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👋 Howdy Partner,
Dividend investors love one thing above all else: reliability.
Finding a company that can keep paying a dividend through wars, recessions, and market crashes is rare. Finding one that’s done it for more than 100 years straight? That’s nearly impossible.
In fact, out of more than 6,000 U.S. stocks, only 27 companies have paid a dividend every year for over a century.
That’s just 0.4% of the market.
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This small group of companies has proven it can survive - and keep paying shareholders - through the Great Depression, two World Wars, the 1970s inflation crisis, the dot-com bust, and the 2008 financial crisis.
Let’s take a look at this exclusive club.
1. York Water (YORW)
The oldest of them all. York Water has paid a dividend every year since 1816 more than 200 years without missing a payment.
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Forward Dividend: $0.88 per share
Yield: 2.8%
Payout Ratio: 63.4%
Fun Fact: York has raised its dividend for 28 straight years, making it a Dividend Champion.
2. Stanley Black & Decker (SWK)
Founded in 1843 (before the Civil War!), this company is best known for its tools and storage products.
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Dividend History: Since 1877
Forward Dividend: $3.32 per share
Yield: 4.2%
Payout Ratio: 103.5%
Streak: 59 years of growth (Dividend King)
3. Exxon Mobil (XOM)
Exxon’s history goes back to John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil, founded in 1870.
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Dividend History: Since 1882
Forward Dividend: $3.96 per share
Yield: 3.7%
Streak: 42 years of growth (Dividend Aristocrat)
4. Eli Lilly (LLY)
The pharma giant has paid a dividend since 1885, though it doesn’t raise it every year.