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Dividend Hikes of the Week is not a news feed. It’s proof. Every line below confirms a simple idea we already understand from experience:
The world pays those who own the right businesses. And those businesses can be found systematically.
At MaxDividends we track more than 19,000 companies worldwide — but only the elite make it into this list: businesses that have been paying dividends for 10+ years without a cut.
We don’t guess. We don’t hope. We don’t “believe in the market.” We track real cash that companies are paying to shareholders right now — and have been paying year after year.
That’s how income you can live on is built.
How to Read This Update (Important)
This series is not about chasing a weekly percentage. It’s about three things that separate investors with a system from everyone else.
1️⃣ Money Is Being Paid. Regularly. Worldwide.
Different currencies. Different cycles. Same result: Businesses earn money → share profits → investor income grows. This is what real global income diversification looks like — not a theory, not a textbook example.
2️⃣ Dividend Growth Follows Business Strength
There’s no magic here. Every increase you see comes from:
durable cash flow
payout room
disciplined management
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.
3️⃣ Income Is Built Quietly
None of these companies are shouting. They simply: pay; raise; repeat
This is what income looks like when people actually live on it — not when they’re trying to create noise online.
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It’s worth saying this clearly and calmly:
Without a system, this list is just interesting reading. With a system, it becomes income-building material.
The MaxDividends Income System helps us:
identify businesses that can keep paying
avoid dividend illusions
stay disciplined when markets get loud
And the MaxDividends Platform turns it into a process:
real-time dividend hike alerts
tracking dividend streaks
monitoring income across countries and currencies
knowing exactly what is paying you today
Income doesn’t happen by accident. It’s built from the right decisions, repeated hundreds of times. This week is one more brick. Next week will be another.
That’s exactly why MaxDividends exists: the MaxDividends Income System, powered by our dividend intelligence platform — a proven, safe financial engine that turns invested capital into growing dividend income so you can live off dividends and retire early on your own terms.
💿 Dividend Hikes — October 12–19, 2026
This period brought another round of dividend increases across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, with companies spanning financial services, industrial manufacturing, real estate, utilities, and natural resources investment raising their payouts.
⭐ This Week’s Standouts
🇺🇸 Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR) — The period’s biggest dividend hike came from Interactive Brokers, with an impressive 71.43% increase. The company has maintained consistent dividend payments for 13 years, although its current consecutive dividend growth streak stands at just two years.
🇺🇸 A. O. Smith Corporation (AOS) — A. O. Smith stands out for its exceptional combination of dividend consistency and business quality. The company has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years, with 34 years of consistent payments and outstanding Business Quality and Dividend Scores of 97/99.
🇨🇦 Emera Inc. (EMA) — Emera combines a modest 1.02% dividend increase with a long history of shareholder distributions, including 19 consecutive years of dividend growth and 33 years of consistent payments.
🇺🇸 United States
Interactive Brokers Group Inc. (IBKR)
Last Div Date: 15.10.2026
Dividend: $0.088 → $0.15 (+71.43%)
Dividend Growth Streak: 2 consecutive years
Consistent Years: 13
Business Quality Score: 85/99 (What’s this?)
Dividend Score: 85/99 (What’s this?)
The global electronic brokerage company provides trading and investment services across stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds, and funds, serving individual investors, financial advisors, and institutional clients worldwide.
A. O. Smith Corporation (AOS)
Last Div Date: 12.10.2026
Dividend: $0.36 → $0.38 (+5.56%)
Dividend Growth Streak: 31 consecutive years
Consistent Years: 34
Business Quality Score: 97/99 (Premium only)
Dividend Score: 97/99 (Premium only)
The company manufactures residential and commercial water heaters, boilers, and water treatment products, serving customers across North America and international markets.
Agree Realty Corporation (ADC)
Last Div Date: 13.10.2026
Dividend: $0.267 → $0.271 (+1.50%)
Dividend Growth Streak: 13 consecutive years
Consistent Years: 14
Business Quality Score: 86/99 (Premium only)
Dividend Score: 85/99 (Premium only)
The real estate investment trust acquires, develops, and manages retail properties leased primarily to national retailers under long-term net lease agreements across the United States.
🇨🇦 Canada
Emera Inc. (EMA)
Last Div Date: 13.10.2026
Dividend: C$0.733 → C$0.74 (+1.02%)
Dividend Growth Streak: 19 consecutive years
Consistent Years: 33
Business Quality Score: 80/99 (Premium only)
Dividend Score: 76/99 (Premium only)
The Canadian energy and utility company operates regulated electric and natural gas utilities, providing essential energy services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers across Canada, the United States, and the Caribbean.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income plc (CYN)
Last Div Date: 15.10.2026
Dividend: £0.069 → £0.079 (+13.54%)
Dividend Growth Streak: 2 consecutive years
Consistent Years: 20
Business Quality Score: 71/99 (Premium only)
Dividend Score: 60/99 (Premium only)
The UK-based investment trust invests in companies operating across natural resources sectors, including mining, energy, and commodities, seeking to deliver both capital growth and income through a diversified portfolio of global investments.
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