Coca-Cola has raised its dividend every single year since 1963 — more than 60 straight annual increases that put it in the small club of “Dividend Kings” that never cut through recessions, wars, or crashes.

Coca-Cola has kept its formula a trade secret since 1886 and never patented it — because a patent would have forced the company to publish the recipe for all to see.

Microsoft paid no dividend for its first 17 years as a public company, finally starting one in 2003 — and it has paid, and raised, one every year since.

Johnson & Johnson has raised its dividend for more than 60 consecutive years — a “Dividend King” that has increased its payout through every recession since the 1960s.