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3M Company
3M's products, the 2024 dividend reset after its health care spin-off and what it teaches about long dividend records.
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ABTNYSE
Abbott Laboratories
Abbott's four businesses, its connection to AbbVie and its record as a Dividend King.
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ABBVNYSE
AbbVie Inc.
AbbVie's drug portfolio after Humira, how it replaced that revenue and why its dividend history stretches back to Abbott.
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AMDNASDAQ
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
What AMD makes, how it competes with Intel and Nvidia and why it does not pay a dividend.
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GOOGNASDAQ
Alphabet Inc. (Class C)
GOOG is Alphabet's Class C share. Learn how it differs from GOOGL, what the dividend means and which one to look at.
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GOOGLNASDAQ
Alphabet Inc. (Class A)
A look at Alphabet, the parent of Google: how it makes money, why it started paying a dividend and what Class A shares are.
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MONYSE
Altria Group, Inc.
Altria's cigarette business, its smoke-free bets and why a very high yield comes with real risks.
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AMZNNASDAQ
Amazon.com, Inc.
How Amazon combines online retail, cloud computing and advertising, and why it has never been a dividend stock.
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AEPNasdaq
American Electric Power Company, Inc.
How AEP earns regulated income from power lines and plants, and why growing electricity demand matters.
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AMTNYSE
American Tower Corporation
How American Tower earns rent from cell towers and data centers, and how a REIT dividend works.
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AMGNNasdaq
Amgen Inc.
Amgen's biotech medicines, why patent expiries matter and how its dividend has grown since it was introduced.
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AAPLNASDAQ
Apple Inc.
How Apple earns its money, why Services matter more every year and what its modest dividend means for income investors.
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TNYSE
AT&T Inc.
What AT&T does after refocusing on connectivity, and what its 2022 dividend cut teaches income investors.
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ADPNasdaq
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
How ADP turns payroll and HR software into steady, recurring revenue, and what a long record of dividend increases means for income investors.
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BACNYSE
Bank of America Corporation
How Bank of America earns money, what happened to its dividend in 2008 and what to watch in bank dividends.
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BRK.BNYSE
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B)
Berkshire Hathaway owns insurers, railways, utilities and a huge stock portfolio, and famously does not pay dividends. See how it works and what Class B shares are.
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BLKNYSE
BlackRock, Inc.
How BlackRock earns fees on trillions of dollars of assets, why markets drive its profits and how its dividend has grown.
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BMYNYSE
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
BMS's cancer and heart medicines, the patent cliff it faces and what that means for a high pharma dividend.
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AVGONASDAQ
Broadcom Inc.
Broadcom builds chips for networks and AI data centres and also owns a large enterprise software business. See how it supports a fast-growing dividend.
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CATNYSE
Caterpillar Inc.
The world's largest maker of construction and mining machines, why it is cyclical and how it has raised its dividend for decades.
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CVXNYSE
Chevron Corporation
How Chevron's integrated oil and gas business works and what its dividend growth depends on.
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CSCONASDAQ
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Cisco's networking, security and software businesses, and how it grew into a steady dividend payer.
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CLXNYSE
The Clorox Company
What Clorox sells, how its everyday brands support a long dividend record and where cost pressure shows up.
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CLNYSE
Colgate-Palmolive Company
How Colgate-Palmolive turns toothpaste and pet food into a dividend raised for six decades.
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COPNYSE
ConocoPhillips
How ConocoPhillips earns money from oil and gas, and why energy dividends move with commodity prices.
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EDNYSE
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
How Con Edison earns regulated income in New York and why a utility can raise its dividend for 50 years.
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COSTNASDAQ
Costco Wholesale Corporation
How Costco's membership model works, why it pays small regular dividends and the occasional large special payout.
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DENYSE
Deere & Company
John Deere's farm and construction machines, why it follows the farm cycle and how its dividend behaves.
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DUKNYSE
Duke Energy Corporation
How Duke Energy, a large regulated utility, earns steady income and what drives its dividend.
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LLYNYSE
Eli Lilly and Company
A guide to Eli Lilly, one of the world's largest drug makers, its diabetes and weight-loss medicines and a dividend with a very long history.
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EMRNYSE
Emerson Electric Co.
Emerson's shift to automation software and equipment, and its status as a Dividend King.
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XOMNYSE
ExxonMobil
What ExxonMobil does, how oil prices drive its profits and why it has one of the longest dividend-increase records in the energy sector.
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GDNYSE
General Dynamics Corporation
The company behind Gulfstream jets and nuclear submarines, and why defense dividends tend to be steady.
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GISNYSE
General Mills, Inc.
General Mills' food brands, its dividend paid without interruption since 1928 and what to watch.
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GILDNasdaq
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Gilead's HIV medicines, its dividend since 2015 and what drives the business.
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GSNYSE
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
How Goldman Sachs earns money from deals and trading, and why its dividend and profits are cyclical.
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HSYNYSE
The Hershey Company
What Hershey sells, why cocoa prices matter so much to profits and how its dividend has grown.
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HONNasdaq
Honeywell International Inc.
Honeywell's mix of aerospace, automation and building technology, and how a conglomerate dividend works.
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ITWNYSE
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
ITW's decentralised industrial businesses, its 80/20 operating model and its Dividend Aristocrat record.
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INTCNASDAQ
Intel Corporation
Intel's history, its attempt to rebuild its manufacturing lead and why it paused its dividend.
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IBMNYSE
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
What IBM does after refocusing on hybrid cloud and AI, and what its decades of dividend increases mean.
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JNJNYSE
Johnson & Johnson
A look at Johnson & Johnson's pharmaceutical and medical technology businesses and its six-decade record of dividend increases.
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JPMNYSE
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
How JPMorgan Chase, the largest US bank, earns its money and how regulators shape its dividend.
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KMBNasdaq
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
What Kimberly-Clark sells, how its dividend record compares and what to watch in a low-growth staples company.
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KMINYSE
Kinder Morgan, Inc.
How Kinder Morgan earns fees from natural gas pipelines, and what its 2015 dividend cut teaches about energy income.
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KRNYSE
The Kroger Co.
How Kroger earns money from groceries on thin margins and why its dividend has grown steadily.
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LMTNYSE
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Lockheed Martin's fighter jets, missiles and space systems, and what drives its dividend.
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LOWNYSE
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
How Lowe's, a Dividend King, earns money from home improvement and what drives its results.
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MANYSE
Mastercard Incorporated
How Mastercard's payment network earns fees on spending and supports a fast-growing dividend.
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MCDNYSE
McDonald's Corporation
How McDonald's franchise and real-estate model supports a dividend raised for decades.
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MDTNYSE
Medtronic plc
Medtronic's medical devices, its long Dividend Aristocrat record and what to watch.
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MRKNYSE
Merck & Co., Inc.
Merck's pharmaceutical business, why one cancer drug matters so much and how its dividend works.
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METANASDAQ
Meta Platforms, Inc.
What Meta owns, how it earns money from advertising and what its young dividend means for shareholders.
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MUNASDAQ
Micron Technology, Inc.
Micron makes the memory chips inside computers, phones and AI servers. See how its cyclical business shapes a small dividend.
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MSFTNASDAQ
Microsoft Corporation
A guide to Microsoft's three big businesses, its steady dividend growth and what drives the share price.
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MDLZNasdaq
Mondelez International, Inc.
Mondelez's global snack brands, the role of cocoa and how it started paying a dividend after leaving Kraft.
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MSNYSE
Morgan Stanley
How Morgan Stanley's wealth management business changed its profile, and what to expect from its dividend.
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NEENYSE
NextEra Energy, Inc.
How NextEra Energy combines a Florida utility with a large renewable-energy business, and what its dividend growth depends on.
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NKENYSE
NIKE, Inc.
Nike's brand and business model, its long record of dividend increases and the competition it faces.
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NVDANASDAQ
Nvidia Corporation
What Nvidia does, why its chips sit at the centre of the AI boom and why its tiny dividend is not the reason to own it.
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ORCLNYSE
Oracle Corporation
How Oracle's databases, business software and cloud infrastructure work together, and what its dividend looks like.
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PLTRNASDAQ
Palantir Technologies Inc.
What Palantir's software does, who uses it and why it does not pay a dividend.
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PEPNasdaq
PepsiCo, Inc.
How PepsiCo balances snacks and beverages, why it is a Dividend King and what its dividend depends on.
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PFENYSE
Pfizer Inc.
What Pfizer sells, how the COVID boom changed its finances and what that means for its dividend.
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PMNYSE
Philip Morris International Inc.
How Philip Morris International is shifting from cigarettes to smoke-free products and what it means for the dividend.
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PLDNYSE
Prologis, Inc.
How Prologis earns rent from warehouses and why e-commerce supports demand.
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PSANYSE
Public Storage
How Public Storage earns rent from self-storage units and what to know about its dividend.
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QCOMNasdaq
QUALCOMM Incorporated
Qualcomm's phone chips and patent licensing, its long dividend record and the risk of key customers building their own chips.
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ONYSE
Realty Income Corporation
Realty Income is the REIT known as "The Monthly Dividend Company". See how net-lease real estate works and how monthly dividends fit.
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RTXNYSE
RTX Corporation
RTX's Pratt & Whitney engines, Collins Aerospace and Raytheon defense, and how its dividend was reset after the 2020 merger.
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SPGNYSE
Simon Property Group, Inc.
Simon's malls and outlet centers, why its dividend was cut in 2020 and what to know about retail REITs.
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SBUXNasdaq
Starbucks Corporation
How Starbucks earns money from coffee, what drives its sales and how its dividend has grown since 2010.
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SYYNYSE
Sysco Corporation
Sysco's role as the largest food distributor to restaurants and its long record of dividend increases.
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TGTNYSE
Target Corporation
How Target blends general merchandise, groceries and owned brands, and what its dividend record shows.
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TSLANASDAQ
Tesla, Inc.
A look at Tesla's cars, energy business and software ambitions, and why it has never paid a dividend.
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TXNNasdaq
Texas Instruments Incorporated
How Texas Instruments earns money from analog chips and why its dividend and capital spending cycle matter.
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KONYSE
The Coca-Cola Company
A look at Coca-Cola's business, how it makes money and why it is one of the best-known dividend payers in the world.
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HDNYSE
The Home Depot, Inc.
How the largest home-improvement retailer earns money from homeowners and professionals and how its dividend has grown.
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PGNYSE
The Procter & Gamble Company
What Procter & Gamble sells, how its brands support a dividend raised for more than six decades, and what to watch.
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SONYSE
The Southern Company
What The Southern Company's utilities do, what the Vogtle nuclear project meant and how its dividend works.
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USBNYSE
U.S. Bancorp
How U.S. Bancorp earns money, why bank dividends depend on regulation and what to watch.
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UNPNYSE
Union Pacific Corporation
How Union Pacific earns money moving freight by rail and what a proposed merger with Norfolk Southern could change.
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UPSNYSE
United Parcel Service, Inc.
How UPS earns money from delivery, why its dividend is high and what could affect it.
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UNHNYSE
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
How UnitedHealth earns money from insurance and Optum, and what recent pressure on health insurers means for its dividend.
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VZNYSE
Verizon Communications Inc.
How Verizon earns recurring income from wireless and broadband, and what its dividend growth and debt look like.
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VICINYSE
VICI Properties Inc.
How VICI owns casinos and rents them to operators under long leases, and what to know about its dividend.
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VNYSE
Visa Inc.
How Visa's payment network earns fees without lending money and why that model supports a growing dividend.
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WMTNASDAQ
Walmart Inc.
Walmart's business model, its move to the Nasdaq and one of the longest dividend-increase streaks in the market.
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WFCNYSE
Wells Fargo & Company
Wells Fargo's turnaround after its sales-practices scandal, the dividend cut in 2020 and what to watch.
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