Gourmet Coffee, Gourmet Foods Top 7 Dividend Stocks Increasing Payouts

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Earnings season is winding down, and so too are the number of dividend stocks moving to increase their payouts and boost their dividend yields. Yet while this week’s group of dividend stocks is smaller than groups in recent past weeks, there still was no shortage of high-profile dividend stocks adding to shareholder portfolios.

This week we saw the biggest coffee merchant in the world, the premier health and gourmet food grocer and one of the biggest diversified technology and aerospace companies move to fill shareholder coffers with fatter dividend yields.

Here are seven dividend stocks increasing payouts.

Pharmaceutical services firm AmerisourceBergen (ABC) upped the dosage on its quarterly dividend by 23.4% to 29 cents per share from 23.5 cents. The new dividend will be administered Dec. 1 to shareholders of record as of Nov. 17. Shares become ex-dividend Nov. 13.
ABC Dividend Yield: 1.33%

Diversified industrial tech and engineering company Emerson Electric (EMR) engineered a 9.3% increase in its quarterly dividend to 47 cents per share from 43 cents. The new payment will be delivered Dec. 10 to shareholders of record as of Nov. 14. Shares go ex-dividend Nov. 12.
EMR Dividend Yield
: 2.91%

Estée Lauder Companies (EL) did a makeover on its quarterly payment, as the cosmetics company added 20% more blush to shareholders with a 24 cent-per-share dividend, up from 20 cents. The new payment will be sent Dec. 15 to shareholders of record as of Nov. 28. Shares will become ex-dividend Nov. 25.
EL Dividend Yield
: 1.34%

Aerospace, security, auto parts, and specialty chemicals all are part ofthe family of Honeywell International (HON) products. That diversified product line is selling quite well these days, and that’s enabled Honeywell to up its quarterly dividend 15% to 51.75 cents per share from 45 cents. The new dividend is payable Dec. 10 to shareholders of record as of Nov. 20. The stock goes ex-dividend on Nov. 18.
HON Dividend Yield: 2.14%

Natural gas infrastructure firm Spectra Energy (SE) turned up the heat on its quarterly payment by 10.5% to 37 cents per share from 33.5 cents. The new dividend will be delivered Dec. 19 to shareholders of record as of Nov. 17. Shares become ex-dividend on Nov. 13.
SE Dividend Yield: 3.73%

Coffee addicts, as well as coffee investors, should raise a mug to Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) and its new quarterly payout. The company increased its dividend pour by 23% to 32 cents per share from 26 cents. The Grande dividend is payable Nov. 28 to shareholders of record as of Nov. 13. Starbucks shares go ex-dividend Nov. 10.
SBUX Dividend Yield
: 1.65%

Health and gourmet grocery store chain Whole Foods Market (WFM) restocked its dividend shelves by 8.3% to 13 cents per share from 12 cents. The fresh new dividend will be available on Jan. 27 to shareholders of record as of Jan. 16. The stock goes ex-dividend Jan. 14.
WFM Dividend Yield: 1.11%

As of this writing, Jim Woods did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.


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