2 Dividend Kings Just Declared Dividend Raises. Is Either a Buy?

The pair have consistently hiked their shareholder payouts for longer than many investors have been alive. Every earnings season leaves behind a set of dividend raises, and this one we're now moving past was no exception. Among this season's lifters were two companies that have been hiking their payouts so long and so frequently, they're among the market's very rare Dividend Kings. In other words, they've done the dividend raise dance at least once annually for a minimum of 50 years in a row. That isn't a s ...