I monitor dividend increases for stocks in the Dividend Champions List [CCC list].
The CCC list is separated into three categories based on how long companies have maintained their streak of annually increasing dividends: Champions (25+ years), Contenders (10- 24 years), and Challengers (5-9 years).
In the past week, 41 companies in the CCC list declared dividend increases, including four of the stocks I own. The following table covers the Dividend Champions and Dividend Contenders. Please see Part 2 of this article for coverage of the Dividend Challengers.
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