Walmart has paid a dividend since 1974 and raised it every single year since — roughly half a century of consecutive increases.

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.

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.