Consecutive years of dividend increases: six long record US payers
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-08-02, from Verizon's Dividend Increase History.
| ticker | consecutive_increase_years | first_year_compared | last_year_compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMM | 0 | 2005 | 2025 |
| KO | 12 | 2004 | 2025 |
| MCD | 17 | 2005 | 2025 |
| VZ | 19 | 2005 | 2025 |
| PG | 20 | 2004 | 2025 |
| JNJ | 21 | 2005 | 2025 |
- Rows × columns
- 6 × 4
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
ticker |
text | 6 distinct values (JNJ, KO, MCD…) | |
consecutive_increase_years |
number | 0 to 21 | |
first_year_compared |
text | 2 distinct values (2004, 2005) | |
last_year_compared |
text | 1 distinct value (2025) |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH yearly AS (
SELECT ticker,
toYear(ex_dividend_date) AS year,
max(cash_amount) AS top_amount
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker IN ('VZ', 'KO', 'JNJ', 'PG', 'MCD', 'MMM')
AND distribution_type = 'recurring'
AND cash_amount > 0
AND ex_dividend_date >= toDate('2001-01-01')
AND ex_dividend_date < toDate('2026-01-01')
GROUP BY ticker, year
),
prior AS (
SELECT ticker,
year + 1 AS year,
top_amount AS prior_top
FROM yearly
),
flagged AS (
SELECT yearly.ticker AS ticker,
year,
yearly.top_amount > prior.prior_top AS raised
FROM yearly
INNER JOIN prior USING (ticker, year)
)
SELECT ticker,
max(year) - greatest(maxIf(year, raised = 0), min(year) - 1) AS consecutive_increase_years,
toString(min(year)) AS first_year_compared,
toString(max(year)) AS last_year_compared
FROM flagged
GROUP BY ticker
ORDER BY consecutive_increase_years ASC, ticker ASC
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