Few tech stocks are as reliable and mature as International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM). Even fewer can match its massive free cash flows, totaling $12.1 billion over the last four quarters. And then Big Blue returned $6.6 billion of that cash profit to shareholders in the form of dividends and share buybacks.

The company is also firmly committed to raising its dividend payouts every year. Those quarterly checks paid $0.0625 per split-adjusted share 30 years ago. Today, the quarterly payout is $1.67 per share, or $6.68 per year. That's a 2,572% increase in three decades.

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