105 Dividend Champions For August

The Dividend Champions spreadsheet and PDF have been updated through 7/31/12 and are available here. Note that all references to Champions mean companies that have paid higher dividends for at least 25 straight years; Contenders have streaks of 10-24 years; Challengers have streaks of 5-9 years. "CCC" refers to the universe of Champions, Contenders, and Challengers. One Step Back, Two Steps Forward July might have seemed like a quiet month for dividend increases, but it demonstrated once again how persistent and widespread dividend growth really is these days. For the first time in over a year, a Dividend Champion cut its dividend when Washington REIT (WRE) announced a reduction in its payout, ending a 39-year streak of increases. But the very next day, the newest Champion - 1st Source Corp. (SRCE) - extended its streak of higher dividends to 25 years, removing itself from the list of "overdue" increases in... Read more