Top 25 Dividend Growth Stocks With Income Growth

We are launching a new series of blog posts this week that highlight the best dividend growth stocks. Today’s list reveals the top 25 stocks that yield 2% or more and have increased their dividend for 15 consecutive years. The stocks are ranked by their 3 year income growth percentage.

Dividend growth is a key driver for stock performance and ROI. Income growth is of course the fuel that drives dividend growth. Without it companies have to cut their way to growth.

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Name	Symbol	Yrs of Div Increases	Industry	Yield	5yr Div Growth %	3yr Income Growth %	Payout Ratio
Cardinal Health Inc.	CAH	20	Healthcare	2.28	15.01	62.27	40.48
Tanger Factory Outlet	SKT	23	REIT	3.8	7.2	58.3	42.3
RPM International Inc.	RPM	43	Chemicals	2.22	5.38	53.23	70.75
Telephone & Data Sys.	TDS	42	Telecom	2	6.38	38.83	136.05
WGL Holdings Inc.	WGL	40	Utilities	2.36	4.56	27.46	58.16
Vector Group Ltd.	VGR	18	Tobacco	6.95	5	24.57	262.99
Tompkins Financial Corp.	TMP	30	Banks	2.03	4.56	23.14	46.56
AT&T Inc.	T	33	Telecom	4.7	2.26	22.48	81.36
Eversource Energy	ES	18	Utilities	3.2	10.26	18.65	62.37
United Bankshares Inc.	UBSI	43	Banks	3.01	1.46	18.64	67.35
Conn. Water Service	CTWS	47	Utilities	2.12	2.68	18.61	49.77
Cincinnati Financial	CINF	56	Insurance	2.71	2.96	14.62	48.84
Polaris Industries	PII	21	Vehicles	2.6	21.52	13.39	55.05
NextEra Energy	NEE	22	Utilities	2.81	9.02	12.93	64.02
Atmos Energy	ATO	33	Utilities	2.27	4.32	12.91	49.7
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	54	Healthcare	2.78	6.93	12.39	54.39
Middlesex Water Co.	MSEX	44	Utilities	2.24	1.45	11.63	54.45
National Retail Properties	NNN	27	REIT	4.1	2.5	11.6	139
Flowers Foods	FLO	15	Food	3.1	10.5	11.6	70.11
Federal Realty Inv. Trust	FRT	49	REIT	2.6	6.3	11.4	126.6
Bemis Company	BMS	33	Packaging	2.39	4.01	11.25	47.52
Archer Daniels Midland	ADM	41	Agricultural	2.73	12.69	10.38	45.04
UGI Corp.	UGI	29	Utilities	2.02	6.46	9.46	44.71
Leggett & Platt Inc.	LEG	45	Home	2.76	3.52	9.41	50.97
Sonoco Products Co.	SON	34	Packaging	2.66	4.3	8.6	62.07