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Wednesday, December 20th the Board of Directors of WEC Energy Group, Inc. (WEC) announced plan to increase a quarterly dividend from $0.78 to $0.835 per share that’s payable March 1, 2024 to holders of record February 14, 2024. This represents a 7.05% increase over the last quarterly dividend. The directors expect to declare the new dividend at their regularly scheduled meeting in January.
"The board's review today is consistent with our ongoing plan targeting a dividend payout ratio of 65 to 70 percent of earnings," said Gale Klappa, executive chairman.
With current price $84.05 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.97%.
Time is flying by very fast and the year will be over in a few days, so it's finally time to announce my November dividend. In November 2023, the dividend income for my portfolio was as follows:
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Thursday, December 14th the Board of Directors of Pfizer Inc. (PFE) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.41 to $0.42 per share that’s payable March 1, 2024 to holders of record January 26, 2024. This represents a 2.44% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
“We are pleased to increase our quarterly dividend, which represents our fifteenth year of consecutive dividend increases,” said Dr. Albert Bourla, Pfizer Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “Our ongoing increases have demonstrated Pfizer’s commitment to returning value to our shareholders and are a key part of our capital allocation strategy.”
With current price $28.19 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 5.96%.
Thursday, December 14th the Board of Directors of Edison International (EIX) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.7375 to $0.78 per share that’s payable January 31, 2024 to holders of record December 29, 2023. This represents a 5.76% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
“Today’s 5.8% increase in our dividend reflects the board and management’s continued confidence and commitment to delivering 5% to 7% core EPS growth for 2021-2025 and 2025-2028. This marks the 20th consecutive annual increase in Edison International’s dividend, which delivers an attractive yield and remains a key component of the company’s total return proposition,” said Pedro J. Pizarro, president and CEO of Edison International.
With current price $69.76 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.47%.
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Tuesday, December 12th the Board of Directors of Amgen Inc. (AMGN) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $2.13 to $2.25 per share that’s payable March 7, 2024 to holders of record February 16, 2024. This represents a 5.63% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price $276.32 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.26%.
Wednesday, December 6th the Board of Directors of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.57 to $0.60 per share that’s payable February 1, 2024 to holders of record January 5, 2024. This represents a 5.26% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
This marks the 15th consecutive year that the company has increased its dividend and the 92nd consecutive year that the company has paid a dividend.
With current price $50.31 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.77%.
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Thursday, November 30th the Board of Directors of TD Bank Group (TD) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from C$ 0.96 to C$ 1.02 per share that’s payable January 31, 2024 to holders of record January 10, 2024. This represents a 6.25% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price C$82.13 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.97%.
Thursday, November 30th the Board of Directors of Royal Bank of Canada (RY) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from C$1.35 to C$1.38 per share that’s payable February 23, 2024 to holders of record January 25, 2024. This represents a 2.22% increase over the last quarterly dividend. It should be noted that this is the second increase in the last 12 months. In May 2023, RY increased quarterly dividend from C$1.32 to C$1.35 or 2.27%, bringing the annual increase to 4.55%.
With current price C$123.50 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.47%.
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Thursday, November 30th the Board of Directors of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from C$0.87 to C$0.90 per share that’s payable January 29, 2024 to holders of record December 28, 2023. This represents a 3.45% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price C$55.80 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 6.45%.
Today, November 30th the Board of Directors of Enbridge Inc. (ENB) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from C$ 0.8875 to C$ 0.915 per share that’s payable March 1, 2024 to holders of record February 15, 2024. This represents a 3.1% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
Greg Ebel, President and CEO of Enbridge, noted the following; "Growing our dividend remains an important component of our investor value proposition. We are pleased to announce that Enbridge is increasing its dividend by 3% marking our 29th consecutive annual increase. We remain committed to annual dividend growth consistent with our medium-term distributable cash flow outlook and keeping our dividend payout ratio within 60-70% of DCF.”
With current price C$46.74 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 7.83%.
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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.
As the year is coming to an end and November is already over halfway through, it's time to report my dividend income for October. In October 2022, the dividend income for my portfolio was as follows:
Wednesday, November 1st the Board of Aflac Incorporated (AFL) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.42 to $0.50 per share that’s payable March 1, 2024 to holders of record February 21, 2024. This represents a 19.05% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price $81.13 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 2.47%.
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Friday, November 3rd the Board of TELUS Corporation (TSE:T) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from C$0.3636 to C$0.3761 per share that’s payable January 2, 2024 to holders of record December 11, 2023. This represents a 3.44% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
It should be noted that this is the second increase in the last 12 months. In May 2023, TELUS increased quarterly dividend from C$ 0.3511 to C$ 0.3636 or 3.54%, bringing the annual increase to 7.1 per cent.
With current price C$23.82 (Yesterday close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 6.32%.
Thursday, November 2nd the Board of Directors of ConocoPhillips (COP) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.51 to $0.58 per share that’s payable December 1, 2023 to holders of record November 14, 2023. This represents a 13.73% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price $118.47 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 1.96%.
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Wednesday, November 1st the Board of Directors of Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN) announced a monthly dividend increase of from $0.235 to $0.24 per share that’s payable January 12, 2024 to holders of record January 5, 2024. This represents a 2.13% increase over the last monthly dividend and a 6.7% increase from the regular monthly dividends paid in the first quarter of 2023.
In addition to the regular monthly dividends for the first quarter of 2024, the Board of Directors declared a supplemental cash dividend of $0.275 per share payable in December 2023.
With current price $40.19 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 7.17%.
Friday, October 27th the Board of Directors of AbbVie Inc. (ABBV) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $1.48 to $1.55 per share that’s payable February 15, 2024 to holders of record January 16, 2024. This represents a 4.73% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price $141.18 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.39%.
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Tuessday, October 24th the Board of Directors of Visa Inc. (V) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.45 to $0.52 per share that’s payable December 1, 2023 to holders of record November 9, 2023. This represents a 15.6% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
In October, the board of directors also authorized a new $25.0 billion multi-year common stock share repurchase
program.
With current price $234.65 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 0.89%.
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Wednesday, October 18th the Board of Directors of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation’s (PNW) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.865 to $ 0.88 per share that’s payable December 1, 2023 to holders of record November 1, 2023. This represents a 1.73% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price $75.30 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.67%.
The last quarter of the year is well underway and it's time to report my dividend income for September. The dividend income for the last month of the third quarter was as follows:
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Friday, October 6th the Board of Directors of Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $3.00 to $3.15 per share that’s payable December 29, 2023 to holders of record December 1, 2023. This represents a 5.00% increase over the last quarterly dividend. This marks the 21st consecutive year of dividend increases for the company.
LTM's board has also authorized the purchase of up to an additional $6 billion of Lockheed Martin common stock under its share repurchase program, nearly doubling total authorization of the current program to $13 billion for future purchases.
With current price $436.53 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 2.89%.
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Yesterday, October 4th the Board of Directors of McDonald's Corporation (MCD) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $1.52 to $1.67 per share that’s payable December 15, 2023 to holders of record December 1, 2023. This represents a 9.87% increase over the last quarterly dividend. The increase over the Company's previous quarterly dividend reflects continued confidence in the Accelerating the Arches growth strategy and a focus on driving long-term profitable growth for all stakeholders.
McDonald's has a strong history of returning capital to its shareholders and has raised its dividend for 47 consecutive years since paying its first dividend in 1976.
With current price $256.00 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 2.61%.
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Thursday, September 21st the Board of Directors of Texas Instruments Incorporated (TXN) announced that it will raise its quarterly dividend from $1.24 to $1.30 per share that’s payable November 14, 2023 to holders of record October 31, 2023. This represents a 4.84% increase over the last quarterly dividend. That announcement marks 20 consecutive years of dividend increases.
With current price $158.14 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.29%.
Wednesday, September 20th the Board of Directors of Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.53 to $0.57 per share that’s payable November 24, 2023 to holders of record November 10, 2023. This represents a 7.55% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price $92.74 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 2.46%.
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Wednesday, September 20th the Board of Directors of Emera Inc. (TSE: EMA) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from C$0.69 to C$0.7175 per share that’s payable November 15, 2023 to holders of record November 1, 2023. This represents a 3.39% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
“Today’s dividend increase is in line with our dividend growth rate target of four to five per cent and reflects our continued confidence in our assets, our strategy and the strength of our business,” said Scott Balfour, President and CEO of Emera Inc. “We remain focused on executing a balanced energy transition that drives value for our customers and generates reliable returns for our shareholders.”
With current price C$50.47 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 5.69%.
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Summer is over, August is over, autumn has begun and it's time to report on dividend income. In August 2023, the dividend income of my portfolio was as follows:
Today, September 13th the Board of Directors of Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $1.27 to $1.30 per share that’s payable October 12, 2023 to holders of record September 27, 2023. This represents a 2.36% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price $94.45 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 5.51%.
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Thursday, September 7th the Board of Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.6525 to $0.665 per share that’s payable November 1, 2023 to holders of record October 10, 2023. This represents a 1.92% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
This is the 17th consecutive year Verizon’s Board has approved a quarterly dividend increase.
“Our consistently disciplined approach to driving strong cash flow, operating the business, and serving our customers has once again put the Board in a position to raise the dividend,” said Chairman and CEO Hans Vestberg. “We continue to deliver value to our shareholders as we execute our network-as-a-service strategy.”
With current price $33.81 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 7.87%.
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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.
Thursday, August 24th the Board of Directors of Altria Group, Inc. (MO) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.94 to $0.98 per share that’s payable October 10, 2023 to holders of record September 15, 2023. This represents a 4.26% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
Today’s dividend increase is consistent with our new progressive dividend goal that we established at our 2023 Investor Day that targets mid-single digits dividend per share growth annually. This increase marks the 58th dividend increase in the past 54 years.
With current price $43.40 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 9.03%.
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August, the last month of summer, is already over halfway through and the summer holidays of the Hawk are also over. Anyway, it's time again to report my dividend income for the last month. In July 2023, my dividend income was as follows:
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