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business models that survive cycles
That’s why most companies in this list carry Financial Scores between 90 and 99. That’s not decoration. That’s a survival filter.
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💿 Weekly Dividend Hikes — July 13–20, 2026
Dividend growth remained strong this week, with companies from the United States and India announcing another round of higher shareholder payouts.
Several well-established financial institutions continued extending their dividend growth records, while industrial leaders and utilities reinforced their long-term commitment to steadily increasing shareholder returns.
🇺🇸 United States
Cummins Inc. (CMI)
Last Div Date: 12.07.2026
Dividend: $2.00 → $2.20 (+10.00%)
Dividend Growth Streak: 17 consecutive years
Consistent Years: 17
Dividend Safety Score: 94 / 99
The global power solutions manufacturer extended its dividend growth streak for a seventeenth consecutive year. Cummins designs and manufactures diesel, natural gas, hydrogen, and electric power systems, serving commercial vehicles, industrial equipment, and power generation markets worldwide.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS)
Last Div Date: 13.07.2026
Dividend: $4.50 → $5.00 (+11.11%)
Dividend Growth Streak: 14 consecutive years
Consistent Years: 16
Dividend Safety Score: 81 / 99
The global investment bank announced another dividend increase, extending its dividend growth streak to fourteen consecutive years. Goldman Sachs provides investment banking, asset management, wealth management, and global markets services to corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals.
Duke Energy Corporation (DUK)
Last Div Date: 14.07.2026
Dividend: $1.065 → $1.085 (+1.88%)
Dividend Growth Streak: 21 consecutive years
Consistent Years: 21
Dividend Safety Score: 82 / 99
The regulated electric utility extended its dividend growth streak for a twenty-first consecutive year. Duke Energy is one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, supplying electricity and natural gas to millions of residential, commercial, and industrial customers.
Morgan Stanley (MS)
Last Div Date: 15.07.2026
Dividend: $1.00 → $1.15 (+15.00%)
Dividend Growth Streak: 12 consecutive years
Consistent Years: 15
Dividend Safety Score: 78 / 99
The global financial services firm announced another significant dividend increase, extending its dividend growth streak to twelve consecutive years. Morgan Stanley provides investment banking, securities, wealth management, and investment management services to clients around the world.
Regions Financial Corporation (RF)
Last Div Date: 15.07.2026
Dividend: $0.265 → $0.30 (+13.21%)
Dividend Growth Streak: 13 consecutive years
Consistent Years: 15
Dividend Safety Score: 85 / 99
The regional banking company continued its record of annual dividend growth with another higher quarterly payout. Regions Financial provides consumer and commercial banking, mortgage lending, wealth management, and treasury services across the Southern and Midwestern United States.
Home Federal Bancorp Louisiana (HFBL)
Last Div Date: 16.07.2026
Dividend: $0.135 → $0.150 (+11.11%)
Dividend Growth Streak: 10 consecutive years
Consistent Years: 10
Dividend Safety Score: 67 / 99
The community bank extended its dividend growth streak to ten consecutive years. Home Federal Bancorp Louisiana provides traditional banking services, including residential and commercial lending, deposit products, and financial services for individuals and local businesses.
PPG Industries Inc. (PPG)
Last Div Date: 16.07.2026
Dividend: $0.71 → $0.74 (+4.23%)
Dividend Growth Streak: 55 consecutive years
Consistent Years: 55
Dividend Safety Score: 93 / 99
The global paints and coatings manufacturer extended its remarkable dividend growth streak for a fifty-fifth consecutive year. PPG develops coatings, specialty materials, and surface solutions for customers in the automotive, aerospace, construction, and industrial sectors worldwide.
🇮🇳 India
Nesco Limited (NESCO)
Last Div Date: 20.07.2026
Dividend: ₹6.50 → ₹7.00 (+7.69%)
Dividend Growth Streak: 3 consecutive years
Consistent Years: 10
Dividend Safety Score: 91 / 99
The diversified Indian company continued its annual dividend growth with another payout increase. Nesco operates exhibition and convention centers, commercial real estate, hospitality services, and information technology parks, generating diversified recurring income streams.
⭐ Weekly Standouts
Morgan Stanley — delivered the largest dividend increase of the week, raising its payout by 15.00%.
Cummins Inc — earned this week's highest Dividend Safety Score of 94.27 while extending its dividend growth streak to 17 consecutive years.
PPG Industries — continued the longest dividend growth record this week, reaching 55 consecutive years of higher dividend payments.
Why This Matters
Some hikes are modest, some are big — but all of them mean higher passive income. Week after week, this is how the compounding snowball keeps rolling.
👉 Congratulations to all shareholders who spotted their company among this week’s winners!
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