The Dividend Aristocrats 2025 are U.S. stocks that have increased their dividend for 25+ years. However, this factor alone does not qualify a stock as a Dividend Aristocrat. To be included on the list, a company must meet five criteria:
- Be a member of the S&P 500 Index
- Have raised the regular dividend per share for at least 25 consecutive years
- Have a market capitalization of at least $3 billion
- Average at least $5 million in daily share trading value for the three months before the rebalancing date
- The minimum number of constituents must be 40 at each rebalancing date. In addition, a particular Global Industry Classification Standard or ‘GICS’ should only result in one sector comprising up to 30% of the index weight.
The Index is updated quarterly in January, April, July, and October.
These stocks are found in the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index. Currently, there are 69 stocks in the Index.
Investors can examine updated, select financial data and the dividend earnings calendar for each stock in the Dividend Aristocrats list in the tables below. We also answer FAQs. The most recent dividend increases are also available to search.
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Market Update for the Dividend Aristocrats 2025
The Dividend Aristocrats 2025 yields about 2.44%, and the average forward price-to-earnings ratio is approximately 19.85X.
The mean market capitalization is roughly $100,133 million, and the median is approximately $45,247 million. The market cap ranges between about $7,918 million and $792,652 million. The total market capitalization is roughly $6,909,185 million.
In 2024, the Dividend Aristocrats provided a total return of 7.08% after a positive return in 2023 and a negative return in 2022. The price return was 4.55%. This performance was less than the S&P 500 Index in 2024 at 25.02%.
In the trailing 1-year, the Dividend Aristocrats 2025 returned +10.6% (blue line) compared to +18.8% for the S&P 500 Index (red line), as seen in the chart below. We used Stock Rover* to create this watchlist and chart. Over the trailing 5-years, the Dividend Aristocrats have returned +90.2%, and the S&P 500 Index has returned +115.7%.
List of Dividend Aristocrat Stocks in 2025
The Dividend Aristocrat 2025 list serves as a screen for further investigating a stock for a dividend growth portfolio. It is a list of companies with stable businesses that have competitive advantages and have returned cash to shareowners consistently through dividends and, in some cases, stock buybacks.
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| Ticker | Company | Sector | Industry | Fwd. Yield | EPS 5-Year Avg (%) | Dividend 5-Year Avg (%) | Dividend 10-Year Avg (%) | Payout Ratio | Debt / Equity | Beta 3-Year | Price / Earnings | Cap ($M USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABBV | AbbVie | Healthcare | Drug Manufacturers – General | 3.10% | -14.60% | 6.80% | 12.80% | 258.30% | 20.2 | 0.29 | 87.7 | $369,012 |
| ABT | Abbott Laboratories | Healthcare | Medical Devices | 1.70% | 29.90% | 10.40% | 9.40% | 28.70% | 0.3 | 0.64 | 18.1 | $239,353 |
| ADM | Archer-Daniels Midland | Consumer Defensive | Farm Products | 4.30% | 8.40% | 7.20% | 6.20% | 54.60% | 0.5 | 0.52 | 12.9 | $22,642 |
| ADP | Automatic Data Processing | Technology | Software – Application | 2.00% | 11.10% | 11.10% | 12.10% | 59.60% | 0.8 | 0.8 | 32.9 | $128,237 |
| AFL | Aflac | Financial Services | Insurance – Life | 2.10% | 16.80% | 15.70% | 11.50% | 20.70% | 0.3 | 0.6 | 11.4 | $59,835 |
| ALB | Albemarle | Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | 2.10% | – | 2.00% | 3.90% | – | 0.4 | 1.45 | – | $9,056 |
| AMCR | Amcor | Consumer Cyclical | Packaging & Containers | 5.00% | 11.80% | – | – | 91.00% | 2 | 0.77 | 18.4 | $14,626 |
| AOS | A.O. Smith | Industrials | Specialty Industrial Machinery | 2.10% | 10.30% | 7.20% | 13.60% | 35.60% | 0.1 | 0.91 | 18.3 | $9,541 |
| APD | Air Products & Chemicals | Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | 2.30% | 15.20% | 8.80% | 8.70% | 41.10% | 0.9 | 0.72 | 18.3 | $70,335 |
| ATO | Atmos Energy | Utilities | Utilities – Regulated Gas | 2.30% | 9.50% | 8.60% | 8.40% | 46.90% | 0.7 | 0.47 | 21.8 | $24,147 |
| BDX | Becton Dickinson | Healthcare | Medical Instruments & Supplies | 1.80% | 16.50% | 5.70% | 5.70% | 65.30% | 0.7 | 0.5 | 38 | $64,757 |
| BEN | Franklin Resources | Financial Services | Asset Management | 6.30% | -23.90% | 3.50% | 7.90% | 195.30% | 1 | 1.21 | 31.7 | $10,639 |
| BF.B | Brown-Forman | Consumer Defensive | Beverages – Wineries & Distilleries | 2.70% | 3.60% | 5.40% | 6.00% | 41.10% | 0.9 | 0.58 | 15.6 | $15,618 |
| BRO | Brown & Brown | Financial Services | Insurance Brokers | 0.50% | 19.80% | 12.00% | 10.60% | 15.50% | 0.6 | 0.79 | 34.3 | $33,894 |
| CAH | Cardinal Health | Healthcare | Medical Distribution | 1.60% | – | 1.00% | 4.00% | 37.30% | – | 0.42 | 24.1 | $31,278 |
| CAT | Caterpillar | Industrials | Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery | 1.60% | 15.50% | 6.50% | 7.30% | 24.50% | 2 | 0.96 | 15.6 | $164,384 |
| CB | Chubb | Financial Services | Insurance – Property & Casualty | 1.30% | 18.50% | 3.90% | 3.40% | 15.70% | 0.2 | 0.49 | 12.6 | $114,309 |
| CHD | Church & Dwight Co | Consumer Defensive | Household & Personal Products | 1.10% | -0.60% | 4.20% | 5.80% | 47.50% | 0.5 | 0.28 | 47 | $27,427 |
| CHRW | C.H. Robinson Worldwide | Industrials | Integrated Freight & Logistics | 2.40% | -1.60% | 4.00% | 5.00% | 63.20% | 1 | 0.66 | 26.3 | $12,062 |
| CINF | Cincinnati Financial | Financial Services | Insurance – Property & Casualty | 2.40% | 3.70% | 7.70% | 6.30% | 22.10% | 0.1 | 0.74 | 10.2 | $23,137 |
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive | Consumer Defensive | Household & Personal Products | 2.20% | 5.00% | 3.10% | 3.30% | 56.10% | 40.2 | 0.31 | 26 | $73,987 |
| CLX | Clorox | Consumer Defensive | Household & Personal Products | 3.10% | -10.40% | 2.90% | 5.10% | 131.20% | – | 0.38 | 42.6 | $19,265 |
| CTAS | Cintas | Industrials | Specialty Business Services | 0.80% | 14.30% | – | 19.50% | 34.60% | 0.7 | 0.89 | 50 | $83,735 |
| CVX | Chevron | Energy | Oil & Gas Integrated | 4.30% | 44.50% | 5.80% | 4.80% | 66.80% | 0.2 | 0.56 | 16.3 | $279,266 |
| DOV | Dover | Industrials | Specialty Industrial Machinery | 1.00% | 16.90% | 1.00% | 2.60% | 10.50% | 0.5 | 0.99 | 19.7 | $27,276 |
| ECL | Ecolab | Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | 1.00% | 8.60% | 6.70% | 7.00% | 31.80% | 1 | 0.96 | 36.5 | $76,129 |
| ED | Consolidated Edison | Utilities | Utilities – Regulated Electric | 3.40% | 5.10% | 2.10% | 2.70% | 63.10% | 1.3 | 0.31 | 19.4 | $35,198 |
| EMR | Emerson Electric | Industrials | Specialty Industrial Machinery | 1.70% | 0.30% | 1.10% | 1.20% | 49.80% | 0.4 | 0.95 | 34.3 | $68,575 |
| ERIE | Erie Indemnity | Financial Services | Insurance Brokers | 1.30% | 13.60% | 7.20% | 7.20% | 40.30% | 0 | 0.55 | 37.3 | $22,378 |
| ES | Eversource Energy | Utilities | Utilities – Regulated Electric | 4.80% | -4.20% | 6.00% | 6.20% | 126.00% | 1.9 | 0.46 | 27.8 | $23,111 |
| ESS | Essex Property Trust | Real Estate | REIT – Residential | 3.30% | 11.60% | 4.70% | 6.50% | 84.90% | 1.2 | 0.74 | 27 | $20,041 |
| EXPD | Expeditors Intl | Industrials | Integrated Freight & Logistics | 1.20% | 11.00% | 7.90% | 8.60% | 25.40% | 0.3 | 0.8 | 20.5 | $16,196 |
| FAST | Fastenal | Industrials | Industrial Distribution | 2.30% | 7.70% | 11.50% | 11.90% | 77.60% | 0.1 | 0.86 | 37.9 | $43,427 |
| FDS | FactSet Research Systems | Financial Services | Financial Data & Stock Exchanges | 0.90% | 8.40% | 7.60% | 10.30% | 29.00% | 0.8 | 0.77 | 33.1 | $17,559 |
| FRT | Federal Realty Investment | Real Estate | REIT – Retail | 4.20% | -5.80% | 0.90% | 2.40% | 128.10% | 1.4 | 0.79 | 30.9 | $9,032 |
| GD | General Dynamics | Industrials | Aerospace & Defense | 2.30% | 2.60% | 6.80% | 8.60% | 41.10% | 0.5 | 0.55 | 18.5 | $69,828 |
| GPC | Genuine Parts | Consumer Cyclical | Auto Parts | 3.30% | 7.90% | 5.60% | 5.70% | 61.60% | 1.3 | 0.7 | 19.3 | $17,331 |
| GWW | W.W. Grainger | Industrials | Industrial Distribution | 0.80% | 20.30% | 7.30% | 6.60% | 20.60% | 1 | 0.82 | 26.4 | $49,239 |
| HRL | Hormel Foods | Consumer Defensive | Packaged Foods | 4.10% | -5.30% | 4.50% | 8.80% | 82.40% | 0.4 | 0.24 | 20.8 | $15,743 |
| IBM | IBM | Technology | Information Technology Services | 2.70% | -4.30% | 0.60% | 4.30% | 102.10% | 2.1 | 0.59 | 39.4 | $234,078 |
| ITW | Illinois Tool Works | Industrials | Specialty Industrial Machinery | 2.30% | 8.60% | 7.00% | 12.00% | 49.40% | 2.4 | 0.84 | 22.5 | $77,478 |
| JNJ | Johnson & Johnson | Healthcare | Drug Manufacturers – General | 3.00% | 0.60% | 5.50% | 5.90% | 84.10% | 0.5 | 0.23 | 28.5 | $397,304 |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark | Consumer Defensive | Household & Personal Products | 3.60% | 3.90% | 3.40% | 3.80% | 64.40% | 9 | 0.3 | 18.8 | $47,118 |
| KO | Coca-Cola | Consumer Defensive | Beverages – Non-Alcoholic | 2.90% | 3.50% | 3.90% | 4.70% | 78.50% | 1.8 | 0.39 | 29 | $306,274 |
| KVUE | Kenvue | Consumer Defensive | Household & Personal Products | 3.50% | – | – | – | 150.00% | 0.9 | 0.36 | 43.7 | $45,105 |
| LIN | Linde | Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | 1.30% | 27.70% | 9.70% | 7.90% | 40.60% | 0.6 | 0.8 | 34.3 | $220,873 |
| LOW | Lowe's Companies | Consumer Cyclical | Home Improvement Retail | 1.90% | 16.90% | 15.90% | 17.50% | 37.40% | – | 0.95 | 20.3 | $139,238 |
| MCD | McDonald's | Consumer Cyclical | Restaurants | 2.30% | 7.60% | 7.20% | 7.60% | 59.20% | – | 0.45 | 27.1 | $219,686 |
| MDT | Medtronic | Healthcare | Medical Devices | 3.00% | -3.60% | 5.30% | 8.70% | 84.60% | 0.5 | 0.58 | 28.1 | $118,019 |
| MKC | McCormick & Co | Consumer Defensive | Packaged Foods | 2.20% | 2.20% | 7.70% | 8.40% | 57.10% | 0.9 | 0.4 | 28.3 | $22,153 |
| NDSN | Nordson | Industrials | Specialty Industrial Machinery | 1.50% | 6.10% | 15.50% | 13.50% | 36.90% | 0.8 | 0.92 | 26.7 | $11,962 |
| NEE | NextEra Energy | Utilities | Utilities – Regulated Electric | 3.20% | 11.70% | 10.10% | 11.40% | 61.00% | 1.6 | 0.62 | 20.8 | $144,341 |
| NUE | Nucor | Basic Materials | Steel | 1.60% | 15.30% | 6.40% | 4.00% | 25.60% | 0.3 | 1.14 | 16.3 | $31,691 |
| O | Realty Income | Real Estate | REIT – Retail | 5.70% | -6.60% | 2.60% | 3.40% | 319.70% | 0.7 | 0.49 | 58.1 | $50,604 |
| PEP | PepsiCo | Consumer Defensive | Beverages – Non-Alcoholic | 3.50% | 6.00% | 7.20% | 7.50% | 76.50% | 2.5 | 0.37 | 22.1 | $210,484 |
| PG | Procter & Gamble | Consumer Defensive | Household & Personal Products | 2.30% | 28.90% | 6.20% | 4.60% | 61.50% | 0.7 | 0.37 | 27.7 | $407,629 |
| PNR | Pentair | Industrials | Specialty Industrial Machinery | 1.10% | 12.00% | 5.60% | -2.40% | 24.30% | 0.5 | 1.12 | 25.2 | $15,525 |
| PPG | PPG Indus | Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | 2.40% | 1.80% | 5.90% | 7.30% | 55.80% | 0.9 | 1.03 | 19.8 | $25,695 |
| ROP | Roper Techs | Technology | Software – Application | 0.60% | -1.70% | 10.00% | 12.70% | 20.70% | 0.4 | 0.8 | 40.7 | $62,766 |
| SHW | Sherwin-Williams | Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | 0.90% | 13.90% | 13.70% | 14.60% | 26.80% | 2.9 | 0.89 | 34.4 | $90,863 |
| SJM | JM Smucker | Consumer Defensive | Packaged Foods | 3.90% | – | 4.20% | 5.40% | – | 1.2 | 0.21 | – | $11,762 |
| SPGI | S&P Global | Financial Services | Financial Data & Stock Exchanges | 0.70% | 7.50% | 7.50% | 11.30% | 29.50% | 0.4 | 0.94 | 43.3 | $164,285 |
| SWK | Stanley Black & Decker | Industrials | Tools & Accessories | 3.80% | -20.90% | 3.50% | 4.70% | 166.30% | 0.7 | 1.16 | 45.9 | $13,361 |
| SYY | Sysco | Consumer Defensive | Food Distribution | 2.70% | 2.20% | 2.50% | 5.40% | 52.10% | 6.8 | 0.66 | 19.4 | $36,956 |
| TGT | Target | Consumer Defensive | Discount Stores | 3.60% | 8.30% | 11.20% | 8.00% | 46.70% | 1.3 | 1 | 13.2 | $56,928 |
| TROW | T. Rowe Price Gr | Financial Services | Asset Management | 4.80% | 1.00% | 10.30% | 10.90% | 54.00% | 0 | 1.42 | 11.6 | $23,536 |
| WMT | Walmart | Consumer Defensive | Discount Stores | 1.00% | 6.90% | 3.30% | 2.60% | 33.30% | 0.7 | 0.43 | 41 | $792,172 |
| WST | West Pharmaceutical Servs | Healthcare | Medical Instruments & Supplies | 0.40% | 15.80% | 5.60% | 6.70% | 12.00% | 0.1 | 0.98 | 34.7 | $16,799 |
| XOM | Exxon Mobil | Energy | Oil & Gas Integrated | 3.60% | 18.40% | 2.60% | 3.70% | 49.00% | 0.2 | 0.49 | 14.2 | $483,076 |
Dividend Calendar for the Dividend Aristocrats 2025
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FAQs About the Dividend Aristocrats 2025
Difference Between Dividend Champions and Aristocrats
A Dividend Aristocrat can also be a Dividend Champion but not vice-versa. For instance, Arrow Financial Corporation (AROW) does not meet all the above criteria; thus, it is not a Dividend Aristocrat. However, Arrow has raised the dividend for 32 years, permitting it to be on the Dividend Champions list. As a result, there are more Dividend Champions than Dividend Aristocrats.
istorical Performance
As a group, the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats have exhibited solid returns with low volatility. For example, the Dividend Aristocrats had annualized total returns of 10.1% over the past decade and a standard deviation of 14.97%. On the other hand, the benchmark (the S&P 500 Index) had annualized total returns of 10.32% and a standard deviation of 15.12%.
Over the past 5-years, the Dividend Aristocrats had an annualized total return of 11.91% with a standard deviation of 17.73%. The benchmark had an annualized total return of 16.85% and a standard deviation of 17.73%.
The table below shows the calendar year’s performance from 2015 to 2024.
Changes to the Dividend Aristocrats in 2025
On January 24, 2025, the S&P Dow Jones Indices announced the annual rebalancing for the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats. Erie Indemnity (ERIE), an insurer, was added to the list. Eversource Energy (ES), a regulated utility, was included. FactSet Research System (FDS) was also added to the list.
Other Dividend Stock Lists
Note that a company can be a Dividend Aristocrat and a Dividend King. Dividend Kings have raised dividends for at least 50 consecutive years. The other lists of American stocks are below.
For Canadian stocks, there is an article
For UK stocks, there is an article
Other dividend stock lists
Some Details on the Dividend Aristocrats 2025
The Dividend Aristocrats 2025 is a reasonably select list since there are only 69 companies. This number is out of nearly 6,000 companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ in 2023, indicating a success rate of approximately 1.15%.
Dividend Aristocrats Sector Breakdown
The sector with the highest representation of the Dividend Aristocrats 2025 is Consumer Staples, approximately 23.4%. This point is likely due to these stocks’ relatively stable earnings and cash flow characteristics. In addition, these companies tend to grow profits slowly over time, permitting annual dividend increases.
Stocks from the Industrials sector have the second-highest representation on the Dividend Aristocrats 2025 at about 20.7%. This class of stocks tends to have more volatile earnings and cash flows, but many have low payout ratios, allowing them to grow their dividends during recessions and economic downturns.
The third sector on the list is the Financials sector at 13.3%. These companies tend to have more volatile top and bottom lines, but many exhibit durable dividend growth.
These three sectors comprise the majority of the Dividend Aristocrats at 57.4%.
Only Three REITs
Only three Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) exist in the Dividend Aristocrats. These are Essex Property Trust (ESS), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), and Realty Income (O). In addition, the list does not include any Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs).
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Sector Breakdown
The sector breakdown for the Dividend Aristocrats 2025 is seen in the chart below. Because of the composition changes in the S&P 500 Index, the sector composition has changed with time.
For example, the Great Recession caused many previous Dividend Aristocrats to freeze or even cut their dividends. As a result, these primarily financial stocks were dropped from the list of Dividend Aristocrats, affecting the sector composition. A few industrial stocks were also dropped from the list at the time. In fact, between 2009 and 2010, nineteen companies were dropped from the list of Dividend Aristocrats. More recently, some additional industrial and retail firms were removed because of dividend cuts during the COVID-19 pandemic and because of divestments.
The sector ranking for the Dividend Aristocrats 2025 is unlike the Canadian Dividend Aristocrats, which have Financials, Industrials, and Real Estate as the top three sectors.
It is also unlike the UK High Yield Dividend Aristocrats, with Financials, Real Estate, and Industrials as the top three sectors.
Market Size of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats 2025
The largest Dividend Aristocrat by market capitalization is Walmart (WMT), with roughly $793 billion market capitalization. The smallest Dividend Aristocrat is Federal Realty Trust (FRT), with a $7.92 billion market capitalization. The Dividend Aristocrats have a total market capitalization of over $6.5 trillion.
The one with the highest forward yield is Franklin Resources (BEN), and the one with the lowest dividend yield is West Pharmaceuticals (WST).
Dover Corporation (DOV) is the Dividend Aristocrat with the longest streak of consecutively increasing the dividend at 70 years. It is followed by Genuine Parts Company (GPC), Northwest Natural Holding Company (NWN), and The Procter & Gamble Company (PG)
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