When investors research dividend stocks, the most famous group that comes to mind are the Dividend Aristocrats: S&P 500-listed companies that have increased dividends for 25+ years. On the other hand, Dividend Kings are companies that have increased their dividends for 50+ years and don’t require listing on any particular index. But, even rarer are the Dividend Zombies: companies that celebrate 100 years of paying dividends.
In this article, we’ll feature a company that checks all three boxes: A dividend aristocrat, a dividend king, and one that just declared its 400th quarterly dividend (100 years): Abbot Laboratories.
