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While forced to suspend its streak of annual dividend boosts for five years in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) resumed its annual dividend hikes in 2015 and has managed to boost its annual payout amount over the past couple of years. However, Eli Lilly had a strong record of consecutive annual dividend hikes…

Following a 70% cut to its annual dividend payout in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, the International Paper Company (NYSE:IP) has boosted its annual dividend payout every year for the past decade and currently offers its shareholders a 4.7% dividend yield. Immediately after the 2009 dividend cut, the International Paper Company began increasing its annual dividend payout distributions.…

Since its initial public offering (IPO) in 2014, the Antero Midstream Corporation (NYSE:AM) has boosted it annual dividend distribution every year and currently offers its shareholders a dividend yield in excess of 10%. The company’s share price decline over the past two years was one of the factors driving the dividend yield growth. However, the increasing dividend payouts and the…

After boosting its annual dividend over a dozen years, The Kroger Company (NYSE:KR) extended its current streak of consecutive annual dividend hikes with a 14.3% boost to its regular quarterly distribution. While lower than averages in some other high-yield sectors, Kroger’s current yield outperformed easily the average yields of its industry peers. With above-average yields, more than a decade of…

Featured Image Source: Grainger 2019 FactSheet Continuing its long streak of consecutive annual dividend hikes, W. W. Grainger Inc. (NYSE:GWW) rewarded its shareholders with another dividend income boost by raising its quarterly dividend payout nearly 6% in 2019. Already a Dividend Aristocrat for more than two decades, the current dividend boost brought Grainger one step closer to another important designation…