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.

Dividend Increase #64 of 2021 - Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT)

 

 

Thursday, September 23rd the Board of Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 2.60 to $ 2.80 per share that’s payable December 27, 2021 to holders of record December 1, 2021. This represents a 7.69% increase over the last quarterly dividend.

 

Additionally, the company's board has authorized the purchase of up to an additional $5 billion of Lockheed Martin common stock under its share repurchase program. With this increase, total authorization for future repurchases under the share repurchase program is approximately $6 billion. The number of shares purchased and the timing of purchases are at the discretion of management and subject to compliance with applicable law and regulation.

 

Week in Review 38/21

 

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.

Week in Review 37/21

 

 

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 #61 of 2021 - Philip Morris International Inc. (PM)

 

 

Wednesday, September 15th the Board of Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 1.20 to $ 1.25 per share that’s payable October 14, 2021 to holders of record September 29, 2021. This represents a 4.17% increase over the last quarterly dividend.

 

This is the 14th consecutive year PM’s Board has approved a quarterly dividend increase.

 

With current price $ 102.12 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.90%.

 

Dividend Income - August 2021

 

 

Summer is gone, autumn has begun and it is time to report my dividend income. In August 2021 my portfolio dividend income was as follows:

 

Week in Review 36/21

 

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 #59 of 2021 - Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)

 

 

Thursday, September 2nd the Board of Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.6275 to $ 0.64 per share that’s payable November 1, 2021 to holders of record October 8, 2021. This represents a 1.99% increase over the last quarterly dividend.

 

This is the 15th consecutive year Verizon’s Board has approved a quarterly dividend increase.

 

Chairman and CEO Hans Vestberg said, “We continue to deliver value to our shareholders as we execute our multi-purpose network strategy and grow the top and bottom lines.”

 

With current price $ 55.43 (Friday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.62%.

Week in Review 35/21

 

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.