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Since introducing quarterly dividend distributions in 2000, MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) has managed to evade any dividend cuts and has delivered to its shareholders a streak of seven consecutive annual dividend hikes. Unlike many of its peers that were forced to cut dividend distribution amounts or even eliminate dividends outright, MetLife managed to get through the aftermath of the 2008…

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE:PNC) continued its streak of double-digit-percentage dividend hikes for the third consecutive year with a 21.1% increase to its quarterly distribution. As most of the company’s peers in the Financial sector, the PNC Financial Services Group cut its quarterly dividend significantly in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. After distributing a $0.66 quarterly dividend…

The Bank of Montreal (NYSE:BMO) boosted its quarterly dividend 3% versus the previous period and currently offers a 4.1% dividend yield, which exceeds the Financial sector’s yield average by nearly 40%. The company started paying dividends 190 years ago in 1829. During the most recent financial crisis that began in 2008, many banks were forced to drastically cut or eliminate…

  After reaching its 25th consecutive annual dividend hike last year, achieving the Dividend Aristocrat status, Caterpillar, Inc. (NYSE:CAT) extended its streak with a 20% boost to its quarterly dividend payout. In addition to the requirement of at least 25 consecutive annual dividend boosts, S&P 500 companies must also have a $3 billion minimum market capitalization to qualify for the…

In addition to its extraordinary streak of annual dividend hikes, the Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL) currently offers investors a share price uptrend that combined with the rising dividend distributions for a double-digit-percentage total return over the trailing year. Colgate-Palmolive’s share price experienced some volatility over the past two years that interrupted the company’s steady uptrend, which lasted nearly a decade after…