Dividend Growth Stocks

All Quiet in the First Full Week of June

It was pretty quiet this week for dividend growth stocks.
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It  was a quiet week for dividend growth stocks.  None of the stocks that I track announced increases, but United Healthcare (which I don’t track yet since it has grown dividends for only 9 years) announced its annual increase.

This year’s from United Healthcare was 20%; this is the 8th straight year of 20%+ dividend growth from UNH.

Things should pick up next week, with 7 companies expected to announce increases.

Dividend Increases Announced This Week

United Healthcare (UNH)

Industry: Healthcare

Dividend Payment: 90 cents per share – up 20.0% from prior level of 75 cents

Dividend Paid On: 6/26

Stock Goes Ex-Dividend (own the stock before this date to collect the dividend): 6/15

Number of Years of Dividend Increases: 9

Current Forward Yield: 1.44%

 

Dividend Increase Announcements Expected Next Week

Casey’s General Stores (CASY)

Caterpillar (CAT)

FedEx (FDX)

National Fuel Gas (NFG)

Target Corporation (TGT)

United Technologies Corporation (UTX)

W. P. Carey (WPC)