{"slug":"vz-dividend-increase-history","qid":"streaks","label":"Consecutive years of dividend increases: six long record US payers","post_title":"Verizon's Dividend Increase History","post_url":"/blog/vz-dividend-increase-history#q-streaks","columns":["ticker","consecutive_increase_years","first_year_compared","last_year_compared"],"rows":[{"ticker":"MMM","consecutive_increase_years":0,"first_year_compared":"2005","last_year_compared":"2025"},{"ticker":"KO","consecutive_increase_years":12,"first_year_compared":"2004","last_year_compared":"2025"},{"ticker":"MCD","consecutive_increase_years":17,"first_year_compared":"2005","last_year_compared":"2025"},{"ticker":"VZ","consecutive_increase_years":19,"first_year_compared":"2005","last_year_compared":"2025"},{"ticker":"PG","consecutive_increase_years":20,"first_year_compared":"2004","last_year_compared":"2025"},{"ticker":"JNJ","consecutive_increase_years":21,"first_year_compared":"2005","last_year_compared":"2025"}],"shape":"ranking","sql":"WITH yearly AS (\n    SELECT ticker,\n           toYear(ex_dividend_date) AS year,\n           max(cash_amount) AS top_amount\n    FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends\n    WHERE ticker IN ('VZ', 'KO', 'JNJ', 'PG', 'MCD', 'MMM')\n      AND distribution_type = 'recurring'\n      AND cash_amount > 0\n      AND ex_dividend_date >= toDate('2001-01-01')\n      AND ex_dividend_date < toDate('2026-01-01')\n    GROUP BY ticker, year\n),\nprior AS (\n    SELECT ticker,\n           year + 1 AS year,\n           top_amount AS prior_top\n    FROM yearly\n),\nflagged AS (\n    SELECT yearly.ticker AS ticker,\n           year,\n           yearly.top_amount > prior.prior_top AS raised\n    FROM yearly\n    INNER JOIN prior USING (ticker, year)\n)\nSELECT ticker,\n       max(year) - greatest(maxIf(year, raised = 0), min(year) - 1) AS consecutive_increase_years,\n       toString(min(year)) AS first_year_compared,\n       toString(max(year)) AS last_year_compared\nFROM flagged\nGROUP BY ticker\nORDER BY consecutive_increase_years ASC, ticker ASC","computed_at":"2026-08-02T08:10:03.259297+00:00","elapsed":0.003613757}