We monitor dividend increases for stocks using [Dividend Radar], a weekly automatically generated spreadsheet listing stocks with dividend streaks of five years or more. The Dividend Radar spreadsheet separates stocks into categories based on the length of the streak: Champions (25+ years), Contenders (10- 24 years), and Challengers (5-9 years).
This past week, six companies in Dividend Radar announced dividend increases and two companies announced dividend cuts. The table below presents a summary of the dividend increases.
The table is sorted into sections for Champions, Contenders, and Challengers, and then by the percentage