Dividend Track Records

In 2021, as of November 29, the average Dividend Aristocrat has gained 21.5% with the best performers being steel maker Nucor Corp and lithium manufacturer Albemarle. The biggest loser YTD is Clorox with a 14.2% drop in share price.

Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage Inc (NGVC) has announced its first dividend hike since a dividend was initiated in 2019. The quarterly payment will jump from 7 cents to 10 cents per share. Last year NGVC already paid a special cash dividend of $2.00 per share after the retailer started paying a quarterly dividend of $0.07 per share of common stock in 2019 as mentioned above. At a stock price of $13.38 an indicated annual dividend rate of 40 cents per share for NGVC translates into an estimated dividend yield of 3.0%. The next 10 cent quarterly dividend will be paid on December 16, 2020 to all Natural Grocers stockholders of record at the close of business on November 29, 2021.  Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. is a specialty retailer of natural and organic groceries, body care products, and dietary supplements. The company also provides extensive free science-based nutrition education programs to help customers make informed health and nutrition choices. The company's s...

RGC Resources (RGCO) announced that it will raise its quarterly dividend by 5.4 percent to $0.195 per share. This marks 18 consecutive years of dividend increases by the utility company and follows a dividend hike of 5.7 percent in 2021. The next RGCO dividend will be paid on February 1, 2022 to shareholders of record on January 18, 2022. This is the Company’s 311th consecutive quarterly cash dividend.  RGC Resources, Inc. provides energy and related products and services to customers in Virginia through its operating subsidiaries Roanoke Gas Company and RGC Midstream, LLC. The company sells and distributes natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers in Roanoke, Virginia, and the surrounding localities. RGC also owns a liquefied natural gas storage facility located in Botetourt County.

Carter’s Inc. (CRI) will hike its dividend by 50 percent to 60 cents per share in 2021. The marketer of apparel and related products for babies and young children reinstated its quarterly dividend in April with a payment of 40 cents per share. Carter´s suspended its quarterly dividend in 2020 because of COVID-19. Earlier that year the company raised its quarterly dividend by 20.0 percent to $0.60 per share. Carter's had raised its dividend by double digits every year for 7 years prior to this dividend cut announced on May 6, 2020. The next CRI dividend of $0.60 per share is payable on December 10, 2021, to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 1, 2021. The ex-dividend date for this next dividend by Carter's is November 30, 2021. A new estimated annual dividend rate of $2.40 per share will yield 2.3% at a stock price of $102.57. “Earlier today, our Board of Directors declared a meaningful increase in Carter’s quarterly dividend, fully restoring it to the pr...

Northeast Indiana Bancorp, Inc., (OTCQB:  NIDB), the parent company of First Federal Savings Bank, is proud to announce that its Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend of $1.25 per share on the Company's common stock.  The record date will be December 9, 2021 and the payment date will be December 23, 2021. Commenting on the announcement, President and CEO Michael S. Zahn stated, "For the 7th year in a row, the Bank's earnings and capital levels have allowed the Board of Directors to issue a special cash dividend.  During that period, over $6.3 million in special dividends have been returned to our shareholders."

 Insperity, Inc. (NYSE: NSP), a leading provider of human resources and business performance solutions for America’s best businesses, today announced that its board of directors has declared a special cash dividend of $2 per share. This special dividend is in addition to the regular quarterly dividend of $0.45 per share. The special and quarterly cash dividends will be paid on December 20, 2021 to all stockholders of record as of December 6, 2021. The special dividend is expected to return to shareholders approximately $77 million. Insperity’s board of directors also authorized an expansion of its stock repurchase program by an additional 1 million shares, and as a result will have approximately 1.9 million shares available for repurchase. Purchases may be made from time to time directly from stockholders or in the open market, including through Rule 10b5-1 prearranged stock trading plans designed to facilitate Insperity’s repurchase of its common stock during times it would not ot...

Dividend Aristocrat Hormel Foods (HRL) will raise its quarterly dividend by 6.1 percent to 26 cents per share in 2021. This comes after a dividend hike of 5.4 percent to 24.5 cents per share last year by HRL and marks the 56th consecutive year of annual dividend increases by the meat products maker. Its the second time since 2007 that Hormel does not announce a double digit dividend hike. The Board of Directors authorized the first quarterly dividend of 26 cents ($0.2600) a share to be paid on February 15, 2022, to stockholders of record at the close of business on January 18, 2022. The dividend yield for HRL is 2.4%. The Feb. 15 payment will be the 374th consecutive quarterly dividend paid by the company. Since becoming a public company in 1928, Hormel Foods Corporation has paid a regular quarterly dividend without interruption. Hormel Foods Corporation manufactures brand-name food and meat products worldwide. The company makes refrigerated pork, beef, chicken and turkey products and...

Hormel Foods is a Dividend Aristocrat Dividend Aristocrat Hormel Foods  (symbol: HRL) will raise its dividend for the 56th year in a row. Shareholders of the food company will be rewarded with a dividend hike of 6 percent in 2021.

Dividend Aristocrat Brown Forman has paid special dividends before Dividend Aristocrat Brown-Forman Corporation (BFB) will raise its quarterly dividend by 5% and will pay shareholders a $1.00 per share special dividend. This marks the 38th consecutive year of dividend increases by the Jack Daniel's maker.

 Tilly’s, Inc. (NYSE: TLYS, the “Company”) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend of $1.00 per share, or approximately $31 million in the aggregate, on the Company’s outstanding Class A and Class B common stock. This one-time, special dividend is payable on December 15, 2021 to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 7, 2021. The Company cannot guarantee any future dividends. The declaration and payment of future dividends, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors based on its consideration of various factors, including the Company’s operating results, financial condition, and anticipated capital requirements. “We are pleased that our strong operating results and cash generation have allowed us to provide another direct return to our stockholders via a special dividend for the second time in 2021,” commented Edmond Thomas, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Dividend Aristocrat Brown-Forman Corporation (BFB) will hike its dividend by 5 percent this year. Also a $1.00 per share special dividend will be paid to shareholders. Last year BFB hiked its dividend by 3 percent to $0.1795 per share quarterly. This new hike marks the Jack Daniel's owner's 38th consecutive year of dividend increases. Unlike European peers such as Heineken and AB Inbev Brown-Forman did not cut its dividend because of COVID-19. Stockholders of record on December 3, 2021, will receive the cash dividend on December 28, 2021. Additionally, Brown-Forman’s Board of Directors declared a special dividend of $480 million on its Class A and Class B stock, or $1.00 per share, that will be paid on December 29, 2021 to stockholders of record on December 9, 2021. Brown-Forman’s President and Chief Executive Officer Lawson Whiting said, “We are emerging from an unprecedented time in history. As it has throughout many generations, Brown-Forman’s business has remained strong an...

Realty Income has raised its monhtly dividend by 5.1 percent YOY Dividend Aristocrat Realty Income will raise its monthly dividend for the 4th time in 2021 with a new 4.2 percent increase to $0.246 per share. The commercial REIT has raised its dividend 27 consecutive years and has now raised its dividend by 5.1 percent compared to last year.

National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA) will raise its quarterly dividend by another 9.8 percent to 45 cents per share. This marks the third dividend hike announced by the self storage REIT in 2021. The increased NSA dividend of $0.45 per share is payable on December 30, 2021 to shareholders of record on December 15, 2021. A new annual rate of $1.90 per share for NSA yields 2.8% at a stock price of $61. National Storage Affiliates Trust will now pay an estimated annual dividend of $160 million to its shareholders. Tamara Fischer, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We are pleased to raise our dividend for the third time this year, representing an almost 30% increase from last year’s fourth quarter rate. The powerful combination of internal and external growth facilitated by our differentiated PRO structure continues to deliver robust returns for shareholders.” National Storage Affiliates Trust is a real estate investment trust focused on the ownership, operation and acq...

Communications products maker Motorola Solutions (MSI) will increase its quarterly dividend by 11.3 percent to $0.79 per share in 2021. This follows a dividend hike of 10.9 percent to 71 cents per share by MSI in 2020. The year 2021 will mark the 10th consecutive year of dividend increases announced by MSI. The increased MSI dividend will be payable in cash on January 14, 2022, to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 15, 2021. The new annualized dividend of $3.16 per share for Motorola Solutions yields 1.2 percent at a stock price of $255. Motorola Solutions, Inc. is a provider of communication infrastructure, devices, accessories, software and services. The company makes communications products and services for public safety and government agencies (law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services, and national government security) as well as private entities including utilities, mining, energy, manufacturing, hospitality, retail, transportation and logistics.

NIKE, Inc. (NKE) will raise its quarterly dividend by 10.9 percent to $0.3050 per share in 2021. This follows a dividend hike of 12.2 percent to 27.5 cents per share in 2020 by NKE and marks 20 years of dividend increases in a row by the footwear and apparel company.  The dividend declared today by NKE is payable on December 28, 2021 to shareholders of record at the close of business December 6, 2021. A new annual rate of $1.22 per share yields 0.7% at a stock price of $270.60. “NIKE continues to fuel growth through our Consumer Direct Acceleration strategy, while generating strong cash flow and increasing returns to shareholders,” said John Donahoe, President and CEO, NIKE. Inc. “This is now our 20th consecutive year of increasing dividend payouts, and reflects our strong track record and confidence in our ability to deliver sustainable, profitable, capital-efficient growth over the long-term.”* NIKE, Inc. is a designer, marketer and distributor of authentic athletic footwear, app...

Financial services company KeyCorp (KEY) will raise its quarterly dividend by 5.4 percent to 19.5 cents per share in 2021. This is the first hike announced since 2019 by KEY. Back then the company hiked its dividend by 8.8 percent to $0.185 per share. The next KEY dividend is payable on December 15, 2021 to holders of record of such common shares as of the close of business on November 30, 2021. A new annualized dividend rate of 78 cents per share yields 3.4% at a stock price of $22.72. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, KeyCorp is a bank-based financial services company. KeyCorp provides deposit, lending, cash management, and investment services to individuals and businesses in 15 states under the name KeyBank National Association through a network of branches ATMs. The company also provides corporate and investment banking products, such as merger and acquisition advice, public and private debt and equity, syndications, and derivatives to middle market companies in selected industries...

On November 18, 2021, Dillard’s, Inc. (DDS) declared a $15.00 per share special dividend. Earlier this year DDS already announced a dividend hike of 33.3% to 20 cents quarterly per share. This special dividend will be paid on December 15, 2021 to shareholders of record on November 29, 2021. Dillard's, Inc. is a retailer of fashion apparel, cosmetics and home furnishings. The Company's retail operations segment includes the retail department stores. The construction segment includes the operations of CDI Contractors, LLC (CDI), a general contracting construction company. CDI's business includes constructing and remodeling stores for the Company. Dillard's operates its department stores primarily in the southwest, southeast and midwest regions of the United States.

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Agilent Technologies (A) will raise its quarterly dividend by 8.2 percent to 21 cents per share in 2021. This follows a dividend hike of 7.8 percent to 19.4 cents per share in 2020 by the the life sciences company. Agilent has now raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. The increased A dividend of $0.21 per share will be paid on January 26, 2022 to shareholders of record on January 4, 2022. A new annualized dividend of 84 cents per share yields 0.6% at a stock price of $154. Agilent will now pay an estimated $254 million to shareholders annually if this new dividend increase is included by dividendhike.com . The dividend growth has been slowing every year now since 2015, when the dividend was boosted by 15 percent. Agilent Technologies Inc. is a is a global leader in life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemical markets, providing application focused solutions that include instruments, software, services and consumables for the entire laboratory workflow. Agilent's operatin...

Realty Income (O) will raise its monthly dividend by 4.2 percent to $0.246 per share. This is the 4th dividend hike by the REIT in 2021 and marks the 27th consecutive year of dividend increases by O.  The next dividend will be paid on December 15, 2021 to shareholders of record on December 1, 2021. Realty Income Corporation is a real estate investment trust (REIT) with properties owned under long-term lease agreements with regional and national commercial tenants. The company has tenants active in 48 segments, including Apparel, Automotive tire services, Beverages, Child care, Convenience stores, Dollar stores, Drug stores, Financial services, Food processing, Grocery stores, Health and fitness, Health care, Home improvement, Restaurants-casual dining, Restaurants-quick service, Sporting goods, Theaters, Transportation services and Wholesale club. The company's biggest tenants include Walgreens, 7-Eleven, FedEx, LA Fitness, AMC Theaters and Dollar Tree (including Family Dollar Sto...

On November 16, 2021, HP Inc. (HPQ) announced that it will raise its quarterly dividend by 29% to $0.25 per share. This follows a dividend hike of 10% in both 2020 and 2019 by the computer hardware maker. The dividend, the first in HP’s fiscal year 2022, is payable on January 5, 2022, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on December 8, 2021. HP Inc. is a provider of personal computing and other access devices, imaging and printing products, and related technologies, solutions and services. The company sells to individual consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses (“SMBs”) and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health and education sectors. The original HP was incorporated in 1947 under the laws of the state of California as the successor to a partnership founded in 1939 by William R. Hewlett and David Packard. The company went public on November 6, 1957.

Boise Cascade Company (BCC) will hike its quarterly dividend by 20 percent to 12 cents per share and also pays another special dividend, this time of $3.00 per share. Earlier in 2021 BCC already paid a special dividend of $2.00 per share, following a special dividend payment of $1.60 per share in 2020. In 2019 the wood products company announced an increase of 11.1 percent in the quarterly dividend together with a supplemental dividend of $1.00 per share.  Both the supplemental dividend of $3.00 per share and the new quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share will be paid on December 15, 2021 to stockholders of record on December 1, 2021. The regular annual dividend of 48 cents yields 0.7% at a stock price of $69. “We have consistently stated our intent to maintain a balanced and flexible approach to capital allocation. Today we can reward our shareholders with an increase in our quarterly dividend and our second supplemental dividend of 2021," stated Nate Jorgensen, CEO. "At the ...

Bryant Riley, Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of B. Riley Financial, said: "We have never been more confident in the power of our combined platform and the opportunities we see ahead. In line with our stated commitment to return capital to our shareholders, we have increased our regular quarterly dividend to $1.00 and declared a special dividend of $3.00 for a total third quarter dividend of $4.00 per common share. Upon payment of our third quarter dividend, we will have returned a total of $9.00 per share, or approximately $247 million, in common stock dividends to shareholders for the first three quarters. The increase in our regular dividend reflects our increasing confidence in our recurring cash flows, as well as the continued growth in our episodic businesses. Our balance sheet continues to be very strong, and our capital base has continued to increase, reflecting the growing cash flows and strong fundamentals of our business. We acknowledge that our diversified busi...

Dividend Aristocrat Roper Technologies (ticker ROP) will increase its dividend by 10.2% to 62 cents per share in 2021. This follows a dividend hike of 9.8 percent to $0.5625 per share in 2020. Roper has now raised its annual dividend for 29 years in a row.

Cabot Corp (CBT) will raise its quarterly dividend by 5.7 percent to 37 cents per share in 2021. This follows a dividend hike of 6.1 percent to $0.35 per share in the second quarter of 2019. Last year the specialty chemicals company did not announce a dividend hike. The dividend CBT is payable on December 10, 2021, to stockholders of record at the close of business on November 26, 2021. A new annualized rate of $1.48 per share yields 2.5% to Cabot shareholders at a stock price of $58.27. The annual dividend payment by CBT will jump to $84 million. “Our longstanding history of consistently paying dividends for over 50 years is a source of great pride for us, and this decision further affirms our continued commitment to provide value to our shareholders,” said Sean Keohane, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cabot Corporation. “The decision to increase the dividend demonstrates the Board’s confidence in our ability to generate strong cash flow to fund high confidence growth investm...

Patrick Industries (PATK) will increase its quarterly dividend by 17.9 percent to 33 cents per share. Last year PATK announced a dividend hike of 12.0 percent to $0.28 per share. The major manufacturer and distributor of component and building products for the recreational vehicle, marine, manufactured housing and industrial markets, will pay the increased dividend on December 13, 2021, to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 29, 2021. The new dividend yield for PATK is 1.6%. The next ex-dividend date is November 26. "The dividend increase reflects the continued confidence of both management and the Board in the Company's disciplined capital allocation strategy and strong financial position, and represents our ongoing commitment to returning capital to our shareholders," said Andy Nemeth, Chief Executive Officer of Patrick. Patrick Industries, Inc. is a major manufacturer and distributor of component products and building products serving the recre...

RLI Corp. (RLI) will pay a $2.00 per share special dividend in 2021. Earlier this year RLI already raised its quarterly dividend by 4.2 percent to 25 cents per share. The insurer has now raised its dividend 46 consecutive years. Both the regular $0.25 per share quarterly RLI dividend and the special dividend are payable on December 20, 2021, to shareholders of record as of November 30, 2021. RLI stock currently yields 0.9%. “We are pleased to be able to share the rewards of our strong performance and return excess capital to shareholders through a $2.00 per share special dividend,” said RLI Chairman & CEO Jonathan E. Michael. “Our ability to return $135 million to shareholders in 2021, despite the impact of catastrophe losses on our business, is a testament to RLI’s financial strength and sustainability. Including today’s announced dividends, RLI has returned more than $1.1 billion to shareholders over the last ten years. We remain confident in our ability to continue to grow our b...

Simon Property Group (SPG) will hike its quarterly dividend by another 10 percent to $1.65 per share. This is the third hike announced YTD for a total increase of 26.9 percent. Last year SPG cut its dividend by 38.1 percent during the covid-19 pandemic. The next quarterly SPG common stock dividend of $1.65 in cash on November 1, 2021, for the fourth quarter of 2021. The new annualized dividend rate of $6.60 per share yields 3.9% at a stock price of $164 for SPG.  "We produced impressive third quarter results," said David Simon, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President. "Demand for our space from a broad spectrum of tenants is growing.  Occupancy gains continued, retailer sales accelerated, including our owned brands, and cash flow increased.  Based upon results to date and expectations for the remainder of 2021, we are once again increasing full-year 2021 guidance and raising our quarterly dividend." Simon Property Group, Inc. is a real estate investment tru...

Dividend Aristocrat Automatic Data Processing (ADP) will raise its quarterly and will mark 47 consecutive years of dividend increases. The new quarterly dividend rate of $1.04 per share will be distributed on January 1, 2022 to shareholders of record on December 10, 2021. "This 12% increase in our quarterly dividend represents a strong signal of the board's confidence in ADP's prospects for this fiscal year and beyond. Our dividend is a cornerstone to our long-standing commitment to shareholder-friendly actions, and we are pleased to increase it for a 47th consecutive year," said Carlos Rodriguez. Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) is a provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions. The company's services include a wide range of human resource, payroll, tax, and benefits administration solutions. ADP's reportable business segments are Employer Services and Professional Employer Organization (“PEO”). ADP was founded in 1949 on an innovative idea: to ...

Roper Technologies (ROP) will raise its quarterly dividend by 10.2 percent to 62 cents per share in 2021. This marks 29 years in a row of dividend increases by ROP. Roper delcared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.62 per share, payable on January 24, 2022 to stockholders of record as of January 10, 2022. This is the twenty-ninth consecutive year in which Roper has increased its dividend.  Roper Technologies, Inc. is a technology company. Roper designs and develops software (both software-as-a-service and licensed), and engineered products and solutions for healthcare, transportation, food, energy, water, education and other niche markets worldwide. The company's businesses include Medical & Scientific Imaging, RF Technology & Software, Industrial Technology and Energy Systems & Controls. Roper Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1981 and has paid a dividend every year since 1992.

Fidelity National Financial (FNF) will raise its dividend by another 10 percent to $0.44 per share quarterly in 2021. This comes after a dividend hike of 11.1 percent to 40 cents quarterly that was announced in August. The total dividend increase announced YTD by FNF is 22.2 percent. The ex-dividend date for the next FNF dividend of 44 cents is December 16, 2021. The new dividend yield is 3.5% at a stock price of $50.66 and based on a new annual dividend rate of $1.76 per share. FNF has now raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Fidelity National Financial, Inc.  is a provider of title insurance and transaction services to the real estate and mortgage industries. FNF is the nation's largest title insurance company through its title insurance underwriters Fidelity National Title, Chicago Title, Commonwealth Land Title, Alamo Title and National Title of New York. The company went public in 1987 and has paid a dividend every year since 2006.

The Estée Lauder Companies (EL) will hike its dividend by 13.2 percent to 60 cents quarterly. Last year the dividend was suspended and later reinstated again with quarterly dividend of 48 cents per share. The next quarterly dividend of $0.60 per share on the Company’s Class A and Class B Common Stock on December 15, 2021 to stockholders of record at the close of business on November 30, 2021. The new annual dividend rate of $2.40 per share yields 0.7% at a stock price of $348 for EL. Because of the suspension in 2020 a dividend track record of 10 consecutive years with at least a double digit dividend hike announced by Estée Lauder ended. The company now pays an estimated $867 million in dividends annually to its shareholders. The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is a manufacturer and marketer of skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products. The Company’s products are sold worldwide under brand names including: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Prescriptives, Lab Series, Origins, Tomm...

Emerson has raised its dividend 65 years in a row Dividend Aristocrat Emerson (symbol EMR) will hike its dividend by 2% to $0.515 per share, marking the 65th consecutive year of dividend increases by the industrial company. Dividend growth has slowed significantly in the last couple of years.

Lincoln National Corporation will raise its quarterly dividend by 7.1 percent to $0.45 per share in 2021. This follows a dividend hike of 5 percent to 42 cents per share announced in the fourth quarter of 2020. The insurance company has now raised its dividend 12 years in a row. The next LNC dividend is payable on February 1, 2022 to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 10, 2022. A new annual rate of $1.80 per share yields 2.5% at a stock price of $72.46. The ex-dividend date is January 7, 2022. “Third quarter underlying results were solid, and our earnings power remains strong,” said Dennis R. Glass, president and CEO of Lincoln Financial Group. “Lincoln continued to execute on its proven strategy to drive earnings growth including continued focus on increasing sales, pricing discipline, ongoing expense management and share buybacks. We completed $200 million in share repurchases this quarter and recently commenced incremental repurchases associated with our bloc...

Apparel company PVH Corp. (PVH) will start paying its 3.75 cents per share quarterly dividend again. In 2020 PVH had suspended its quarterly dividend because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The owner of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger did not hike its dividend since 1992 with investors receiving a dividend of 15 cents annually for almost three decades prior to the suspension last year. The next PVH dividend is payable on December 17,2021 to stockholders of record on November 24, 2021. The Company announced in June 2021 its intention to reinstate itscash dividend. The $0.15 per share annual dividend rate yields 0.1% at a stock price of $123. PVH Corp. is a global apparel company. Its brands include TOMMY HILFIGER, CALVIN KLEIN, Van Heusen, IZOD, ARROW, Warner’s, Olga and Geoffrey Beene brands and True&Co. PVH licenses brands from third parties, including Speedo (licensed in perpetuity for North, Kenneth Cole New York, Kenneth Cole Reaction, Unlisted, a Kenneth Cole Production, MICHAEL Mi...

CDW Corporation (CDW) will raise its quarterly dividend by 25 percent to 50 cents per share in 2021. This follows a dividend hike of 5.3 percent to 40 cents per share in COVID-19 year 2020 and at the same time marks 8 years of dividend increases by the IT solutions provider with a whopping average 5 year dividend growth rate (CAGR) of 25.6 percent. The next CDW dividend of $0.50 per share be paid on December 10, 2021 to all stockholders of record as of the close of business on November 24, 2021. A new annualized dividend rate of $2.00 per share yields 1.1% at a stock price of $187. "Dividends continue to be an important part of our capital allocation priorities, along with managing leverage to our target ratio, making strategic acquisitions and share repurchases," said Albert J. Miralles, chief financial officer, CDW. "The fourth quarter 2021 dividend demonstrates our confidence in the earnings power and cash flow generation of the business and marks the eighth consecuti...

APA Corp, formerly Apache Corporation (APA), will boost its dividend by another 100 percent to 12.5 cents quarterly. This comes after a dividend hike of 150 percent to 6.25 cents quarterly per share just three months ago. This however follows a 90 percent cut in the company's quarterly dividend to $0.025 per share in 2020. The previous dividend hike by the oil company was announced in 2014. The dividend on APA common shares is payable February 22, 2022, to stockholders of record on January 21, 2022. On an annualized basis, the dividend increases to 50 cents per share and yields 1.7% at a stock price of $29.90. “Our second dividend increase announced in 2021 further demonstrates our commitment to returning a higher percentage of cash flow to our shareholders,” said John J. Christmann IV, APA’s CEO and president. “We have confidence in our current portfolio and ability to generate substantial free cash flow, particularly given the ongoing constructive price environment.” APA Corp is...

Emerson (EMR) will raise its quarterly dividend by 2.0 percent to 51.5 cents per share in 2021. This follows a dividend hike of just 1.0 percent in 2020. Dividend Aristocrat Emerson is on track for 50 straight years of dividend growth. The next dividend is payable December 10, 2021 to stockholders of record November 12, 2021. A new annual rate of $2.06 per share yields 2.1% at a stock price of $97.93. Emerson Electric will now pay an estimated $1.23 billion in dividends to its shareholders annually. The last time the company announced a double digit dividend hike was in 2011, with a 15.9 percent increase. Emerson , formerly Emerson Electric, provides technology and engineering solutions for customers in a wide range of industrial, commercial and consumer markets around the world. The company's segments are Automation Solutions, and Climate Technologies and Tools & Home Products which together comprise the Commercial & Residential Solutions business. Emerson was founded in 1...

 Textainer's board of directors approved the reinstatement of the common dividend program and declared a $0.25 per common share cash dividend in the third quarter of 2021, payable on December 15, 2021 to holders of record as of December 3, 2021. "Additionally, the Textainer board has decided to reinstate a quarterly common dividend program. This is supported by our confidence in the underlying long-term business fundamentals and our reliable and stable cash generation capability. Efficiently managing shareholder capital with a focus on shareholder returns is key to our capital allocation strategy and the reinstatement of the dividend program demonstrates this, adding to our already strong share repurchase program." "The current market fundamentals are expected to continue to be favorable as cargo demand remains strong and supply chain disruptions are widely predicted to sustain through most of 2022. We plan to maintain our disciplined approach towards fleet growth, i...

Energy holding company Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (PNW) will raise its quarterly dividend by 2.4 percent in 2021. This will mark 10 straight years of dividend growth by PNW. Pinnacle West Capital Corp is an energy holding company based in Phoenix. The company operates through regulated electricity segment, which consists of traditional regulated retail and wholesale electricity businesses and related activities, and includes electricity generation, transmission and distribution. Through its principal subsidiary, Arizona Public Service (APS), the company provides retail electricity service to homes and businesses in Arizona. Pinnacle West’s other principal subsidiary Bright Canyon Energy focuses on new growth opportunities that leverage PNW’s core expertise in the electric energy industry.

Snap-on Incorporated (SNA) will raise its quarterly dividend by 15.4 percent to $1.42 per share in 2021. This follows a dividend hike of 13.9 percent to $1.23 per share in 2020 and will mark the 12th consecutive year of higher dividend paid to shareholders by SNA. The next SNA dividend is payable December 10, 2021 to shareholders of record on November 19, 2021. A new annual rate of $5.68 per share yields 2.7% at a stock price of $212. Snap-on also announced today that its Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program of up to $500 million of common stock, replacing the current share repurchase program under which, as of the end of the third quarter of 2021, approximately $194 million of authorization remained. An additional previously approved share repurchase program, which allows the company to repurchase up to the number of shares issued under the company’s various equity plans, remains in place. Including the new authorization, total share repurchase availability current...

Microchip Technology (MCHP) will raise its quarterly dividend by another 6.2 percent to 23.20 cents per share. This follows a dividend hike of 5.8 percent in the previous quarter and marks the 4th dividend hike in 2021. The dividend MCHP dividend of $0.232 per share is payable on December 3, 2021, to stockholders of record on November 19, 2021. Microchip initiated quarterly cash dividend payments in the third quarter of fiscal year 2003 and has increased its dividend 68 times since its inception. “Microchip’s financial performance in the September 2021 quarter was very strong, resulting in significant cash generation and debt reduction,” said Steve Sanghi, Executive Chair. “Today, our Board of Directors approved a sequential increase in our dividend of 6.2% to 23.2 cents per share, up from our August dividend of 21.85 cents on a split-adjusted basis, reflecting confidence in the cash-generating capability of our business, as well as our ongoing commitment to returning capital to our st...

W.R. Berkley (WRB) will pay another special dividend in 2021. Following a $0.50 per share special dividend in June, the insurer will now pay a $1.00 per share special dividend in December. Earlier this year WRB also raised its quarterly dividend by 8.3 percent to $0.13 per share, marking the 20th consecutive year of dividend increases.  The $1.00 per share WRB special dividend will be paid on December 22, 2021 to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 7, 2021. A regular annual dividend rate of 52 cents per share yields 0.7% at a stock price of $80.58. In addition, the Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 13 cents per share to be paid on December 22, 2021 to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 7, 2021. Including all special and ordinary dividends declared to date in 2021 and all shares repurchased through September, 30, 2021, total capital returned to shareholders during 2021 is approxim...

EOG Resources Inc. (EOG) will increase its quarterly dividend by another 81.8 percent to $0.75 per share in 2021. Shareholders will also receive a second special dividend this year with a $2.00 payment in December. Earlier EOG already hiked the dividend by 10 percent 41.25 cents per share in 2021 and paid a $1.00 per share special dividend. A new annual dividend rate of $3.00 per share yields 3.2% at a stock price of $95 for EOG. The special dividend of $2.00 per share will be paid on December 30, 2021 with the ex-dividend being on December 14. EOG Resources, Inc. , organized in 1985, together with its subsidiaries explores for, develops, produces and markets crude oil and natural gas primarily in major producing basins in the United States of America, The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad), The People's Republic of China (China), Canada and select other international areas. EOG's operations are all crude oil and natural gas exploration and production related.