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Dividend Radar — Weekly Edition · 03/04/2026

The legendary method of dividend discipline returns every Wednesday — powered by MaxDividends.

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Weekly Dividend Hikes — February-March 24–03, 2026

Interesting Picks from Today’s Dividend Radar List

Analog Devices Inc (ADI.US)

Last Div Date: 03.03.2026Dividend: $0.99 → $1.10 (+11.11%)Dividend Growth Streak: 24 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 24Financial Score: 97.94

A leading analog and mixed-signal semiconductor company serving industrial, automotive, and communications markets.

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Weekly Dividend Hikes — February-March 24–03, 2026

Weekly Dividend Hikes by MaxDividends — your trusted weekly briefing on every verified dividend increase across major global markets.

Each edition cuts through the noise to deliver clean, timely, data-backed insight into which companies are not only paying dividends — but actively raising them. From industrial giants and utilities to financials and specialized manufacturers, we track every notable hike that strengthens long-term income portfolios.

The mission stays unchanged: real data, real increases, real income growth — delivered before most of the market even reacts.

MaxDividends remains the world’s most complete, independently verified weekly source for dividend increase intelligence — trusted by income investors, compounding believers, and disciplined long-term builders.

💿 Weekly Dividend Hikes — February-March 24–03, 2026

This week delivered exactly what long-term dividend investing is built on: consistent raises from durable businesses, spread across sectors, market caps, and geographies.

Some increases were modest. Some were meaningful.

🇺🇸 United States

Analog Devices Inc (ADI.US)

Last Div Date: 03.03.2026Dividend: $0.99 → $1.10 (+11.11%)Dividend Growth Streak: 24 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 24Financial Score: 97.94

A leading analog and mixed-signal semiconductor company serving industrial, automotive, and communications markets.

Sherwin-Williams Co (SHW.US)

Last Div Date: 02.03.2026Dividend: $0.79 → $0.80 (+1.27%)Dividend Growth Streak: 49 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 49Financial Score: 95.06

A global paints and coatings leader serving DIY and professional customers across multiple end markets.

Moody’s Corporation (MCO.US)

Last Div Date: 02.03.2026Dividend: $0.94 → $1.03 (+9.57%)Dividend Growth Streak: 15 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 25Financial Score: 97.84

A global provider of credit ratings, research, and analytics for capital markets and risk management.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.US)

Last Div Date: 02.03.2026Dividend: $4.00 → $4.50 (+12.50%)Dividend Growth Streak: 14 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 16Financial Score: 85.17

A global investment bank and financial services firm spanning advisory, markets, and asset management.

The Allstate Corporation (ALL.US)

Last Div Date: 02.03.2026Dividend: $1.00 → $1.08 (+8.00%)Dividend Growth Streak: 15 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 16Financial Score: 72.25

A major U.S. property-and-casualty insurer focused on personal lines, protection services, and risk solutions.

Old Republic International Corp (ORI.US)

Last Div Date: 27.02.2026Dividend: $0.29 → $0.315 (+8.62%)Dividend Growth Streak: 34 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 34Financial Score: 89.57

A diversified insurance group with a strong franchise in specialty and title insurance.

Unity Bancorp Inc (UNTY.US)

Last Div Date: 26.02.2026Dividend: $0.15 → $0.16 (+6.67%)Dividend Growth Streak: 13 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 13Financial Score: 88.96

A community bank providing relationship-based banking services to consumers and small businesses.

Globe Life Inc (GL.US)

Last Div Date: 26.02.2026Dividend: $0.27 → $0.33 (+22.22%)Dividend Growth Streak: 17 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 17Financial Score: 93.27

A life and supplemental health insurer focused on protection products distributed through captive and independent channels.

Eaton Corporation PLC (ETN.US)

Last Div Date: 26.02.2026Dividend: $1.04 → $1.10 (+5.77%)Dividend Growth Streak: 32 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 32Financial Score: 97.88

A global power management company serving electrical, aerospace, vehicle, and industrial end markets.

CSX Corporation (CSX.US)

Last Div Date: 26.02.2026Dividend: $0.13 → $0.14 (+7.69%)Dividend Growth Streak: 23 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 23Financial Score: 97.43

A major U.S. freight railroad operating an extensive network in the eastern United States.

Cohen & Steers Inc (CNS.US)

Last Div Date: 26.02.2026Dividend: $0.62 → $0.67 (+8.06%)Dividend Growth Streak: 16 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 16Financial Score: 98.08

An asset manager specializing in real assets, listed infrastructure, and income-oriented strategies.

Capital City Bank Group (CCBG.US)

Last Div Date: 26.02.2026Dividend: $0.26 → $0.27 (+3.85%)Dividend Growth Streak: 12 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 12Financial Score: 88.06

A regional bank holding company providing retail and commercial banking across its footprint.

Cathay General Bancorp (CATY.US)

Last Div Date: 26.02.2026Dividend: $0.34 → $0.38 (+11.76%)Dividend Growth Streak: 0 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 15Financial Score: 89.45

A bank holding company focused on commercial banking, with strengths in business lending and relationship deposits.

Xcel Energy Inc (XEL.US)

Last Div Date: 25.02.2026Dividend: $0.57 → $0.593 (+3.95%)Dividend Growth Streak: 22 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 22Financial Score: 85.88

A regulated utility delivering electricity and natural gas, with a significant renewables generation footprint.

US Physical Therapy Inc (USPH.US)

Last Div Date: 25.02.2026Dividend: $0.45 → $0.46 (+2.22%)Dividend Growth Streak: 14 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 14Financial Score: 96.65

An outpatient physical therapy operator partnering with clinics to deliver rehabilitation and related services.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc (TMO.US)

Last Div Date: 25.02.2026Dividend: $0.43 → $0.47 (+9.30%)Dividend Growth Streak: 8 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 14Financial Score: 97.53

A life sciences tools leader providing instruments, diagnostics, and services to research and healthcare customers.

Sempra Energy (SRE.US)

Last Div Date: 25.02.2026Dividend: $0.645 → $0.658 (+1.94%)Dividend Growth Streak: 15 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 25Financial Score: 84.52

An energy infrastructure company with regulated utilities and large-scale transmission and LNG-related assets.

McGrath RentCorp (MGRC.US)

Last Div Date: 25.02.2026Dividend: $0.485 → $0.495 (+2.06%)Dividend Growth Streak: 34 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 34Financial Score: 90.78

A specialty rental company providing modular buildings, storage, and portable solutions for businesses.

Equifax Inc (EFX.US)

Last Div Date: 25.02.2026Dividend: $0.50 → $0.56 (+12.00%)Dividend Growth Streak: 1 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 23Financial Score: 82.70

A global data, analytics, and credit information company supporting lenders, employers, and consumers.

C&F Financial Corporation (CFFI.US)

Last Div Date: 25.02.2026Dividend: $0.46 → $0.48 (+4.35%)Dividend Growth Streak: 1 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 15Financial Score: 88.68

A community-focused financial institution offering banking, lending, and wealth-related services.

Allison Transmission Holdings Inc (ALSN.US)

Last Div Date: 25.02.2026Dividend: $0.27 → $0.29 (+7.41%)Dividend Growth Streak: 13 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 13Financial Score: 97.43

A leading manufacturer of automatic transmissions and propulsion solutions for commercial and defense vehicles.

Equinix Inc (EQIX.US)

Last Div Date: 25.02.2026Dividend: $4.69 → $5.16 (+10.02%)Dividend Growth Streak: 10 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 10Financial Score: 96.08

A global data center REIT enabling interconnection and cloud infrastructure across major metro markets.

🇨🇦 Canada

ATCO Ltd (ACO-X.TO)

Last Div Date: 26.02.2026Dividend: C$0.505 → C$0.52 (+3.07%)Dividend Growth Streak: 32 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 32Financial Score: 96.35

A diversified company with utilities, energy infrastructure, and modular structures businesses.

🇦🇺 Australia

Fiducian Group Ltd (FID.AU)

Last Div Date: 27.02.2026Dividend: A$0.247 → A$0.255 (+3.24%)Dividend Growth Streak: 13 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 13Financial Score: 98.33

A wealth management and financial services group providing advice, platforms, and investment products.

Pro Medicus Ltd (PME.AU)

Last Div Date: 26.02.2026Dividend: A$0.30 → A$0.32 (+6.67%)Dividend Growth Streak: 10 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 14Financial Score: 99.00

A healthcare technology company providing enterprise imaging software for hospitals and radiology networks.

🇩🇪 Germany

Münchener Rück AG (MUV2.XETRA)

Last Div Date: 26.02.2026Dividend: €20 → €24 (+20.00%)Dividend Growth Streak: 4 consecutive yearsConsistent Years: 25Financial Score: 83.64

A global reinsurance leader with a diversified underwriting portfolio and strong capital discipline.

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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📜 Dividend Radar: The Origin Story

In the early 2000s, the late David Fish — an independent analyst and dividend-growth pioneer — created what became known as the Dividend Champions, Contenders & Challengers List (CCC List).

It was simple but powerful: group companies by how many years in a row they’ve raised their dividends. Over time, this evolved into Dividend Radar, a weekly update trusted by thousands of income investors.

For more than two decades, dividend investors across the world followed one proven framework — Dividend Radar, built on the timeless CCC method:Champions. Contenders. Challengers.

It wasn’t just a list. It was a reputation. To be included meant a company had achieved what only the strongest businesses ever do — raising its dividend every single year, without fail.

Here’s the essence of David Fish’s the system:

Dividend Champions

Companies that raised their dividends for 25 years or more. These are the icons of reliability — the long-term legends.

Dividend Eagles

15-24 years of dividend growth, identified using a modernized, data-driven framework that goes beyond streak length alone. Eagles combine long-term consistency with strong financial quality — spotlighting companies that not only raise dividends, but do so with superior fundamentals, healthy balance sheets, and durable business models.

Dividend Contenders

10 to 24 years of consecutive increases. Proven performers with strong growth and discipline.

Dividend Challengers

5 to 9 years of raises. Rising stars on their way to the upper tiers.

For nearly twenty years, the CCC system served as the investor’s compass — until mid-2024, when Dividend Radar was quietly discontinued.

The updates stopped. The spreadsheet disappeared. And with it, one of the most respected tools in dividend investing was gone.

💡 MaxDividends Picks Up the Torch

Starting this week, we’re bringing it back — rebuilt, updated weekly, and fully integrated into the MaxDividends App.

This is Dividend Radar 2.0 — the trusted classic, reborn with modern analytics and live scoring.

⚙️ How It Works Now

Every Wednesday, we publish a refreshed MaxDividends Dividend Radar — a live list of companies that have raised dividends for at least five consecutive years.

Each company is automatically evaluated using our core metrics:

  • Financial Scoring — overall business quality, stability, and balance-sheet strength

  • Dividend Scoring — dividend consistency, yield sustainability, and growth momentum

Alongside these scores you’ll find: ticker and name, sector, years of raises, current yield, payout ratio, 5- and 10-year dividend CAGR, and key financial metrics (EPS, revenue growth, debt, cash flow).

Everything updates automatically — no manual files, no downloads. Just clean data inside the app.

🧭 What You’ll See Every Wednesday

  • Top Dividend Champions — the elite 25+ year streaks

  • Top Dividend Eagles - top names with 15–24 years of dividend growth — a curated, higher-quality subset that blends consistency with stronger fundamentals than the broad Contender group.

  • Top Contenders — 10–24 year consistent raisers

  • Top Challengers — 5–9 year up-and-comers

  • This Week’s New Additions & Drops — who entered or fell off the list

  • Dividend Raises of the Week — the latest increase announcements

Each name comes with a Financial Score, Dividend Score, yield, and growth rate — everything you need to spot quality and momentum at a glance.

💎 Why This Method Still Matters

Because true dividend growth isn’t luck — it’s discipline.Companies that keep raising through recessions and rate cycles are built differently.

That’s why this approach stood the test of time for two decades. When you invest in consistent raisers, you’re not chasing price swings — you’re building income that grows year after year.

🗓 Every Wednesday

Each Wednesday morning, the new Dividend Radar 2.0 update goes live in your inbox.

Tomorrow’s first issue includes:

  • All Dividend Champions

  • Fresh Contenders with double-digit streaks

  • Rising Challengers entering the radar

  • All hikes, cuts, changes (soon)

As we move forward, we’ll gradually evolve it into a fully interactive experience inside the MaxDividends App — keeping the spirit of the original method alive while adding our own upgrades and precision analytics.

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