These are companies that
raise their dividends each year — even in years when the stock market is down.
It's a fantastic thing if a company
raises its dividend every year for 25 years runn...
Since the company went public in 2008, it's
raised its dividend each year and its share price has outperformed gold bullion and gold miners, as measured by the S&P / TSX Global Gold Index, due to its unique structure and debt - free model.
A company doesn't have to
raise its dividend every year but it should continue to pay them.
When you grow earnings by 12.5 % annually for over a century, and
raise the dividend every year for over half a century, everyone is going to want to own the asset.
But dividend stocks that
raise their dividend year on year tend to rise in price, for the reason explained below.
Companies that have a history of
raising the dividend year on year are more likely to continue doing so.
Consider these three broad categories: The Good: As you might guess, these are the dividend stocks that are doing exactly what they should do — consistently
raising their dividends each year.»
Like fellow blue chip Johnson & Johnson, AT&T is also a member of the elite Dividend Aristocrats, having
raised its dividend every year for more than three decades.
But if you want great returns, you'll look for stocks
raising their dividends year after year.
Toro has
raised its dividend every year since 2003 — the one asterisk is that it kept the quarterly payout level in 2008 amid the market meltdown, but paid more on an annual basis than it did the year prior.
All of my companies pay dividends and all of
them raise the dividend every year.
@DivHut I agree, and dividend stocks that tend to
raise their dividend each year help fight inflation which is perfect for those who are already retired
Not only did it consistently pay dividends, it actually
raised the dividend every years.
Disney has
raised their dividend every year since 2009 with some pretty impressive jumps.
In addition, OHI's management has announced that they will not
raise the dividend this year (thus stopping their streak of raising the dividend by $.01 / quarter).
Though it currently yields no more than the broader S&P 500, the ETF is comprised of companies that have
raised their dividends every year for the past 10 years.
I will get to the goal by owning companies that
raise their dividends every year and reinvesting the dividends to buy more shares.
These are companies that
raise their dividends each year — even in years when the stock market is down.
Digital Realty has
raised its dividend every year since its IPO in 2004 and grown its dividend by about 13 % per year over the last 10 years.
Only the highest quality businesses can
raise dividends year after year.
It has paid dividend since 1907 and it has
raised its dividend every year since 1956.
You can see what I mean by checking out arguably the finest spreadsheet on dividend growth stocks out there: David Fish's Dividend Champions, Contenders, and Challengers list, which contains invaluable information on more than 800 US - listed stocks that have
raised their dividends each year for at least the last five consecutive years.
McDonald's started paying a dividend in 1976 and has
raised its dividend every year since.
There's a very simple formula for growing your wealth in the stock market: Buy the stock of solid companies that are
raising their dividends every year, and reinvest those dividends.
General Mills Inc is a Dividend Challenger that has
raised its dividend every year for 8 consecutive years.
In the latest issue of Master Investor magazine I looked at four high growth «dividend champions», i.e. companies that have grown quickly whilst
raising their dividends every year for the last decade or more.
A company's existing dividend growth streak is a track record that gives insight into its ability and intention to continue
raising the dividend each year.
You can see what I mean by perusing David Fish's Dividend Champions, Contenders, and Challengers list, which has compiled invaluable data on more than 800 US - listed stocks that have
all raised their dividends each year for at least the last five consecutive years.
That is because the other 28 stocks
raise their dividends that year.
It is not a difficult prediction: Fortis has
raised dividends every year for close to half a century.
You can find more than 800 US - listed stocks that have
raised their dividends each year for at least the last five consecutive years via David Fish's Dividend Champions, Contenders, and Challengers list.
If you were assembling a portfolio of dividend payers today, would you ignore the yields of CIBC (5 %) and BMO (4.8 %) simply because they haven't
raised their dividends every year since 2005?
The companies that
raise their dividend year after year are the best dividend companies.
According to David Fish's list, MCD has
raised its dividend every year over the last 39 years.
Digital Realty Trust (DLR) is a fast - growing real estate investment trust (REIT) that has
raised its dividend every year since going public in 2004.
Other companies pay twice annually, or on other schedules, or don't necessarily
raise their dividends each year.
Companies qualify for the Dividend Achievers List if they have
raised their dividends each year for at least 10 consecutive years and meet certain trading liquidity requirements.
Not exact matches
But even at that level the shares offer a substantial yield (2.6 %), and the
dividend has been
raised for 12
years running.
Wells Fargo said it expects to
raise its common stock
dividend by 1 cent to 39 cents, for four quarters beginning in the third quarter of this
year and pending approval by the board.
The company
raised its
dividend twice that
year.
Earlier this
year, Power Corp.
raised its
dividend, the first increase since 2008.
The company increased its
dividend by 15 percent in 2013 and 8 percent last
year, and said last April that it plans to continue to
raise its
dividend on an annual basis.
Chief Financial Officer Brian Gilvary said the London - listed company might consider
raise the
dividend later this
year if oil prices remain near current levels and debt declines.
Warren Buffett, No. 3 on Forbes» list of the world's richest people and most prominent among the low - tax dissenters, wrote an op - ed in The New York Times arguing that, in concert with budget cuts, Washington should
raise taxes — especially on
dividends and capital gains — for those earning upwards of US$ 1 million a
year and even more on the 8,000 or so Americans making $ 10 million and up.
Meanwhile, BP's
dividend yield is 5.4 percent and the company has
raised it three times in five
years.
Given Osiris's strong five -
year record of growth and profitability, Bowers was able to help make Miller's wishes come true: he structured a deal that
raised $ 13 million from a large local pension fund — the Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System (see «What Pension Funds Want,» [Article link]-RRB--- by selling a package of subordinated debt and convertible preferred stock, which included a fixed interest rate and
dividend yield.
The real «fix» on the balance sheet came from a series of substantial equity
raises and getting Husky's «supportive» majority shareholders to take their
dividend in the form of shares instead of cash for a
year.
Owen's & Minor (OMI) on 01/31/18 (yes I know it's technically January but they usually
raise in Feb.) increased their
dividend 1 % to $ 0.26 and this marks the 20th consecutive
year of increases.
Today, TROW shows 31 consecutive
years with a
dividend raise.