Companies which not only pay dividends, but raise them year after year have been shown to perform better overall for investor returns.
Following companies announced dividend increases this week. These are the dividend grower from the past week... If you like them to receive in the future, just subscribe to my free newsletter.
Company
|
Ticker
|
New Yield
|
Dividend Growth in %
|
Connecticut Water Service
|
CTWS
|
2.31
|
5.61%
|
Hawthorn Bancshares
|
HWBK
|
1.34
|
3.99%
|
Mesa Royalty Trust
|
MTR
|
3.14
|
8.66%
|
MetLife Floating Ser A
|
META
|
4.08
|
1.10%
|
Clorox Co
|
CLX
|
2.5
|
3.90%
|
Group 1 Auto
|
GPI
|
1.53
|
4.55%
|
JPMorgan Chase
|
JPM
|
3
|
9.09%
|
Leggett&Platt
|
LEG
|
2.8
|
6.25%
|
Northrop Grumman
|
NOC
|
1.68
|
12.50%
|
Blue Hills Bancorp
|
BHBK
|
0.81
|
50.00%
|
First Financial Indiana
|
THFF
|
2.81
|
2.04%
|
Monro Muffler Brake
|
MNRO
|
1.1
|
13.33%
|
Republic Bancorp
KY Cl A
|
RBCAA
|
3.08
|
5.56%
|
Southwest Airlines
|
LUV
|
0.95
|
33.33%
|
Towne Bank
|
TOWN
|
2.5
|
8.33%
|
United Fire Group
|
UFCS
|
2.42
|
13.64%
|
Brocade Comm Systems
|
BRCD
|
2.76
|
22.22%
|
Gentex
|
GNTX
|
2.27
|
5.88%
|
Houlihan Lokey Cl A
|
HLI
|
2.94
|
13.33%
|
KeyCorp
|
KEY
|
2.72
|
13.33%
|
Kilroy Realty
|
KRC
|
2.42
|
7.14%
|
Marsh&McLennan
|
MMC
|
2.12
|
9.68%
|
Medical Properties Tr
|
MPW
|
6.53
|
4.55%
|