Investors looking for defensive companies paying big dividends are drawn to the Dividend Aristocrats and with good reason. The 66 companies that made the cut for the 2025 S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats list have increased dividends (not just remained the same) for 25 years straight. But the requirements go even further, with the following attributes also mandatory for membership on the aristocrats list:
- Companies must be worth at least a minimum of $3 billion for each quarterly rebalancing.
- Average daily volume of at least $5 million transactions for every trailing three-month period at every quarterly rebalancing date.
- Companies must be a member of the S&P 500.
We screened the 2025 Dividend Aristocrats looking for the safer companies Wall Street endorses for passive income investors. Four stocks now look like excellent ideas for those leery of the “buy the dip” strategy.
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