BSVN - Dividend Champion Contender And Challenger Highlights: Week Of December 17
2023-12-17 03:31:23 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 However, since this list is only produced once per month, the data in it can quickly get out of date.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 reflect 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 |
| Abbott Laboratories |
| ( ABT ) |
| 1/11 |
| 2/15 |
| 0.51 |
| 0.55 |
| 7.84% |
| 2.05% |
| 11 |
| The AES Corporation |
| ( AES ) |
| 1/31 |
| 2/15 |
| 0.1659 |
| 0.1725 |
| 3.98% |
| 3.57% |
| 13 |
| Amgen Inc. |
| ( AMGN ) |
| 2/15 |
| 3/7 |
| 2.13 |
| 2.25 |
| 5.63% |
| 3.27% |
| 14 |
| American Tower Corporation |
| ( AMT ) |
| 12/27 |
| 2/1 |
| 1.62 |
| 1.7 |
| 4.94% |
| 3.21% |
| 14 |
| Edison International |
| ( EIX ) |
| 12/28 |
| 1/31 |
| 0.7375 |
| 0.78 |
| 5.76% |
| 4.45% |
| 21 |
| The Ensign Group, Inc. |
| ( ENSG ) |
| 12/28 |
| 1/31 |
| 0.0575 |
| 0.06 |
| 4.35% |
| 0.22% |
| 17 |
| Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. |
| ( LW ) |
| 2/1 |
| 3/1 |
| 0.28 |
| 0.36 |
| 28.57% |
| 1.38% |
| 8 |
| Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. |
| ( MAA ) |
| 1/11 |
| 1/31 |
| 1.4 |
| 1.47 |
| 5.00% |
| 4.37% |
| 14 |
| Nucor Corporation |
| ( NUE ) |
| 12/28 |
| 2/9 |
| 0.51 |
| 0.54 |
| 5.88% |
| 1.25% |
| 51 |
| Norwood Financial Corp. |
| ( NWFL ) |
| 1/11 |
| 2/1 |
| 0.29 |
| 0.3 |
| 3.45% |
| 3.53% |
| 26 |
| Realty Income Corporation |
| ( O ) |
| 12/29 |
| 1/12 |
| 0.256 |
| 0.2565 |
| 0.20% |
| 5.37% |
| 31 |
| Pfizer Inc. |
| ( PFE ) |
| 1/25 |
| 3/1 |
| 0.41 |
| 0.42 |
| 2.44% |
| 6.31% |
| 14 |
| Pentair plc |
| ( PNR ) |
| 1/18 |
| 2/2 |
| 0.22 |
| 0.23 |
| 4.55% |
| 1.30% |
| 48 |
| The Toro Company |
| ( TTC ) |
| 12/26 |
| 1/11 |
| 0.34 |
| 0.36 |
| 5.88% |
| 1.65% |
| 15 |
| U.S. Bancorp |
| ( USB ) |
| 12/28 |
| 1/16 |
| 0.48 |
| 0.49 |
| 2.08% |
| 4.35% |
| 13 |
| WD-40 Company |
| ( WDFC ) |
| 1/18 |
| 1/31 |
| 0.83 |
| 0.88 |
| 6.02% |
| 1.50% |
| 15 |
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 Dec 18 (Ex-Div 12/19)
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Pay Date |
| Payout |
| Price |
| Yield |
| Years |
| Broadcom Inc. |
| ( AVGO ) |
| 12/29 |
| 5.25 |
| 1129.74 |
| 1.86% |
| 14 |
| Medtronic plc |
| ( MDT ) |
| 1/12 |
| 0.69 |
| 82.61 |
| 3.34% |
| 46 |
| Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. |
| ( TR ) |
| 1/11 |
| 0.09 |
| 33.23 |
| 1.08% |
| 56 |
| Vistra Corp. |
| ( VST ) |
| 12/29 |
| 0.213 |
| 37.68 |
| 2.26% |
| 5 |
Tuesday Dec 19 (Ex-Div 12/20)
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Pay Date |
| Payout |
| Price |
| Yield |
| Years |
| Altria Group, Inc. |
| ( MO ) |
| 1/10 |
| 0.98 |
| 41.75 |
| 9.39% |
| 54 |
| Philip Morris International Inc. |
| ( PM ) |
| 1/10 |
| 1.3 |
| 94.46 |
| 5.50% |
| 16 |
| Restaurant Brands International Inc. |
| ( QSR ) |
| 1/4 |
| 0.55 |
| 73.71 |
| 2.98% |
| 9 |
| Synovus Financial Corp. |
| ( SNV ) |
| 1/2 |
| 0.38 |
| 39.63 |
| 3.84% |
| 10 |
| VICI Properties Inc. |
| ( VICI ) |
| 1/4 |
| 0.415 |
| 31.34 |
| 5.30% |
| 6 |
Wednesday Dec 20 (Ex-Div 12/21)
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Pay Date |
| Payout |
| Price |
| Yield |
| Years |
| Bank7 Corp. |
| ( BSVN ) |
| 1/4 |
| 0.21 |
| 28.22 |
| 2.98% |
| 5 |
Thursday Dec 21 (Ex-Div 12/22)
| Company |
| Symbol |
| Pay Date |
| Payout |
| Price |
| Yield |
| Years |
| The Hackett Group, Inc. |
| ( HCKT ) |
| 1/5 |
| 0.11 |
| 22.27 |
| 1.98% |
| 9 |
| Independent Bank Corp. |
| ( INDB ) |
| 1/5 |
| 0.55 |
| 65.31 |
| 3.37% |
| 13 |
| Portland General Electric Company |
| ( POR ) |
| 1/15 |
| 0.475 |
| 43 |
| 4.42% |
| 18 |
For further details see:
Dividend Champion, Contender, And Challenger Highlights: Week Of December 17