Lists of the best dividend paying stocks

U.S. Dividend Champions (A-Z)
Companies that increase their dividends year after year are excellent candidates for a dividend income or dividend reinvestment portfolio. Below are 33 selected U.S. Dividend Champions, a group of premier stocks that have increased their annual dividends 25 or more consecutive years. The list is displayed in alphabetical order.

All Weather Dividend-Paying Stocks Have Long-term Price Upsides and Rising Dividends
Long-term investors look for companies that consistently grow their earnings and free cash. Usually these type of stocks reward patient investors with multi-year price appreciation (long-term capital gains) and increasing dividends that beat the rate of inflation. These type of stocks, which buyupside.com calls all weather stocks, can make money for both growth-oriented and income-oriented investors.

Great Dividend Stocks
The 55 dividend-paying stocks presented here include stocks with both consistent multi-year dividend growth and steady price appreciation. Most of the stocks belong to the Dividend Achievers and Dividend Aristocrats, elite groups of stocks characterized by long periods of dividend increases.

Dividend Achievers Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)

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