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5 Dividend Powerhouses to Buy and Never Sell
Yahoo Financeยท2025-09-28 14:00

Group 1 - Companies that consistently raise dividends have outperformed the S&P 500 by 2.5 percentage points annually since 1972, with a $10,000 investment in dividend growers in 1972 now worth over $4 million compared to $1.6 million in the S&P 500 [2] - Five blue-chip companies exemplify the strategy of combining current income with dividend growth, contributing to wealth accumulation [3] Group 2 - AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) has a dividend yield of 2.97% and has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years, despite facing a significant patent cliff with Humira, with a payout ratio of 303% that is distorted by acquisition accounting [4][5] - Costco (NASDAQ: COST) has a low yield of 0.57% but boasts a 13.2% annual dividend growth rate over the past five years, with a conservative payout ratio of 27%, and its membership fees could cover the entire dividend [6][7] - American Express (NYSE: AXP) offers a 0.92% yield but has compounded its dividend at 12% annually over the past five years, with only 21.3% of earnings allocated to dividends, controlling both card issuance and payment processing [10] Group 3 - The combined shareholder returns of these five companies exceed $500 billion over the past decade, with dividend growth every year, and yields ranging from 0.57% at Costco to 7.2% at Pfizer, catering to both income and growth-focused investors [9]