15 High Dividend Financials With Consistent Dividend Growth

High dividend yielding stocks are appealing to defensive investors in especially inflationary environments. We expect defensive stocks with high dividend yields to outperform the 10-year Treasuries over the next 10 years. On the other hand, high dividend yields are not the only important criteria to be sought in defensive stocks. Defensive investors also look for long records of dividend payments in each high dividend yielding stock. We think the stocks that are able to increase dividends are attractive options for conservative investors that demand consistency and some inflation protection. We compiled a list of U.S. financial stocks that achieved consistent dividend growth and paid high current dividend yield. The market data are sourced from Fidelity. All companies in this list increased their dividend payments every year since 2005. These stocks have market capitalization above $1 billion and 12-month dividend yield of at least 3%. Dividend Yield 5-Year Average Div. Growth... Read more