This dividend calendar shows in what month(s) some of the world’s best dividend companies pay out their dividends. How often a company pays a dividend varies. Realty Income, for example, pays a monthly dividend. American stocks normally pay a dividend every three months, whereas most Swedish stocks pay a yearly dividend in late spring.

Some dividend investors try to diversify their dividend stock holdings so that they receive dividends every month. If you also want to receive dividends monthly, the calendar below should be helpful. By following the links you can read more about each company at their Investor Relations sites.

I will be adding more dividend stocks to the calendar as I write about them or as I receive tips from my readers.

January
Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI)
General Electric (GE)
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
Kraft Foods (KFT)
PepsiCo (PEP)
Realty Income (O)
Republic Services (RSG)
Union Pacific (UNP)
Wal-Mart Stores (WMT)

February
AT&T (T)
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
American Express (AXP)
Clorox (CLX)
Costco Wholesale (COST)
General Mills (GIS)
Procter & Gamble (PG)
Realty Income (O)
Verizon (VZ)

March
3M (MMM)
AstraZeneca (AZN) (portfolio holding)
Axfood (AXFO)
Castellum (CAST)
ConocoPhillips (COP)
Holmen (HOLM B)
Hufvudstaden (HUFV A)
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
McDonald’s (MCD)
PepsiCo (PEP)
Pfizer (PFE)
Realty Income (O)

April
Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI)
Coca-Cola (KO)
Fortum (FUM1V) (portfolio holding)
General Electric (GE)
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
Investor (INVE B)
Kraft Foods (KFT)
Lundbergs (LUND B)
Midway (MIDW B) (portfolio holding)
NCC (NCC B)
Nordea Bank (NDA SEK)
Ratos (RATO B) (portfolio holding)
Realty Income (O)
Republic Services (RSG)
Skanska (SKA B)
Union Pacific (UNP)
Wal-Mart Stores (WMT)
Öresund (ORES) (portfolio holding)

May
AT&T (T)
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
American Express (AXP)
Clorox (CLX)
Costco Wholesale (COST)
E.ON (EON AG) (Analysis 2010-07-13)
General Mills (GIS)
H&M (HM B) (portfolio holding)
Handelsbanken (SHB A)
Industrivärden (INDU C) (portfolio holding)
Kinnevik (KINV B)
Kungsleden (KLED) (portfolio holding)
Latour (LATO B)
Oriflame (ORI SDB)
Orkla (ORK) (portfolio holding)
Procter & Gamble (PG)
Realty Income (O)
SCA (SCA B)
SEB (SEB A)
SKF (SKF B)
Unibet (UNIB SDB)
Verizon (VZ)
Wallenstam (WALL B)

June
3M (MMM)
ConocoPhillips (COP)
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
McDonald’s (MCD)
PepsiCo (PEP)
Pfizer (PFE)
Realty Income (O)
Wal-Mart Stores (WMT)

July
Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI)
Coca-Cola (KO)
DCC (DCC) (Analysis 2010-08-01)
General Electric (GE)
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
Kraft Foods (KFT)
Realty Income (O)
Republic Services (RSG)
Union Pacific (UNP)

August
AT&T (T)
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
American Express (AXP)
Clorox (CLX)
Costco Wholesale (COST)
General Mills (GIS)
Procter & Gamble (PG)
Realty Income (O)
Verizon (VZ)

September
3M (MMM)
AstraZeneca (AZN) (portfolio holding)
Clas Ohlson (CLAS B)
ConocoPhillips (COP)
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
McDonald’s (MCD)
PepsiCo (PEP)
Pfizer (PFE)
Realty Income (O)
Wal-Mart Stores (WMT)

October
Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI)
General Electric (GE)
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
Kraft Foods (KFT)
Realty Income (O)
Republic Services (RSG)
Union Pacific (UNP)

November
AT&T (T)
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
American Express (AXP)
Clorox (CLX)
Costco Wholesale (COST)
General Mills (GIS)
Procter & Gamble (PG)
Realty Income (O)
Svolder (SVOL B)
Verizon (VZ)

December
3M (MMM)
Coca-Cola (KO)
ConocoPhillips (COP)
DCC (DCC) (Analysis 2010-08-01)
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
McDonald’s (MCD)
Pfizer (PFE)
Realty Income (O)