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As discussed, Target is a Dividend King with more than 50 consecutive years of dividend increases. But the last couple of raises have been less than 2%, meaning that the company is basically making the bare-minimum raise to keep its streak alive. On the earnings call, management said it plans to make a low-single-digit increase later this year.