The #1 dividend hero for 2025

Unmatched dividend growth and buyback stats for this dividend growth beauty

Our new Focus stock is a true buyback and dividend growth monster with unmatched double digit dividend hikes every year in the last 10 years. Actually the dividend was hiked two times in 2024 for a total increase of 38.5%. The average annual dividend increase is a whopping 22.7% in the last decade. That’s even a little bit better than our top ranked Dividend Aristocrat (and also one of the Dividend Heroes in 2025) Cintas Corporation (CTAS). On top of this this company also bought back almost 40% of its own shares since 2013.

We just finished our 2025 Dividend Heroes Selection and this stock ended up first with the highest points total ever, ranked as the #1 Dividend Hero (following a #7 position in 2024). The stock price gained 31.9% in 2024 after a 45.1% rise in 2023.