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, more than 40 companies in the CCC list decided to increase their dividends, including six of my DivGro holdings. 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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