3 Top Dividend Stocks for a Better Retirement

Ensuring you have sufficient resources available to have a better retirement is an essential task of every investor. The three companies below have proven themselves capable of meeting those needs in the past, raising their dividends every year for at least 25 years, which makes them part of the rarified group of stocks known as Dividend Aristocrats, they should be readily able to accomplish those goals in the future, too. If people were familiar with 3M (NYSE: MMM) before the pandemic, it was probably through its consumer products like Post-It notes, Scotch tape, and Ace bandages, though the brands themselves were likely more known than the company behind them.