Target announced a 20% dividend increase this quarter to $.30 per share.
Following the penny per share increase, FedEx stock will offer investors a current dividend yield of 0.6% based on today’s closing price.
Comcast announced today that the company is raising their quarterly dividend by 19% and accelerating their stock repurchases for 2011.
This is the first quarterly dividend from CNA Financial since the insurer paid out $.15 per share in August 2008.
Regis Corporation announced today that the company is raising their quarterly dividend by 50% to $.06 per share.
This marks the 39th consecutive year that Kimberly Clark has increased their dividend.
Intel has now been paying dividends to investors since 1992 and begins the year as one of the highest yielding stocks in the Dow Jones index.
Carnival Corporation announced today that they are increasing their quarterly dividend by 150% to $.25 per share.
The dividend increase comes as Scholastic reported disappointing second quarter results and provided a weak outlook for 2011.
Stryker Corporation announced yesterday that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 20% to $.18 per share.
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation announced today that the company is initiating a quarterly dividend program.
Sysco Corporation announced today that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 4% to $.26 per share.
This marks the 47th consecutive year that Nordson has increased their dividend payment.
Following the dividend increase, CMS shares will now yield an impressive 5.2% based on yesterday’s closing price.
Dover is the second dividend aristocrat stock to increase their dividend this week.
Investors in Kaydon Corporation will start seeing a slightly higher dividend in October.
Sealed Air Corporation announced yesterday that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 8% to $.13 per share.
The chipmaker can certainly afford to increase their dividend. Altera finished the second quarter with $2.1 billion in cash and virtually no debt on their balance sheet.