Devices (ADI) | Information Technology | ≥ 19 yrs | +1.2% | $192.4B |
| 13 | Qualcomm (QCOM) | Information Technology | ≥ 19 yrs | +2.1% | $184.5B |
| 14 | McDonald's (MCD) | Consumer Discretionary | ≥ 19 yrs | +3.0% | $174.4B |
| 15 | Union Pacific Corporation (UNP) | Industrials | ≥ 19 yrs | +2.0% | $170.9B |
| 16 | Deere & Company (DE) | Industrials | ≥ 19 yrs | +0.9% | $170.5B |
| 17 | NextEra Energy (NEE) | Utilities | ≥ 19 yrs | +3.1% | $164.5B |
| 18 | S&P Global (SPGI) | Financials | ≥ 19 yrs | +1.0% | $129.2B |
| 19 | Lockheed Martin (LMT) | Industrials | ≥ 19 yrs | +2.6% | $126.6B |
| 20 | Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) | Health Care | ≥ 19 yrs | +4.0% | $126.0B |
| 21 | CVS Health (CVS) | Health Care | ≥ 19 yrs | +3.0% | $121.2B |
| 22 | McKesson (MCK) | Health Care | ≥ 19 yrs | +0.4% | $120.1B |
| 23 | Automatic Data Processing (ADP) | Industrials | ≥ 19 yrs | +2.5% | $116.3B |
| 24 | Lowe's (LOW) | Consumer Discretionary | ≥ 19 yrs | +2.6% | $111.4B |
| 25 | Southern Company (SO) | Utilities | ≥ 19 yrs | +3.6% | $104.3B |
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Data: SEC EDGAR (filings) + market data (fundamentals, delayed daily-close). Every figure is shown with its as-of date on the company page; a company with no data for this metric is excluded from the ranking, never estimated.
Last updated 2026-10-20 — rankings shift as the underlying data refreshes.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.