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The income setup across five Dividend Aristocrats sharpened this August as management teams at several names raised earnings guidance alongside already-long payout streaks.
Procter and Gamble (NYSE: PG) leads the group with 70 consecutive years of dividend increases and plans to return approximately $15 billion to shareholders in FY2027.
Johnson and Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ: ADP), and McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) round out the list, each carrying a streak cleared well past the 25-year Aristocrat bar.
PG's case is built on cash return. Management plans roughly $10 billion in dividends and $5 billion in buybacks in FY2027, with core EPS guidance of $6.89 to $7.11. Q4 FY2026 core EPS came in at $1.43, above estimates.
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