American Dividend Stocks: U.S. Cash Flow Giants List
American States Water has raised its dividend for 72 consecutive years — the longest active streak of any U.S.-listed company. It’s one of a small group of Dividend Kings, stocks that have delivered 50 or more consecutive years of annual dividend increases. At the broader level, the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats index, launched on May 2, 2005 by S&P Dow Jones Indices, tracks S&P 500 members with at least 25 consecutive years of dividend growth.
The U.S. dividend universe spans several formal and informal tiers:
- Dividend Kings (50+ years): American States Water (AWR), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Coca-Cola (KO), National Fuel Gas (NFG) — concentrated in consumer staples, healthcare, and utilities.
- Dividend Aristocrats (25+ years, S&P 500): A record 69 companies currently qualify. The index is equal-weighted and rebalanced quarterly, with no sector exceeding 30%.
- Dividend Achievers (10+ years): A broader group including companies like Chevron (CVX) and Realty Income (O), which has declared over 660 consecutive monthly dividends since its 1994 IPO.
- Contenders & Challengers: Companies with 10–24 years and 5–9 years of consecutive increases, respectively.
Sector composition tells a clear story. Consumer staples, industrials, financial services, basic materials, and healthcare dominate the Dividend Aristocrats list. No Dividend Kings come from the information technology or communications sectors — the longest streaks belong to stable, mature industries where cash flows are predictable enough to sustain decades of rising payouts.
All stocks on this page trade in USD on the NYSE or Nasdaq. For ETF exposure to this universe, the ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NOBL), launched in October 2013, tracks the Aristocrats index exclusively. Other funds like SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (SDY), iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (DGRO), and Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG) cover broader slices of U.S. dividend growers. You can explore more in our dividend ETF overview.
Regulated brokerThe table below lists leading American dividend stocks by market capitalization, covering companies with long-running payout streaks traded on U.S. exchanges. All data — including yield, streak length, and market cap — updates automatically.
| Stock | Price | Change | Change % | Dividend Rate | Dividend Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 3M MMM | $141.10 | $1.61 | 1.13% | 3.12 | 2.19% |
 A. O. Smith AOS | $64.09 | $0.45 | 0.70% | 1.40 | 2.17% |
| $105.56 | $1.63 | 1.52% | 2.52 | 2.35% | |
AbbVie ABBV | $205.07 | $1.16 | 0.56% | 6.92 | 3.36% |
Aflac AFL | $106.31 | $0.86 | 0.80% | 2.44 | 2.28% |
| $281.01 | $3.14 | 1.11% | 7.24 | 2.55% | |
Albemarle ALB | $156.65 | $6.61 | 4.05% | 1.62 | 0.99% |
Amcor AMCR | $38.30 | $0.39 | 1.01% | 2.60 | 6.72% |
| $66.16 | $2.48 | 3.61% | 2.08 | 3.03% | |
Atmos Energy ATO | $180.60 | $4.30 | 2.33% | 4.00 | 2.16% |
| $208.69 | $1.97 | 0.94% | 6.80 | 3.23% | |
| $154.12 | $2.41 | 1.54% | 4.20 | 2.68% | |
| $67.09 | $0.53 | 0.80% | 0.63 | 0.95% | |
| $207.93 | $2.99 | 1.42% | 2.04 | 0.97% | |
 Caterpillar CAT | $680.87 | $7.78 | 1.13% | 6.04 | 0.88% |
Chevron CVX | $201.80 | $0.36 | 0.18% | 7.12 | 3.53% |
Chubb CB | $322.64 | $1.00 | 0.31% | 3.88 | 1.20% |
| $94.65 | $0.07 | 0.07% | 1.23 | 1.30% | |
| $158.43 | $0.57 | 0.36% | 3.55 | 2.25% | |
Cintas CTAS | $179.34 | $2.49 | 1.37% | 1.80 | 0.99% |
Clorox CLX | $106.17 | $0.45 | 0.42% | 4.96 | 4.65% |
| $74.77 | $0.78 | 1.03% | 2.06 | 2.73% | |
| $85.11 | $0.39 | 0.46% | 2.12 | 2.48% | |
| $109.45 | $2.24 | 2.01% | 3.44 | 3.08% | |
 Dover DOV | $209.52 | $1.97 | 0.93% | 2.08 | 0.98% |
 Ecolab ECL | $256.47 | $2.23 | 0.86% | 2.76 | 1.07% |
Emerson EMR | $128.16 | $1.74 | 1.34% | 2.22 | 1.71% |
| $240.30 | $5.98 | 2.43% | 10.30 | 4.18% | |
Expeditors EXPD | $146.43 | $0.81 | 0.55% | 1.54 | 1.05% |
 Exxon Mobil XOM | $159.75 | $1.59 | 1.01% | 4.12 | 2.60% |
| $103.14 | $3.15 | 2.96% | 4.49 | 4.22% | |
| $23.44 | $0.43 | 1.80% | 1.32 | 5.53% | |
| $345.81 | $3.83 | 1.09% | 6.09 | 1.74% | |
| $96.39 | $2.70 | 2.72% | 4.25 | 4.29% | |
 Hormel Foods HRL | $22.15 | $0.22 | 0.98% | 1.17 | 5.23% |
| $257.59 | $3.03 | 1.16% | 6.44 | 2.47% | |
 IBM IBM | $244.37 | $6.00 | 2.40% | 6.72 | 2.68% |
| $235.59 | $2.01 | 0.85% | 5.20 | 2.19% | |
| $98.20 | $0.38 | 0.39% | 5.12 | 5.19% | |
 Linde LIN | $488.15 | $1.65 | 0.34% | 6.40 | 1.31% |
| $224.68 | $5.03 | 2.19% | 4.80 | 2.09% | |
| $53.23 | $0.82 | 1.52% | 1.92 | 3.55% | |
McDonald MCD | $309.05 | $0.53 | 0.17% | 7.44 | 2.40% |
Medtronic MDT | $86.19 | $0.68 | 0.78% | 2.84 | 3.27% |
| $89.58 | $2.83 | 3.07% | 2.49 | 2.70% | |
 Nucor NUE | $158.63 | $3.32 | 2.05% | 2.24 | 1.38% |
 Pentair PNR | $86.48 | $2.01 | 2.27% | 1.04 | 1.18% |
Pepsico PEP | $150.04 | $2.70 | 1.77% | 5.69 | 3.73% |
| $97.22 | $1.16 | 1.18% | 2.84 | 2.89% | |
| $144.37 | $0.47 | 0.32% | 4.23 | 2.92% | |
| $60.95 | $1.69 | 2.70% | 3.23 | 5.16% | |
| $353.68 | $0.42 | 0.12% | 3.64 | 1.03% | |
 S&P Global SPGI | $424.47 | $1.67 | 0.39% | 3.88 | 0.91% |
| $303.46 | $6.92 | 2.23% | 3.20 | 1.03% | |
| $67.27 | $1.79 | 2.59% | 3.32 | 4.81% | |
Sysco SYY | $81.36 | $0.31 | 0.38% | 2.16 | 2.64% |
 T. Rowe Price TROW | $86.19 | $0.9 | 1.03% | 5.20 | 5.97% |
Target TGT | $113.24 | $1.23 | 1.07% | 4.56 | 3.98% |
| $16.29 | $0.2 | 1.21% | 0.36 | 2.18% | |
| $1,042.67 | $0.38 | 0.04% | 9.04 | 0.87% | |
 Walmart WMT | $119.02 | $2.07 | 1.71% | 0.99 | 0.82% |
| $237.21 | $3.12 | 1.30% | 0.88 | 0.37% | |
| $9.55 | $0.28 | 2.85% | 0.20 | 2.03% | |
| $37.39 | $0.11 | 0.29% | 1.16 | 3.09% | |
| $64.50 | $0.57 | 0.88% | 4.24 | 6.52% | |
| $72.39 | $0.44 | 0.60% | 2.02 | 2.77% | |
 Black Hills BKH | $67.86 | $3.06 | 4.32% | 2.81 | 3.97% |
| $43.94 | $0.3 | 0.68% | 1.24 | 2.79% | |
| $47.68 | $0.1 | 0.21% | 1.10 | 2.31% | |
| $25.01 | $0.01 | 0.04% | 0.90 | 3.60% | |
 H.B. Fuller FUL | $49.28 | $1.03 | 2.05% | 0.94 | 1.87% |
| $172.77 | $0.00000000000000 | 0.00% | 0.00 | 0.00% | |
| $91.78 | $1.69 | 1.81% | 2.14 | 2.29% | |
Nordson NDSN | $262.73 | $4.48 | 1.68% | 3.28 | 1.23% |
NW Natural NWN | $51.46 | $1.60 | 3.02% | 1.97 | 3.70% |
| $893.99 | $6.02 | 0.67% | 7.20 | 0.80% | |
| $44.82 | $0.53 | 1.17% | 1.58 | 3.48% | |
| $40.55 | $0.5 | 1.22% | 0.36 | 0.88% | |
| $50.89 | $0.69 | 1.34% | 3.28 | 6.36% |
