By John Ballard
Publication Date: 2026-02-16 09:28:00
These top tech stocks offer significant dividend growth potential.
If you’re buying dividend stocks to hold for the next 20 years, investing in businesses that generate robust cash flows is ideal. You also want to prioritize companies that can grow their dividend. The long-term growth, combined with reinvesting dividends in more shares of the stock, can turn even a small starting yield into serious long-term income.
Some of the best dividend growers are in the technology sector. Here are two industry leaders built to compound cash flow and dividends for decades.
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Microsoft
Microsoft‘s (MSFT 0.72%) dividend yield is just 0.84%, below the S&P 500 average of just over 1%. But what you’re getting in exchange for a small yield today is tremendous dividend growth. Its quarterly payment has more than doubled over the past decade, translating into about 10% annualized dividend growth.
Microsoft has increased its dividend since 2004, and its subscription-driven…