On Tuesday, February 10, 2026, the Board of Directors of Intact Financial Corporation (TSE: IFC) announced a quarterly dividend increase from C$1.33 to C$1.47 per share. The dividend will be payable on March 31, 2026, to shareholders of record as of March 17, 2026. This represents a 10.53% increase over the prior quarterly dividend and marks the 21st consecutive annual dividend increase since the company’s IPO in 2004.
On Tuesday, February 10, 2026, the Board of Directors of Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) announced a quarterly dividend increase from $0.79 to $0.82 per share. The dividend will be payable on March 30, 2026, to shareholders of record as of March 13, 2026. This represents a 3.80% increase over the prior quarterly dividend.
On Monday, February 9, 2026, the Board of Directors of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW) announced a quarterly dividend increase from $1.27 to $1.30 per share. The dividend will be payable on March 30, 2026, to shareholders of record as of March 16, 2026. This represents a 2.36% increase over the prior quarterly dividend and marks the 40th consecutive year of dividend increases.
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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.
On Tuesday, February 3, 2026, the Board of Directors of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) announced a quarterly dividend increase from $1.35 to $1.40 per share. The dividend will be payable on March 12, 2026, to shareholders of record as of February 17, 2026. This represents a 3.70% increase over the prior quarterly dividend and the 18th consecutive year the dividend has increased.
On Tuesday, February 3, 2026, the Board of Directors of Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) announced a quarterly dividend increase from $0.51 to $0.52 per share, payable on March 10, 2026, to shareholders of record on February 17, 2026. This represents a 1.96% increase over the previous quarterly dividend.
This latest increase marks ADM’s 377th consecutive quarterly dividend payment, extending its remarkable track record to 53 consecutive years of dividend growth and more than 94 consecutive years of uninterrupted dividend payments.
On Tuesday, February 3, 2026, the Board of Directors of PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP) announced an annual dividend increase from $5.42 to $5.92 per share, effective with the dividend expected to be paid in June 2026. This represents a 4.23% increase over the prior annual dividend and marks the company’s 54th consecutive annual dividend increase.
In addition to the dividend hike, PepsiCo also announced a new share repurchase program, authorizing the repurchase of up to $10 billion of PepsiCo common stock through February 28, 2030, further reinforcing management’s commitment to shareholder returns.