A.O. Smith hikes dividend by 5.9%

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A.O. Smith (AOS) will hike its quarterly dividend by 5.9% to $0.36 per share in 2025. This marks 32 consecutive years of increases by the Dividend Aristocrat.

The dividend yield is 2.0% at a stock price of $71 for AOS. Dividend growth has slowed in the last couple of years with the 2025 dividend hike being the smallest since 2009.

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City Holding Co hikes dividend by 10%

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On September 27, 2023, City Holding Company (CHCO) announced that it will raise its quarterly dividend by 10 percent to $0.715 per share. This marks the 12th consecutive year of annual dividend increases by the financial company. The next dividend will be paid on October 31, 2023 with an ex-dividend date of October 12, 2023. The dividend yield for CHCO is 3.2% at a stock price of $90.35. “City’s board reaffirmed the Company’s commitment of returning value to its shareholders today by voting to approve an increase in the quarterly cash dividend of 6.5 cents to 71.5 cents,” stated Charles (Skip) Hageboeck, President and CEO. “The Company's current strong capital and liquidity position, our financial performance during 2023, and our confidence in the Company's ability to sustain this performance led to the decision to increase the dividend to $2.86 on an annualized basis.” City Holding Company is the parent company of City National Bank of West Virginia. City National operates bra...
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Realty Income hikes dividend by 0.2%

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Realty Income Corporation (O) will raise its monthly dividend by another 0.2 percent to $0.2345 per share, marking the 5th dividend hike announced by the Dividend Aristocrat this year. Earlier this year the real estate investment trust already hiked its dividend 4 times for a total increase of 2.9 percent. If we include this latest increase just announced the FY 2020 dividend growth rate is 3.1 percent. Realty Income is a Dividend Aristocrat having raised its monthly dividend for 26 consecutive years in 2020. The next dividend is payable on January 15, 2021 to shareholders of record as of January 4, 2021. A new annualized dividend amount of $2.81 per share yields 4.7% at a stock price of $60. In the press release the company announces the new dividend hike and provides a comment."We remain committed to our company's mission of paying dependable monthly dividends to our shareholders that increase over time," said Sumit Roy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Realty I...
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