RY:CC - Dividend Champion Contender And Challenger Highlights: Week Of January 21
2024-01-21 11:18:48 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 However, since this list is only produced once per month, the data in it can quickly get out of date.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 |
| Enterprise Bancorp, Inc. |
| ( EBTC ) |
| 2/8 |
| 3/1 |
| 0.23 |
| 0.24 |
| 4.35% |
| 3.30% |
| 32 |
| Fastenal Company |
| ( FAST ) |
| 1/31 |
| 2/29 |
| 0.35 |
| 0.39 |
| 11.43% |
| 2.25% |
| 25 |
| Graham Holdings Company |
| ( GHC ) |
| 1/31 |
| 2/15 |
| 1.65 |
| 1.72 |
| 4.24% |
| 0.97% |
| 8 |
| J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. |
| ( JBHT ) |
| 2/8 |
| 2/23 |
| 0.42 |
| 0.43 |
| 2.38% |
| 0.87% |
| 21 |
| Alliant Energy Corporation |
| ( LNT ) |
| 1/30 |
| 2/15 |
| 0.4525 |
| 0.48 |
| 6.08% |
| 3.93% |
| 21 |
| Mercantile Bank Corporation |
| ( MBWM ) |
| 2/29 |
| 3/13 |
| 0.34 |
| 0.35 |
| 2.94% |
| 3.59% |
| 13 |
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 Jan 22 (Ex-Div 1/23)
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Pay Date |
| Payout |
| Price |
| Yield |
| Years |
| The Clorox Company |
| ( CLX ) |
| 2/9 |
| 1.2 |
| 142.22 |
| 3.38% |
| 46 |
| Lowe's Companies, Inc. |
| ( LOW ) |
| 2/7 |
| 1.1 |
| 220.01 |
| 2.00% |
| 61 |
Tuesday Jan 23 (Ex-Div 1/24)
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Pay Date |
| Payout |
| Price |
| Yield |
| Years |
| Lakeland Financial Corporation |
| ( LKFN ) |
| 2/5 |
| 0.48 |
| 63.58 |
| 3.02% |
| 13 |
| Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. |
| ( MMC ) |
| 2/15 |
| 0.71 |
| 199.1 |
| 1.43% |
| 14 |
| Royal Bank of Canada |
| ( RY ) |
| 2/23 |
| 1.38 CAD |
| 99.62 |
| 4.10% |
| 9 |
Wednesday Jan 24 (Ex-Div 1/25)
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Pay Date |
| Payout |
| Price |
| Yield |
| Pfizer Inc. |
| ( PFE ) |
| 3/1 |
| 0.42 |
| 28.28 |
| 5.94% |
| Union Bankshares, Inc. |
| ( UNB ) |
| 2/1 |
| 0.36 |
| 31.31 |
| 4.60% |
| Unum Group |
| ( UNM ) |
| 2/16 |
| 0.365 |
| 46.07 |
| 3.17% |
Thursday Jan 25 (Ex-Div 1/26)
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Pay Date |
| Payout |
| Price |
| Yield |
| Years |
| Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. of Louisiana |
| ( HFBL ) |
| 2/12 |
| 0.125 |
| 14.04 |
| 3.56% |
| 10 |
| South Plains Financial, Inc. |
| ( SPFI ) |
| 2/12 |
| 0.13 |
| 27.83 |
| 1.87% |
| 5 |
For further details see:
Dividend Champion, Contender, And Challenger Highlights: Week Of January 21