Dividend Track Records

Insurance company American Financial Group, Inc. (AFG) will pay a second special dividend in 2024. Shareholders will receive a $4.00 per share special dividend in November, following a $2.50 per share special dividend paid in February.

Microchip Technology (MCHP) will raise its quarterly dividend by another 0.2 percent to $0.455 per share. This is the 4th small dividend hike in 2024 and marks 22 years in a row of increased dividends by the semiconductor company. Dividend growth however has slowed down for MCHP this year with a total increase of just 3.6%.

Simon Property Group (SPG) will hike its quarterly dividend by another 2.4 percent to $2.10 per share. This is the fourth dividend hike in 2024 by the retail REIT for a total increase of 10.1%.

Dividend Aristocrat  oil major  Exxon Mobil ( ticker XOM) will hike its dividend by 4.2 percent to $0.99 per share quarterly in 2024. This will mark 43 consecutive years of dividend increases by XOM.

Payments technology company Visa Inc. (V) will hike its dividend by 13.5% to $0.59 quarterly per share in 2024. This is the fourth consecutive year with a double digit dividend hike and marks 16 consecutive years of increases for V.

UMB Financial Corporation (UMBF) will raise its quarterly dividend by 2.6% to 40 cents quarterly per share in Q4 of 2024. This will mark 33 straight years of increased dividends by the financial holding company.

D.R. Horton (DHI) keeps impressing with massive dividend hikes. The homebuilder just said that it will raise its quarterly dividend by 33.3 percent to 40 cents per share. This marks the 10th consecutive year with a double digit dividend hike by DHI. The average dividend growth in the last decade is an impressive 20.6% annually.