Friday, August 2nd the Board of Directors of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $1.40 to $1.50 per share that’s payable October 11, 2024 to holders of record September 30, 2024. This represents a 7.14% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price $239.36 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 2.51%.
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Wednesday, July 31st the Board of Directors of Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.3071 to $0.3255 per share that’s payable September 3, 2024 to holders of record August 12, 2024. This represents a 5.99% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
Essential Utilities has paid consecutive quarterly cash dividends for 79 years and has increased the dividend 34 times in the last 33 years.
With current price $41.10 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.17%.
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.
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 17th the Board of Directors of Union Pacific Corporation (UNP) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $1.30 to $1.34per share that’s payable September 30, 2024 to holders of record August 30, 2024. This represents a 3.08% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
Union Pacific has paid dividends on its common stock for 125 consecutive years.
“Union Pacific has a strong track record of delivering cash returns to its shareholders,” said Jennifer Hamann, executive vice president and chief financial officer. “We’re building on that record with a 3% increase in the third quarter, our 18th consecutive year of increased annual dividends per share.”
With current price $244.80 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 2.19%.
Monday, July 14th the Board of Directors of Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $1.025 to $1.045 per share that’s payable September 16, 2024 to holders of record August 16, 2024. This represents a 1.95% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
Duke Energy has paid a cash dividend on its common stock for 98 consecutive years.
With current price $106.53 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.92%.