This week, the following dividend growth companies announced dividend payments:
S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats
Industry: Food Products
Dividend Payment: 25 cents per share – up 25% from prior level of 20 cents
Dividend Paid On: 2/17/2015
Stock Goes Ex-Dividend (own the stock before this date to collect the dividend): 1/16/2015
Number of Years of Dividend Increases: 49
Current Forward Yield: 1.88%
Becton, Dickinson and Company (Stock Quote)
Industry: Medical Instruments & Supplies
Dividend Payment: 60 cents per share – up 10.1% from prior level of 54.5 cents
Dividend Paid On: 12/31
Stock Goes Ex-Dividend (own the stock before this date to collect the dividend): 12/8
Number of Years of Dividend Increases: 43
Current Forward Yield: 1.71%
McCormick & Company (Stock Quote)
McCormick increased their dividend by 8.1% this week.
Photo from McCormick website.
Industry: Spices & Flavorings
Dividend Payment: 40 cents per share – up 8.1% from prior level of 37 cents
Dividend Paid On: 1/14/2015
Stock Goes Ex-Dividend (own the stock before this date to collect the dividend): 12/29
Number of Years of Dividend Increases: 29
Current Forward Yield: 2.15%
S&P 500 High Yield Dividend Aristocrats
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (Stock Quote)
Industry: Wireless Communications
Dividend Payment: 13.4 cents per share
Dividend Paid On: 12/30
Stock Goes Ex-Dividend (own the stock before this date to collect the dividend): 12/11
Number of Years of Dividend Increases: 40
Current Forward Yield: 2.10%
ACE Limited (Stock Quote)
Industry: Property & Casualty Insurance
Dividend Payment: 65 cents per share
Dividend Paid On: 1/5/2015
Stock Goes Ex-Dividend (own the stock before this date to collect the dividend): 12/15
Number of Years of Dividend Increases: 21
Current Forward Yield: 2.27%
Valspar Corporation (Stock Quote)
Industry: Specialty Chemicals
Dividend Payment: 30 cents per share – up 15.4% from prior level of 26 cents
Dividend Paid On: 12/19
Stock Goes Ex-Dividend (own the stock before this date to collect the dividend): 12/4
Number of Years of Dividend Increases: 37
Current Forward Yield: 1.43%
Next Week’s Dividend Announcements
Piedmont Natural Gas Inc (PNY)
Next Week’s Ex-Dividend Stocks:
Tuesday, December 2:
None.
Wednesday, December 3:
Genuine Parts Corporation (GPC)
Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB)
Old Republic International Corporation (ORI)
Praxair Inc. (PX)
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (SWK)
Thursday, December 4:
Brown, Forman Corporation (BF-B)
Valspar Corporation (VAL)
Friday, December 5
Monday, December 8:
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX)
There are over 50 S&P 500 companies that have increased dividends for more than a quarter century. See the full list of S&P Dividend Aristocrats.