"Dividends are a passive income stream, but they're much more than that. They indicate a company's respect for the shareholders and, when a business pays dividends for many years, it's a sign of stability and reliability. Forward-thinking investors will take the time to seek out stocks with dividend track records spanning decades. Some companies have actually distributed dividend payments for 50 years or longer."
"For example, last year PepsiCo hiked its quarterly dividend distributions by 5%, from $1.355 to $1.4225 per share. It shouldn't be too surprising, then, if PepsiCo raises its quarterly payouts again soon. As it turns out, PepsiCo is a revenue grower that shouldn't have any difficulty continuing to pay its shareholders. There's a positive pattern with PepsiCo as the company reported revenue of $91.471 billion in 2023, $91.854 billion in 2024, and $93.925 billion in 2025."
Dividends provide passive income and signal a company's respect for shareholders; long dividend payment histories indicate stability and reliability. Investors often target stocks with multi-decade dividend records, and a subset of companies have distributed dividends for 50 years or longer. PepsiCo qualifies, with a dividend history spanning over half a century and a pattern of raising its dividend in dollar terms annually. PepsiCo increased its quarterly dividend from $1.355 to $1.4225 per share last year. PepsiCo reported revenues of $91.471 billion in 2023, $91.854 billion in 2024, and $93.925 billion in 2025, and its share price has trended upward over one-, five-, and twenty-year periods.
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