Posts Tagged ‘chief executive officer’

Altera Boosts Dividend

Altera announced yesterday that the company will boost their quarterly dividend by 33 percent to $.08 per share.

Cummins Dividend Yield Climbs Higher

Cummins announced today that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 52 percent to $.40 per share.

PACCAR Gives Investors a 50% Dividend Increase

PACCAR announced today that the company will give their investors a 50 percent quarterly dividend increase to $.18 per share.

General Mills Raises Dividend Again

This latest dividend increase from General Mills will push the current yield on their stock to 3.3 percent.

Medtronic Raises Dividend for 34th Consecutive Year

Medtronic announced today that the company will raise their quarterly dividend by 8 percent to $.2425 per share.

PetSmart Announces Dividend Increase and Stock Buyback

This year’s dividend hike is less than half the 25 percent dividend increase from PetSmart in 2010. However, the retailer did announce a new $450 million stock buyback program.

Caterpillar Raises Dividend for 18th Consecutive Year

Caterpillar has now paid a regular dividend every quarterly since 1933 and has given their shareholders a dividend increase for 18 consecutive years.

Rockwell Automation Gives 21% Dividend Increase

Rockwell Automation announced today that the company will give their shareholders a 21% dividend increase to $.425 per share.

Deere Increases Cash Dividend Again

Today’s announcement marks the 9th dividend increase in the past 7 years for Deere investors.

AmerisourceBergen Increasing Dividend Again

This marks the 2nd time in the past 12 months that AmerisourceBergen has increased their dividend.

Investors Get Another Dividend Increase From Yamana Gold

This marks the fourth dividend increase in the past 12 months from Yamana Gold.

Union Pacific Ups Their Dividend By 25%

This marks the 112th consecutive year that the Union Pacific has been paying dividends to their shareholders.

Johnson & Johnson Rolls Out Dividend Increase

This marks the 49th consecutive year that the dividend aristocrat has raised their quarterly dividend.

Big Blue Raises Dividend 15%

Over the past 8 years, IBM has increased their dividend by 400%.

Hudson City Bancorp Announces Dividend Cut

Hudson City Bancorp announced today that the company will cut their quarterly dividend by 47% to $.08 per share.

United Technologies Announces a 13% Dividend Increase

United Technologies announced today that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 13% to $.48 per share.

Rising Gold Prices Leads to Shift in Dividend Policy at Newmont Mining

Newmont Mining announced at their annual Investors Day conference that the company will be changing their dividend policy in order to link future payments directly to gold prices.

Another Dividend Increase for International Paper

International Paper announced today that the company was giving another dividend increase to their shareholders.

BNY Mellon Gives Investors a Dividend Increase

BNY Mellon announced today that the company will give their investors a 44% dividend increase to $.13 per share.

Air Products Gives Dividend Increase for 29th Straight Year

Air Products & Chemicals announced today that the company is raising their quarterly dividend by 18% to $.58 per share. This marks the 29th straight year that Air Products has given their shareholders a dividend increase.

Patterson to Raise Dividend and Repurchase More Stock

Patterson Companies announced today that the company will raise their quarterly dividend by 20% to $.12 per share and increase their stock repurchase program.

Steel Dynamics Increasing Dividend and Raising Earnings Forecast

Steel Dynamics announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 33% and raising their first quarter earnings forecast.

Qualcomm Offers Investors a Bigger Dividend

Qualcomm announced yesterday that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 13%.

St. Jude Medical Will Start Paying a Dividend

St. Jude Medical announced today that the medical device company will start paying a dividend in April of $.21 per share.

Stanley Black & Decker Announces Big Dividend Increase for 2011

This marks the 44th consecutive year that the dividend aristocrat has increased their dividend payout.

CNA Financial Restarting Their Dividend

This is the first quarterly dividend from CNA Financial since the insurer paid out $.15 per share in August 2008.

Hasbro Enhancing Investor Returns with Dividend Increase

Hasbro announced that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 20% to $.30 per share.

Broadcom Using Cash Flows To Pay Bigger Dividends

Broadcom announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 13% to $.09 per share.

Hershey Dividend Keeps Getting Sweeter

This will be the chocolate maker’s 325th consecutive quarterly dividend payment.

Avery Dennison Gives Investors a 25% Dividend Increase

Following the dividend increase, Avery Dennison stock will offer investors a 2.4% current dividend yield.

Mattel Moves To Quarterly Dividend Payments

Mattel is increasing their dividend by 11% and moves to quarterly dividend payments.

Regis Raising Dividend By 50%

Regis Corporation announced today that the company is raising their quarterly dividend by 50% to $.06 per share.

Smucker Surprises Investors with an Early Dividend Increase

Typically Smucker doesn’t announce a dividend increase until April, so today’s announcement was a pleasant surprise to investors.

Eaton Rewards Shareholders with Dividend Hike and Stock Split

Eaton Corporation announced today that the company is offering a 2-for-1 stock split and increasing their quarterly dividend by 17% to $.68 per share.

Investors Get a Dividend Boost from Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 20% to $.48 per share.

Kimberly Clark Raising Dividend for 39th Consecutive Year

This marks the 39th consecutive year that Kimberly Clark has increased their dividend.

Family Dollar Stores Hikes Dividend for 35th Consecutive Year

Family Dollar Stores announced yesterday that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 16% to $18 per share.

Airgas Raising Dividend 16% on Strong Earnings

Airgas announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 16% to $.29 per share following a 19% increase in net earnings in the third quarter.

Finish Line Using Cash Position To Raise Dividend

The Finish Line announced yesterday that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 25% to $.05 per share.

Dominion Increasing Dividend and Dividend Payout Ratio

Dominion announced today that the utility stock will increase their quarterly dividend by 8% to $.4925 per share and their dividend payout ratio to 60 - 65%.

Scholastic Raising Dividend Despite Weak Outlook

The dividend increase comes as Scholastic reported disappointing second quarter results and provided a weak outlook for 2011.

Waste Management Approves Dividend Increase for 7th Consecutive Year

Today’s announcement marks the seventh consecutive year that Waste Management has increased their dividend.

Pfizer Comes Through With Dividend Increase

Former CEO Jeff Kindler had indicated in August that a Pfizer dividend increase would likely come in December.

Edison International Announces Small Dividend Increase

Edison International announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 1.6% to $.32 per share.

Stryker Increasing Dividend By 20%

Stryker Corporation announced yesterday that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 20% to $.18 per share.

Ecolab Hikes Dividend for 19th Consecutive Year

This marks the 19th consecutive year that Ecolab has raised their dividend. Ecolab has now been paying dividends for 74 consecutive years.

Deere Investors Seeing Green Following Dividend Increase

This marks the eighth dividend increase from the farm equipment maker since early 2004.

38th Consecutive Dividend Increase from Becton Dickinson

Beckton, Dickinson and Company announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 11% to $.41 per share.

Johnson Controls Delivers Big Dividend Increase

Johnson Controls announced yesterday that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 23% to $.16 per share.

Toy Maker Mattel Announces Dividend Increase

Toy maker Mattel announced today that the company will increase their dividend by 11% to $.83 per share.

Sysco Increases Dividend for 41st Consecutive Year

Sysco Corporation announced today that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 4% to $.26 per share.

Yamana Gold Raises Dividend for 3rd Time This Year

With this dividend announcement, Yamana Gold will have increased their annual dividend payment by 200% over 2009.

Visa Rings Up Big Dividend Increase

Visa announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 20% to $.15 per share.

RPM Raises Dividend for 37th Consecutive Year

This marks the 37th consecutive year that RPM has increased their cash dividend putting them in a very elite group.

CSX Dividend Chugs Higher

This announcement marks the eighth time in the past five years that CSX has increased their dividend payment.

Higher Dividend from Cracker Barrel

Cracker Barrel announced plans on Friday to increase their quarterly dividend by 10 percent to $.22 per share.

Texas Instruments Raising Dividend for 7th Consecutive Year

Texas Instruments announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 8 percent to $.13 per share.

Kroger Rings Up Higher Dividend

Kroger initiated their dividend program in 2006 and has increased their dividend every year since then.

High Yielding Verizon Inches Dividend Higher

Verizon Communications announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 2.6 percent to $.4875 per share.

Bob Evans Raises Quarterly Dividend Again

This marks the second time in the past year that Bob Evans has increased their quarterly dividend.

CAE Dividend Takes Off Following Strong Earnings Results

The Canadian dividend stock reported earnings increased 45% on strong demand for their flight simulation technology.

Aflac Raises Dividend for 28th Consecutive Year

This marks the 28th consecutive year that the insurer has increased their dividend.

Scotts Dividend Growing Like a Miracle

Scotts Miracle-Gro announced today that the company is doubling their quarterly dividend to $.25 per share.

Federal Realty Raises Dividend for 43rd Consecutive Year

According to the company, this is the longest record of consecutive annual dividend increases within the REIT sector.

France Telecom Dividend Safe Thru 2012

France Telecom allayed investor concerns yesterday when the company announced that they would maintain their current dividend through 2012.

Kaydon Improves Dividend by a Penny

Investors in Kaydon Corporation will start seeing a slightly higher dividend in October.

Sealed Air Announces 8% Dividend Increase

Sealed Air Corporation announced yesterday that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 8% to $.13 per share.

International Flavors & Fragrances Lifts Dividend 8%

International Flavors & Fragrances announced today that the company is lifting their quarterly dividend by 8% to $.27 per share.

Crane Increases Dividend By 15%

Crane Co. announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 15% to $.23 per share.

Dividend Cracks in Half at Cal-Maine Foods

The dividend cut comes as Cal-Maine reported 104% growth in profits in their fiscal fourth quarter.

A. O. Smith Raises Dividend 8%

A. O. Smith has a solid dividend history and has paid dividends every year since 1940.

Eaton Raises Dividend By 16%

The dividend increase comes as ETN delivered second quarter earnings results that were $.19 above Wall Street’s consensus estimates.

PPG Dividend Inches Higher

PPG Industries announced today that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 2% to $.55 per share.

General Mills Lifts Quarterly Dividend By 17%

General Mills joins the ranks of blue chip stocks that are increasing their dividends in 2010.

PetSmart Raises Quarterly Dividend by 25%

PetSmart announced today that they will increase their quarterly dividend by 25% to $.125 per share.

Freeport-McMoran Doubles Their Dividend

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold announced today that the company will double their dividend from $.60 per share to $1.20 per share.

Coach Getting Serious About Dividends

High-end retailer Coach seems to be getting serious about dividends.

JP Morgan Hints at Dividend Increase

Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon announced today in his annual letter to shareholders that JPM may raise its annual dividend to $.75 - $1.00 if certain conditions are met.

Williams Sonoma Increases Dividend After Earnings Climb 575%

The dividend hike comes as Williams Sonoma released fourth quarter results that handily beat Wall Street’s consensus expectations.
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