Each day, companies across the globe announce new upcoming dividend payouts. In our Dividend Payout Changes and Announcement tool, you’ll find all of the dividend increases, decreases, initiations, suspensions, updates and regular dividend announcements for a given day.
Below we present an analysis of the stocks that increased dividends last week. The latest payout is compared to the most recent payout before the dividend increase.
Following is a snapshot of the 15 major stocks that increased dividends last week. If an investor simply purchases the stock prior to the ex-dividend date and then sells it either on the ex-dividend date or at some point afterward, he will be able to receive the dividend in his account.
To apply this strategy, you need to know when stocks go ex-dividend. You can find the latest ex-dividend dates for the stocks that interest you in our Ex-Dividend Date Search tool.
Find out which companies increased their dividends two weeks back here.
Stock With the Largest Market Cap
| Criteria | Ticker | Company Name | Market Cap ($B) | Annualized Payout | Previous Payout | Next Payout | Ex-Dividend Date | Yield | % Off From 52-Week High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest Market Cap | (PFE ) | Pfizer | $198.85 | $1.28 | $0.30 | $0.32 | 2/1/2017 | 3.90% | 12.17% |
Stocks With the Highest and the Lowest Dividend Yield
| Criteria | Ticker | Company Name | Market Cap ($B) | Annualized Payout | Previous Payout | Next Payout | Ex-Dividend Date | Yield | % Off From 52-Week High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest Dividend Yield | (NLY ) | Annaly Capital | $10.17 | $1.20 | $0.26 | $0.30 | 12/28/2016 | 11.76% | 9.65% |
| Lowest Dividend Yield | (HEI ) | HEICO Corp | $4.71 | $0.18 | $0.08 | $0.09 | 12/30/2016 | 0.23% | 6.84% |
Stock With the Worst 52-Week Performance
Relative strength, or price performance, is one of the key dividend-specific parameters that we track when we rate stocks in our DARS rating system. The following stock has the worst relative strength out of the stocks that increased dividends last week.
| Criteria | Ticker | Company Name | Market Cap ($B) | Annualized Payout | Previous Payout | Next Payout | Ex-Dividend Date | Yield | % Off From 52-Week High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest 52-Week Off | (SRC ) | Spirit Realty Capital Inc | $5.01 | $0.72 | $0.18 | $0.18 | 12/28/2016 | 6.81% | 24.34% |
Dividend Aristocrats
| Ticker | Company Name | Market Cap ($B) | Annualized Payout | Previous Payout | Next Payout | Ex-Dividend Date | Yield % | Dividend Growth Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (ABM ) | ABM Industries | $2.24 | $0.68 | $0.17 | $0.17 | 1/3/2017 | 1.70% | 48 |
| (BEN ) | Franklin Resources | $22.24 | $0.80 | $0.18 | $0.20 | 12/28/2016 | 2.04% | 34 |
You can find companies that have increased their dividends for more than 25 consecutive years on our 25-Year Dividend Increasing Stocks page. And companies that have increased their dividends for more than 10 years in a row on our 10-Year Dividend Increasing Stocks page.
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