8 Companies Increasing Dividends

by Marc Bastow | March 1, 2013 1:20 pm

Companies Increasing Dividends[1]Despite the large number of companies announcing earnings during the week, activity on the dividend front was somewhat quiet. Indeed, the perhaps the most anticipated dividend announcement — an increase from Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL[2]) — didn’t come to pass.

However we still saw eight companies made it onto our list of Companies Increasing Dividends[3] list this week. (Note: All dividend yields are as of March 1.)

Financial services provider Bank of Montreal (NYSE:BMO[4]) raised its quarterly dividend 2.7% to 74 cents per share, payable May 28 to shareholders of record on May 1.
BMO Dividend Yield: 4.74%

Property and casualty insurance company Chubb (NYSE:CB[5]) raised is quarterly dividend 7.3% to 44 cents per share, payable April 2 to shareholders of record on March 15. This marks the Dependable Dividend Stock’s[6] 31st consecutive annual increase.
CB Dividend Yield: 2.09%

Oil and gas exploration company Cimarex (NYSE:XEC[7]) raised its quarterly dividend 17% to 14 cents per share, payable June 3 to shareholders of record as of May 15.
XEC Dividend Yield: 0.86%

Regional bank stock DNB Financial (NASDAQ:DNBF[8]) raised its quarterly dividend 40% to 7 cents per share, payable March 20 to shareholders of record as of March 8.
DNBF Dividend Yield: 1.67%

Agriculture and construction equipment maker Deere & Co. (NYSE:DE[9]) raised its quarterly dividend 11% to to 51 cents per share, payable May 1 to shareholders of record on March 28.
DE Dividend Yield: 2.33%

Closed-end investment company Hercules Technology Growth Capital (NASDAQ:HTGC[10]) raised its quarterly dividend 4% to 25 cents per share, payable March 19 to shareholders of record as of March 11.
HTGC Dividend Yield: 7.88%

Upscale retailer Nordstrom (NYSE:JWN[11]) raised its quarterly dividend 11% to 30 cents per share, payable March 22 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 11.
JWN Dividend Yield: 2.22%

Regional bank stock WesBanco (NASDAQ:WSBC[12]) raised its quarterly dividend 5.56% to 19 cents per share, payable April 1 to shareholders of record on March 15.
WSBC Dividend Yield: 3.25%

Marc Bastow is an Assistant Editor at InvestorPlace.com. As of this writing, he did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities. For more payout winners see previous weeks’ lists of Companies Increasing Dividends[3].

Dividend Stocks[13]

Endnotes:

  1. [Image]: https://www.investorplace.com/hot-topics/companies-increasing-dividends/
  2. AAPL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AAPL
  3. Companies Increasing Dividends: https://www.investorplace.com/hot-topics/companies-increasing-dividends/
  4. BMO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BMO
  5. CB: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CB
  6. Dependable Dividend Stock’s: https://investorplace.com/dividend-paying-stocks/
  7. XEC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=XEC
  8. DNBF: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=DNBF
  9. DE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=DE
  10. HTGC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HTGC
  11. JWN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=JWN
  12. WSBC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WSBC
  13. Dividend Stocks: https://investorplace.com/stock-types/dividend-stocks/

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