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Definitive Guide To Companies That Have Increased Their Cash Dividends To find the most consistent dividend-paying stocks, professional investment managers, analysts, and knowledgeable individual investors use Mergent s Dividend Achievers(tm) — the definitive guide for sound investments. Published four times a year, Mergent's Dividend Achievers features the latest data on a unique universe of companies with a history of regularly rewarding shareholders. Mergent has been highlighting companies with outstanding dividend records since 1979 and boasts a century of experience in quality financial information publishing. Each quarterly handbook features updated profiles on approximately 300 Dividend Achiever companies, revised with the latest available quarterly earnings results, dividend announcements, and stock prices. "Mergent s Dividend Achievers is one of my favorite bedside thrillers. Here's a simple way to succeed in Wall Street: Buy the stocks on [Mergent s] list and stick with them as long as they stay on the list" —Peter Lynch Outperform the S&P 500(r) Mergent s Dividend Achievers, profiles approximately 300 U.S. companies that have increased their regular cash dividends annually for the past ten or more consecutive years. These are truly remarkable companies. The average total return of these Dividend Achiever companies has outperformed the S&P 500 for the last 10 years. "Where should investors start looking for high-quality dividend paying companies? Research from Mergent has an exclusive list of companies that have increased their dividends every year for the past 10 years." —Steve Liesman, CNBC, senior economics reporters on Squakbox Build a Winning Portfolio From our Dividend Achievers, you can put together an extraordinary, diversified portfolio. They include large capitalization, mid-cap, and small-cap companies. The companies represent more than 50 different industries, from consumer goods