Dividend Aristocrat Stocks for Every Month of the Year

published 13 March 2017

Who are the Dividend Aristocrats? The 50 companies in the S&P 500 that have hiked their dividends for at least 25 consecutive years.

25 Dividend Stocks You Can Buy and Hold Forever

We’ve picked 12 reliable Aristocrat stocks with dividend-payment schedules that ensure investors will receive dividend checks every month of the year. Consider:

January

Walmart Stores (WMT)

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Last Quarterly Dividend: 50 cents

Also pays in: April, June, September

February

AT&T (T)

Last Quarterly Dividend: 49 cents

Also pays in: May, August, November

March

ExxonMobil (XOM)

Last Quarterly Dividend: 75 cents

Also pays in: June, September, December

April

Medtronic (MDT)

Last Quarterly Dividend: 43 cents

Also pays in: January, July, October

May

Procter & Gamble (PG)

Last Quarterly Dividend: 66.95 cents

Also pays in: February, August, November

Take a look at the full calendar of reliable dividend stocks for every month of the year.

12 Dividend Stocks You Can Buy and Hold Forever

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Before joining the Kiplinger team as Online Community Editor in 2013, Rebecca was associate travel editor at the Huffington Post, where she also handled the travel section's social media. She landed at AOL/HuffPost after earning an MS in journalism at Northwestern University's Medill School, with a concentration in health and science journalism. Prior to that, she covered lifestyle at Jacksonville Magazine, in Jacksonville, Fla., preceded by a stint at American Cheerleader magazine. She holds a BA from the College of William and Mary.