Week in Review 41/21

 

Welcome!

In this review, will not be any summary of important and interesting news and events over the last week related to my portfolio holdings, just a few pictures, because Hawk was in holiday mode.  Probably week 42 will be business as usual.

Week in Review 40/21

 

Welcome and thanks for reading!

In this review, I will make a summary of important and interesting news and events over the last week related to my portfolio holdings. Also, I will put together some interesting articles from other websites that caught my attention during the past week.

Dividend Increase #68 of 2021 - Starbucks Corporation (SBUX)

 

 

Wednesday, September 29th the Board of Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.45 to $ 0.49 per share that’s payable November 26, 2021 to holders of record November 12, 2021. This represents a 8.89% increase over the last quarterly dividend.

 

Starbucks initiated its dividend in 2010 and has increased it in each of the past 11 years.

 

With current price $ 112.58 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 1.74%.

Dividend Increase #67 of 2021 - Fortis Inc. (TSX: FTS)

 

Wednesday, September 29th the Board of Fortis Inc. (TSX: FTS) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from CA$ 0.505 to CA$ 0.535 per share that’s payable December 1, 2021 to holders of record November 17, 2021. This represents a 5.94% increase over the last quarterly dividend.

 

Fortis' dividend increase is in line with the Corporation's guidance of 6% average annual dividend growth through 2025.

 

With current price CA$ 55.58 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.85%.

Week in Review 39/21

 

 

Welcome and thanks for reading!

In this review, I will make a summary of important and interesting news and events over the last week related to my portfolio holdings. Also, I will put together some interesting articles from other websites that caught my attention during the past week.

Dividend Increase #66 of 2021 - Emera Inc. (TSX: EMA)

 

 

Friday, September 24th the Board of Emera Inc. (TSX: EMA) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from CA$ 0.6375 to CA$ 0.6625 per share that’s payable November. This represents a 3.92% increase over the last quarterly dividend.

 

“We continue to see opportunity for growth as we execute on our strategy of investing in a lower carbon energy transition that is affordable and reliable for our customers,” said Scott Balfour, President and CEO of Emera Inc. “These investments are expected to continue to drive cash flow and EPS growth, which supports the increase in our dividend for 2022 and the extension of our dividend growth target of four to five percent through 2024.”

Dividend Increase #65 of 2021 - McDonald's Corporation (MCD)

 

 

Thursday, September 23rd the Board of McDonald's Corporation (MCD) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 1.29 to $ 1.38 per share that’s payable December 15, 2021 to holders of record December 1, 2021. This represents a 6.98% increase over the last quarterly dividend.

 

McDonald's has a strong history of returning capital to its shareholders and has raised its dividend for 45 consecutive years since paying its first dividend in 1976. The new dividend of $1.38 per share is equivalent to $5.52 annually.