Dividend Increase #5 of 2021 - Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM)

 

Yesterday, January 26th the Board of Directors of Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.36 to $ 0.37 per share that’s payable March 2, 2021 to holders of record February 9, 2021. This represents a 2.78% increase over the last quarterly dividend.

 

This is ADM’s 357th consecutive quarterly payment, a record of 89 years of uninterrupted dividends. As of Dec. 31, 2020, there were 556,104,261 shares of ADM common stock outstanding.

 

With current price $ 52.18 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 2.76%.

Dividend Increase #4 of 2021 - Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB)

 

Yesterday, January 25th the Board of Directors of Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 1.07 to $ 1.14 per share that’s payable April 5, 2021 to holders of record March 5, 2021. This represents a 6.54% increase over the last quarterly dividend.

 

This is the 49th consecutive annual increase in the dividend. The Board also authorized a new $5 billion share repurchase program which supplements the current $5 billion authorization that is expected to be completed later in 2021.  These actions reflect the company's strong cash flow and growth prospects along with an ongoing commitment to return cash to shareholders.

 

With current price $ 136.51 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.34%.

Week in Review 3/21

 

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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.

Dividend Increase #1 & #2 of 2021 - WEC & INTC

 

Yesterday, January 22nd the Board of Directors of WEC Energy Group (WEC) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.6326 to $ 0.6775 per share that’s payable March 1, 2021 to holders of record February 14, 2021. This represents a 7.1% increase over the last quarterly dividend.

 

"With today's action by our board, 2021 will be the eighteenth consecutive year of dividend increases for our stockholders," said Gale Klappa, executive chairman. "We continue to target a dividend payout of 65 to 70 percent of earnings."

 

With current price $ 87.83 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.09%.

Dividend Increase #1 of 2021 - Canadian Utilities Limited (TSX: CU)

 

Yesterday, January 14 the Board of Directors of Canadian Utilities Limited (TSX: CU) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from CA$ 0.4354 to CA$ 0.4398 per share that’s payable March 1, 2021 to holders of record February 4, 2021. This represents a 1.0% increase over last quarterly dividend.

 

With current price CA$ 31.49 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 5.59%.

Dividend Income - December & Full Year 2020, Goals for the year 2021

 
 

December, the last month of the year and the year has passed, and it’s time to declare my dividend income and see how the whole year went. Dividend income for the last month of the year was as follows:

Week in Review 53/20

 

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