Friday, August 1st the Board of Directors of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $1.50 to $1.61 per share, that’s payable October 10, 2025 to holders of record September 30, 2025. This represents a 7.33% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
At the current price of $256.89 (yesterday's close), this increase will raise ITW's dividend yield to 2.51%.
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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.
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.
Wednesday, July 30st the Board of Directors of Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.3255 to $0.3426 per share, that’s payable September 2, 2025 to holders of record August 12, 2025. This represents a 5.25% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
Essential Utilities has paid consecutive quarterly cash dividends for 80 years and has increased the dividend 35 times in the last 34 years.
At the current price of $36.80 (yesterday's close), this increase will raise WTRG's dividend yield to 3.72%.
June has come and gone in the blink of an eye—and with July nearly behind us, it’s hard to believe how quickly time flies. That said, it’s time to report my portfolio’s dividend income for June!
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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.
Wednesday, July 16st the Board of Directors of Union Pacific Corporation (UNP) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $1.34 to $1.38 per share, that’s payable September 30, 2025 to holders of record August 29, 2025. This represents a 2.99% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
“Union Pacific continues to drive strong and growing cash returns for our shareholders,” said Jennifer Hamann, executive vice president and chief financial officer. “Today’s action delivers on that commitment and marks our 19th consecutive year of increased annual dividends per share.”
At the current price of $229.24 (yesterday's close), this increase will raise UNP's dividend yield to 2.41%.