Anthem hikes dividend by 13.3%
Anthem Inc (ANTM) will raise its quarterly dividend by 13.3% to $1.28 quarterly per share. This marks 11 straight years of dividend growth by ANTM. The next ex-dividend date is March 9, 2022.
Anthem, Inc. is a health benefits company. The company offers managed care plans to large and small employer, individual, Medicaid and Medicare markets. Anthem has three reportable segments: Commercial & Specialty Business (comprised of the Local Group, National Accounts, Individual and Specialty businesses); Government Business (comprised of the Medicaid and Medicare businesses, National Government Services, and the Federal Employee Program); and Other (comprised of certain eliminations and corporate expenses not allocated to either of our other reportable segments). The company was formed when WellPoint Health Networks Inc. and Anthem, Inc. merged in 2004.