Companies which not only pay dividends, but raise them year after year have been shown to perform better overall for investor returns. A big part of this involves capturing the details.
As part of my due diligence, I closely monitor all companies that raise dividends (or cut them) and this article shares the dividend amount changes announced by companies.
Note that only companies with a market cap of $2B+ are included, as the list of small/micro cap companies is too long to include here.
October dividend raises and can be found here...
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Company
|
Ticker
|
Yield
|
Growth
|
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AZZ
|
AZZ
|
1.03
|
13.33%
|
|
American Financial Group
|
AFG
|
1.66
|
11.61%
|
|
Bank of The Ozarks
|
OZRK
|
1.68
|
3.13%
|
|
LTC Properties
|
LTC
|
4.53
|
5.56%
|
|
Watsco
|
WSO
|
2.98
|
23.53%
|
|
Watsco B
|
WSOB
|
2.94
|
23.53%
|
|
MV Oil Trust
|
MVO
|
10.51
|
45.45%
|
|
Enterprise Pdts Partners
|
EPD
|
6.05
|
1.25%
|
|
Genesis Energy
|
GEL
|
7.72
|
1.45%
|
|
Sabine Royalty Tr UBI
|
SBR
|
7.56
|
7.81%
|
|
4.65% Fltg. Rate STRATS
|
GJO
|
1.66
|
2.51%
|
|
Northwest Natural Gas
|
NWN
|
3.33
|
0.53%
|
|
RPM Intl
|
RPM
|
2.44
|
9.09%
|
|
Tallgrass Energy
GP Cl A
|
TEGP
|
4.35
|
7.14%
|
|
Tallgrass Energy Partners
|
TEP
|
6.73
|
5.30%
|
|
Thor Industries
|
THO
|
1.58
|
10.00%
|
|
Antero Midstream Partners
|
AM
|
3.87
|
6.00%
|
|
Gladstone Land
|
LAND
|
4.91
|
3.03%
|
|
Healthcare Services Group
|
HCSG
|
1.98
|
0.68%
|
|
International Paper
|
IP
|
3.99
|
5.11%
|
|
Brown&Brown
|
BRO
|
1.44
|
10.20%
|
|
Lakeland Financial
|
LKFN
|
2.21
|
1.78%
|
|
Saratoga Investment
|
SAR
|
9.66
|
2.33%
|
|
Eaton Vance
|
EV
|
3.01
|
5.66%
|
|
Omega Hlthcare Investors
|
OHI
|
7.34
|
1.67%
|
|
PolyOne
|
POL
|
1.73
|
12.50%
|
|
Ameren Corp
|
AEE
|
3.65
|
3.53%
|
|
Cantel Medical
|
CMN
|
0.18
|
16.67%
|
|
Stepan Co
|
SCL
|
1.09
|
7.89%
|
|
Transmontaigne Partners
|
TLP
|
6.63
|
1.45%
|
|
Amphenol Cl A
|
APH
|
0.99
|
14.29%
|
|
Cintas
|
CTAS
|
1.23
|
26.67%
|
|
Lincoln Electric Holdings
|
LECO
|
2.25
|
9.38%
|
|
Mesa Royalty Trust
|
MTR
|
13.24
|
95.13%
|
|
Penske Automotive
|
PAG
|
2.49
|
3.57%
|
|
S&T Bancorp
|
STBA
|
2.83
|
5.26%
|
|
Shenandoah Telecom
|
SHEN
|
0.96
|
4.17%
|
|
VISA Cl A
|
V
|
0.8
|
17.86%
|
|
Western Gas Equity Ptrs
|
WGP
|
4.06
|
3.17%
|
|
Western Gas Partners
|
WES
|
5.74
|
1.81%
|
|
Brunswick
|
BC
|
1.35
|
10.00%
|
|
Capital Bank Financial
|
CBF
|
1.5
|
20.00%
|
|
Cass Info Systems
|
CASS
|
1.68
|
4.55%
|
|
People's Utah Bancorp
|
PUB
|
1.59
|
14.29%
|
|
Phillips 66 Partners
|
PSXP
|
4.46
|
5.15%
|
|
Shell Midstream Partners
|
SHLX
|
3.71
|
5.50%
|
|
Universal Forest Products
|
UFPI
|
0.95
|
7.14%
|
|
Aptargroup
|
ATR
|
1.66
|
6.67%
|
|
AVX Corp
|
AVX
|
3.2
|
4.76%
|
|
Carolina Financial
|
CARO
|
0.68
|
33.33%
|
|
Crown Castle Intl
|
CCI
|
4
|
7.34%
|
|
Green Plains Partners Un
|
GPP
|
8.41
|
2.44%
|
|
Huntington Bancshares
|
HBAN
|
3.18
|
14.29%
|
|
IDACORP
|
IDA
|
2.92
|
7.84%
|
|
Magellan Midstream Ptrs
|
MMP
|
4.76
|
2.13%
|
|
National Bank Holdings
|
NBHC
|
1.14
|
40.00%
|
|
Pinnacle West Capital
|
PNW
|
3.54
|
4.80%
|
|
Rice Midstream Partners
|
RMP
|
3.98
|
6.04%
|
|
Sensient Technologies
|
SXT
|
1.64
|
11.11%
|
|
Sonic
|
SONC
|
2.15
|
27.27%
|
|
South State Corp.
|
SSB
|
1.75
|
3.23%
|
|
Tesoro Logistics
|
TLLP
|
7.52
|
3.92%
|
|
VOC Energy Trust
|
VOC
|
12.12
|
11.11%
|
|
Cross Timbers Royalty Tr
|
CRT
|
7.17
|
51.13%
|
|
Dominion Midstream Ptrs
|
DM
|
4.05
|
5.10%
|
|
Holly Energy Partners
|
HEP
|
7.1
|
1.71%
|
|
Macerich
|
MAC
|
3.69
|
4.41%
|
|
Permian Basin Royalty Tr
|
PBT
|
8.1
|
2.64%
|
|
San Juan Basin Royalty Tr
|
SJT
|
9.85
|
31.18%
|
|
Tower International
|
TOWR
|
1.93
|
10.00%
|
|
VF Corp
|
VFC
|
3.17
|
13.51%
|
|
AT&T
|
T
|
5.34
|
2.08%
|
|
Bank of Marin Bancorp
|
BMRC
|
2.14
|
8.00%
|
|
Brixmor Property Group
|
BRX
|
3.9
|
6.12%
|
|
Farmers Capital Bank
|
FFKT
|
1.22
|
42.86%
|
|
Graphic Packaging
|
GPK
|
2.4
|
50.00%
|
|
Home Bancorp
|
HBCP
|
1.69
|
20.00%
|
|
Hubbell
|
HUBB
|
2.67
|
11.11%
|
|
Inter Parfums
|
IPAR
|
1.99
|
13.33%
|
|
PennTex Midstream Ptrs
|
PTXP
|
7.06
|
3.65%
|
|
Peoples Bancorp (Ohio)
|
PEBO
|
2.73
|
6.25%
|
|
Valero Energy Partners
|
VLP
|
3.74
|
5.48%
|
|
Western Refining Logistic
|
WNRL
|
7.26
|
2.42%
|
|
American Elec Power
|
AEP
|
3.71
|
5.36%
|
|
Associated Banc
|
ASB
|
2.42
|
9.09%
|
|
Bar Harbor Bankshares
|
BHB
|
3.06
|
1.82%
|
|
Buckeye Partners
|
BPL
|
7.32
|
1.03%
|
|
Charter Financial
|
CHFN
|
1.72
|
10.00%
|
|
Delek Logistics Partners
|
DKL
|
10.38
|
3.97%
|
|
Eastern VA Bankshares
|
EVBS
|
1.45
|
50.00%
|
|
EQT GP Holdings
|
EQGP
|
2.75
|
10.00%
|
|
EQT Midstream Partners
|
EQM
|
4.25
|
4.49%
|
|
Independent Bank Michigan
|
IBCP
|
2.41
|
25.00%
|
|
MPLX
|
MPLX
|
6.45
|
0.98%
|
|
Natural Health Trends
|
NHTC
|
1.33
|
14.29%
|
|
TD Ameritrade Holding
|
AMTD
|
2.11
|
5.88%
|
|
Alexander&Baldwin
|
ALEX
|
0.74
|
16.67%
|
|
AllianceBernstein
|
AB
|
8.28
|
12.50%
|
|
Alon USA Partners
|
ALDW
|
6.9
|
7.14%
|
|
Arrow Financial
|
AROW
|
3.14
|
3.00%
|
|
Bankwell Financial Group
|
BWFG
|
1.15
|
40.00%
|
|
BOK Financial
|
BOKF
|
2.46
|
2.33%
|
|
Chevron
|
CVX
|
4.32
|
0.93%
|
|
CONE Midstream Partners
|
CNNX
|
5
|
3.54%
|
|
CrossAmerica Partners
|
CAPL
|
9.18
|
0.83%
|
|
Dolby Labs A
|
DLB
|
1.16
|
16.67%
|
|
Duke Realty
|
DRE
|
2.99
|
5.56%
|
|
Evercore Ptnrs A
|
EVR
|
2.55
|
9.68%
|
|
Forward Air
|
FWRD
|
1.47
|
25.00%
|
|
Getty Realty
|
GTY
|
4.99
|
12.00%
|
|
Great Western Bancorp
|
GWB
|
2.07
|
21.43%
|
|
Landmark Infr Partners
|
LMRK
|
7.93
|
1.50%
|
|
Middlesex Water
|
MSEX
|
2.32
|
6.29%
|
|
New Media Invt Group
|
NEWM
|
9.3
|
6.06%
|
|
Newmont Mining
|
NEM
|
0.57
|
100.00%
|
|
OceanFirst Financial
|
OCFC
|
2.99
|
15.38%
|
|
Prosperity Bancshares
|
PB
|
2.44
|
13.33%
|
|
Sandy Spring Bancorp
|
SASR
|
3.31
|
8.33%
|
|
SB Financial Group
|
SBFG
|
2.02
|
8.33%
|
|
Selective Insurance Group
|
SIGI
|
1.76
|
6.67%
|
|
Texas Instruments
|
TXN
|
2.83
|
31.58%
|
|
UMB Financial
|
UMBF
|
1.66
|
4.08%
|
|
Westwood
|
WHG
|
4.91
|
8.77%
|
|
AbbVie
|
ABBV
|
4.44
|
12.28%
|
|
Aflac
|
AFL
|
2.51
|
4.88%
|
|
BankFinancial
|
BFIN
|
1.92
|
20.00%
|
|
Churchill Downs
|
CHDN
|
0.97
|
14.78%
|
|
Columbia Sportswear
|
COLM
|
1.24
|
5.88%
|
|
Gorman-Rupp
|
GRC
|
1.96
|
9.52%
|
|
Hartford Financial
|
HIG
|
2.08
|
9.52%
|
|
Independent Bank Group
|
IBTX
|
0.83
|
25.00%
|
|
Kimco Realty
|
KIM
|
4.1
|
5.88%
|
|
MainSource Fincl Group
|
MSFG
|
2.57
|
6.67%
|
|
MSC Industrial Direct
|
MSM
|
2.52
|
4.65%
|
|
Oaktree Capital Group
|
OAK
|
6.09
|
12.07%
|
|
PBF Logistics
|
PBFX
|
8.91
|
2.33%
|
|
Principal Financial Group
|
PFG
|
3.11
|
4.88%
|
|
Public Storage
|
PSA
|
3.85
|
11.11%
|
|
SandRidge Miss Tr II
|
SDR
|
15.57
|
9.43%
|
|
SandRidge Permian Trust
|
PER
|
16.49
|
11.67%
|
|
SLM Float. Rate pfd Ser B
|
SLMBP
|
5.27
|
7.28%
|
|
Sprague Resources
|
SRLP
|
9.09
|
2.74%
|
|
Standex Intl
|
SXI
|
0.8
|
14.29%
|
|
Sunoco Logistics Partners
|
SXL
|
7.74
|
2.00%
|
|
Union Bankshares
|
UBSH
|
2.87
|
5.26%
|
|
USD Partners
|
USDP
|
9.72
|
2.38%
|
|
Viper Energy Partners Un
|
VNOM
|
5.52
|
9.52%
|
|
WSFS Financial
|
WSFS
|
0.84
|
16.67%
|
|
Abaxis
|
ABAX
|
1.17
|
16.67%
|
|
Blackstone Group
|
BX
|
6.55
|
13.89%
|
|
Entergy
|
ETR
|
4.72
|
2.35%
|
|
Honeywell Intl
|
HON
|
2.43
|
11.76%
|
|
Investors Bancorp
|
ISBC
|
2.61
|
33.33%
|
|
Mercury General
|
MCY
|
4.57
|
0.40%
|
|
Tompkins Financial
|
TMP
|
2.27
|
2.27%
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