Wednesday, December 4th the Board of Directors of Royal Bank of Canada (RY) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from C$1.42 to C$1.48 per share that’s payable February 23, 2024 to holders of record January 25, 2024. This represents a 4.23% increase over the last quarterly dividend. It should be noted that this is the second increase in the last 12 months. In May 2024, RY increased quarterly dividend from C$1.38 to C$1.42 or 2.90%, bringing the annual increase to 7.25%.
With current price C$179.57 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.30%.
Royal Bank of Canada is a member of Canadian Dividend All Star List with a 13 year streak of dividend increases. Dividend growth rates for 1, 3, 5 and 10 years are 7.7, 7.6, 7.2 and 7.8 (Canadian Dividend All-Star List)
Since I own 120 shares of RY, this will increase my portfolio's projected annual net dividend income by $15.25.
This increase was in line with my expectations, following the line of increases of recent years.
This is the 19th dividend increase I received from RY since initiating a position August 2014. During this period, the quarterly dividend has risen very nicely from C$0.71 to C$1.48, or 108.5%.
This increase raises my Yield on Cost to 7.82%.
Summary of 2024 Dividend Increases / Cuts
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