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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:

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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.

Where the MaxDividends Income System Fits In

It’s worth saying this clearly and calmly:

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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 19–26, 2026

This period brought another round of dividend increases across the United States and the United Kingdom, with companies spanning industrial manufacturing, banking, insurance, automotive retail, defense, real estate, utilities, and infrastructure investment raising their payouts.

⭐ This Week’s Standouts

  • 🇺🇸 Gorman-Rupp Company (GRC) — Gorman-Rupp stands out for its remarkable dividend consistency, with 53 consecutive years of dividend growth and 53 years of consistent payments.

  • 🇺🇸 Old Second Bancorp (OSBC) — The period’s largest percentage dividend increase came from Old Second Bancorp, with a 14.29% hike. The company has maintained consistent dividend payments for 10 years, although its current consecutive dividend growth streak stands at just two years.

  • 🇺🇸 Lithia Motors (LAD) — Lithia Motors combines a 7.14% dividend increase with 16 consecutive years of dividend growth and 16 years of consistent payments.

🇺🇸 United States

Gorman-Rupp Company (GRC)

  • Last Div Date: 23.10.2026

  • Dividend: $0.19 → $0.20 (+5.26%)

  • Dividend Growth Streak: 53 consecutive years

  • Consistent Years: 53

  • Business Quality Score: 90/99 (What’s this?)

  • Dividend Score: 82/99 (What’s this?)

The industrial manufacturer designs and produces pumps and pumping systems for water, wastewater, construction, industrial, agricultural, and petroleum applications, serving customers across municipal, commercial, and industrial markets.

Selective Insurance Group, Inc. (SIGI)

  • Last Div Date: 22.10.2026

  • Dividend: $0.43 → $0.48 (+11.63%)

  • Dividend Growth Streak: 12 consecutive years

  • Consistent Years: 30

  • Business Quality Score: 83/99 (Premium only)

  • Dividend Score: 83/99 (Premium only)

The property and casualty insurance company provides commercial and personal insurance products, along with excess and surplus lines coverage, primarily through independent insurance agents.

Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTX)

  • Last Div Date: 21.10.2026

  • Dividend: $0.12 → $0.13 (+8.33%)

  • Dividend Growth Streak: 3 consecutive years

  • Consistent Years: 31

  • Business Quality Score: 79/99 (Premium only)

  • Dividend Score: 77/99 (Premium only)

The specialty minerals and materials company develops and supplies mineral-based products and technologies used in industrial applications, including paper manufacturing, foundry operations, construction, and environmental solutions.

Lithia Motors, Inc. (LAD)

  • Last Div Date: 21.10.2026

  • Dividend: $0.70 → $0.75 (+7.14%)

  • Dividend Growth Streak: 16 consecutive years

  • Consistent Years: 16

  • Business Quality Score: 93/99 (Premium only)

  • Dividend Score: 93/99 (Premium only)

The automotive retailer operates a network of dealerships and digital automotive platforms, offering new and used vehicles, financing, insurance products, maintenance, and repair services.

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (HII)

  • Last Div Date: 21.10.2026

  • Dividend: $1.38 → $1.41 (+2.17%)

  • Dividend Growth Streak: 14 consecutive years

  • Consistent Years: 14

  • Business Quality Score: 83/99 (Premium only)

  • Dividend Score: 82/99 (Premium only)

The defense and shipbuilding company designs, builds, and maintains military ships, including aircraft carriers and submarines, while also providing technology and mission support services to U.S. defense and government customers.

Enterprise Financial Services Corp (EFSC)

  • Last Div Date: 21.10.2026

  • Dividend: $0.35 → $0.36 (+2.86%)

  • Dividend Growth Streak: 11 consecutive years

  • Consistent Years: 21

  • Business Quality Score: 93/99 (Premium only)

  • Dividend Score: 93/99 (Premium only)

The bank holding company provides commercial and personal banking services, including lending, deposit accounts, treasury management, and wealth management solutions, primarily serving businesses and individuals in its regional markets.

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. (PB)

  • Last Div Date: 20.10.2026

  • Dividend: $0.60 → $0.64 (+6.67%)

  • Dividend Growth Streak: 23 consecutive years

  • Consistent Years: 23

  • Business Quality Score: 90/99 (Premium only)

  • Dividend Score: 90/99 (Premium only)

The regional bank holding company provides commercial and consumer banking services, including business loans, real estate financing, deposit accounts, and treasury management, primarily through its banking network in Texas and Oklahoma.

Old Second Bancorp, Inc. (OSBC)

  • Last Div Date: 20.10.2026

  • Dividend: $0.07 → $0.08 (+14.29%)

  • Dividend Growth Streak: 2 consecutive years

  • Consistent Years: 10

  • Business Quality Score: 85/99 (Premium only)

  • Dividend Score: 80/99 (Premium only)

The Illinois-based bank holding company offers commercial and consumer banking services, including business lending, residential mortgages, deposit accounts, and wealth management solutions.

Getty Realty Corporation (GTY)

  • Last Div Date: 20.10.2026

  • Dividend: $0.485 → $0.50 (+3.09%)

  • Dividend Growth Streak: 10 consecutive years

  • Consistent Years: 10

  • Business Quality Score: 92/99 (Premium only)

  • Dividend Score: 90/99 (Premium only)

The real estate investment trust owns and manages properties leased to convenience stores, gas stations, car washes, and other automotive-related businesses, primarily under long-term net lease agreements across the United States.

Cass Information Systems, Inc. (CASS)

  • Last Div Date: 20.10.2026

  • Dividend: $0.32 → $0.34 (+6.25%)

  • Dividend Growth Streak: 24 consecutive years

  • Consistent Years: 28

  • Business Quality Score: 73/99 (Premium only)

  • Dividend Score: 70/99 (Premium only)

The company provides payment processing, expense management, and information services, helping businesses manage transportation, utility, and other operational expenses. It also offers banking services through its banking subsidiary.

American Electric Power Company, Inc. (AEP)

  • Last Div Date: 20.10.2026

  • Dividend: $0.95 → $0.97 (+2.11%)

  • Dividend Growth Streak: 16 consecutive years

  • Consistent Years: 21

  • Business Quality Score: 85/99 (Premium only)

  • Dividend Score: 85/99 (Premium only)

The electric utility company generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to residential, commercial, and industrial customers across multiple U.S. states, operating an extensive network of regulated utility businesses and transmission infrastructure.

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