We saw 9 Dividend Aristocrats and High Yield Dividend Aristocrats announce dividend payments. And a future Dividend Aristocrat increased dividends for the 23rd straight year.
S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats
Industry: Electric Utilities
Dividend Payment: 65 cents per share – up 3.2% from prior level of 63 cents
Dividend Paid On: 3/15
Stock Goes Ex-Dividend (own the stock before this date to collect the dividend): 2/13
Number of Years of Dividend Increases: 41
Current Forward Yield: 3.76%
Industry: Specialty Chemicals
Dividend Payment: 67 cents per share
Dividend Paid On: 3/12
Stock Goes Ex-Dividend (own the stock before this date to collect the dividend): 2/18
Number of Years of Dividend Increases: 43
Current Forward Yield: 1.16%
The Procter & Gamble Company (PG)
Industry: Consumer Goods – Personal Products
Dividend Payment: 64.36 cents per share
Dividend Paid On: 2/17
Stock Goes Ex-Dividend (own the stock before this date to collect the dividend): 1/21
Number of Years of Dividend Increases: 58
Current Forward Yield: 2.82%
Industry: Retail Stores
Dividend Payment: 52 cents per share
Dividend Paid On: 3/10
Stock Goes Ex-Dividend (own the stock before this date to collect the dividend): 2/13
Number of Years of Dividend Increases: 43
Current Forward Yield: 2.78%
Industry: Drug Stores
Dividend Payment: 33.75 cents per share
Dividend Paid On: 3/12
Stock Goes Ex-Dividend (own the stock before this date to collect the dividend): 2/13
Number of Years of Dividend Increases: 39
Current Forward Yield: 1.78%
S&P 500 High Yield Dividend Aristocrats
AptarGroup, Inc. (ATR)
Industry: Packaging & Containers
Dividend Payment: 28 cents per share
Dividend Paid On: 2/18
Stock Goes Ex-Dividend (own the stock before this date to collect the dividend): 1/26
Number of Years of Dividend Increases: 21
Current Forward Yield: 1.74%
Eaton Vance (EV)
Industry: Asset Management
Dividend Payment: 25 cents per share
Dividend Paid On: 2/10
Stock Goes Ex-Dividend (own the stock before this date to collect the dividend): 1/28
Number of Years of Dividend Increases: 34
Current Forward Yield: 2.57%
Linear Technology Corporation (LLTC)
Linear Technology, which manufactures digital hardware like these regulators, has increased dividends for 23 years. The company is poised to become an S&P Dividend Aristocrat in 2017.
Photo courtesy meteotek08/flickr.com.
Industry: Semiconductor Manufacturing
Dividend Payment: 30 cents per share – up 11.1% from prior level of 27 cents
Dividend Paid On: 2/25
Stock Goes Ex-Dividend (own the stock before this date to collect the dividend): 2/11
Number of Years of Dividend Increases: 23
Current Forward Yield: 2.65%
National Retail Properties, Inc. (NNN)
Industry: REIT
Dividend Payment: 42 cents per share
Dividend Paid On: 2/17
Stock Goes Ex-Dividend (own the stock before this date to collect the dividend): 1/28
Number of Years of Dividend Increases: 25
Current Forward Yield: 3.85%
Next Week’s Ex-Dividend Stocks:
Tuesday, January 20:
None.
Wednesday, January 21:
The Procter & Gamble Company (PG)
Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL)
Thursday, January 22:
Friday, January 23:
None.
Monday, January 26:
AptarGroup, Inc. (ATR)
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.