July 12, 2011
Cummins Dividend Yield Climbs Higher
Cummins announced today that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 52 percent to $.40 per share.
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June 29, 2011
General Mills Raises Dividend Again
This latest dividend increase from General Mills will push the current yield on their stock to 3.3 percent.
June 20, 2011
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.
June 7, 2011
FedEx Gives Investors a Penny Dividend Increase
Following the penny per share increase, FedEx stock will offer investors a current dividend yield of 0.6% based on today’s closing price.
May 24, 2011
Deere Increases Cash Dividend Again
Today’s announcement marks the 9th dividend increase in the past 7 years for Deere investors.
May 13, 2011
Citigroup Officially Reinstates Dividend
Citigroup announced today that the company will officially reinstate their quarterly dividend at $.01 per share in June.
May 2, 2011
Harley-Davidson Finally Revs Up Dividend
This is the first dividend increase since Harley-Davidson reduced their dividend by 70% in early 2009.
April 28, 2011
Chevron Quietly Raises Dividend Again
This marks the 24th consecutive year that Chevron has raised their quarterly dividend.
April 27, 2011
Costco Announces Dividend Increase and Stock Repurchases
Costco announced yesterday that the company will give their shareholders a dividend increase and will initiate a $4 billion stock repurchase program.
March 24, 2011
Oracle Dividend Increase Is Modest
Investors learned today of a small Oracle dividend increase of 20% to $.06 per share.
March 16, 2011
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.
March 9, 2011
Investors Receive a Small Dividend Increase from Staples
Investors will take the small dividend increase from Staples, but it won’t offset the company’s falling stock price
Tyco Raising Dividend By 20%
Tyco International announced today that the company is raising their quarterly dividend by 20% to $.25 per share.
March 5, 2011
Piedmont Natural Gas Dividend Increase for the 33rd Straight Year
Piedmont Natural Gas announced a quarterly dividend increase of 4% to $.29 per share.
February 16, 2011
Comcast Raising Dividend and Accelerating Stock Repurchases
Comcast announced today that the company is raising their quarterly dividend by 19% and accelerating their stock repurchases for 2011.
Sherwin Williams Raising Dividend Again
The dividend increase is nothing new for Sherwin-Williams, the dividend aristocrat has now raised their dividend for 32 consecutive years.
February 15, 2011
Omicom Raising Dividend for 2nd Year in a Row
Omnicom Group announced today that the company is raising their quarterly dividend by 25% to $.25 per share.
February 8, 2011
L-3 Communications Will Raise Dividend for 7th Straight Year
This marks the seventh consecutive year that L-3 Communications has increased their dividend.
February 4, 2011
Avon Products Raising Dividend for 22nd Consecutive Year
While the $.01 dividend isn’t massive, it does mark the 22nd consecutive year that Avon has increased their dividend.
February 2, 2011
Avery Dennison Gives Investors a 25% Dividend Increase
Following the dividend increase, Avery Dennison stock will offer investors a 2.4% current dividend yield.
January 31, 2011
Regis Raising Dividend By 50%
Regis Corporation announced today that the company is raising their quarterly dividend by 50% to $.06 per share.
January 28, 2011
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.
Limited Brands Lifts Annual Dividend 33%
This will mark the 145th consecutive quarter that Limited Brands has paid a dividend to its shareholders.
January 26, 2011
Praxair Lifts Dividend for 18th Consecutive Year
Praxair announced that the company is raising their quarterly dividend by 11% to $.50 per share.
January 25, 2011
Norfolk Southern Dividend Chugs Higher
Norfolk Southern announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 11% to $.40 per share.
January 21, 2011
Washington Post Raises Dividend as Warren Buffet Exits
The dividend announcement was overshadowed by news that investing guru Warren Buffet is stepping down from the board of directors at the Washington Post.
PriceSmart Raises Dividend By 20%
PriceSmart announced yesterday that the company is increasing their dividend by 20% to $.30 per share.
First Horizon Restoring Dividend But Just Barely
First Horizon National announced on Wednesday that they are restoring their dividend program at $.01 per share.
January 10, 2011
ElDorado Gold Raising Dividend and 2011 Outlook
ElDorado Gold announced today that the company will double their dividend payment to C$0.10.
January 3, 2011
First Dividend Increase in 2011 Comes From Spectra Energy
Spectra Energy announced today that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 4% to $.26 per share.
December 16, 2010
Waste Management Approves Dividend Increase for 7th Consecutive Year
Today’s announcement marks the seventh consecutive year that Waste Management has increased their dividend.
December 15, 2010
Bristol-Myers Squibb Announces Small Dividend Increase
The penny dividend increase will push the current yield of BMY shares to 5.0%.
December 14, 2010
CSC Raising Dividend 33%
CSC announced that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 33% to $.20 per share.
December 10, 2010
Axis Capital Declares 10% Dividend Increase
AXIS Capital Holdings Limited announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 10% to $.23 per share.
December 6, 2010
Six Flags Initiating Dividend Program
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation announced today that the company is initiating a quarterly dividend program.
December 1, 2010
Walt Disney Increases Dividend for 55th Consecutive Year
Walt Disney Company announced today that the company is increasing their annual dividend by 14% to $.40 per share.
November 19, 2010
Nike Dividend Increase for 9th Straight Year
Nike announced yesterday that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 15% to $.31 per share.
November 11, 2010
Lincoln National Approves 25% Dividend Increase
Lincoln National currently only pays out $.01 per share every quarter, so even with the dividend increase LNC shares will only yield 0.2%.
DeVry Lifts Dividend By 20%
DeVry announced today that the company will increase their semi-annual dividend by 20% to $.12 per share
November 9, 2010
ADP Increases Dividend for 36th Consecutive Year
Automatic Data Processing announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 6% to $.36 per share.
November 2, 2010
Principal Financial Raises Dividend 10%
Principal Financial Group announced yesterday that the company will increase their annual dividend by 10% to $.55 per share.
October 21, 2010
Dividend Aristocrat Raises Payout for 38th Consecutive Year
This marks the 38th consecutive year that VFC has increased their dividend payout putting them in the elite group of dividend aristocrat stocks.
Visa Rings Up Big Dividend Increase
Visa announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 20% to $.15 per share.
September 29, 2010
CSX Dividend Chugs Higher
This announcement marks the eighth time in the past five years that CSX has increased their dividend payment.
September 23, 2010
Covidien Declares Dividend Increase
Covidien announced today that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 11 percent to $.20 per share.
September 21, 2010
Bank of America Could Raise Dividend Next Year
Dividend investors should take hope that Bank of America could raise their dividend next year.
September 16, 2010
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.
September 14, 2010
Investors Cheer Dividend Increase from Yum Brands
Dividend investors reacted positively to news of the dividend increase, sending Yum! Brands stock price to a new 52-week high.
August 17, 2010
Nordson Increases Dividend for 47th Consecutive Year
This marks the 47th consecutive year that Nordson has increased their dividend payment.
August 10, 2010
Questar Raises Dividend Again
This marks 263rd consecutive dividend paid by the company.
August 6, 2010
Another Dividend Aristocrat Increases Their Dividend
Dover is the second dividend aristocrat stock to increase their dividend this week.
Delphi Financial Raises Dividend 10%
Delphi Financial Group announced yesterday that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 10% to $.11 per share.
August 4, 2010
Dividend Aristocrat Lifts Payout for 39th Consecutive Year
Dividend aristocrat Leggett & Platt is increasing their dividend for the 39th consecutive year.
July 31, 2010
Highest Yielding S&P 500 Stock Cuts Dividend
The highest yielding S&P 500 stock announced on Friday that they will cut their dividend beginning in September.
July 27, 2010
Quarterly Dividend Chugs Higher At Norfolk Southern
Norfolk Southern announced today that the railroad stock will increase their quarterly dividend by 6% to $.36 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.
July 14, 2010
National Semiconductor Raises Dividend by 25%
National Semiconductor announced today that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 25% to $.10 per share.
June 23, 2010
Darden Investors Catch Big Dividend Increase
Darden shares have gained 19% since the beginning of the year, but cautious consumers may hold back further gains in the near term.
June 10, 2010
American Eagle Outfitters Raises Their Quarterly Dividend
Retailer American Eagle Outfitters is increasing their quarterly dividend by 10%.
June 7, 2010
FedEx Moves Dividend Higher
FedEx announced today that they are increasing their quarterly dividend by 12% to $.12 per share.
May 20, 2010
Clorox Hikes Dividend for 33rd Consecutive Year
The dividend increase marks the 33rd consecutive year that Clorox has increased their annual dividend payout – dating back to 1977.
April 21, 2010
Sonoco Inches Dividend Higher for 28th Consecutive Year
Sonoco announced today that their Board of Directors approved a 4% increase in their quarterly dividend.
March 2, 2010
Qualcomm Hikes Dividend by 12%
With over $12 billion in cash on their balance sheet, income investors should be excited to see the company focusing on returning some of that cash to its shareholders.
August 3, 2009
Kimberly Clark Maintains Strong Dividend
Kimberly Clark announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $.60 per share.
July 31, 2009
Honeywell Declares Quarterly Dividend
Honeywell announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $.3025 per share.
Capital One Puts Small Dividend in Investors Wallet
The credit card company has now paid dividends every quarter since it went public in 1995.
Valero Energy Announces Quarterly Dividend
Valero Energy announced yesterday that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $.15 per share.
July 27, 2009
Kellogg Increases Quarterly Dividend
Kellogg Company announced on Friday that its Board of Directors has increased their quarterly dividend by 10% to $.375.
Visa Announces Quarterly Dividend
Visa announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $.105 per share.
June 11, 2009
Clorox Improves Quarterly Dividend By 9%
Clorox Corporation announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a 9% increase in their quarterly dividend to $.50 per share.
Dow Component Microsoft Declares Dividend
Dow component Microsoft announced late yesterday that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $.13 per share.
June 10, 2009
Applied Materials Sets Quartely Dividend
Applied Materials announced yesterday that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share.
June 9, 2009
Mastercard Declares Quarterly Dividend
Mastercard announced today that their Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend payment of $.15 per share.
May 29, 2009
YUM! Brands Holds Dividend Steady
Yum! Brands announced today that their Board of Directors is maintaining their quarterly dividend of $.19 per share.