I'm a dividend growth investor and
watch daily what companies have raised their dividends. During the past week,
seven stocks with a market capitalization of more than 1 billion increased
dividends. Five of them have a current yield of more than 4 percent.
I've compiled all
stocks with dividend growth in one sheet. Attached, you can find the list. The
biggest names are U.S. Bancorp which Warren Buffett also owns. He recently added the company to his portfolio.
Agilent, Morgan Stanley and the monthly dividend payer Realty Income increased dividends.
Others are the fast growing semiconductor company Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) who has an unbelievable momentum as well as the Retail REIT W.P. Carey.
Agilent is also a stock that Warren Buffett should love while Morgan Stanley announced a huge dividend hike in April this year. Realty Income is still one of the most favored High-Yield stocks that pay monthly dividends.
Agilent, Morgan Stanley and the monthly dividend payer Realty Income increased dividends.
Others are the fast growing semiconductor company Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) who has an unbelievable momentum as well as the Retail REIT W.P. Carey.
Agilent is also a stock that Warren Buffett should love while Morgan Stanley announced a huge dividend hike in April this year. Realty Income is still one of the most favored High-Yield stocks that pay monthly dividends.
Many banks and
REITs are on the list. It should be a sign that those stocks benefit from low
interest rates and quantitative easing.
Banks benefit not as much as REITs
due to the low interest rates, but banks start to hike because their regulation
allows it after the shocking financial crises in 2008.
Remember that
those two industries are not in my dividend growth focus because they are
cyclic and offer a kind of black-box for investors which I don't like. I like
to see what I get.
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| Dividend Growers of the Week (click to enlarge) |
Company
|
Ticker
|
New Yield
|
Dividend Increase
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Shoe Carnival
|
0.95
|
8.33%
|
|
SCVL
|
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Ashford Hospitality Prime
|
AHP
|
2.62
|
100.00%
|
MS Non-Cum.
pfd.Ser A
|
MS+A
|
4.78
|
1.11%
|
Realty Income
|
O
|
4.97
|
0.26%
|
U.S. Bncp Pfd
Ser A
|
USBA
|
4.23
|
1.11%
|
US Bancorp
|
USB
|
2.28
|
4.08%
|
US Bancorp Dep pfd.
|
USBHH
|
4.04
|
1.11%
|
First Bancorp Inc
|
FNLC
|
4.8
|
4.76%
|
Great Southern Bancorp
|
GSBC
|
2.13
|
10.00%
|
Mesa Royalty Tr
|
MTR
|
6.13
|
53.73%
|
Silver Bay Realty Trust
|
SBY
|
3.05
|
33.33%
|
Skyworks Solutions
|
SWKS
|
0.95
|
100.00%
|
Armour Residential REIT
|
ARR
|
134.24
|
3.13%
|
Investar Holding
|
ISTR
|
0.21
|
5.41%
|
W. P. Carey Inc.
|
WPC
|
6.12
|
0.16%
|