There are few guarantees in life. But investing in quality dividend-paying stocks will just have to do for income investors.

An efficient way to measure quality among dividend stocks is by how many consecutive years the payout has been raised. With at least 50 consecutive years of dividend growth, Dividend Kings are the crème de la crème. Fifty-plus consecutive years means that Dividend Kings raised their dividends paid to shareholders through numerous recessions, stock market crashes, global pandemics, and military conflicts. Here are two Dividend Kings that are growing steadily and are reasonably valued to consider buying for 2023 and beyond.

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