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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-November 26–02, 2026

This period brought another round of dividend increases across the United States, with 13 companies spanning banking, homebuilding, industrial manufacturing, energy, insurance, financial services, recreational vehicles, and electronic components raising their payouts.

⭐ This Week’s Standouts

  • 🇺🇸 Amphenol Corporation (APH) — Amphenol delivered the period’s largest percentage dividend increase at 20.00%, backed by 14 consecutive years of dividend growth and 20 years of consistent payments. The company also earned outstanding Business Quality and Dividend Scores of 97/99.

  • 🇺🇸 AptarGroup, Inc. (ATR) — AptarGroup stands out for its exceptional dividend consistency, with 32 consecutive years of dividend growth and 32 years of consistent payments. Its Business Quality Score of 97/99 and Dividend Score of 96/99 further highlight its strong fundamentals.

  • 🇺🇸 D.R. Horton, Inc. (DHI) — D.R. Horton combines an 11.11% dividend increase with 13 consecutive years of dividend growth and 16 years of consistent payments. The company also achieved top-tier scores of 97/99 in both Business Quality and Dividend Score.

🇺🇸 United States

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (CFG)

  • Last Div Date: 30.10.2026

  • Dividend: $0.46 → $0.52 (+13.04%)

  • Dividend Growth Streak: 1 consecutive year

  • Consistent Years: 11

  • Business Quality Score: 92/99 (What’s this?)

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

The regional bank holding company provides consumer and commercial banking services, including deposits, lending, mortgages, wealth management, and capital markets solutions, primarily serving customers across the United States.

D.R. Horton, Inc. (DHI)

  • Last Div Date: 29.10.2026

  • Dividend: $0.45 → $0.50 (+11.11%)

  • Dividend Growth Streak: 13 consecutive years

  • Consistent Years: 16

  • Business Quality Score: 97/99 (Premium only)

  • Dividend Score: 97/99 (Premium only)

The homebuilding company develops and sells residential properties across the United States, offering a range of single-family homes and providing mortgage financing, title insurance, and related services through its subsidiaries.

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation (AUB)

  • Last Div Date: 29.10.2026

  • Dividend: $0.37 → $0.40 (+8.11%)

  • Dividend Growth Streak: 15 consecutive years

  • Consistent Years: 15

  • Business Quality Score: 88/99 (Premium only)

  • Dividend Score: 87/99 (Premium only)

The regional bank holding company provides commercial and consumer banking services, including business lending, residential mortgages, deposit accounts, treasury management, and wealth management solutions, primarily serving customers in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States.

AptarGroup, Inc. (ATR)

  • Last Div Date: 29.10.2026

  • Dividend: $0.48 → $0.50 (+4.17%)

  • Dividend Growth Streak: 32 consecutive years

  • Consistent Years: 32

  • Business Quality Score: 97/99 (Premium only)

  • Dividend Score: 96/99 (Premium only)

The global packaging solutions company designs and manufactures dispensing systems, closures, and drug delivery technologies for the pharmaceutical, beauty, personal care, food, and beverage industries, serving customers across international markets.

S&T Bancorp, Inc. (STBA)

  • Last Div Date: 28.10.2026

  • Dividend: $0.37 → $0.38 (+2.70%)

  • Dividend Growth Streak: 13 consecutive years

  • Consistent Years: 15

  • Business Quality Score: 88/99 (Premium only)

  • Dividend Score: 87/99 (Premium only)

The Pennsylvania-based bank holding company provides retail and commercial banking services, including business loans, residential mortgages, deposit accounts, treasury management, and wealth management solutions.

Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC)

  • Last Div Date: 28.10.2026

  • Dividend: $1.00 → $1.10 (+10.00%)

  • Dividend Growth Streak: 4 consecutive years

  • Consistent Years: 14

  • Business Quality Score: 95/99 (Premium only)

  • Dividend Score: 93/99 (Premium only)

The energy company operates one of the largest petroleum refining systems in the United States, producing transportation fuels and other refined products while maintaining significant midstream infrastructure and logistics operations through its interests in MPLX.

ACNB Corporation (ACNB)

  • Last Div Date: 28.10.2026

  • Dividend: $0.42 → $0.46 (+9.52%)

  • Dividend Growth Streak: 8 consecutive years

  • Consistent Years: 18

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

  • Dividend Score: 92/99 (Premium only)

The financial holding company provides community banking and financial services, including commercial lending, residential mortgages, deposit accounts, and wealth management, primarily serving individuals and businesses in Pennsylvania and Maryland.

THOR Industries, Inc. (THO)

  • Last Div Date: 27.10.2026

  • Dividend: $0.52 → $0.54 (+3.85%)

  • Dividend Growth Streak: 16 consecutive years

  • Consistent Years: 38

  • Business Quality Score: 84/99 (Premium only)

  • Dividend Score: 78/99 (Premium only)

The recreational vehicle manufacturer produces a broad range of motorhomes, travel trailers, fifth wheels, and other RV products through its portfolio of brands, serving recreational vehicle markets across North America and Europe.

MPLX LP (MPLX)

  • Last Div Date: 27.10.2026

  • Dividend: $1.077 → $1.211 (+12.50%)

  • Dividend Growth Streak: 10 consecutive years

  • Consistent Years: 10

  • Business Quality Score: 87/99 (Premium only)

  • Dividend Score: 83/99 (Premium only)

The energy infrastructure partnership owns and operates pipelines, storage terminals, natural gas gathering and processing facilities, and other midstream assets, providing transportation, processing, and logistics services primarily across the United States.

Associated Banc-Corp (ASB)

  • Last Div Date: 27.10.2026

  • Dividend: $0.24 → $0.25 (+4.17%)

  • Dividend Growth Streak: 14 consecutive years

  • Consistent Years: 15

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

  • Dividend Score: 78/99 (Premium only)

The regional bank holding company provides commercial and consumer banking services, including business financing, residential mortgages, deposit accounts, treasury management, and wealth management, primarily serving customers across the Midwest.

Amphenol Corporation (APH)

  • Last Div Date: 27.10.2026

  • Dividend: $0.125 → $0.15 (+20.00%)

  • Dividend Growth Streak: 14 consecutive years

  • Consistent Years: 20

  • Business Quality Score: 97/99 (Premium only)

  • Dividend Score: 97/99 (Premium only)

The global electronic components manufacturer designs and produces connectors, interconnect systems, sensors, antennas, and related technologies used in automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, telecommunications, and information technology applications.

Principal Financial Group, Inc. (PFG)

  • Last Div Date: 26.10.2026

  • Dividend: $0.84 → $0.85 (+1.19%)

  • Dividend Growth Streak: 17 consecutive years

  • Consistent Years: 17

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

  • Dividend Score: 77/99 (Premium only)

The financial services company provides retirement solutions, investment management, insurance, and employee benefits products, serving individuals, businesses, and institutional clients across the United States and international markets.

The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. (HIG)

  • Last Div Date: 26.10.2026

  • Dividend: $0.60 → $0.67 (+11.67%)

  • Dividend Growth Streak: 13 consecutive years

  • Consistent Years: 16

  • Business Quality Score: 87/99 (Premium only)

  • Dividend Score: 87/99 (Premium only)

The insurance and financial services company provides property and casualty insurance, group benefits, and investment products, serving businesses and individuals through commercial insurance, personal insurance, and employee benefits operations.

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