One of the best ways to retire rich is by investing in dividend stocks – especially those that have a strong history of raising their dividends. In fact, here’s a quick list of stocks that raised their dividend by more than 50% over the last five years.
A bit of advice to do well: Aggressively invest in high-yielding stocks and reinvest the dividends continuously until you consider retirement. After all, each reinvested dividend payout buys you more income-producing shares without any out-of-pocket expenses. Better, by doing so, you’re compounding the earnings and expediting the growth of your portfolio.
Let’s start with Home Depot.
Over the last five years, Home Depot (NYSE: HD) raised its dividend by 55% from $1.50 to its new rate of $2.33 a share. As noted by Home Depot, that’s payable on March 26 to shareholders of record as of March 12.
This is the company’s 156th consecutive quarter of payouts. And while the housing market hasn’t been as hot as hoped, company earnings are still solid. EPS of $2.72 beat by 20 cents. Revenue of $38.2 billion, down 3.8% year over year, beat by $100 million.
Winnebago Industries
With a yield of 3.35%, Winnebago Industries (NYSE: WGO) raised its dividend five times over the last five years from an annualized dividend of 45 cents in 2020 to $1.40 today. Its last dividend payout was for 35 cents, paid on January 28.
In recent months, the company swung to a profit and raised guidance for 2025. In the quarter ended November 29, Winnebago earned an adjusted profit of 38 cents per share, as compared to a loss of 33 cents per share a year earlier, beating expectations by $0.24 while adjusted EBITDA more than doubled to $30.2 million.
For FY25, Winnebago expects to earn a profit between $2.10 and $2.80 per share, an increase from the previous range of $2.00 to $2.70 per share. The company’s outlook for total sales was also increased to a range of $2.8 billion to $3.0 billion, as compared to the earlier range of $2.75 billion to $2.95 billion.
UnitedHealth Group
With a yield of 3.07%, UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is still fighting to come back strong.
Since 2000, the company has raised its dividend by 77%. It also just announced a dividend of $2.21 per share, to be paid on March 17, 2026, to all shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 9, 2026.
Granted, UNH was the worst-performing large-cap stock of 2025. It also lost a lot of trust.
All thanks to several setbacks, including allegations of fraud and misconduct related to its billing practices, unexpectedly higher medical costs—particularly within its Medicare programs—and weak earnings results accompanied by poor forward guidance. Not helping, its outlook was a disaster. And its CEO abruptly resigned.
However, even with the ongoing issues, Evercore ISI analyst Elizabeth Anderson says most of the chaos has been priced into the stock. With an outperform rating and a $400 price target, the analyst argues that 2026 is a year of stabilization. She also believes that, as margins normalize and execution improves, the stock should see a clear recovery moving forward.
EOG Resources
With a yield of 3.36%, EOG Resources (NYSE: EOG) raised its annual dividend from $1.50 in 2020 to $4.08 today ($1.02 per quarter). The company just announced it would pay $1.02 per share on April 30 to shareholders of record as of April 16.
In its most recent earnings report, EOG posted EPS of $2.27, which beat by $2.27. Revenue of $5.65 billion, up 1.1% year over year, beat by $270 million. During that quarter, EOG returned $1.2 billion to shareholders, $550 million through regular dividends and $675 million in share repurchases.
“Management projects $4.5 billion in free cash flow for 2026 with plans for modest oil production growth, strong capital discipline, and continued high shareholder returns,” added the company, as noted by Seeking Alpha.
Realty Income
In 2000, Realty Income (NYSE: O) – known as the Monthly Dividend Company – paid an annual dividend of about $1.11. By 2020, it was up to $2.79. Today, it’s up to $3.24.
Granted, that’s just a 16% gain over the last five years. But it’s a massive 192% increase over the last 26 years, which we didn’t want to ignore. At the moment, with a yield of 4.84%, it just declared its 668th consecutive monthly dividend of 27 cents per share, or an annualized amount of $3.24 per share, payable on March 13, 2026, to stockholders of record as of February 27, 2026.
Making it even more attractive, Realty Income is one of the biggest lease real estate investment trusts (REITs) you can buy. It also owns more than 15,500 properties, with a vast majority of those in the retail sector. In fact, some of its biggest tenants include 7-Eleven, Dollar General, Wynn Resorts, FedEx, BJ’s Wholesale Club, CVS, and Tractor Supply.
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