SWKS - Dividend Champion Contender And Challenger Highlights: Week Of August 20
2023-08-20 09:24:39 ET
Summary
- A weekly summary of dividend activity for Dividend Champions, Contenders, and Challengers.
- Companies which changed their dividends.
- Companies with upcoming ex-dividend dates.
- Companies with upcoming pay dates.
Introduction
The Dividend Champions list is a monthly compilation of companies which have consistently increased their annual dividend payouts. However, since this list is only produced once per month, the data in it can quickly get out of date. Furthermore, with over 700 companies on the list, the sheer amount of data can quickly become overwhelming. In this weekly series, I highlight recent and upcoming dividend related activity for dividend stocks on the Dividend Champions list.
In the data presented below, Yield is forward annualized and Years reflects the up-to-date streak, including dividends declared since the last edition of the Dividend Champions list.
Dividend Changes
In the past week, the following companies declared dividends which changed from their previous payouts.
Increases:
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Ex-Div |
| Pay |
| Old Rate |
| New Rate |
| Increase |
| Yield |
| Years |
| Badger Meter, Inc. |
| ( BMI ) |
| 8/24 |
| 9/8 |
| 0.225 |
| 0.27 |
| 20.00% |
| 0.68% |
| 31 |
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. |
| ( CBOE ) |
| 8/30 |
| 9/15 |
| 0.5 |
| 0.55 |
| 10.00% |
| 1.47% |
| 14 |
| Dillard's, Inc. |
| ( DDS ) |
| 9/28 |
| 10/30 |
| 0.2 |
| 0.25 |
| 25.00% |
| 0.29% |
| 13 |
| H&R Block, Inc. |
| ( HRB ) |
| 9/6 |
| 10/4 |
| 0.29 |
| 0.32 |
| 10.34% |
| 3.25% |
| 8 |
| Muncy Bank Financial, Inc. |
| ( MYBF ) |
| 9/1 |
| 9/15 |
| 0.39 |
| 0.4 |
| 2.56% |
| 4.32% |
| 22 |
| NBT Bancorp Inc. |
| ( NBTB ) |
| 8/31 |
| 9/15 |
| 0.3 |
| 0.32 |
| 6.67% |
| 3.55% |
| 11 |
| Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. |
| ( SYBT ) |
| 9/15 |
| 10/2 |
| 0.29 |
| 0.3 |
| 3.45% |
| 2.52% |
| 14 |
| Westlake Chemical Corporation |
| ( WLK ) |
| 8/24 |
| 9/12 |
| 0.357 |
| 0.5 |
| 40.06% |
| 1.53% |
| 20 |
Decreases:
None
Last Chance to Buy
These dividend growth stocks have ex-dividend dates approaching. The following tables indicate the last day you can buy these stocks in order to be eligible for the upcoming dividend. Tables are sorted alphabetically by symbol.
Monday Aug 21 (Ex-Div 8/22)
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Pay Date |
| Payout |
| Price |
| Yield |
| Years |
| Aflac Incorporated |
| ( AFL ) |
| 9/1 |
| 0.42 |
| 74.85 |
| 2.24% |
| 41 |
| Brunswick Corporation |
| ( BC ) |
| 9/15 |
| 0.4 |
| 82.84 |
| 1.93% |
| 11 |
| Equinix, Inc. |
| ( EQIX ) |
| 9/20 |
| 3.41 |
| 749.77 |
| 1.82% |
| 9 |
| Gladstone Investment |
| ( GAIN ) |
| 8/31 |
| 0.08 |
| 12.79 |
| 7.51% |
| 11 |
| Griffon Corporation |
| ( GFF ) |
| 9/14 |
| 0.125 |
| 41.01 |
| 1.22% |
| 13 |
| Gladstone Land Corporation |
| ( LAND ) |
| 8/31 |
| 0.0462 |
| 15.52 |
| 3.57% |
| 9 |
| Landmark Bancorp, Inc. |
| ( LARK ) |
| 9/6 |
| 0.21 |
| 20.46 |
| 4.11% |
| 19 |
| Manulife Financial Corporation |
| ( MFC ) |
| 9/19 |
| 0.365 CAD |
| 18.04 |
| 5.99% |
| 10 |
| Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated |
| ( RBA ) |
| 9/13 |
| 0.27 |
| 56.64 |
| 1.91% |
| 20 |
| Tetra Tech, Inc. |
| ( TTEK ) |
| 9/6 |
| 0.26 |
| 158.17 |
| 0.66% |
| 10 |
Tuesday Aug 22 (Ex-Div 8/23)
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Pay Date |
| Payout |
| Price |
| Yield |
| Years |
| Applied Materials, Inc. |
| ( AMAT ) |
| 9/14 |
| 0.32 |
| 142.66 |
| 0.90% |
| 6 |
| Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. |
| ( CCOI ) |
| 9/8 |
| 0.945 |
| 69.33 |
| 5.45% |
| 12 |
| Discover Financial Services |
| ( DFS ) |
| 9/7 |
| 0.7 |
| 93.34 |
| 3.00% |
| 13 |
| First BanCorp. |
| ( FBP ) |
| 9/8 |
| 0.14 |
| 14.14 |
| 3.96% |
| 6 |
| Littelfuse, Inc. |
| ( LFUS ) |
| 9/7 |
| 0.65 |
| 259.26 |
| 1.00% |
| 14 |
Wednesday Aug 23 (Ex-Div 8/24)
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Pay Date |
| Payout |
| Price |
| Yield |
| Years |
| Badger Meter, Inc. |
| ( BMI ) |
| 9/8 |
| 0.27 |
| 159.49 |
| 0.68% |
| 31 |
| Cabot Corporation |
| ( CBT ) |
| 9/8 |
| 0.4 |
| 70.13 |
| 2.28% |
| 12 |
| CDW Corporation |
| ( CDW ) |
| 9/12 |
| 0.59 |
| 200.3 |
| 1.18% |
| 10 |
| Cummins Inc. |
| ( CMI ) |
| 9/7 |
| 1.68 |
| 233.62 |
| 2.88% |
| 18 |
| Costco Wholesale Corporation |
| ( COST ) |
| 9/8 |
| 1.02 |
| 544.94 |
| 0.75% |
| 20 |
| Evercore Inc. |
| ( EVR ) |
| 9/8 |
| 0.76 |
| 133.14 |
| 2.28% |
| 17 |
| First National Corporation |
| ( FXNC ) |
| 9/8 |
| 0.15 |
| 17.19 |
| 3.49% |
| 10 |
| Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. |
| ( HII ) |
| 9/8 |
| 1.24 |
| 219.44 |
| 2.26% |
| 11 |
| HNI Corporation |
| ( HNI ) |
| 9/8 |
| 0.32 |
| 31.95 |
| 4.01% |
| 12 |
| Materion Corporation |
| ( MTRN ) |
| 9/7 |
| 0.13 |
| 104.71 |
| 0.50% |
| 11 |
| National Bank Holdings Corporation |
| ( NBHC ) |
| 9/15 |
| 0.26 |
| 32.68 |
| 3.18% |
| 8 |
| Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. |
| ( NUS ) |
| 9/6 |
| 0.39 |
| 24.34 |
| 6.41% |
| 23 |
| Robert Half International Inc. |
| ( RHI ) |
| 9/15 |
| 0.48 |
| 74.65 |
| 2.57% |
| 20 |
| The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company |
| ( SMG ) |
| 9/8 |
| 0.66 |
| 49.99 |
| 5.28% |
| 13 |
| Washington Federal, Inc. |
| ( WAFD ) |
| 9/8 |
| 0.25 |
| 28.7 |
| 3.48% |
| 13 |
| Whirlpool Corporation |
| ( WHR ) |
| 9/15 |
| 1.75 |
| 135.15 |
| 5.18% |
| 12 |
| Westlake Chemical Corporation |
| ( WLK ) |
| 9/12 |
| 0.5 |
| 130.36 |
| 1.53% |
| 20 |
Thursday Aug 24 (Ex-Div 8/25)
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Pay Date |
| Payout |
| Price |
| Yield |
| Years |
| Assurant, Inc. |
| ( AIZ ) |
| 9/18 |
| 0.7 |
| 140.71 |
| 1.99% |
| 19 |
| Johnson & Johnson |
| ( JNJ ) |
| 9/7 |
| 1.19 |
| 172.49 |
| 2.76% |
| 61 |
| LyondellBasell Industries N.V. |
| ( LYB ) |
| 9/5 |
| 1.25 |
| 97.39 |
| 5.13% |
| 13 |
| Northrop Grumman Corporation |
| ( NOC ) |
| 9/13 |
| 1.87 |
| 430.17 |
| 1.74% |
| 20 |
| Parker-Hannifin Corporation |
| ( PH ) |
| 9/8 |
| 1.48 |
| 397.76 |
| 1.49% |
| 67 |
| S&P Global Inc. |
| ( SPGI ) |
| 9/12 |
| 0.9 |
| 382 |
| 0.94% |
| 50 |
| Tractor Supply Company |
| ( TSCO ) |
| 9/12 |
| 1.03 |
| 219.32 |
| 1.88% |
| 14 |
For further details see:
Dividend Champion, Contender, And Challenger Highlights: Week Of August 20